Review: Frenemies by Emma Hart

Frenemies by Emma Hart
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I was provided an ARC of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.  This book releases everywhere tomorrow January 28, 2020.

This book was hilarious. Grandma Jen was one of the funniest characters I've ever read. Everything she says is inappropriate and raunchy, unless there is a certain three year old around, and she is up in everyone's business. I loved her character. This is a funny second chance romance between Imogen, aka Immy, and Mason. Immy lives with the aforementioned hilarious Grandma Jen, running the family art store, and making sure Grandma doesn't get into too much trouble around town and with her equally rowdy book club friends (think Golden Girls on steroids). Mason is Immy's friend with benefits from college, who really hurt her when he graduated and left without a word. The agreed they wouldn't get serious with each other and leave their feelings out of their relationship, but they both knew they had something more. Now, six years later Mason and his adorable daughter Maya are moving next door to Immy and Grandma Jen. Grandma is determined to have Immy married by her next birthday, and Immy is determined to make Mason's life miserable for hurting her all those years ago. Unfortunately for Immy, she's still attracted to Mason, and when he apologizes for hurting her, she has to deal with her feelings and decide if they can be friends or if she wants to be enemies forever. Well you can imagine that the sparks fly between them leaving Immy even more confused about her feelings for Mason and where she fits in his life as a single dad.

As I said this was really funny. I really loved that we had a single dad in the relationship, who is a doting father and has a healthy relationship with her mother. It was nice to see the healthy family dynamic between Mason and his ex as positive role models for little Maya. So often we see the cheating trope or the "I hate my ex" trope. I really appreciated that the angst was between Mason and Immy, and it wasn't really that angsty it was actually pretty funny. I also really liked that Grandma Jen, while a bit ridiculous about it, doesn't pull punches when she calls Immy out on not dealing with her feelings toward Mason.

If you are looking for a laugh out loud romance, check this one out.

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