My review: 3.5⭐
CW from the author ~ mental illness, panic attacks, drug abuse, child endangerment.
Aja and Walker first meet mid panic attack. Walker soothes Aja and they don’t think they’ll ever see each other again. Flash forward to bingo night and lo and behold they are both there. Thank you Gram! Bingo sex pact begins and thus sets forth their eagerness to win every week. They have good chemistry and there’s a good amount of very detailed hanky panky times happening, some public~ish.
I like that they each have a common bond of suffering from anxiety and panic attacks. I don’t have a first hand account, but I feel the author did a good job of capturing what they might feel like.
I have lived in Georgia for 8 years and I’m embarrassed to say I have yet to have a peach cobbler. What is wrong with me? I must hit up the peach stand guy asap and whip one up. Also, go Braves!!
Narrated by Angel Pean for 10 hours and 15 minutes and easy to follow at 2x. She did a lovely job, I even liked her Walker voice.
This is my first time with this author and I’d read her work again.
*Thanks to Macmillan Audio, Jodie Slaughter and NetGalley for the advance audiobook. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
⬇Purchase links ⬇
Save on Bet on it at Booksamillion.com.Book blurb: Release date ~ July 12, 2022
The first time Aja Owens encounters the man of her dreams, she’s having a panic attack in the frozen foods section of the Piggly Wiggly. The second time, he’s being introduced to her as her favorite bingo buddy’s semi-estranged grandson. From there, all it takes is one game for her to realize that he’s definitely going to be a problem. And if there’s anything she already has a surplus of, it’s problems.
In Walker Abbott’s mind, there are only two worthwhile things in Greenbelt, South Carolina. The peach cobbler at his old favorite diner and his ailing grandmother. Dragging himself back after more than a decade away, he’s counting down the days until Gram heals and he can get back to his real life. Far away from the trauma inside of those city limits. Just when he thinks his plan is solid, enter Aja to shake everything up.
A hastily made bingo-based sex pact is supposed to keep this…thing between them from getting out of hand. Especially when submitting to their feelings means disrupting their carefully balanced lives. But emotions are just like bingo callers—they refuse to be ignored.
Jodie Slaughter’s Bet on It is a heart-stoppingly fun, emotional romance that will have readers falling in love until long after the last page is turned.
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I do love when books deal with various aspects of mental health. I personally deal with anxiety! Thanks for sharing.
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