Name: The Buy-In
Rating: 3.708333333333333 (24 reviews)

Emma St. Clair

The Buy-In

sydney

This book is so freaking cute!!! I expected the marriage of convenience to happen earlier in the book but it happened at just the right moment. Pat was just so perfect. He did everything to show Lindy that he still loved her. I also really loved seeing Pat develop a relationship with Jo. I love the single parent trope so much.

I received an arc through netgalley

I absolutely loved this book, Pat and Lindy’s relationship is so cute and I love a good marriage of convenience book. The plot along with the romance was really good, but I do wish we got a more climatic scene with the court case because the book had been leading it up for a really long time. However the characters amazing even James, I can sense some change with him in the next book of this series. How was the best and I still can’t believe she’s not 5. I can’t wait to continue with the rest of the Graham brothers books and see what Emma has in store for this series. 

Princess Twasam 

Emily Cutler

I adore this book. It’s one of the funniest books I’ve read in a long time. I had a huge, giddy smile on my face the majority of the time I was reading this. 

Pat is now my new book boyfriend and it’s going to take a lot to knock him off that top spot. He is honestly perfect. 

Firstly, Pat loves romance shows. Need I say more? He also does the most adorable giggle (well, it’s adorable in my head) when he’s nervous. It makes we want to reach through the book and squeeze him. 

I’d say Lindy’s character was fine. There wasn’t anything particularly special about her. However, I did appreciate how strong she was. She had a lot of things she was dealing with and she handled it all so well. 

My favourite thing about this book was the mental health representation - Pat had ADHD. I feel like the author handled it so respectfully. It wasn’t done just to tick a box but rather it actually played a part in the story. It also taught me a lot about the condition aswell which makes me really respect the author. As a mental health sufferer myself I always think it’s important to raise more awareness around mental health conditions. 

I was addicted to this book from the very first chapter and if I didn’t have to face the real world (essays…you suck) then I would have finished this in a day. I highly recommended you go read this book right now. 

✦ Tropes included: second-chance romance, single parent, marriage of convenience 

Thank you to NetGalley and Emma St Clair for this e-Arc. 

𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵:

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘺-𝘐𝘯 - https://amzn.to/3s1HYAr

𝘈𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘐 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴.

Larissa zavala

I kept waiting for this to get better but I feel like there was way too much going on. 

Synopsis: 

Lindy and Pat were a couple in college but one day instead of saying goodbye on their final date he decided to avoid it (enneagram 9 or 7?) and leaves without even a phone call. Now Lindy is a single mom to her niece and pat is a ex-athlete when pats dad buys the town Lindy lives in (Sheet cake, Texas) they finally see each other again. With an unexpected custody battle at hand Lindy and Pat get married to make it seem like jo is more together. 



Review: (slight spoilers)



This whole thing could've just been fixed with a honest conversation 

Pat: I love you and I'm sorry let's work on this 

Lindy: I love you too, and I may not forgive you right away but I want to. 

But no, we get a "custody battle" that seems like it's gonna be a huge deal that gets side lined. Some rude residents of sheet cake that apparently don't want better roads? Lindy doesn't want a home that is live-able? Pats offering to help and all and I get she doesn't want him to think she's using him but the husband isn't gonna cover up the fact that jo (her niece) is living in a tiny closet and the house is falling apart. We don't even get to them meeting again until 50% of the book and most of the information that was thrown at us seemed unfinished or irrelevant. The mom also had dementia and I just think there was too much going on and a lot of loose-ish ends. 

Pat and Lindy have barely made a life together and they are acting / expecting things that don't make sense. 

The author also included adhd info which is cool but it was waaaay too much stuff going on that my mind was just spinning and confused. 

For some reason I can't stop wondering about the tv in the barn... like how much money does this dude have?

My most favorite part was the ending with Lindys mom. And the adoption. And verbing nouns. (Sorry tank)


Thank you NetGalley for providing this arc.

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