Synopsis

Millie Morris has always been one of the guys. A UC Santa Barbara professor, she’s a female-serial-killer expert who’s quick with a deflection joke and terrible at getting personal. And she, just like her four best guy friends and fellow professors, is perma-single.

So when a routine university function turns into a black tie gala, Mille and her circle make a pact that they’ll join an online dating service to find plus-ones for the event. There’s only one hitch: after making the pact, Millie and one of the guys, Reid Campbell, secretly spend the sexiest half-night of their lives together, but mutually decide the friendship would be better off strictly platonic.

But online dating isn’t for the faint of heart. While the guys are inundated with quality matches and potential dates, Millie’s first profile attempt garners nothing but dick pics and creepers. Enter “Catherine”—Millie’s fictional profile persona, in whose make-believe shoes she can be more vulnerable than she’s ever been in person. Soon “Catherine” and Reid strike up a digital pen-pal-ship…but Millie can’t resist temptation in real life, either. Soon, Millie will have to face her worst fear—intimacy—or risk losing her best friend, forever.

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Review

Christina Lauren are the queens of rom-com and My Favorite Half-Night Stand just adds a jewel to their crown.  This book is a very cute friends to lovers romance. Because it is a Christina Lauren it is of course very amusing.

Millie was a very interesting character.  She obviously had some hang-ups and baggage.  It was interesting seeing her become aware of her faults and realize that she should probably do something about it. Reid was also interesting.  Though he seemed more well-adjusted, I didn’t feel like he was as perfect as everyone made him out to be. The best part was probably seeing these friends interact.  They were hilarious and I loved their friendship.  

The love story is both a slow burn and somehow not at the time.  I found myself wanting to yell at both Millie and Reid. Both were very stubborn, and while Reid wanted honesty, he was a bit of a hypocrite.  

Overall this is a great and enjoyable book.  Josh and Hazel is still my favorite friends-to-lovers book.

Other books by this author:
Unhoneymooners
Twice in a Blue Moon
The Honey Don't List
In a holidaze
The Soulmate Equation
Something Wilder
The True Love Experiment
Beautiful Stranger2
Sweet Filthy Boy1

Comments

  1. This was the first Christina Lauren book I read and I really enjoyed it. It made me add her to my must read author list. Great review.

    • Yes, this is a great one! Not my first and certainly not my last!

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