Sally Thorne has written a cute romance novel that I must admit that I enjoyed. I would never have even given this book a second look, except that I needed a book with a number in the title to help complete my library winter book challenge. So there I went starting to read what I thought was a novel with a foolish premise. It is corny and a bit hokey, but then it is also sweet and entertaining for a snowy afternoon.
Thorne, says the cover of the book, is a "USA Today bestselling author" and this is her second book. The first being titled, The Hating Game. Maybe she is working through some of her own personal issues with these books.
In this novel we meet Darcy Barrett, who is a fraternal twin with a brother (he came first) Jamie.
There is competition between that goes back to the womb. Their best friend, Tom, has been the wedge and intervening force between them since they all became friends in childhood.
Jamie wants Tom to be his best friend, and Darcy has had a romantic crush on Tom for years, that she cannot put into words. Darcy plays the bad girl role to cover up her true feelings.
Tom is a contractor now by trade and has been hired by the twins to renovate their grandmother's house so they can put it on the market and sell. There are problems with the building project and there are obviously destructive problems that need to be torn down and rebuilt with all their interpersonal relationships.
We are routing for Tom and Darcy to tear down the misconceptions that seem forged in the past and build a new structure for a better relationship going forward.
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