Kris Ripper

"[A] warmly appealing romance." —BookPage on The Love Study All Mason wants to do is fall in love, get married and live happily ever after. The hunt is beginning to wear him down…until he meets (slightly) famous fashion designer Diego. Everything sparks between them—the banter, the sex, the fiery eye contact across a crowded room. There's just one thing: Diego is already married and living his happily-ever-after, which luckily (or not) for Mason includes outside courtships. But not quite in the way he'd always imagined. Mason thought he knew what would make him happy, but it turns out the traditional life he'd expected has some surprises in store. The Love Study Book 1: The Love Study Book 2: The Hate Project Book 3: The Life Revamp Carina Adores is home to highly romantic contemporary love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters. Discover a new Carina Adores book every month!

An LGBTQ Romcom

The Life Revamp

"[A] warmly appealing romance." --BookPage on The Love Study All Mason wants to do is fall in love, get married and live happily ever after. The hunt is beginning to wear him down...until he meets (slightly) famous fashion designer Diego. Everything sparks between them--the banter, the sex, the fiery eye contact across a crowded room. There's just one thing: Diego is already married and living his happily-ever-after, which luckily (or not) for Mason includes outside courtships. But not quite in the way he'd always imagined. Mason thought he knew what would make him happy, but it turns out the traditional life he'd expected has some surprises in store. The Love Study Book 1: The Love Study Book 2: The Hate Project Book 3: The Life Revamp Carina Adores is home to modern, romantic love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters. A new Carina Adores title is available each month: The Hideaway Inn by Philip William Stover The Girl Next Door by Chelsea M. Cameron Just Like That by Cole McCade Hairpin Curves by Elia Winters Better Than People by Roan Parrish The Love Study by Kris Ripper The Secret Ingredient by KD Fisher Just Like This by Cole McCade Teddy Spenser Isn't Looking for Love by Kim Fielding The Beautiful Things Shoppe by Philip William Stover Best Laid Plans by Roan Parrish Knit, Purl, a Baby and a Girl by Hettie Bell The Hate Project by Kris Ripper Hard Sell by Hudson Lin For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes Sailor Proof by Annabeth Albert Meet Me in Madrid by Verity Lowell The Life Revamp by Kris Ripper If You Love Something by Jayce Ellis

Gabriel Noel 

ARC given by NetGalley for Honest Review

The Life Revamp was a slightly difficult read for me. I very much enjoyed the first installment of this series (The Love Study) so I was ready to have a fun time reading this but instead I'm left a bit torn. Rippers way of writing gives me a bit of whiplash. In many instances I'm cringe-ing through the juvenile elder millennial meme speak or getting lost in the overly verbose and unnatural dialogue. Some times I'm enjoying the well written and deeply metaphorical nuance of the characters and their inner monologues. It's FRUSTRATING! The story, in which Mason deals with his feelings about wanting a white picket fence life while embarking on dating the polyamorous fashion designer Diego, is BRILLIANT! The story is there, but the dialogue and lack of natural conversation keeps it from reaching it's potential.

The themes about polyamory, found family, forgiveness, and expectations vs. reality really shine towards the end of the book. Like in the first installment, the group is a great group of queer friends who really care for each other and I'm happy that there are more stories about these kinds of lives. The premise and themes, as well as the decently conceptualized cast of characters takes my rating from a 2 to a 3.

The Life Revamp An LGBTQ Romcom

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