Some Kind of Blunderful by Livy Hart is a fun contemporary rom-com (3.5/5 stars)

Some Kind of Blunderful by Livy Hart is a fun contemporary rom-com. We follow our two main characters with alternating points-of-view.

A year after being left at the altar, Mia seemed into Alex’s online dating profile until their attempted first date fell flat. Later, she finds out that Alex is the new younger boss that her dad has been complaining about for weeks. And then she finds out their best friends are dating. They keep running into each other, for better or for worse.

This was a fun read. The banter between our leads was great, and there was just the right amount of angst for me in a rom-com. Sexy scenes are open-door and fairly explicit.

I loved Mia’s relationship with her best friend Josie. Mia is also very close to her two sisters and her father. She especially cares about what her father thinks of her romantic partners, which causes most of the conflict here.

There was a wee bit of miscommunication here, but for the most part they were pretty open with each other, which was lovely to see. And speaking of some of my most disliked tropes, there isn’t a third act breakup here either!

There’s a good amount of character growth pretty much across the board here, and especially with Mia and Alex, both together and as individuals.

Tropes in this book include: dual POV, bad blind date, forbidden romance, forced proximity, enemies to lovers, slow burn, found family

CW: death of parent (prior to book, mentioned)

I received a copy of this book to review. Thank you to NetGalley and Entangled Embrace for the digital ARC! All opinions contained herein are my own.

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