I really enjoyed the concept of this book. I also didn't mind the workaholic main character. As a small business owner myself, I could relate. Yet taking a phone call right when you are about to walk down the aisle to your best friend's wedding - was a far stretch for me. I know why it was done - to cause a great big crash in her relationship and everything else that goes haywire in her life, but that particular point felt a bit too far-fetched for me.

I also felt that something else was off with this book but I couldn't quite put my finger on it - something felt lacking in the storyline yet I still felt intrigued enough to continue onward.

I did really like the twist towards the end! Romance novels usually don't have many twists and I liked it! Personally, I wouldn't say I liked how the main character reacted to it. I wanted to punch Josh in the nose the moment I knew what was going on.

Yet, with that said, I liked how it ended. In fact, the reason I gave it 4 stars, instead of 3, really had to do with the ending. I really liked it.

When I first read the description, this book sounded really good and something up my street, unfortunately I feel let down by it. 
The first half of the book was okay and did draw me in a bit but the other half was a complete disappointment, I didn't feel that there was any chemistry between Lucy and Zach. I felt it was completely weird the friendship Lucy and Katie as well, it felt all over the place with forgiveness for some pretty bad things on Lucy's part.  
 
It made me really dislike Lucy more and more throughout as she never thinks about the other people around her. The plot had promise but it just felt a bit flat and could have had so much more to it.

DNF

This book is 688 pages long and I only made it to 297 in 20 days. It’s very slow and has information/situations not really relevant to the main story. It takes awhile to get to the fun banter between Lucy and Zack. I hope to finish or re-read at some point but unfortunately I gravitated towards other books instead of finishing this one in the time limit Netgalley provides. I had high hopes for this one by reading the description but I feel as it has fallen short.

Entertaining read from start to finish! Lucy is an interior designer workaholic and Zack is a carefree yoga instructor, and the premise of them buying a house together is creative and amusing. I was invested in the characters, who were relatable and realistic. I totally identified with Lucy putting work ahead of everything else in life. This was a fun and easy read and had some great life lessons!!

Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for this e-ARC!

This book has the slowest start EVER! There are moments of banter that are very sweet and cute and the premise of the book has so much potential but I am 12 chapters in and the book hasn’t grabbed my attention. I will not be finishing this book.

DNF

I'm not sure why this is listed as humor book because the story doesn't have any jokes in it. Perhaps it's the way that the story is written as the author uses the word SO in itallics in order to get her point across. The story is a very basic enemies-to-lovers storyline with as much orignality as "Live, Laugh, Love" decor. The final straw to me was the fact that the love interest doesn't bathe which I guess is someone's kink. However, it's definitely not mine.

Two opposing personalities agree to buy a house together. Can it work? Enjoy the ups and downs of adjusting to share living space from two very different people. Can they find common ground? Or will it be a battlefield?
Enjoy I did

Very rarely do I read a book and think, I wish this was a movie. But that’s exactly what happened with Stuck with Him. Owen-Jones has captured the perfect rom-com feeling in this book, and I honestly wish I could watch it play out on screen.

Lucy and Zach are basically strangers – she’s been to a few of his yoga classes – when they realize they both want to buy the same house. Neither can afford it on their own, and impulsive Zach suggests they buy it together. Eager to live in her childhood home again, the normally hesitant, serious Lucy agrees.

The best parts of this novel are the scenes when they’re fixing up the house together or arguing over how to live together amicably. Lucy and Zach are charming together, and they’re such opposites that it’s really fun watching them fall for each other. That’s the best way to describe this book – it’s a fun, light read, perfect for the beach or even a day you just wish you were reading on the beach.

As strong as the two leads are together, I would have loved just a little more depth from them. There are some heart-to-heart conversations sprinkled here and there, but it’s like one minute they don’t get along and the next, they like each other. I was missing some of the buildup and slowburn I love in a romance, and that’s why it felt a bit more like a rom-com movie, where everything only has 100 minutes to resolve.

I had two small quibbles with the book. First, that Lucy has a standing Thursday appointment that is very secretive and she refuses to discuss with Zach. When we finally find out what it is, I couldn’t understand why it was even secret in the first place. That plotline didn’t work for me at all. And second, Lucy is a fundamentally good person, but she’s not always the best friend due to her workaholic tendencies. She literally answers her phone instead of watching her best friend walk down the aisle at her wedding. She’s clearly a different person at the end of the novel, but we didn’t see much of how she got there, and I would have loved to see a bit more of her on that journey. Overall though, this is a really fun, sweet read.

My life is too short for annoying and generally unpleasant and self-absorbed people...
Lucy is just that...

DNF at 65%

It is not funny! It is so "cringe", it is actually unbearable.

I really enjoyed this story! It’s set in Liverpool, though to be honest there’s not a great deal of description about Liverpool, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing as I hate endless descriptions. Our lead characters compete to buy a house and then end up having to share it and the story is basically about how they cope with this. It was nice to see the slight transformations in their characters to improve on their flaws, whilst still maintaining who they are, and not achieving perfection. This is a lovely friend to lovers story which I’d highly recommend and keeps you hooked til the end

I gave this book 3.5/5.. This is the first time I've read a book by this author and overall I did enjoy it but unfortunately it fell short for me in some places. I loved the enemies to lovers and close proximity aspect and I liked that Lucy was career driven and a bit Type A which is nice to see for a change. The book felt a bit slow for me but it was well written and I got more into it towards the end.

I liked the characters in this book and I always love a forced proximity, enemies to lovers story. I liked the banter between the main characters and enjoyed seeing the romance between them. There wasn’t a lot of drama/conflict which I actually quite liked. Overall I really enjoyed this, it was a quick, easy read.

I gave Stuck With Him three stars because I felt it was kind of slow at times. I enjoyed the difference between the characters personalities and thought it was well written how high strung Lucy is but, I feel like it was a bit overboard at times. I did enjoy the plot twists at the end and felt they tied the story together nicely as they were a bit unexpected. Overall it was an enjoyable read.

This book started off very slow. It was taking a long time to get to the actual problem of the book which made it difficult to connect with the characters. However once I got past chapter 12, the book started to pick up! The banter between Lucy and Zack was funny and I really enjoyed it! Bits of the plot were a little too predictable for my liking. Overall, this book was cute and fluffy but just took too long for me to get into.

Although I liked the premise of this book, and the ending was good, getting there was hard. Katie (the best friend) was one of the most horrible characters I've ever read and if she were my friend, she'd have been out of my life years ago. Lucy (our protagonist) is also horrible - very judgemental and unnecessarily rude - but she does at least improve somewhat as the book progresses. The book felt like it had no meat - it took ages to set up the point of the book (two strangers buying a house together) and then there was very little to make it an interesting story once the set up was done. A bit disappointing overall!

I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Lucy Clark and Zack are competing to buy Lucy’s childhood house and what Zack doesn’t realise, is that Lucy is not going to lose this house, even if she can’t afford it. She has lost her business and her best friend, but she is determined to strike a deal with Zack, if it is the only way forward. So when he suggests guying the house together, Lucy is determined to drive him crazy. However, Lucy soon begins to rethink her priorities and see whether Zack is really the enemy.
The premise of this book really interested me, and I liked the idea of the enemies to lovers theme. Yet, Lucy’s persistence in throwing obstacles in Zack’s way did become a little tiresome. I had wished that the romance would have blossomed sooner, and I wondered how long the torment that Lucy inflicted could actually be tolerated. Overall, the storyline was good, and I hope to read more from this author.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

The whole premise of this book had me hooked from the get go! I felt it was the perfect setting for a romcom and it did not disappoint!

At times I would’ve like to see more chemistry between the main characters, especially at the beginning but the banter was good and this opposites attract story made me laugh out loud quite a bit.

I’d recommend this one to anyone looking for their next closed door romcom!

Thank you to the author, Netgalley and Bookouture for an eARC of this book in exchange of an honest review. All opinions are my own.

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I was really excited to read this book given the “enemies-to-lovers” trope, but unfortunately it left me severely disappointed. I tried to enjoy at least the romance aspect, but even that was a big mess. I think it could’ve been a bit more interesting if it were double POV. We needed more of Zack’s character and less of Lucy’s “let me get mad at Zach for no apparent reason”.

I expected more.

Stuck With Him is the second book written by Danielle Owen-Jones and I had the chance to read an advanced copy of this after loving Stone Broke Heiress so I was really excited for this one and I loved it!

Lucy and Zack were the perfect characters for the enemies to lovers trope, with Lucy's workaholic nature and Zack's laidback attitude to life causing a lot of chaos in 8 Falkner Avenue! I enjoyed the development of Lucy and Zack's relationship from the beginning, with the addition of Kat (their cute and fluffy four-legged friend) creating lots of funny situations!

I was really invested in the storylines of each character which kept me hooked from the first page. There were a few moments in the book that really took me by surprise and made it even better! The humour and lighthearted nature of this book, paired with equally tear-jerking and heartfelt moments, created a perfect cosy read.

Danielle Owen-Jones has become an auto-buy author for me now and I already can't wait for Book Number 3!

*3.5

The premise of this book is good but the execution is not. For starters this book should be dual pov, there is too much of Zack's character that you don't understand until the last 10% of the book. It makes him have no depth and it's boring. The book also didn't have enough romantic development.

I received an arc through netgalley.