{"id":29772,"date":"2023-01-10T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=29772"},"modified":"2023-01-09T22:43:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T02:43:22","slug":"review-exes-and-os-by-amy-lea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/10\/review-exes-and-os-by-amy-lea\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Exes and O&#8217;s by Amy Lea"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-29772\" data-postid=\"29772\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-29772 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_e4wq823 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_wc5a823 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_yisn823 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=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/exes-and-os-amy-lea.jpg?resize=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-29773\" title=\"exes-and-os-amy-lea\" alt=\"exes-and-os-amy-lea\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/exes-and-os-amy-lea.jpg?w=333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/exes-and-os-amy-lea.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/exes-and-os-amy-lea.jpg?resize=400%2C600&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>\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_gb1t823 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Romance book connoisseur Tara Chen has had her heart broken ten times by ten different men\u2014all of whom dumped her because of her \u201cstage-five clinger\u201d tendencies. Nevertheless, Tara is determined to find The One. The only problem? Classic meet-cutes are dead, thanks to modern dating apps. So Tara decides to revisit her exes in hopes of securing her very own trope-worthy second-chance romance.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Boston firefighter Trevor Metcalfe will be the first to rush into a burning building but the last to rush into a relationship. Love just isn\u2019t his thing. When his new roommate Tara enlists him to help her reconnect with her exes, he reluctantly agrees. But Tara\u2019s journey is leading him to discover his own new chapter.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The more time they spend together, the more Tara realizes Trevor seems to be the only one who appreciates her authentic, dramatic self. To claim their happily ever after, can Tara and Trevor read between the lines of their growing connection?<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_ck37823 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_km2k823  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><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Jan 10, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>The Influencer<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>2<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $11.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Tara and Trevor are roommates who barely co-exist. Tara is a die-heart romantic who has failed at relationships more times than she cares to admit. She has been struggling to find the right one. She decides to go back through her list of Exes to see if she can get a second chance at love after hearing her grandmother\u2019s story at finding love again. She enlists Trevor to help her this time around. What is better than having a male perspective?<br \/><br \/>Trevor is a womanizer and is not interested in finding love. He is contemptuous of helping Tara, but he soon realizes the other guys don\u2019t really understand Tara as he does. The more time he spends analyzing Tara in this new light, the more he likes her over-the-top behavior.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">This is a slow burner. I normally don\u2019t like the womanizer kind of guy. Very few authors can pull that off for the hero. I\u2019m not a prude by any means, but I don\u2019t want any explicit details of the guy with other women. In this case, it works. Tara is just a roomie who kind of works his nerves with all her books and ideas of love, and they have no romantic connection at first. However, Trevor becomes a good guy once he put on his friend&#8217;s hat for Tara. I really like that he slowly started to appreciate all that was her.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Tara is this likable girl who just wants the guy for once. You can\u2019t help but root for her and want her to end up with Trevor. The dreams and fantasies about Trevor were steamy. She is scared and vulnerable at the same time. She is supposed to find her second chance romance, and yet she is finding herself falling in love with her roommate, who has commitment issues. It is not an easy situation, but the author manages to strip Trevor down to show that he does care.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">There is a bit of miscommunication to give the mild angst needed in the story. I wish that readers got more of a chance to see Tara and Trevor in a relationship once they got together. However, the sexual tension held my interest.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Overall, I highly recommend this for fans of rom-com.<\/p><p><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_29eh823 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3k86T5i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3W3Bqhz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/exes-and-os-amy-lea\/1141345365?ean=9780593336601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/exes-and-o-s-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Amy_Lea_Exes_and_O_s?id=2pZpEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romance book connoisseur Tara Chen has had her heart broken ten times by ten different men\u2014all of whom dumped her because of her \u201cstage-five clinger\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,128,48,50],"tags":[152,216,217,324,365,404,405],"class_list":["post-29772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-berkley","category-penguin-group","category-reviews","category-samantha","tag-4-stars","tag-contemporary","tag-contemporary-romance","tag-interracial-romance","tag-multicultural","tag-recommend","tag-recommended-reads"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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Nevertheless, Tara is determined to find The One. The only problem? Classic meet-cutes are dead, thanks to modern dating apps. So Tara decides to revisit her exes in hopes of securing her very own trope-worthy second-chance romance.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Boston firefighter Trevor Metcalfe will be the first to rush into a burning building but the last to rush into a relationship. Love just isn\u2019t his thing. When his new roommate Tara enlists him to help her reconnect with her exes, he reluctantly agrees. But Tara\u2019s journey is leading him to discover his own new chapter.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The more time they spend together, the more Tara realizes Trevor seems to be the only one who appreciates her authentic, dramatic self. To claim their happily ever after, can Tara and Trevor read between the lines of their growing connection?<\/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>\u00a0Jan 10, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>The Influencer<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>2<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $11.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Tara and Trevor are roommates who barely co-exist. Tara is a die-heart romantic who has failed at relationships more times than she cares to admit. She has been struggling to find the right one. She decides to go back through her list of Exes to see if she can get a second chance at love after hearing her grandmother\u2019s story at finding love again. She enlists Trevor to help her this time around. What is better than having a male perspective?<br \/><br \/>Trevor is a womanizer and is not interested in finding love. He is contemptuous of helping Tara, but he soon realizes the other guys don\u2019t really understand Tara as he does. The more time he spends analyzing Tara in this new light, the more he likes her over-the-top behavior.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">This is a slow burner. I normally don\u2019t like the womanizer kind of guy. Very few authors can pull that off for the hero. I\u2019m not a prude by any means, but I don\u2019t want any explicit details of the guy with other women. In this case, it works. Tara is just a roomie who kind of works his nerves with all her books and ideas of love, and they have no romantic connection at first. However, Trevor becomes a good guy once he put on his friend's hat for Tara. I really like that he slowly started to appreciate all that was her.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Tara is this likable girl who just wants the guy for once. You can\u2019t help but root for her and want her to end up with Trevor. The dreams and fantasies about Trevor were steamy. She is scared and vulnerable at the same time. She is supposed to find her second chance romance, and yet she is finding herself falling in love with her roommate, who has commitment issues. It is not an easy situation, but the author manages to strip Trevor down to show that he does care.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">There is a bit of miscommunication to give the mild angst needed in the story. I wish that readers got more of a chance to see Tara and Trevor in a relationship once they got together. 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