Learning Curves is a single dad, enemies to lovers, curvy girl rom-com with a teacher that everyone wished they had in school, and a swoon-worthy dad that would do anything for his daughter. Throw in an overeating dog and watch what happens next.To Spencer Hurley, women only left pain and destruction in their wake. The only good thing that came from his disaster of an ex was his daughter, … daughter, Annabelle. Right now, making sure Belle was taken care of and getting her the help she needed with her learning disabilities was his only focus. And if that meant moving to a new town, consider the moving truck rented and packed.
Ellie Ryan spent her childhood being judged and bullied because of her learning disabilities. Jokes on them, though, she was now the top special education teacher in her district. See, Ellie totally had her life together. Kind of. Maybe… Okay, really, she’s a word-vomiting, curvy, hot-mess, who hasn’t had a date in who knows how long. And then there was Roxy, her rude overeating dog. Nevertheless, Ellie was fiercely protective of her students. She’d gladly rip out the throat of anyone that dared to mess with her kids. Including their parents.
So, please explain to Ellie why, even after calling her new student’s father out during a disastrous parent-teacher meeting, Ellie couldn’t help being insanely attracted to the gruff single dad? Somebody, please help her. Besides, nothing good could come from it… right?
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Talk about side splitting laugh out loud comedy! Molly O’Hare delivers perfectly timed comedic gold! I can’t get enough of Learning Curves! I need more already and I just finished. Not only do we get to meet Ellie, Spencer, and Belle, we also get to see some old faces that we adore.
Ellie had me rolling in laughter. Her word vomit and witty comebacks were timed perfectly. One thing I absolutely loved about her was her ability to work through the hate she had spouted at her all her life. She’s strong and determined and refuses to let anyone keep her down. Spencer is such a devoted dad. I loved seeing his relationship with his daughter Belle, as well as his budding relationship with Ellie. After fighting with himself for like a minute he refuses to back down from what he wants, Ellie. Now for the star of the book, Belle. This little girl has a heart bigger than Texas and a mouth on her that would make an sarcastic parent proud. Belle’s drive and push to learn even with her learning disabilities was beautiful to see. She really was the star of Learning Curves.
Learning Curves has it all! Romance, witty banter, hilarious characters, and one little girl who shines off the pages. I think this is Molly O’Hare’s best book yet!
This has to be one of the best reads of 2020, it brought me so much joy and happiness and it was a breath of fresh air to read a book that’s an advocate for all children with learning disabilities as well as a romance with all the feels. I was captivated from the first page to the last line, I laughed out loud, I smiled a lot and I felt every emotion this author managed to infuse into this great read.
Spencer a single dad is only interested in having his baby girl happy at school so when he moves her yet again because of bullying he needs to make sure her teacher understands his daughters needs what he didn’t expect was Ellie, the best special needs teacher in the area because she was once that student who struggled through school ……
Spencer and Ellie butt heads from the start but in a funny way and when they both realise they have the same goal, Belle to be happy in learning things turn around for them both and we see them start to have fun and enjoy being together.This is a heartfelt entertaining read that has you laughing not at the characters but with the characters as they go through everyday occurrences when you have a child with learning difficulties and in Ellie’s words you just need to understand we all learn in different ways. I highly recommend this gem of a read to every reader because it’s a fun read that will also touch you in so many levels. Top of my best reads of the year, great job Ms O’Hare from one of those students who was labeled as lacks concentration and could do better.
This book is a laugh out loud, make you swoon, heartwarming romance read. Once again Molly O’Hare reeled me in and kept me glued to my kindle as I fell in love with Spencer and Ellie over and over again.
Learning Curves is:
A sexy forbidden romance.
He’s a sexy, single daddy.
She’s his daughter’s teacher.
He has sworn off women and love after a disastrous relationship that ruined him and hurt his baby girl.
She is an advocate for all children especially those like her who suffer from learning disabilities.
Together they are a match made in sexy times and wit filled banter heaven.
Add in his crazy father, her insane parents, the best BFF ever, a boss who she lives to torture and the funniest dog you have ever met, AND that my friends is what makes this book the phenomenal read that it is.
TBR and Enjoy. (P.S. Molly, as a teacher I wholeheartedly agree with and support everything that you talk about in this book and as a sister who watched her younger brother suffer through school with dyslexia I thank you for sharing your personal experience with all of us).
Molly O’Hare has done it again! Learning Curves brings to life the most endearing, funny, identifiable characters and gave us a fun, entertaining story. These are characters you’ll want to root for, smack upside the head and hug as you journey through this glimpse of their world. They could be your neighbors, your friends, your own kids’ teachers. And did I mention the sexy hottie we all want a piece of? The one whose brain disappears below the belt every time he inserts his foot into his mouth? Oh, yes, there’s him. Wait, and my personal favorite… the four legged comedian. Roll everyone up and throw in a splash of coffee and you’ve got one helluva story!
4.5 Laugh Out Loud Stars
This story is heartwarming and hilarious. Ellie aad Spenser are made for each other. Belle is a little, adorable spitfire. This is a story of embracing your uniqueness and being true to who you are. Between the events, characters and animals you will laugh at one antic or another. Super enjoyable and an easy flowing story that will capture your heart.
Talk about a laugh out loud funny story that had me dying laughing throughout the whole book. Molly O’Hare brings you a story that brought a smile to my face and tears to my eyes and I am so glad I was able to read this book. Ellie is a spitfire who is good at being a teacher. She is strong willed and cares so much about her students and when new student Belle joins her class she is left tongue tied by her dad Spencer. It’s just Spencer and his daughter Belle and will stop at nothing to give her the best education and when he uprooted them and moved because he found a teacher that would help with Belle’s learning disabilities he didn’t think twice about it. These two were so fun to read and the banter between the two had me devouring this book. Throw in a witty BFF and hilarious parents and you have yourself a wonderful rom-com story that I couldn’t put down. I can’t wait for my next Molly O’Hare read.
Molly O’Hare is the queen of romcom as far as I am concerned! She can take the most wacky scenarios and make them utterly believable. Her animal characters are just as fully fleshed out as their human counterparts. She pulls you into her characters lives from the first page and you are fully invested by the second one. Spencer and Ellie don’t get off to the best start. He kinda makes the worst possible impression and then doubles down on it. Luckily he redeems himself and fortunately, his daughter is Ellie’s favorite person. Otherwise, I’m not completely sure he would have had a chance with her. Ellie can’t help but drool over Spencer looks but his jerkish behavior smothers most of her attraction to him. Ellie’s parents and Spencer’s dad, along with Ellie’s bestie Sally round out this motley bunch. Ellie’s parents especially are a total scream. I didn’t put this book down for a moment, complete and total entertainment from start to finish. 10 stars for Learning Curves!
There is so much to love about Spencer and Ellie, it’s almost hard to keep track of everything. Learning Curves will have you laughing until your sides heart. Molly O’Hare proves that deliciously, sexy can also have heart. From heartbreaker to heartwarming, Learning Curves delivers on all fronts.
‘Learning Curves’ is a laugh out loud romantic comedy I did not expect. Seriously people, laugh out loud.
Our lead heroine, Ellie, was so damn relatable. She was filled with sass, passion, and moments you can’t help but find her epic fail moments endearing. The chemistry between Spencer and Ellie was scorching hot and despite what is notated on the blurb, I wouldn’t necessarily call them enemies turned lovers, since they were upset with each other for what? 1-2 chapters max before Spencer decided to pounce and take a bite of his daughter’s teacher he’s been fantasizing about since the get-go.
Moreso, the secondary characters such as Spencer and Ellie’s parents were phenomenal. They held nothing back and had no shame. I loved every single moment of it and if you want to know what exactly they have no shame about, pick this up now. No seriously. Pick it up.
In addition to that, I had enjoyed how the author also touched base on learning disabilities and disabilities in general, and how anyone can conquer them and still succeed. It was refreshing to see realistic characters that anyone could relate to.
Now that you read my little rant, there were a few things that could’ve been done better for this to be a 5 star rated book. Like the ending. Like what the fuck. It was so rushed and abrupt that I had to re-read what I had read to make sure I was reading it right. It definitely didn’t transition to the smooth ending it deserved. So much happened, very abrupt need I remind you, in one chapter that it sorta kinda made my enjoyable reading experience diminish a little. On top of that, the intimate moments shared between the main characters could have easily been edited out and left as an allusion that sexy times did occur. 2-3 lines didn’t cut it and felt pretty pointless to include. Lastly, the instant love. Nuff said.
Nevertheless, ‘Learning Curves’ is worth checking out if you’re looking for fun and related characters, an actual romantic comedy, and swoon worthy moments.