How many coupons does it take to fall in love? Flick Dalgetty knows what she wants and how to get it, which is why she’s about to start her dream job in Washington. Until then, she needs somewhere to crash, and Tom O’Connell’s place is her sole option. He’s a repressed, antisocial ogre…but man can he kiss. For Tom, being around Flick is like being too close to the sun. Her untamed energy is … untamed energy is overwhelming, and he’d spontaneously combust if he had to live with her long-term. Housemates with benefits–and an expiration date–suits him just fine.
Then Flick gives Tom thirty coupons, each entitling him to one obligation-free activity, from bowling and bubble-bathing to morning delight, removing all the guesswork from being incompatible partners and shifting their fling into high gear.
Now the problem is their arrangement is drawing to a close, and they might be falling in love–and there wasn’t a coupon for that.
This book is approximately 90,000 words
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This was enjoyable and well written and though the first time I tried to read this I stalled and just couldn’t get into it I decided to give this another go and I am happy to report this second time was much better.
This is an opposite’s attract, roommates with benefits type romance.
Tom O’Connell needs a temporary roommate: Flick Dalgetty is in need of a temporary room while she works off her notice before leaving for a new job in a fresh city.
The two are polar opposites in upbringing and also temperament.
Flick’s family leave a lot to be desired and I hate how she has allowed them to take advantage of her generous nature I really wanted her to tell them where to get off and kick them to the kerb especially her waste of space mother and manipulative lazy sister.
Where Flick has been raised in chaos Tom’s regimented childhood couldn’t be more different his father a former military man has instilled in Tom the need for order and restraint.
Tom is all methodical and rigid Flick lives life at full speed ahead only pausing to briefly catch her breath.
I loved watching Flick’s energy infect Tom as he gradually started to let loose slightly.
The two then started to bring out the best in each other: Tom was a rock that Flick could lean on in times of upset while Flick’s spontaneity is something that Tom comes to appreciate.
This was well written and empathetic and I liked that Both Tom and Flick seemed real with flaws and all else.
I also really liked the coupon idea though it did come much later in the book than I was initially expecting.
Lastly, the couple from book 1 do make a brief appearance at the start of this but this a standalone read and you don’t have to have read that to read this.
All in this was an enjoyable book.
I voluntary reviewed a copy of The Love Coupon (Stubborn Hearts, #2).
Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
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Ainslie Paton’s books always leave me breathless in the wake of their energy. This one was no exception. A different pace to the first book in the series, the love coupons are only introduced in the second half of this flatmates to lovers story. Flick gatecrashes Tom’s ordered life and shatters his quiet existence when she takes up residence in his guest bedroom en route to a new career. Poor Tom doesn’t stand a chance against the whirlwind that is Flick Dalgety, and it’s not long before they become flatmates with benefits, strictly no strings attached. But as the deadline closes in on them, they find it hard to imagine life without each other. As a parting gift, Flick gives Tom a book of handmade coupons to redeem before she leaves.
Full of Paton’s witty and sometimes gritty humour, this is a cleverly-written, emotionally engaging romp with a satisfying ending.
The Love Coupon probably has one of the most memorable quotes I have read for awhile ” This coupon entitles us to be together. Time, place manner of your choice. One night or every night. No limits. No expiration. I love you and the only ambition I have is to be wherever you are. Redeemable forever.”
Tom and Flick seem the most unlikely of couples, for one they have totally different life views. Where one is completely restrained the other refuses to be defined by circumstances. They both have long-range plans which involve, for the next three months, living together as roommates. Pretty soon the roommate situation becomes a hook up, then friends then lovers. Tom and Flick have plans and dreams and ambitions within their reach but it also means that their happily ever after has an expiration date. The Love Coupon had a slow start but it really did lend some depth on how Tom and Flick’s relationship progresses. It has all the elements of a romantic comedy I love, the opposites attract trope, the undeniable chemistry between the leads, witty bantering, humor and an insightful and useful plot device. The Love Coupon will definitely give a reader all the romantic feels in one humorous and very sexy package.