The Book:
The Catch by Amy Lea
Published: February 13, 2024 by Berkley
Date read: January 30, 2024
The Characters:
Melanie and Evan
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The Influencers Series
Set On You
Exes and O’s
The Catch
The Plot (from Goodreads):
A grumpy lobster fisherman tosses a fashion influencer’s impeccably curated life overboard in the next romantic comedy from international bestselling author Amy Lea.
In a last-ditch effort to rescue her brand from the brink of irrelevance, Boston fashion influencer Melanie Karlsen finds herself in a rural fishing village on the east coast of Canada. The only thing scarier than nature itself? The burly and bearded bed-and-breakfast owner and fisherman, Evan Whaler—who single-handedly disproves the theory that Canadians are “nice.”
After a boating accident lands Evan unconscious in the hospital, Mel is mistaken for his fiancée by his welcoming yet quirky family, who are embroiled in a long-standing feud over the B&B. In a bold attempt to mend family fences, Mel agrees to fake their engagement for one week in exchange for Evan’s help with her social media content.
Amid long hikes and campfire chats, reeling in their budding feelings for each other proves more difficult by the day. But is Mel willing to sacrifice her picture-perfect life in the city for a chance at a true, unfiltered love in the wild?
My Review:
The Catch by Amy Lea
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I’m not the biggest fan of insta-love, and I never believed in Melanie and Evan’s relationship. I just can’t believe that one week is enough to fall in love, especially when the characters hate each other at first. I usually love the “city girl in the wilderness” trope. I would have liked more of our past Influencers and more depth between Mel and Evan. I also really didn’t get why it had to be a fake dating situation–it would have been so easy to say that the hospital only lets family members, so she panicked and said she was his fiancee so he wouldn’t be alone.
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