G.P. Putnam's Sons Twice Shy

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 impressed that the author managed to pull off a completely different kind of romance with TWICE SHY. I can only imagine how hard it must be to write a sophomore novel after a debut novel like YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER. Which had such an interesting, unique and extreme take on the enemies to lovers trope. Instead this time the author wrote a very playful romance, with a slow burn love story that was touching and sweet.I’m a big fan of the newly minted sunshine/grump trope. And at the beginning Maybell and Wesley gave me tons the enemies to lovers vibes. Especially when Wesley’s grumpy, silent and mysterious personality clashed with Maybell’s chatty and dreamy nature. That changed eventually when the couple started to get to know each other.Also I don’t think I ever read about a heroine quite like Maybell before. She dreamed up scenarios that were playful, and dreamy. And I mean that in the literal sense. Sometimes her daydreams were hard to separate from the rest of the story because they were so descriptive and fleshed out. It made for a unique and quirky trait.And Wesley was such a sweet guy. Shy, but when he came out of his shell he was adorable dreamy. A sweet cinnamon roll kind of hero. Perfectly swoony. Even more so since he suffered from a severe social anxiety that made me want to hug and protect him. The more I read, the more I understood his behaviour. And his vulnerability made him extremely attractive.Maybell and Wesley’s love story was a slow burn, with many wonderful moments. Although the heat was completely missing between the couple, it actually worked for them, since they both were shy, vulnerable, and even awkward at times and also a bit in their own heads.The book is not perfect, far from it as I struggled to turn off my more logical and realistic side. There were just too many question left unanswered and topics that were glossed over especially when it came to the remodel. But besides that the book is great for anyone loving a more slow moving romance. It had many tender and romantic moments, and a hero that will make you swoon and fall in love with. Also the story revolved to 98% around the couple. So, overall it’s a great escape read for any romance reader.

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Goodness, if you are looking for a warm, swoony read, Twice Shy will definitely fulfill that need!Maybell is used to being a dreamer and kind of taking things from people that she doesn’t deserve because while she can come up with elaborate fantasies of being bold and confident, the reality is she’s more apt to take the slights heaped on her. Part of this comes from growing up with a mom who couldn’t be there for her, and so she’s gotten used to just accepting scraps of affection. When her Aunt Violet suddenly (to her) passes away and leaves her the old house she remembers so fondly from one summer, Maybell is full of dreams of what it’s going to be like living in her dream house. What she isn’t prepared for is having to share the inheritance with Wesley, a shy, socially anxious landscaper who communicates with stony silence and notes down the dumb waiter.I came into Twice Shy expecting the same kind of humor and feel as You Deserve Each Other, Hogle’s debut novel, but I’m amazed at just how vastly different they are - but how wonderful Hogle’s books are as well! This book did start a little slow and took a little while for me to get into, but it was absolutely worth the wait. Wesley comes across very gruff and grumpy, but he’s actually a gooey marshmallow and he says the sweetest things. But really one of my absolute favorite things in this book was the emphasis on who they are being enough for both Maybell and Wesley, showing how loving someone is loving them as they are, good and bad and put-together and messy, and not trying to make them someone different or “better.” There were so many little lines that made me legitimately clutch my chest and swoon because it was so wonderfully sweet and caring. And there’s no love fixing or curing Wesley’s anxiety, but we do see how love makes him feel able to do things that scare him because he knows Maybell loves him.I just adored this book so much and even though it has a very different vibe from You Deserve Each Other, it still has some of the same humor that made Hogle’s debut so wonderful. I’ll definitely be reading more from her, and I hope so many others fall in love with Maybell and Wesley and Falling Stars too!

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.