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Reasonable Adults by Robin Lefler (ARC Review)

Title: Reasonable Adults
Author: Robin Lefler
Type: Fiction
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Publisher: HarperAvenue
Date published: December 13, 2022

This post is sponsored. A complimentary digital copy of this book was kindly provided by HarperCollins Canada in exchange for an honest review.

Everything has fallen apart for Kate Rigsby: she is freshly single—separated from an ex she never really liked—and freshly fired—from a job she never really liked, either. Somehow, she’s reached the age of thirty-one and the only things she truly cares about are her goldendoodle, Eric, her two best friends, and proving to her parents (and, if she’s honest, to herself) that she made the right choice moving to the city. Except, instead of thriving, she finds that her life has taken a nose-dive. So when a job at Treetops Creative Retreat suddenly lands in her lap, she’s thrilled. Three months at a glorified arts and crafts workshop for grown-ups that boasts five-star cuisine and a helipad, and she’ll be well paid? The perfect escape. So what if her contract spans the depths of winter? Neat! A charming life experience! She can learn to snowshoe.

But when Kate arrives at the retreat, nothing is as she imagined. She didn’t read the fine print, her targets are impossible, her boss seems committed to seeing her fail and there happens to be an extremely off-limits fellow staffer who has no business being so gorgeous.

Part self-discovery, part rom-com and part comedy of errors, Reasonable Adults is a hilarious debut about finding yourself—and maybe love—along the way. A little summer-camp romance never hurt anyone, right?

⤖ My Review ⬻

I recently read Robin Lefler’s Reasonable Adults and I was pleasantly surprised by the setting—events took place in Canada, and more specifically, Toronto and the Muskoka area, both of which I’ve visited often. The familiar scenery provided an extra layer of enjoyment to my particular reading experience!

The book was a light read—I remember being surprised at how quickly I got through it. Reasonable Adults is a 300+ page book, so not short by any means, but I finished it in one sitting (alternating between reading the e-galley and listening to the audiobook on Scribd while simultaneously building a DIY book nook, hehe).

The main character, Kate, was likable and I really loved the side characters, plot, and pacing. Even though I knew it was a romance novel, I still didn’t quite know what kind of path the author would take to get to the last page and the story’s conclusion.

Reasonable Adults was a great winter read for me—perfect for curling up on the couch with a hot drink, or for those who sometimes like multitasking like me, a great accompaniment to building a DIY book nook or doing something else entirely. I’ll be keeping an eye on Robin Lefler and what she writes next.

⤖ About the Author ⬻

Robin Lefler lives near Toronto with her husband, their two children and an anxious goldendoodle. Over the course of a career in tech, she has travelled the globe but generally prefers to be at home, where she can easily locate coffee, wine and high-quality waffles. Reasonable Adults is her debut novel.

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Thank you for reading my review! Have you read this book? What did you think? And if you haven’t read it yet, do you plan to? Let me know in the comments!

1 thought on “Reasonable Adults by Robin Lefler (ARC Review)

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