Second First Impressions: A Novel
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From the USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game, soon to be a movie starring Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell, and 99 Percent Mine comes the clever, funny, and unforgettable story of a muscular, tattooed man hired as an assistant to two old women—under the watchful eye of a beautiful retirement home manager.
Dazzle (n): Brightness that blinds someone temporarily.
Position Vacant: Two ancient old women residing at Providence Retirement Villa seek male assistant for casual exploitation and good-natured humiliation. Duties include boutique shopping, fast-food fetching, and sincerely rendered flattery. Good looks a bonus—but we aren’t picky.
An advertisement has been placed (again!) by the wealthy and eccentric Parloni Sisters. The salary is generous and the employers are 90 years old, so how hard could the job be? Well, none have lasted longer than a week. Most boys leave in tears.
Ruthie Midona will work in Providence’s front office, and be at the Parloni’s beck and call, forever. That’s sort of her life plan. If Ruthie can run the place in her almost-retired bosses’ absence, with no hijinks/hiccups, she has a shot at becoming the new manager. She might also be able to defend her safe little world from Prescott Development, the new buyer of the prime site. Maybe after all that, she can find a cute guy to date. All she needs to do is stay serious—and that’s what she does best.
Until, one day, someone dazzling blows into town.
Teddy Prescott devotes his life to sleeping, tattooing, and avoiding seriousness. When Teddy needs a place to crash, he makes a deal with his developer dad. Teddy can stay in one of Providence’s on-site maintenance cottages—right next door to an unimpressed Ruthie—but only if he works there and starts to grow up.
Ruthie knows how this sweetly selfish rich boy can earn his keep—and be out of her hair in under a week. After all, there is a position vacant…
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So i picked this book up because I wanted a cute wholesome romance which it is, for the most part. The thing that troubles me tho is that the big conclusion at the end is that she moves away from her home and her work (yes, also to pursue her dream job) but mostly to follow a man she’s know for maybe two months? I think it’s weird. It’s the way to end the story that’s best for the romance but she is not shown to be a very social person so it just makes me wonder if she ever found her own group of friends or if she simply got totally dependent on him for social interaction. It may be just me but the way his hair is talked about (very intensely) just makes me feel weird? I don’t know it seems like a very specific thing, but whatever floats Ruthie’s boat I guess. The conclusion of the Rose and Teddy storyline felt very forced since there was no build up at all. There was just „she has hated me forever“ and „we hugged now it’s all fine and now she’s crying“. What I did appreciate however was the way Teddy and Ruthie’s dynamic was portrayed. That he does little things for her a lot of the time which is really important in real relationships and I thought that was really cute. I did like Renata and Aggie but the reveal that they were lovers came a bit late for me. I just read over 300 pages thinking they were sisters. Now it’s very very hard for me to simply accept that they are dating. I think it would have been better if it was revealed a bit earlier, even tho in hindsight, the reveal does make sense and did not come out of nowhere and was quite wholesome. The characters were also enjoyable and I really liked Melanie and Ruthie‘s friendship development. I really liked the thing about the tortoises too, simply because they are cute.
Description
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game, soon to be a movie starring Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell, and 99 Percent Mine comes the clever, funny, and unforgettable story of a muscular, tattooed man hired as an assistant to two old women—under the watchful eye of a beautiful retirement home manager.
Dazzle (n): Brightness that blinds someone temporarily.
Position Vacant: Two ancient old women residing at Providence Retirement Villa seek male assistant for casual exploitation and good-natured humiliation. Duties include boutique shopping, fast-food fetching, and sincerely rendered flattery. Good looks a bonus—but we aren’t picky.
An advertisement has been placed (again!) by the wealthy and eccentric Parloni Sisters. The salary is generous and the employers are 90 years old, so how hard could the job be? Well, none have lasted longer than a week. Most boys leave in tears.
Ruthie Midona will work in Providence’s front office, and be at the Parloni’s beck and call, forever. That’s sort of her life plan. If Ruthie can run the place in her almost-retired bosses’ absence, with no hijinks/hiccups, she has a shot at becoming the new manager. She might also be able to defend her safe little world from Prescott Development, the new buyer of the prime site. Maybe after all that, she can find a cute guy to date. All she needs to do is stay serious—and that’s what she does best.
Until, one day, someone dazzling blows into town.
Teddy Prescott devotes his life to sleeping, tattooing, and avoiding seriousness. When Teddy needs a place to crash, he makes a deal with his developer dad. Teddy can stay in one of Providence’s on-site maintenance cottages—right next door to an unimpressed Ruthie—but only if he works there and starts to grow up.
Ruthie knows how this sweetly selfish rich boy can earn his keep—and be out of her hair in under a week. After all, there is a position vacant…
Book Information
Posts
So i picked this book up because I wanted a cute wholesome romance which it is, for the most part. The thing that troubles me tho is that the big conclusion at the end is that she moves away from her home and her work (yes, also to pursue her dream job) but mostly to follow a man she’s know for maybe two months? I think it’s weird. It’s the way to end the story that’s best for the romance but she is not shown to be a very social person so it just makes me wonder if she ever found her own group of friends or if she simply got totally dependent on him for social interaction. It may be just me but the way his hair is talked about (very intensely) just makes me feel weird? I don’t know it seems like a very specific thing, but whatever floats Ruthie’s boat I guess. The conclusion of the Rose and Teddy storyline felt very forced since there was no build up at all. There was just „she has hated me forever“ and „we hugged now it’s all fine and now she’s crying“. What I did appreciate however was the way Teddy and Ruthie’s dynamic was portrayed. That he does little things for her a lot of the time which is really important in real relationships and I thought that was really cute. I did like Renata and Aggie but the reveal that they were lovers came a bit late for me. I just read over 300 pages thinking they were sisters. Now it’s very very hard for me to simply accept that they are dating. I think it would have been better if it was revealed a bit earlier, even tho in hindsight, the reveal does make sense and did not come out of nowhere and was quite wholesome. The characters were also enjoyable and I really liked Melanie and Ruthie‘s friendship development. I really liked the thing about the tortoises too, simply because they are cute.