Take Me Home by Melanie Sweeney on July 9, 2024
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Holiday, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy
Pages: 368
Format: ARC
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Hazel Elliot doesn’t look back. If the universe closes a door, she burns the whole house down. But when she’s summoned home for her father’s wedding, she’s forced to return to small-town Lockett Prairie, Texas, for the first time since she fled for college. Ash Campbell has been in love with Hazel since they were teenagers, when she dated his best friend. Now, Ash works at Hazel’s favorite coffee shop, where they feud over the best chair, and his sizzling attraction to the prickly girl from home has only gained steam. When Ash’s car breaks down just as family obligations pull him home, there’s only one person who can get him there on time. But Hazel has one condition: everything between them must stay the same. And if he fails to oblige? She gets the coffee shop. So the frenemies endure bad music, inclement weather, and B&Bs with only one bed—and that’s just the drive across Texas. When they finally arrive, Hazel must face the bridges she’s burned, because there’s nowhere in a small town to hide, not even from herself. And, right where she least expects it, she might just find a man worth changing everything for . . .
What a debut! This book gave me all the feels! I loved it! This book did something to me, I cannot explain it. The characters felt so real and I loved how the relationship grew throughout the book. I loved that there was more to the story than just romance, you really got to know Hazel and Ash in a deeper way through the family dynamics, as well. This book was so sweet with some spice! I love a good book where the male main character loves the female character unconditionally and from afar for so long. I love the moment he finally tells her how he has felt and this book didn’t disappoint! The only con I had with this book, would be that the author didn’t specify who’s point of view the chapter was in, so sometime I would get confused and forget who’s thoughts I was in.
I gave this debut a wonderful five star rating. These characters are so real, there romance, is so similar to my own, and it just made me feel so many things. Highly highly recommend this book, can’t wait to get my hands on a physical copy when it releases!
Huge thank you to NetGalley and G.P. Putnam’s Sons Publishing for this swoon-worthy advance copy for my honest opinions.