Title: Feisty
Author: Julia Kent
Genre: Romantic Comedy/Contemporary Romance
Audiobook Narrator: Erin Mallon
Audiobook Narrator: Erin Mallon
Release Date: January 28, 2020
Blurb
AN ALL-NEW STANDALONE FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR JULIA KENT
I’m not too proud to admit that finding Mr. Right involves swiping right. Right? Welcome to dating in avocado toastland.
Here I am, on my first blind date, ever, courtesy of a smartphone app and my two annoying best friends.
So what is Chris “Fletch” Fletcher doing, walking across the room, looking at his phone like he’s pattern matching a picture to find a real person he’s never met before?
Oh.
Oh, no.
The guy I drop-kicked in seventh grade cannot be my blind date. The guy who earned me this infernal nickname.
That’s right.
Feisty.
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More from New York Times bestselling author Julia Kent as Fiona “Feisty” Gaskill gets her chance at love - drop-kick included.
My Review
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Feisty, I mean, Fiona (she hates that nickname!) is in a bit of an existential crisis. First, the backstory on the nickname. In middle school, Chris “Fletch" Fletcher tried to kiss her, Fiona drop-kicked him into next week, and the moniker was born. It seems Fletch meant it as a compliment since he’s carried a torch for her through the years, but Fiona is still carrying a grudge seventeen years later.
Now Fiona’s world is changing faster than she can keep up. After a traumatic event at the preschool where Fiona teaches forces her to channel her Feisty persona to protect her students, it seems the entire world now wants a piece of her. Additionally, the guy she's hated for all those years is kind to her, helping her through the aftermath, and she doesn’t know what to do with any of it. She's worked hard to balance herself and attract goodness and positivity from the universe, but she's having a hard time marrying the feisty version of herself with the new and improved Fiona.
While this book has its somber moments and touches on the metaphysical, it still has the humor and heat we've come to expect from this writer. I had no idea four-year-olds could be so hilarious with their lack of filter and embarrassing questions, and I had forgotten what a hysterical hot mess Fiona and her two BFFs are when they get together. Then there's the chemistry between Fletch and Fiona: exquisitely intense, and their first time together is spiritual enough to make you want to sing Hallelujah.
This book also has no shortage of heart, and it easily captured mine. I couldn’t help but experience every part of Fiona's internal struggle, and her interactions with Fletch are unbearably touching, with the perfect amount of humor sprinkled throughout. And Fletch? Gah, you’ll be helpless as this funny, caring, patient, protective paramedic steals your heart. He's right there with Fiona for every step of the journey while his innate goodness wins her heart, and they both become the best versions of themselves as a result. This hilarious, heartfelt, poignant read checks all the boxes, and you absolutely don’t want to miss it!
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Much love between the covers,
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Excerpt
“Fletch,” I
start, walking into my office, waving him on. As we pass by the children, they
snicker and whisper, the girls more stirred up than the boys. We reach the
office, I close the door, and ask, “Why are you here?”
“I came to
see you because I knew this was your lunch break and you've been ignoring my
texts and calls.”
“Maybe I
need some space.”
“I respect
that.”
“Clearly,
you don't.”
“Look,
Fiona, I'm not here to argue with you. Or to crowd you or upset you. The
opposite, actually. I realized our wires have been crossed and it was better to
just come to you, face to face, and say what needs to be said.”
“You
couldn't wait until I wasn't working?”
“If you'd
answer my texts and calls, I could.”
“Fair
enough. What do you want to say? What needs to be said?”
“I would
like to ask you out on a date.”
“A date?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because I
like you.”
“That's
it?”
“Isn't that
enough?”
“After
seventeen years of teasing me, of that stupid nickname following me around like
a poltergeist, now you suddenly decide that because I saved your nephew you
want to date me?”
“It's not
like that.”
“Then what
is it like?”
“I don't
know. Let me find out what it's like by spending time with you. Let's both find
out what the other is really like. Do we have to define this? Let's explore
it.” He grins. “Let's explore each other.”
“I think
you're trauma bonding with me and getting that confused with having feelings
for me.”
“Trauma
bonding?”
“We went
through something emotionally intense together. You helped me. I saved your
nephew. But that doesn't mean we should date.”
“That's not
why I'm asking you out.”
“Is it
because we kissed?”
“That's not
why, but it certainly adds to all the reasons why.”
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Author Bio
New York Times and USA
Today bestselling author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge.
Since 2013, she has sold more than 2 million books, with 4 New York Times
bestsellers and more than 19 appearances on the USA Today bestseller list. Her
books have been translated into French and German, with more titles releasing
in 2019.
From billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men's room toilet (and he isn't a billionaire she met in a romantic comedy).
She lives in New England with her husband and three children where she is the only person in the household with the gene required to change empty toilet paper rolls.
From billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men's room toilet (and he isn't a billionaire she met in a romantic comedy).
She lives in New England with her husband and three children where she is the only person in the household with the gene required to change empty toilet paper rolls.
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