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Sunday, June 13, 2021

4 Star Review: Friends with Benedicts by Staci Hart

 


Timing is everything.

Presley Hale and Sebastian Vargas are no strangers to goodbye. Their high school summers were spent wrapped up in each other until she would inevitably go home to California. One season after college, Sebastian finally escaped the little Texas town to travel the world, and they said goodbye for what they thought might be the last time.

Sebastian went one way. Presley went the other.

For the first time in five years, they’re both in town, but the timing is no better than ever. So the only thing to do is what they do best. Keep it casual.

Friends with benefits.

They’ve done it before—doing it again will be easy.

But their hearts don’t get the memo.

When the lines of their arrangement blur, Presley and Sebastian are faced with decisions they’ve avoided for years. And that’s not even their biggest problem.

A small town in danger of failing.

A secret that could tear them apart.

And two hearts that can’t hide anymore.

They’ve shared so many summers, but none compare to what they’ll face.

Timing is everything.

And their time is almost up.








My Review

I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review. 

As you can probably glean from the title of this book, this has the friends with benefits trope, but it also has a few others thrown in. Can I interest you in small town romance and  a secret baby? If so, this is the book for you. 

Sebastian and Presley have always had terrible timing. Having only spent summers together (Presley would visit her family) while they were in high school, they find themselves once again in the same places. Except this time, Presley is the one staying put and Sebastian is leaving. Or is he?

I enjoyed this book. It was sweet and funny and an easy read. It gives us plenty of secondary characters, most importantly, Presley's cousins. They made me laugh out loud multiple times throughout the book and I am looking forward to reading their stories! 







Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life -- a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife, though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. When she's not writing, she's reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.


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