ARC Review: The Fixer Upper by Lauren Forsythe

Genre ~ contemporary

Featuring ~ debut, childhood sweethearts, manipulation madness, miscommunication, light on the rom, second chance

POV ~ single 1st person

Release date ~ August 2, 2022

Page count ~ 299

Audio length ~ 8 hours 22 minutes

My rating ~ 3⭐

My review:

I was drawn to this one by the premise and the cover and it ended up being just alright for me. I wasn’t overly in love with any of the characters, except for Tola and Eric. Aly’s parents were something. Aly’s boss was a tool. Dylan coulda stepped up more. And what was up with Nikki, blah with her.

I did like how Aly fixed things with Dylan at the end, but I wouldn’t have minded more than a smooch. The miscommunication always bugs me too. Since this was a debut I’d give this author another go.

*Thanks to Penguin Group Putnam, the author and NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*

I was able to listen to the final version as well, so I went back and forth reading and listening. Lily Howkins did a fine job for 8 hours and 22 minutes, easy to follow at 2.25-2.5x.

What are your thoughts if you read it? Many others have enjoyed it, so maybe you will too.

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Book blurb:

In this funny and sharp romantic comedy, a woman with a knack for turning her boyfriends’ lives around starts a professional service to help wrangle men, only to be unexpectedly matched with an old flame.

Ever since she can remember, Aly has been fixing everything around her: her parents’ marriage, her colleagues’ work problems, and her friends’ love lives. After a chance meeting with an ex who has gone from a living in his parents’ basement to a married project manager in three years, she realizes she’s been fixing her boyfriends, too…

So, Aly decides to put her talents to good use and, alongside two work friends, sets up The Fixer Upper, an exclusive, underground service for women who are tired of unpaid emotional labor. Using little tricks and tips, Aly and her friends get the men to do the work themselves – to get out of the job they hate, sign up for that growth seminar, to do more parenting. Before long, a high-profile Instagram star hires them to fix-up her app developer boyfriend. There’s just one catch – he’s also Aly’s childhood best friend and first love. As Aly tackles her biggest “fixer upper” yet, she’ll have to come to terms with their complicated history and figure out how much to change someone she’d always thought was perfect as he is…

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