This is a completely feel good, totally uplifting romance
with two awfully likeable MCs.
Introverted genius, Holly Lovelace created a dating app for
her best friend, Nolan, and it turned out to be so good at matching people that
it made her a multimillionaire. Holly’s company proceeded to create other
successful games and apps, but Lovelace Connections remains the torchbearer,
something that Holly is not entirely comfortable with. The company is about to
go in for a second round of funding and Holly is under pressure to come up with
another unicorn idea to wow her board and the venture capitalists. Except that
she doesn’t seem to be holding up all that great. Despite her protestations of
being perfectly fine, Nolan coerces her to go away to a small island for a few
months. About to get o the ferry to the island, Holly meets Ivy, a year-round
islander. Ivy is a certified clinical social worker, the only one on the
island, and has visions to create a clutch of enrichment programmes for the
young kids on the island. Just that she is strapped for cash and time. Both the
women are carrying their own baggage, heartbreaks and broken dreams when they
meet but find gaps being filled by the other.
We’ve always loved T. B. Markinson’s writing. It flows well,
has great dialogues and the pacing of her books are perfect. Till Holly and Ivy we were always either
disappointed by or hated one of her MCs and that made us quite sad because we wanted to like her books more than we
did. And we are thrilled that Holly and Ivy is absolutely perfect.
Both the MCs are lovely ladies. Their connect, sexy. Both are equally into each
other and don’t shy away from expressing their feelings to the other. This one is
really, really a perfect romance with all the feels. Ivy’s two friends are
hardly all that great, but don’t take away from the book in any way. We absolutely
loved this book and the hopeless
romantic in us is all gooey-eyed with happiness.
Totally recommended.
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
