Maybe This Time by Kasie West {Review}

Maybe This Time by Kasie West

Hardcover, 368 pages

Published July 9th 2019 by Point 

Source: Library

    

One year. Nine events. Nine chances to . . . fall in love?

Weddings. Funerals. Barbecues. New Year's Eve parties. Name the occasion, and Sophie Evans will be there. Well, she has to be there. Sophie works for the local florist, so she can be found at every big event in her small hometown, arranging bouquets and managing family dramas.

Enter Andrew Hart. The son of the fancy new chef in town, Andrew is suddenly required to attend all the same events as Sophie. Entitled, arrogant, preppy Andrew. Sophie just wants to get her job done and finish up her sketches so she can apply to design school. But every time she turns around, there is Andrew, getting in her way and making her life more complicated. Until one day she wonders if maybe complicated isn't so bad after all . . .

Told over the course of one year and following Sophie from event to event, this delightful novel from master of romantic comedy Kasie West shows how love can blossom in unexpected places.

My Review: 4 Stars

Sophie is desperate to leave her small Southern town behind and dreams of New York City. Her job, for now, is working for a local florist and when she meets celebrity chef's son, Andrew, at her different events around town, the sparks fly.

Sophie and Andrew are so opposite and I enjoyed watching them get to know each other gradually through these various events. They each carry an oversized, heavy suitcase full of emotional baggage, but as the story progresses, they each help each other lighten their loads, especially with the help of their mutual friend.

Kasie West is the best at these feel-good teenage love stories and this one was definitely different, as it didn't take place in school and the encounters were so spread out. But it still managed to warm my heart as fast as a bonfire at the beach.

Content: mild romance