Maybe This Time // Book Review

“Who cares? Now is the time to fail spectacularly. We have our whole lives ahead of us to try again and again.”

 

 

 

Maybe This Time by Kasie West

One year. Nine events. Nine chances to . . . fall in love?

Weddings. Funerals. Barbecues. New Year's Eve parties. Name the occasion, and Sophie Evans will be there. Well, she has to be there. Sophie works for the local florist, so she can be found at every big event in her small hometown, arranging bouquets and managing family dramas.

Enter Andrew Hart. The son of the fancy new chef in town, Andrew is suddenly required to attend all the same events as Sophie. Entitled, arrogant, preppy Andrew. Sophie just wants to get her job done and finish up her sketches so she can apply to design school. But every time she turns around, there is Andrew, getting in her way and making her life more complicated. Until one day she wonders if maybe complicated isn't so bad after all . . .

Told over the course of one year and following Sophie from event to event, this delightful novel from master of romantic comedy Kasie West shows how love can blossom in unexpected places.

 

Characters

I thought both of Sophie and Andrew were fun to read about and easy to root for. (And so SO easy to ship) THE BANTER AAAAH

I enjoyed the other characters and how they interacted with each other! (A certain mother's day breakfast/brunch comes to mind as a favorite scene...)

And I like the fact it didn't go with the best friend who doesn't just disappear for most of the book trope

 

Other Things

The way it jumped from event to event was a cool way to set up the plot

ENEMIES TO LOVER BOOK AAH

The flowers! Sophie works at a flower shop and each chapter starts with a note about the flower chosen for that week's arrangement

 

Carnation: A flower with a potent fragrance and distinct shape, mostly known for being the choice of cheapskates. Bring someone a carnation and you may as well have plucked a dandelion out of a crack in the sidewalk. But carnations don’t mind their reputation. They are both hardy and long-lasting. Stubborn little flowers. Long live the carnation!”

5/5 Stars