Practice Makes Perfect: A Novel

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In spite of my high expectations, Practice Makes Perfect was boring, tedious, aggravating, and rather a drag. I almost set it aside in the beginning, and I kind of wish I had. Casual sexism is never okay, not even if you have a “sassy feminist” character to counterbalance it. The additional fact that I found Julie James’ prose to be very stilted and unengaging did not help matters at all.

He does get nicer (A LOT) but I was not convinced that the leopard had changed his spots by the end of the book – in fact I wasn’t even sure that he really believed he had spots, and still less sure that he understood the need to change them. More praise for Sarah Adams' rom-coms, including The Cheat Sheet - the heartwarming friends-to-lovers romance that became a sensation on TikTok - and When in Rome. The author is clearly very intelligent and was a lawyer herself. You can tell she knows her stuff and puts that into her writing. Not just content-wise, but also how she tells the story and the sophisticated style of her writing. The only thing I was expecting from this that it didn't deliver on was good sex scenes. There are a minimal amount of physical scenes within this entire book and when they do happen, the author just does the YA trope of drifting off into the distance. It was a buzz kill for me. But, to me, this made it more of an old-fashioned love story. There is no insta love. It is a slow build, enemies-to-lovers romance with no cursing and PG-13 rated love scenes.He knows for a fact that some stuffy, straitlaced guy won’t make her happy, but he doesn’t have the heart to say no. From the moment I first read Will and Annie talk, their chemistry was sizzling and came across as genuine. Their conversations are so fun. The two, especially Annie are hilarious. But as I reached the 60% mark, I thought the two denying their feelings for each other despite having open communication was dragging unnecessarily, which is why I rate it 4 stars instead of four. is strictly prohibited. Your right to use the work may be terminated if you fail to comply with these terms. also while this book still remained closed door can we just talk about how insanely hot and tension filled this was????? Julie James is one of my favourite romance authors. She manages to create really wonderful characters and incredible romantic tension in all of her books. And this is MY FAVOURITE ROMANCE BOOK EVER! And one of my all time favourite books.. Yes.. OF ALL TIME!! I have read this book so many times I have lost count!

Well, Payton does, even if she won't admit it. She thinks he's nothing but a pompous ass, but, in reality, they could be twins. In fact, they're pretty much just different sides of the same coin. Even though they have seem to have opposing views on things, they're very similar at their core.I ain't even mad, baby. We've been staring at each other for too many years to get butterflies in our tummies. Besides, I think that the fact that you don't make (much) fun of the way I fart in my sleep, says something about how much you love me. I call BS on this man and on this story. The rant to follow is full of spoilers... you were warned. There was this scene at Payton's apartment door after the deposition where she saves his ass. (It felt to me like it was meant to be the emotional hinge of the book.) J.D. says, “I would've done it for you in a heartbeat,” and I went 'BULLSHIT!!!'. I didn’t believe him. It was so out of character for that moment. Suppressed feelings begin to arise, the chemistry begins to bubble and the sparks begin to fly around in this beautiful rom-com!

The characters were...ok. Nothing special but definitely fun to read. On one hand, it was zingy, funny, fast paced, relevant, and well written. JD as a hero was both fantasy material, and also very realistically flawed. Peyton was smart and honourable, and a heroine I could easily empathise with. I liked that it wasn’t overly gushy and that Payton did not become all flustered and silly in J.D.’s presence, like a lot of heroines have been written. I liked her a lot.I know I know, it's a pile of romantic fluff... But don't let the seemingly simple boring story line put you off. The characters are so well written and the tension is SO GOOD that you wont care that there is no murder, mystery or major life shattering dramas. This is a good old-fashioned, well written, AWESOME romance book!

I love Tyler! He gives fantastic advice, and there's a scene where he gives J.D. advice using PRIDE AND PREJUDICE on how to win the girl. It was amazing how knowledgable he was of P&P. I couldn't stop laughing! The taxi driver was a hoot, too. The names Annie came up with for Will’s full name — this had me dying and when he took pictures of her during the moments when she wasn’t looking bc he thought she deserved pretty pictures of herself and to collect them all for her to have ugh it was so cute Uh... I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT! He cannot even hold it together for a moment to really truly see how awesome she is and apologize. SAYING "I'd do it" shouldn't give her fuzzy feelings. Actions speak louder than words, and his actions are wretched so far! I won't believe it until I see it. With five books from the bestselling Practice Makes Perfect series—all in one volume—this book is the best value for learning Spanish at the level that matches your needs! She forgave him much to easily. She treats it like a joke at the end which makes no sense at all considering who she is.

I giggled, sighed, laughed out loud, and even shed some tears. This book awakened so many emotions in me at the same time. But the real showstopper of this romance are the main characters, their banter and their interactions together.