G.P. Putnam's Sons Twice Shy

Al principio no me gustaba Maybell por su personalidad, pero fui entendiendo el porque era así y no se defendía. Tiene un gran corazón y muchas inseguridades. Me llevé una gran sorpresa con Wesley, creí que simplemente era grosero y resultó que tenía ansiedad social, tal vez por eso me identifique con los personajes (ser tímida y tener ansiedad social). Me gustó como se fue desarrollando su enamoramiento y aunque lo ideal es que ambos fueran al psicólogo para recibir ayuda, me gustó que entre ellos se entendían y se ayudaban.

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mistura perfeita de fofura e vulnerabilidade. os personagens vão te ganhando aos poucos, se abrindo mais a cada capitulo e no final você quer colocar os dois num potinho, porque são muito preciosos e você não quer ver nenhum dos dois sofrer. foi muito bom acompanhar os dois saindo de seus respectivos casulos e sendo corajosos e abrindo o coração um pro outro. tem umas cenas aqui que você nem sabia que precisava até as ler. recomendo a leitura se você procura algo leve, bem escrito, bem humorado mas que também tem certa profundidade. você vai sair com o coração quentinho, com certeza!!! tropes: - grumpy H/ sunshine h - only one bed - forced proximity - opposites attract

I’m gonna have to reread this. I just flew through it so fast because I was having so much fun. Sarah Hogle writes brilliant characters. She brings so much life to a story. Something about her main characters and the little details and neuroticisms feel so incredibly lifelike and relatable. This story has a somewhat different tone from her first novel. Maybell had a kind of rough childhood with a flighty mom and has grown into an adult who is sort of a doormat. She wants to quit her job so badly but it’s the only job she’s really ever had and feels stuck. Her “best friend,” a coworker who actually sucks a lot but is the only person Maybell has, did something really awful to her a few months prior. She catfished Maybell as Jack, pretending to date her as him for like two months. Somehow it all blew over, and Maybell still thinks about Jack even though he’s not real, because who else is there to think about? Well, she finds out her elderly aunt died. Her elderly aunt who owned a huge mansion on acres and acres of land. You know. The true American dream. So she leaves her job and goes to inherit the property. Two things - 1. The property is in shambles. The beautiful house she’d last visited when she was 10 (family issues) has turned into a busted up hoarder’s house complete with all the wildlife that’d moved in. & 2. Her aunt didn’t just leave the property to her after all. She left it dually to Maybell and Wesley, the super grumpy groundskeeper. They have to not only share the house but get along while they try to fix it up and prepare it to fit both their visions. And oh yeah, did I mention Wesley is the guy whose pictures were used to catfish Maybell with???? (There is a logical explanation for it and isn’t THAT big of a coincidence after all, don’t worry) So yeah. There’s a lot for Maybell to tackle, and to be assertive with, after a life of being pretty meek and agreeable. Maybell is a fiercely funny character. She has a whole other world that she daydreams herself into when she’s feeling under pressure. She calls herself “a Maybell Parrish” like she’s one of a special species when she’s hyping herself up. She has huge ideas that no one has ever let her implement before, even at her job as an event coordinator (long story). She’s so real and honest and being inside her head is so fun. Wesley is also extremely complex and a great love interest. He’s really cold and standoffish at the beginning of the novel, but you grow to learn that he has an awful, near-crippling anxiety disorder that keeps him from being around people effectively. He really struggles a lot with it. It’s always nice to see a male character who isn’t always sure of himself and needs emotional support; we don’t get a lot of that in stories. Once Maybell finds her way under his skin, he is the dreamiest man ever. He is so sweet and communicative, and he shows love with acts of service which is like.... swoons. The way he and Maybell grow together and round each others’ edges out is just really sweet to experience. I can see myself rereading both this and You Deserve Each Other many times over. After just her debut, Sarah Hogle cemented herself as an auto-buy author for me, and I am desperate for more stories from her. I can see where her characters and voice wouldn’t be for everybody, because you may have to be a certain level of weird to relate to her main characters lmaooo but her writing is perfect for me and I’m so thrilled to have found her work.

I would call it a “healing” romance. Two lost souls who find comfort in each other ❤️ The only part that I did not like was the writing style, not my cup of tea… so many descriptions and I prefer more dialogue and “action”