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Writer's pictureMia Evans

The Next Best Fling Review

By Gabriella Gamez

Librarians in Love Book 1

Star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨

Spice rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

 

Blurb

Two broken hearts decide that the best way to get over their first loves is with a no-strings-attached relationship in this spicy and charming debut romance.


Librarian Marcela Ortiz has been secretly in love with her best friend for years—and when he gets engaged, she knows it’s long past time to move on. But before she gets the chance, she has a bigger problem to contend with in the form of Theo Young, ex-NFL player and older brother of the man she’s in love with. When she discovers Theo's plans to confess his feelings for his brother’s fiancée at their engagement party, Marcela is quick to stop him—despite how tempting it is to let him run away with the bride-to-be. She manages to convince Theo to sleep off his drunken almost-mistake at her place and when they arrive at a family brunch the next day together, everyone wrongly assumes they hooked up.


Since Theo needs a cover for his feelings for the bride and Marcela needs a distraction from her unrequited feelings for the groom, they decide to roll with the lie. Until one late night at a bar, they take it a step further and discover a layer of attraction neither realized existed. Soon, they find themselves exploring the simmering chemistry between them, whether in library aisles or Marcela's bed. There are no boundaries for the rebound relationship they form—just a host of complicated feelings, messy familial dynamics, and uncovered secrets that threaten to tear them apart before they can even admit to themselves that their rebound is working. Maybe a little too well.


Category: Contemporary
 
Read if you Like:

📖 Curvy rep

📖 Friends with benefits

📖 Love square

📖 Librarian FMC

📖 Family drama

 

My Thoughts:

 

I was a little skeptical about a romance in which both parties had feelings for someone else. However, I'm happy to say that Gabriella Gamez made it work! It was really interesting to watch Marcela's perceptions change as she got to know Theo better.

 

I loved the connection Marcela and Theo had. He paid attention to her and was vulnerable with her. I liked watching her learn to do the same. While their beginning made everything complex, I felt like sometimes people don't meet in perfect circumstances and it was fun to watch it all get untangled.

 

It was also really fun to read about how much Marcela loved books. I liked reading about her work at the library and liked that Theo supported that.

 

If you love stories about book lovers or a steamy romance with some emotional complexities this one is for you! I am interested to see who will be the next couple in this series! There are a couple of characters we got to know who I really liked! A wonderful debut overall!

 

Thanks to Forever for providing me with an ARC. All opinions are my own.

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