{"id":27368,"date":"2021-06-29T07:32:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T11:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=27368"},"modified":"2022-10-17T05:27:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T00:27:30","slug":"review-to-sir-with-love-by-lauren-layne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/29\/review-to-sir-with-love-by-lauren-layne\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f  To Sir With Love by Lauren Layne"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-27368\" data-postid=\"27368\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-27368 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/to-sir-with-love-lauren-layne.jpg?resize=223%2C346&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-29554\" title=\"to-sir-with-love-lauren-layne\" alt=\"to-sir-with-love-lauren-layne\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/to-sir-with-love-lauren-layne.jpg?w=223&amp;ssl=1 223w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/to-sir-with-love-lauren-layne.jpg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/to-sir-with-love-lauren-layne.jpg?resize=400%2C620&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Perpetually cheerful and eager to please, Gracie Cooper strives to make the best out of every situation. So when her father dies just months after a lung cancer diagnosis, she sets aside her dreams of pursuing her passion for art to take over his Midtown Manhattan champagne shop. She soon finds out that the store\u2019s profit margins are being squeezed perilously tight, and complicating matters further, a giant corporation headed by the impossibly handsome, but irritatingly arrogant Sebastian Andrews is proposing a buyout. But Gracie can\u2019t bear the thought of throwing away her father\u2019s dream like she did her own.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Overwhelmed and not wanting to admit to her friends or family that she\u2019s having second thoughts about the shop, Gracie seeks advice and solace from someone she\u2019s never met\u2014the faceless \u201cSir\u201d, with whom she connected on a blind dating app where matches get to know each other through messages and common interests before exchanging real names or photos.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">But although Gracie finds herself slowly falling for Sir online, she has no idea she\u2019s already met him in real life\u2026and they can\u2019t stand each other.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 29, 2022<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Warm<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Simon &amp; Schuster<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Gallery<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $11.99<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>An ode to a timeless tale that put a smile on my face!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>To Sir, With Love<\/strong> is a delightful reboot on <strong>You\u2019ve Got Mail<\/strong>, with a twist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We have heroine, <strong>Gracie Cooper,<\/strong> she runs a champagne and wine shop called <em>Bubbles and More<\/em>. It\u2019s a family shop, passed on to her by her father. Though she\u2019s the youngest sibling of three and somehow got roped into running this shop instead of perusing her dreams in art. \u00a0We meet our heroine amid attempting to figure out how to keep her shop turning a profit and communicating with a gentleman via a dating app. Though, said gentleman, got on there by accident and isn\u2019t looking for a date.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gracie is also dealing with a ruthless company run by a man who is more good looking than he should be, and said man wants to buy out her family\u2019s store lease. This is where the fun begins in a lovely downward spiral as Gracie starts to discover who she thought was her enemy might be her friend, and she\u2019s supposed to hate him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This book had so many fun characters from the main ones to Gracie\u2019s best friends and even the business grump, <strong>Sebastian<\/strong>, who is trying to take her shop away from her. Of course, Sebastian doesn\u2019t see things like that, he keeps telling her she\u2019s welcome to move her shop elsewhere and then the fool won\u2019t go away or take no for answer and keeps showing up to bother Gracie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What did I love about this one? It had so many of those slow burn aspects I\u2019ve come to enjoy in a good enemies to lovers romance. The shared interests, the slow realization the person you thought was inhuman is quite the opposite. \u00a0The banter, the longing stares, the concern that maybe the hate and dislike is something else entirely. *sigh and swoon*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sure, there is an element of cheesy and predictable to this book, but those things made me smile and my heart bubble up in joy. The same way all of us romantics sigh when we\u2019re watching a good rom-com. You\u2019re left with this feeling that there is still love in the world, and you might possibly find the one for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What I didn\u2019t like is that I only got to live in Gracie\u2019s head. I wanted to know what Sebastian was thinking as he stood with only a desk between him and Gracie as they talked. I wanted to get inside his head whenever he\u2019d have the urge to go by Gracie\u2019s shop or be around her after she soundly denied him a moment of her time before.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, if you want a feel-good summer romance <strong>To Sir, With Love<\/strong> will deliver just that. In fact, it\u2019s put me in the mood to go watch You\u2019ve Got Mail. 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So when her father dies just months after a lung cancer diagnosis, she sets aside her dreams of pursuing her passion for art to take over his Midtown Manhattan champagne shop. She soon finds out that the store\u2019s profit margins are being squeezed perilously tight, and complicating matters further, a giant corporation headed by the impossibly handsome, but irritatingly arrogant Sebastian Andrews is proposing a buyout. But Gracie can\u2019t bear the thought of throwing away her father\u2019s dream like she did her own.<br \/><br \/>Overwhelmed and not wanting to admit to her friends or family that she\u2019s having second thoughts about the shop, Gracie seeks advice and solace from someone she\u2019s never met\u2014the faceless \u201cSir\u201d, with whom she connected on a blind dating app where matches get to know each other through messages and common interests before exchanging real names or photos.<br \/><br \/>But although Gracie finds herself slowly falling for Sir online, she has no idea she\u2019s already met him in real life\u2026and they can\u2019t stand each other.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p> <hr \/> <p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 29, 2022<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Warm<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Simon &amp; Schuster<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Gallery<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $11.99<\/p> <hr \/> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>An ode to a timeless tale that put a smile on my face!<\/em><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>To Sir, With Love<\/strong> is a delightful reboot on <strong>You\u2019ve Got Mail<\/strong>, with a twist.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We have heroine, <strong>Gracie Cooper,<\/strong> she runs a champagne and wine shop called <em>Bubbles and More<\/em>. It\u2019s a family shop, passed on to her by her father. Though she\u2019s the youngest sibling of three and somehow got roped into running this shop instead of perusing her dreams in art. \u00a0We meet our heroine amid attempting to figure out how to keep her shop turning a profit and communicating with a gentleman via a dating app. Though, said gentleman, got on there by accident and isn\u2019t looking for a date.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gracie is also dealing with a ruthless company run by a man who is more good looking than he should be, and said man wants to buy out her family\u2019s store lease. This is where the fun begins in a lovely downward spiral as Gracie starts to discover who she thought was her enemy might be her friend, and she\u2019s supposed to hate him.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This book had so many fun characters from the main ones to Gracie\u2019s best friends and even the business grump, <strong>Sebastian<\/strong>, who is trying to take her shop away from her. Of course, Sebastian doesn\u2019t see things like that, he keeps telling her she\u2019s welcome to move her shop elsewhere and then the fool won\u2019t go away or take no for answer and keeps showing up to bother Gracie.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What did I love about this one? It had so many of those slow burn aspects I\u2019ve come to enjoy in a good enemies to lovers romance. The shared interests, the slow realization the person you thought was inhuman is quite the opposite. \u00a0The banter, the longing stares, the concern that maybe the hate and dislike is something else entirely. *sigh and swoon*<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sure, there is an element of cheesy and predictable to this book, but those things made me smile and my heart bubble up in joy. The same way all of us romantics sigh when we\u2019re watching a good rom-com. You\u2019re left with this feeling that there is still love in the world, and you might possibly find the one for you.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What I didn\u2019t like is that I only got to live in Gracie\u2019s head. I wanted to know what Sebastian was thinking as he stood with only a desk between him and Gracie as they talked. I wanted to get inside his head whenever he\u2019d have the urge to go by Gracie\u2019s shop or be around her after she soundly denied him a moment of her time before.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, if you want a feel-good summer romance <strong>To Sir, With Love<\/strong> will deliver just that. In fact, it\u2019s put me in the mood to go watch You\u2019ve Got Mail. For readers who enjoyed <em><strong>Kerry Winfrey\u2019s<\/strong><\/em> <strong>Waiting For Tom Hanks<\/strong>.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3S7fdxn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3S8gaWf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/to-sir-with-love-lauren-layne\/1137938696?ean=9781982152819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/to-sir-with-love-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Lauren_Layne_To_Sir_with_Love?id=LNEDEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27368"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29557,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27368\/revisions\/29557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}