Next to You
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Hannah Bonam-Young
Two friends battle feelings for each other as they work together to renovate a school bus into a home in this charming romance novel from the viral TikTok author of Next of Kin and Out on a Limb.“Warm, sexy, and vulnerable . . . Hannah Bonam-Young needs to be on your romance radar.”—Hannah Grace, #1 New York Times bestselling author of IcebreakerLane is in the middle of an identity crisis. Her friends are all partnered up, her career is heading nowhere, and simply put, she’s not happy. So, after a night out celebrating her birthday, she makes one hell of an impulsive purchase: a giant yellow forty-eight-passenger school bus that she intends to make her home.With little-to-no renovation experience but a large sum of inheritance money, Lane enlists the help of her friend Matt—a mechanic by trade, handyman by practice, and hottie by nature.While their mutual attraction is undeniable, Matt and Lane have silently agreed that a friendship is the only thing that can ever exist between them. Matt’s a total family guy with “settle down with me” tattooed across his forehead, whereas Lane is entirely commitment averse. It could never work . . . right?
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More Details:
Author
Hannah Bonam-Young
Pages
336
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published Date
2022-11-29
ISBN
1778027733 9781778027734
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"The cover is the reason I picked this book up, but I don’t think the story lived up to it. I don’t know exactly what, but it felt like there was something missing in the story that made it kind of a turn off. "
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Jamilah
"4/5 ⭐️ so cute!! Lane and Matt are adorable. Matt is obsessed and will do anything for Lane. I liked the way the relationship progressed. I also really liked Lane’s character arc. At times Matt’s comments about someday someone will make you a mom and stuff were not my favourite and he came on a little too strong at times I felt but overall it was a cute read! There were a few good spice scenes! 2.25/5 spice level. "
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Halie V
"5 ⭐️ Matt is literally perfect 🥹😭"
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Hailey
"First the good: I loved how this book dealt with grief and mental health. There’s never a quick fix and it’s very relatable to see this family that has basically run away from each other instead of tackling emotions head on. Matt and Lane are also adorable, and the epilogue might have been my favorite part. The not so good (spoilers): there’s a trend in romance books that everything is very rushed. They went at least six weeks without talking and suddenly they’re engaged. At least the wedding was pushed out a bit. There were very graphic parts as well, which is expected but I think it went too far. If I had realized this was a TikTok book I likely would not have read it, but overall glad I did. "
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Nash
"2.5, if I’m being generous. <br/><br/>The heroine was the most self centered lead that I have read in a minute. She just took and took and took from those around her, especially from Matt, and then acted shocked when damage was done! Which, I suppose is realistic for the Poor Little Rich Girl™️, but I so desperately wanted better for Matt. Matt, by the way, flies right by cinnamon roll straight to door mat which I wouldn’t find realistic if I did not personally know so many of my male POC friends who’d degrade themselves to literal gutters for a mediocre white girl.<br/><br/>And, tbh, any time a book gets a Taylor Swift ref, it instantly gets downgraded anywhere between a half to a full star.<br/><br/>That being said, the bit when they have a little runaway bride moment was genuinely good."
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Carolyn V
"4/5⭐️<br/><br/>This was SO much better than Next of Kin in my opinion! <br/><br/>The struggles of each character and their arcs made so much sense, their communication was excellent, Lane’s decisions and choices made sense and didn’t seemed forced; I loved this. <br/><br/>I am a bit miffed that we skipped over seeing Emily’s love story, and I feel like we got no information about her. That’s not any critique on this book specifically! More so this author/series."
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