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You're My IT Nerds of Happy Valley Book 1

Charlie N. Holmberg — 2022

Dice meets derby in a new contemporary romance novel by bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg.Fourth try's the charm? or is it?The first guy Blaine ever confessed her feelings to dismissed her. The second made her friendless. The third, a viral internet sensation.And Blaine is praying the fourth will be different.After two years of pining for the aloof and secretly hilarious IT guy at work, roller-derby-warrior Blaine creates a master plan: after Lysander returns from his transfer in California, she's going to spill everything. And why not? She's got a killer undercut, thighs of steel, and shares his love for superheroes. In her book, they're a match made in heaven.Lysander has enough self-esteem to fill a thimble and has always struggled with his place in the world. When his father has a health scare, Lysander takes charge of his own, and consequentially loses fifty pounds. Suddenly the people around him think he's worth his space-especially the women. And when Lysander fishes the literally shallow waters of dating and returns with a girl on his arm, Blaine fears she may have lost her chance with him entirely.

Reviews

Amanda@tearex

Dec 22, 2022

The love story in this was cute and fun. I was a little frustrated by the body-transformation time jump because I immediately knew what the issues were going to be for the couple. I enjoyed them a slightly chubby couple in the start and was looking forward to that story. I don't enjoy a story full of constant body-image self-doubt. That said, the story was well-told up until the final chapters. Around the 93% mark I started flipping tables and swearing when the author introduced a totally unnecessary twist and then crammed together a wholly unsatisfying HEA in the last couple chapters. At 92% we already had a very satisfying HEA and all that was needed was a cute epilogue telling us about their current job situations and describing the cute roller skate themed bridal shower thrown by her derby team... instead we got nonsensical stress. This book should be a 4 star, but because of the bad ending I can't rate it higher than a 3.

Bayly Hepburn@baylyh

May 12, 2022

4 stars. So fun! You’re My IT is everything I love in a contemporary romance; perfect pacing, slow burn friends to lovers, and just enough nerdiness and quirk to quickly engender you to Blaine and Lysander. I couldn’t help but be drawn into their world, rooting for them to figure it all out and getting attached to them and their friends along the way. This is my first time reading Holmberg’s writing and I can’t wait to see what the next instalment of this series has in store. Thank you to C.N. Holmberg and Netgalley for an audiobook ARC of this incredibly fun story!

Jeff James@unsquare

Jan 5, 2023

Petaco@didyousaytaco

Jul 15, 2023