Bria Lou Reviews

I had been looking forward to reading this book for quite a while. It was a recommendation from Carrie Hope Fletcher, and I thought that the premise sounded really interesting. Plus I loved Acton's first book, The Shelf, so much that I definitely wanted to read this one. In a world where being in a couple is out of the ordinary (because who would rely on someone else for their own happiness?), Millie is happily single and focused on her career. In fact, she can't imagine ever being in a couple. So when she is tasked with working on the world's first antidote to falling in love, she sees the antidote as a chance for her to get the promotion of her dreams. That is, until she starts working with Ben, and finds herself strangely drawn to him. Will Millie sacrifice everything she believes in, and has worked so hard for, for love? I felt a bit disappointed with this book all in all. I loved the characters of Millie and Ben went they are first introduced. I didn't really '...

  I think the first time I heard about this book was in an Instagram Story from Carrie Hope Fletcher (who provides one of the cover quotes). Since I liked the idea of the premise, I looked it up and saw that it had a lot of good reviews, so I moved it to the top of my to-read list. When Amy's boyfriend of two years plans a surprise holiday, she thinks that she's finally getting the proposal she's been waiting for. However, Amy soon discovers the truth - she has been dumped on live television, on a reality show called 'The Shelf'. There, Amy and five other women must compete to be crowned 'The Keeper'.  I could not stop reading this book, but at the same time, I'm not sure if I loved it. It took me quite a while to get into the narrative voice. While I prefer reading books written in the first person, I don't mind the third person. However, I found the narrative voice in this story really jarring, and I think I would have enjoyed it more if it had bee...