Well, I loved it! There's a good chance that this final installment of the Brunch Bros series is my favorite of the four (I'll let you know once I've read them all again in succession). I think I'll love them all for their own reasons but I'd been WAITING for Sybil and Peter's story ever since it was teased in book one and it did not disappoint, and was worth the wait. 

It's emotional, it's funny, it's sexy, it's swoony, we get to see the small town and cast of side characters we love, and it's got the witty dialogue and repartee that Sarah infuses into her books. Also, she was over the top incredible with the references in this book, both obvious and subtle. Maybe they were extra special because I feel like I caught most or all of them and appreciated them, but even if that's the case there's got to he a lot of readers who will love anything from Jane Austen, to Princess Bride, to LOTR, to Notting Hill, to more. She's always been good at leaving little breadcrumbs like sky references or hints about future storylines, and she continued that here. Even though this is the last Brunch Bro book, she's very clearly set up the potential for (and has said she'd like to write) a McMahon Brothers series and we've gotten to know and love a lot of the people who will center in those already. 

As for this book's specifics, second chance romance is swiftly becoming one of my top tropes and this just pushed it further in that direction. The twelve year break, finally getting to learn about their past, seeing the love and the heartbreaking moments in flashbacks scenes, and watching them figure out how to exist now together, moving past the hurt and into the love that remains. There's also a bit of forced (ish) proximity since he's in town doing a movie with his parents directing and producing (sidenote: love them both) and she gets scouted by accident to be the lead actress's stand in since they look so similar. They spend time together, she tries to keep things casual, he sucks at casual, they end up rescuing a cat together. It's a whole wonderful thing, and I definitely recommend you read the entire series. You don't need to read them in order but you'll have a better sense of things and the story will be fuller if you do. 

Thank you, Sarah, for the ARC! It was a pleasure to read it a little early, send you multiple DMs while doing so, and now sing its praises. 

•Second chance romance (12 years later)
•small coastal Oregon town (back in Crane Cove!)
•sunshine golden-retriever hopeful-romantic actor x people-around-town-are-scared-of-her secretly soft coffee shop owner
•found family (last of the Brunch Bros series)
•Release date: Mar 13/25