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The Fixer Upper
The Fixer Upper | Lauren Forsythe
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In this funny and sharp romantic comedy, a woman with a knack for turning her boyfriends lives around starts a professional service to help wrangle men, only to be unexpectedly matched with an old flame. Ever since she can remember, Aly has been fixing everything around her: her parents marriage, her colleagues work problems, and her friends love lives are just a few examples. After a chance meeting with an ex who has gone from living in his parents basement to being a married project manager in three years, she realizes shes been fixing her boyfriends, too.... So, Aly decides to put her talents to good use and, alongside two work friends, sets up the Fixer Upper, an exclusive, underground service for women who are tired of unpaid emotional labor. Using little tricks and tips, Aly and her friends get the men to do the work themselvesto get out of the job they hate, sign up for that growth seminar, do more parenting. Before long, a high-profile Instagram star hires them to fix up her app developer boyfriend. Theres just one catchhes also Alys childhood best friend and first love. As Aly tackles her biggest fixer upper yet, shell have to come to terms with their complicated history and figure out how much to change someone shed always thought was perfect as he is....
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Jody3
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I loved the premise of this book and thought it was a super fun/quick read. It did tug on my heart strings! Aly‘s growth from beginning to end was written beautifully. You could definitely argue that she was unlikable due to the description of her business, but I promise you that you will be cheering for her by the end. There is just something special about the childhood friends to lovers trope for me, so I really enjoyed that aspect of the book.

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MaggieCarr
The Fixer Upper | Lauren Forsythe
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Closed door romance that I fell asleep? checked out? while reading... only to realize I was 70 pages past what I remembered. I could have just been too tired to be reading or maybe my mind was elsewhere but the book didn't immediately hold my attention. Kinda felt like a female play on Will Smith's Hitch in a lot of ways. Kinda disconnected from the male paternity package storyline simply because America is so far behind in...

MaggieCarr ...the maternity benefits that the other isn't hardly spoken of here. Though I loved the quippy side characters and the second chance romance trope. 2y
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AshRaye
The Fixer Upper | Lauren Forsythe
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I lost interest during the beginning of the book, it just wasn't drawing me in. I kept going because I always try to finish a story. Somewhere along the way, I got invested in the characters. Every mistake they made had me beating my head against the wall. The ending of the book made me stay up late reading because I had to know how it all worked out.

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Bookish_Gal
The Fixer Upper | Lauren Forsythe
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Quick read (270pages) of one woman‘s issue with basically doing all the work. At work and relationships. Or at least, getting so caught up in who they could be that she lost who they were now. The romance was sweet, but pushed a bit too hard on the past. My view changed along the way with Aly; encouraging men to change for their gf/wife to what they want. That it‘s okay to want who they could be, but you need to be want them for who they are now

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Bookish_Gal
The Fixer Upper | Lauren Forsythe
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I really hope I‘ll continue to like Aly as much as I do her introduction throughout the book. Glad she‘s got these good friends showing her she‘s been dating projects, that there are real people worth her time out there. That she‘s spending so much time improving her dates that she lost herself in the process. That that‘s why dating so exhausting - so much Time and energy on fixing them

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robinb
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While the premise of this British feminist rom-com is rather questionable, I enjoyed it overall. Aly, who is an under appreciated employee at a marketing firm, has a reputation as a do-gooder (“fixer”). She has bolstered and encouraged her ex boyfriends‘ lives, yet she hasn‘t found her own key to success and HEA. She is talked into (by her work friends Tola and Eric) forming an underground “fixer” service for boyfriends/husbands. With their 🔻

robinb surprising success, they are approached and offered big $$$ by a social media influencer/cat litter heiress to both help her bf Dylan gain confidence for a business proposal as well as nudge him toward a marriage proposal…within a month. The problem? Dylan is Aly‘s best childhood friend, and things were left strained between them 10 years before. I enjoyed this on multiple levels. First, it‘s hilarious. Then there‘s the lovable Tola and Eric. 🔻 2y
robinb And finally, it‘s rewarding to watch Aly‘s growth from a sometime doormat to a strong, confident woman. Along the way she also juggles being her mom‘s support system (her dad is just a user), and whether or not she‘s willing to help change Dylan (or anyone for that matter) into someone they‘re not. Can they/should they be working to change men at all? 🔻 2y
robinb This is not just a fun, sweet read but one that probes some more serious issues…workplace discrimination, staying in relationships that aren‘t ideal, etc. 4.5/5⭐️ 2y
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