Practice Makes Perfect: A Novel

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She forgave him much to easily. She treats it like a joke at the end which makes no sense at all considering who she is. Yesss, the two main characters J.D. and Payton, they have to fight each other to be the chosen one, the partner of the firm. Love the way they get even toward each other! That's court scene made me lol and u guys should not miss it cux it is that fun. ;) See, you just don’t understand women the way I do, J.D. They want it all: a career, apple martinis, financial independence, great shoes; but at the same time—and this they’ll never admit—they are drawn to patriarchal men who are dominant and controlling. That’s the essence of the Darcy complex. He may be an asshole, but he’s an asshole that gets the girl in the end.” It seems to me, Annie, that you are just waiting for someone to give you permission to be yourself out loud.”

I also felt a bit like the happy ending was rather smushed on there too, but it bothered me less, because the H&H didn’t have quite the same degree of emotional conflict to deal with, and we’d seen more of their emotional journey in dealing with them over the course of the book already. Now can we talk about that playful ending?? reenacting and quoting her fav romance book during sex (unfortunately Sarah deprived us from including full details from the actual scene — a shame I know) lmao but he’s a real one for that. Overall the ending left me satisfied and the book was so cute. Btw the spice in this is almost non existent (it’s closed door) 1-1.5 out of 5 🌶️ so you don’t go in blind expecting that but the slow burn and tension towards it was great 😋

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The cause of their eight-year animosity was a bit absurd, if not funny. They wasted eight years because of a petty thing. I almost feel bad for Payton and J.D.. I know I know, it's a pile of romantic fluff... But don't let the seemingly simple boring story line put you off. The characters are so well written and the tension is SO GOOD that you wont care that there is no murder, mystery or major life shattering dramas. This is a good old-fashioned, well written, AWESOME romance book! He does get nicer (A LOT) but I was not convinced that the leopard had changed his spots by the end of the book – in fact I wasn’t even sure that he really believed he had spots, and still less sure that he understood the need to change them. The author is clearly very intelligent and was a lawyer herself. You can tell she knows her stuff and puts that into her writing. Not just content-wise, but also how she tells the story and the sophisticated style of her writing. The only thing I was expecting from this that it didn't deliver on was good sex scenes. There are a minimal amount of physical scenes within this entire book and when they do happen, the author just does the YA trope of drifting off into the distance. It was a buzz kill for me. But, to me, this made it more of an old-fashioned love story. There is no insta love. It is a slow build, enemies-to-lovers romance with no cursing and PG-13 rated love scenes. I AM ALSO DONE with reading about first experiences, first loves, FIRST ANYTHING. It is why I don't typically enjoy reading YA anymore. I like characters who have already “found themselves” but have gotten slightly lost along the way and need to be re-directed on the right path. In this book, this main character, was very much a pure angel. She was a virgin, had never really dated, hardly been kissed and just felt like she went on the whole “first journey” of everything where it’s all sparkles, sunshine and rainbows... a lot of firsts that just didn't appeal to me. As a result, I found that I connected a lot more with Will. He seemed a little bit more “damaged" and in need of help with scars that he had to work through.

I must note that I may be biased because I recently finished Law School and I found traces of my future in this book,but still Practice Makes Perfect is such a funny and sweet and hot story you can't possibly resist!!And if there is the slightest possibility I may find my J.D. while working my ass off,bring it on baby!!(or not?) JD was great...until he decided to retaliate and I mentally threw my iPhone against the wall. Gave up. Gave up Julie James, too.Julie James is the most wonderful author! Her debut got me hooked and the FBI series is divine – and is one of my favorites of all times. I went into this book with high expectations (both the first and the second time around) and I was not disappointed. I loved this book! It's one of those cases where no words are good enough – I just conclude that Julie James and I are a match made in heaven. Also the big reveal, coming as it did at the end, was the thing ruined it for me and I decided to give the book 3,5 stars instead of 4 after that. Going on the heroine’s previous characterization, I just couldn’t believe that she wasn’t angrier about it, and I did not feel that it boded well for their future. While book's plot pacing was ok it definitely had emotional pacing problems.