Book Review: No Heartbreaker Required by JoAnn Sky

No Heartbreaker Required by JoAnn Sky
Pages: 200
Publish date: June 10th 2019
Publisher: Entangled: Bliss
ASIN: B07RKLY65D
Purchase: Amazon UK – Amazon US – Amazon AU

When an avalanche crushes her world, Olympic hopeful Starr Taylor loses her job, her boyfriend, and worst of all, her confidence. She’s working on getting her life back together and moving forward, and it certainly won’t be with Spencer Kensington, the far-too-attractive playboy lawyer she’s forced to play nice with at their friends’ wedding.

Unfortunately, Spencer’s trip to Reno gets extended unexpectedly, and Starr suddenly finds herself way too close for comfort with the man she’s quickly realizing is more than he appears. Spencer is a tough, no-nonsense New York businessman with a no-commitment rule in the bedroom. But a few days of living with Starr, feeding goats and helping her save troubled teens, has him feeling something he can’t identify. In fact, the more Spencer gets to know the surprisingly vulnerable and tempting woman, the duller his superficial life in the city starts to seem. But everything he’s worked for is waiting for him, and as Spencer’s flight back home grows closer, he’s left wondering if the life he has is really the life he wants.

No Heartbreaker Required:

I received an e-arc of No Heartbreaker Required by JoAnn Sky from Entangled: Bliss in exchange for an honest review. This has in no way influenced my thoughts and feelings about the book. I wasn’t expecting much from this book honestly.

I just wanted a quick read that I could delve into. And you know what? I was pleasantly surprised. It’s one of those books that you can read in one sitting and just enjoy reading. And while I didn’t get too much from it, it was a good read.

No Heartbreaker Required follows Starr who is trying to get her life back on track after a freak accident. To do that she helps plain her brothers wedding. But when that is all over and Starr has to go back to ‘normal’ life, how will she fare? But trouble isn’t far away in the form of Spencer. When Starr and Spencer first meet it didn’t go too well, but they need to play friendly for the bride and groom. But then plans change all around them and Starr and Spencer are about to see a lot more of each other.

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This was an easy book to get into. It jumped right into and didn’t really play around – which I really enjoyed. I find that sometimes, there is too much explanation given where there doesn’t need to be. But this was a great combination of letting the readers know about the characters and the story moving along. And that really stuck throughout the novel.

I really enjoyed the pace of No Heartbreaker Required. It was a good combination of being fast-paced but also slowed down when needed. In saying that I did feel at parts I was hanging for a little more and it was all just brushed over.

Starr was a pretty easy protagonist to get along with. But I also didn’t feel any real connection with her. I think that is one of the things that No Heartbreaker Required did lack. I felt that there wasn’t much character building. Starr just didn’t feel fully real at times. In saying that I liked how she did grow, the reader is able to see Starr at her worse and then build up from that.

Like Starr, Spencer was easy to read, but I again I felt that he lacked substance. I really wanted more from him, but I felt that the reader doesn’t even get to know him until right at the end. I also wanted to like Spencer more, but because of the lack of connection, I felt that he was boring. While I didn’t fall in love with the protagonist, I did like the storyline. I felt that it was engaging and I wanted to know what was going to happen next.

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I also liked how the author included diversity. Starr is suffering from a form of PTSD at the start of the book from a skiing accident. And while I wish she delved into it a little more. I did like that she included and the reader was able to see Starr try and overcome her fears.

Overall, No Heartbreaker Required by JoAnn Sky was a nice read. It’s one of those books that you might pick up when you have no idea what to read. It’s an easy read that when you finish, you just smile. No Heartbreaker Required has a great combination of romance, family and surviving. While this isn’t my favourite romance out there, I really enjoyed reading it and will most likely read more books by the author. Have you read No Heartbreaker Required by JoAnn Sky? What did you think of it? Are you planning on reading it? Let’s Chat!