There's a spanner thrown in the works though, and that's her new (and ridiculously gorgeous) roommate Trevor Metcalfe - a brooding, tattooed, neat-freak fireman. There is also an author's note at the beginning which I think is super useful to read first.Ī lover of many a romance trope and faced with a Valentine's Day gala but no date, Tara takes it upon herself to get in touch with her exes and see if she can orchestrate her own second-chance-romance. The way Lea handles this topic is so well done, and so sensitively covered too. I think most women I know can understand how it is to be labelled that way by men. And it's not only the fact that Tara has an instagram account dedicated to her love of books, like so many of us do! But it's the fact she's always been known as the 'crazy' ex-girlfriend the girl that is 'too much' of everything: too clingy, too enthusiastic, too dramatic, too passionate. And while Tara Chen is an overdramatic book lover whose imagination gets away with her at times, she is still very relatable. As soon as it appeared on NetGalley I was off like a shot to apply for it!Īmy Lea is so good at crafting highly entertaining and yet utterly believable characters. I read Set On You by the same author last month and utterly fell in love with that book, so you can imagine my excitement when it was announced her next book would be focused on the bookstagrammer sister of the fitness influencer FMC in the first book. 'A die-hard, emotional romantic and a guy who only believes in one kind of happy ending? That's a recipe for disaster if I ever saw one.' Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an e-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. Thank You NetGalley and Penguin General Uk Well done Amy Lea another great book by an amazing talented author you smashed it again Wow I couldn’t put this book down I really enjoyed it totally recommend To claim happily ever after, can Tara and Trevor read between the lines of their growing connection. The more time they spend together, the more Tara realises Trevor seems to be the only one who appreciates her authentic, dramatic self.

But Tara’s journey is leading him to discover his own chapter. When his new roommate Tara enlists him to help her reconnect with her exes he reluctantly agrees.

So Tara decides to visit her exes in hopes of securing her very own trope worthy second chance romance. The problem is classic meet cute are dead, thanks to modern dating apps. Nevertheless, Tara is determined to find the one. Romance book connoisseur Tara Chen has had her heart broken ten times by ten different men all of whom dumped her because of her stage five clinger tendencies.

Exes and O's by Amy Lea