Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams

Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams

Practice Makes Perfect is the second novel in Sarah Adams When in Rome series (I'm aware that I'm reading them backward). It is a New York Times Bestseller, an Amazon Editor's Pick for Best Romance, and a Popsugar Best Book of the Year from 2023. There's not much to worry about in this book: emotional abuse, grief, stalking, and the death of parents, all of which is dealt with in light tones.

Annie Walker, the youngest of the Walker siblings, has always been considered an angel by her siblings and the town of Rome, Kentucky as a whole. She even keeps a tally of the number of times her siblings swear in a month. When they get to twenty, they have to pay twenty and then the money gets donated to a charity. She's never even had to pay! But there is so much more to her that she wishes people would see. It seems like no one - not her siblings, not the people of the town, not the men on the terrible dates she's been on - can see all the different aspects that are Annie Walker. Enter Will Griffin, bodyguard ahem sorry. Executive Protection Agent and flirt who won't be tied down. After some hijinks, Will agrees to help Annie find out why her dating life is so dull so she can find the man of her dreams.

This book is so corny and I love it. Will is untrusting of relationships, Annie thinks getting married will make her feel complete, neither one of them knows what they really need until they go an a path of discovery and find it in themselves and each other. What a delight. When it comes to literary value, I'd say there's not much. The plot is nothing new or exciting, the writing is decent but not extraordinary, the setting is a picturesque town that doesn't actually exist in real life. But the relationship between the siblings is wonderful and all of the Walkers, as well as Annie and Will, have some development that I enjoyed seeing. A sweet, easy, short summer read that has a guaranteed happy ending and a wonderful palate cleanser that I really needed. Better than your average romance and fairly clean as well.

I'm giving Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams 4 stars out of 5 and a spice rating of about .5. I've got one book left in the series to read before the final book comes out at the end of 2025. I'm excited.

For more from the author, check out her website at https://www.authorsarahadams.com/

Pairs well with a giant brownie and learning to be selfish, at least every once and awhile.

Favorite quote: "Tonight we are going to write out a formal plan for the lessons. That gave me the chills because there's nothing I like more than a good bullet point list."

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