Tarah  Dewitt

The Co-op

Alesha Clifford

"Don't be that guy," I say before he can. "Don't say the thing that every person who's ever moved furniture since 1999 has said. I'm begging you. It was really before our time, man."

jesus fuck that was terrible. finished it out of spite. truly never ending. i kept seeing this book and going “ooo i should read this”, then would proceed to not read it. for months i did that, and i should have just kept up that same song and dance because this was bad. sounded so good on paper… second chance? childhood friends? small beach town? marriage of convenience? forced proximity? but dear god she is just a bitch and he wears so many tank tops. also i can only read the same conversation about liking each other/not liking each other maybe 2-3x tops. after that, you guys have to stfu.

big ab

This is a childhood friends to lovers turned enemies to lovers turned to marriage of convenience

Overall a solid read however the miscommunication trope was stronggggg

This is also a veryyyyyy slow burn with low spice 

Brittany Peterson

This is a childhood friends to lovers turned enemies to lovers turned to marriage of convenience

Overall a solid read however the miscommunication trope was stronggggg

This is also a veryyyyyy slow burn with low spice 

I was lucky enough to get an early copy of this book. I wanted to read it when it was still indie and am so excited to see it picked up and get out there for more people to find. I will say my reading experience wasn’t my favorite but I know there are some out there who would love this book. I just couldn’t connect with it the way I wanted to do it did take away from my reading experience. The concept was interesting but because of the lack of connection with the characters brought it down a bit. Hopefully I try to read more of Tarah DeWitt’s books soon!

Priscilla Stanfield

3.5/5⭐️ • 2/5🌶️

I was lucky enough to get an early copy of this book. I wanted to read it when it was still indie and am so excited to see it picked up and get out there for more people to find. I will say my reading experience wasn’t my favorite but I know there are some out there who would love this book. I just couldn’t connect with it the way I wanted to do it did take away from my reading experience. The concept was interesting but because of the lack of connection with the characters brought it down a bit. Hopefully I try to read more of Tarah DeWitt’s books soon!

I just LOVE the marriage of convenience trope. 

This book was one of the sweetest things I’ve ever read, I loved all of the characters and the setting and was very engaged throughout the entire book. My only issue with it is that I thought it dragged on a bit. The epilogue was so perfect and adorable, it made me sob. 

Olivia 

I just LOVE the marriage of convenience trope. 

This book was one of the sweetest things I’ve ever read, I loved all of the characters and the setting and was very engaged throughout the entire book. My only issue with it is that I thought it dragged on a bit. The epilogue was so perfect and adorable, it made me sob. 

Ana Clara Moreno

“What if I told you I was scared I’d get lost in myself again? What would you say?”
“I’d find you,” I tell him. “And I don’t think there’s a version of you I couldn’t love.”

Simply loved this one. The second chance, forced proximity, marriage of convenience was wonderful. I also loved the setting. I noticed the few Santa Cruz references and felt a little bit at home (highway 17 is truly awful).

Only issue I had was how this was but wasn’t a slow burn. I felt like with the amount of building tension there were too many almosts and too much time before they finally caved. It was just dragging on the tiniest bit.

BUT I feel blessed to have gotten a true epilogue, the last 20% of this was literally perfect and pulled on all the heartstrings. 

Abigail

Simply loved this one. The second chance, forced proximity, marriage of convenience was wonderful. I also loved the setting. I noticed the few Santa Cruz references and felt a little bit at home (highway 17 is truly awful).

Only issue I had was how this was but wasn’t a slow burn. I felt like with the amount of building tension there were too many almosts and too much time before they finally caved. It was just dragging on the tiniest bit.

BUT I feel blessed to have gotten a true epilogue, the last 20% of this was literally perfect and pulled on all the heartstrings. 

jupiter

celene

ah yes love is tender and comforting,,,marriage is beautiful 😭 <3

“But someone loves me at home. Someone who loves my sharp edges as much as all my softer ones too, and even the ones I haven’t quite got figured out yet. And I’m no longer afraid.”

Arielle Anderson

“We’re even right now, matched up in terms of the vulnerabilities we’ve conceded, and I am terrified to be the one to give up more ground.”

This was a seamless enemies to lovers, forces proximity, marriage of convenience rom com and I enjoyed the heck out of it. 

Our main characters low key gave me Nesta and Cassian vibes too, which was just perfect here. 

& I love Tarah’s writing so much! She takes care of her characters and crafts stories that deliver exactly what you need but with her own personal twist. 

Kathryn

“We’re even right now, matched up in terms of the vulnerabilities we’ve conceded, and I am terrified to be the one to give up more ground.”

Tarah strikes again 👏👏👏!!!

This was a seamless enemies to lovers, forces proximity, marriage of convenience rom com and I enjoyed the heck out of it. 

Our main characters low key gave me Nesta and Cassian vibes too, which was just perfect here. 

& I love Tarah’s writing so much! She takes care of her characters and crafts stories that deliver exactly what you need but with her own personal twist. 

4.25/5⭐️

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