✨Ms Perfectly Fine✨

Another absolutely beautiful read by @katecallaghan
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Autumn is a concert pianist who lives with chronic pain following an accident. Elijah is a tech whizz and games designer who unexpectedly moves into Autumn's house.

This books was just wonderful and I smiled the whole time reading it. It was super enjoyable and I read it fairly quickly - a perfect light hearted romance and I'd say a great summer read! I also absolutely loved the thriller element of this book and I was kept guessing until the reveal.

I loved Autumn, I loved Elijah, I loved Brinkley.
❤️Grumpy x sunshine
❤️Forced proximity
❤️Enemies to lovers
❤️Split POV
❤️Lots of music
❤️DOG

Soooo many amazing things in this book and I love how the author depicted living with chronic pain.

This is definitely a book you should be adding to your summer tbr! ✨

Thank you @netgalley for letting me read this book🥰

I really liked this book. I wanted to like it a lot but it was good but not great. I would rec it to anyone who likes these kinds of books. The only reason it does not rank higher is that it is somewhat un memorable. its just another romance with a guy thats kinda likable but kinda has rough edges. It gets a good 4 stars as it gave what it should give.

This was DNF, the characters and writing wasn't really for me. I can see how this could be a famous booktok read but not for me.

It definitely felt different scenes fixed together because it doesn't really flow smoothly as a plot. The reasonings behind the characters' actions were not good enough for me.

It has some nice representations though.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC.

This is a DNF that kind of breaks my heart 😭

I wanted to like this book but I struggled with getting into it. The characters felt immature, the whole premise felt very unrealistic, and the lack of chemistry between the characters just didn’t do it for me.

Even though it started with immediate story, it felt like it kind of dragged and it didn’t spark any kind of interest for me and I just couldn’t get past 20% - it took me a month to even get that far.

I LOVE the mental health rep & I loved the chronic pain rep. It was definitely something that I was excited to see in a book.

Even though this wasn’t a book for me, a huge thank you to NetGalley and CallaghanWriter to this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I really wanted to like this one but it just fell flat for me. I think it had a lot of potential but the relationship between the two main characters felt kind of forced and I thought their banter was kind of cringey.

Thank you NetGalley for the arc!

Forced Proximity is one of those “I see it and I’m sold” tropes, so I was really excited about the premise. The actual carry out was not done as well as I hoped.
I enjoyed the romance between Elijah and Autumn, but I felt like there was a ton going on and it could have possibly been split into two books or a book and a novella and been fabulous. I liked the disability awareness piece, being disabled myself. But I felt that the pacing was off which hindered my ability to fully enjoy it. This had a really great premise, I just wish it had been carried out better.

Thank you so much for giving me the chance to read this book, I couldn't be happier to have that opportunity! This book was excellent, it had mystery, drama and the most important of all for me, romance. I literally couldn't put the book down once I started reading it.
Both the main characters, Autumn and Elijah, had beautiful character development, especially Autumn, she had to overcome so many difficulties both physically and mentally/emotionally and thanks to Elijah she was able to do so, and finally understood that just because she can do it by herself she doesn't have to, and having a man such as Elijah is probably the dream that many women who have been through similar situations would love to have by their side.
Autumn's story really moved me, because just like her, music really helped me with my mental health (and also reading really helped too).
This is the second book from Kate Callaghan, the first was the naughty or nice clause, and it quickly became one of my favourite Christmas books, highly recommend her books!

Excellent book, I liked the characters and the plot and intrigue.
I despised the parents though and they were wet and lane.

This was a really good book, I could imagine the characters and they were all very interesting and held my attention.
I would thoroughly recommend this book.
Thank you NetGalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

I tried, I really really tried to get through this book.
The story idea is intriguing, but there are waaaay to many plot holes in this and even more cringe worthy character flaws. After nearly a month of trying to push myself through, I give up.
Time of death? DNF'd at 42%
It's unfortunate because I LOVED The Naughty Or Nice Clause by Callaghan.
Ah well, win some and lose some.
Thank to NetGalley & CallaghanWriter for my ARC.

This book was very cute. I really liked the dynamic between the main characters but I do feel like their relationship was extremely rushed. I enjoyed the mystery subplot, the twist was good.

3.5/5 ⭐️

Good book over all. I enjoyed the change up of the grumpyxsunshine trope. I don’t find many books where the MMC is the sunny aspect of the book. I did find Autumn slightly annoying at the beginning of the book but quickly loved her sarcastic comments and jabs. Elijah was a joy through out. Definitely worth adding to your TBR. If you are looking for an easy romance novel with a bit side of heart and a little crazy.

Dnf @ 10%

I tried to get into this book bit it just was not for me. The story was just not connecting.

Overall I thought this was quite a cute romance, however, I personally was missing more tension between the two main characters in the beginning. I also felt like the relationship was moving too quickly for my taste and some of the other plots in the story seemed a bit obvious. It was still a fun read though.

The book really had so much potential but just kept falling flat.

I struggled to push through because right off the bat, the FMC was just a b*tch all the time. Because she was constantly rude, it was hard for me to feel any connection with her or her backstory. Then, I’m forced to believe that randomly, a complete 180 occurs and suddenly her and Elijah are saying they love each other?

Then there’s the blatant inconsistencies with the storyline. I figured out the roses situation wayyyy early on which wouldn’t have been a problem but the way she went about everything with this whole situation just irritated me to no end. I’m fine with guessing the plot early but if you give me an insufferable character, I’m going to slowly root for the bad guy. You know?

The way she completely ignores her best friend’s sister and then has the audacity to continue to just keep being rude and almost patronizing toward her just didn’t sit well with me.

Elijah and his daddy issues were a lot to be tossed into an already full of subplot book. My head was being torn every which way and it made the book lose its overall appeal pretty quickly.

Autumn was so emotionally and financially abusive. The mind games she played was insane but the financial aspect was what irritated me to no end. The way she took his card without hesitation and spent his money was horrid. And then she had the audacity to steal his auction card and bid thousands of dollars of money that wasn’t hers?! And his reaction is all “awhhhh how cute of her”?! Wtf?? Absolutely not.

The way it ended infuriated me. First, Heather was supposed to be released immediately but wasn’t until the next day. Second, I spent the entire book listening to a character complain about everything to do with the whole point to the book - her comeback.. yet when it gets down to it, she does one appearance, conveniently gets sliced in the hand, and then that’s it. No more. Third, half of the book was forcing me to listen to the two main characters bicker constantly, then I’m whiplashed into believing they love each other, and now the ending gets here and it’s all “well I love you and you can’t get rid of me, here’s our house”. There was so much more that needed to happen. It felt so rushed at the end.

Overall, I wanted to be able to give my honest opinion of the book so I pushed through but this would’ve been a rare DNF for me.

Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

I loved the enemies-to-lovers aspect of this book, the two main characters had a very quick connection but it helped with moving things forwards, the plot twist near the end had me on the end of my seat, which was exciting, but also predictable. This was a quick and easy read, that filled me with joy and suspense, and to add a dog into the mix as the adorable sidekick for the MMC was just perfect. The mental health representation in this book is good with mentions of the struggles of anxiety and chronic physical pain.

🕹️Elijah - He's a game developer with a secret past, at first seemed to be someone who only cared about himself and his own needs, but his character had grown and becomes the opposite of what you think. He's secretly all sunshine and sweet.

🎹Autumn- She's a pianist with a sad back story whos closed off and very possessive of her space, but she opens up and becomes less closed off. She at first is the grumpy one. But I fell in love with her character so easily as she's sarcastic and talented and tends to kill plants... or drown's them depending on how you look at it.

He fell first for her, and it took her time to realise she also had the same feelings, but when they kicked in the book was more fun. There was tension, and spice (not the spiciest but it was fun to read)
The title of the book made me want to read this, reminded me of a taylor swift song, and it's rather fitting (yes the genders are flipped) But he was Sunshine and she was midnight rain.
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"There is no part of you I’d ever want to avoid,” he assured her. “You’ve no idea how much I’ve longed to touch and taste every inch of you. Scarred or not, it’s part of you and deserves to be cherished.” - Elijah
How could you not love this man?!
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4/5⭐
2/5🌶️
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ARC kindly provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

I picked this out as an open read option because it looked pretty and the title reminded me of Taylor Swift (I’m easily pleased) and I’m really glad I did bc this was a cute romance with some suspense thrown in that meant I actually finished the book rather than DNF’ing when the couple gets together which I tend to do with romances that have no other subplot going on

I was genuinely surprised because I really believed it was going to be predictable with Heather or Garrett being the culprit until the last few chapters threw me off with the Nina twist. I had guessed who the sister was, but I think that was the point to further throw us off!

The romance was a mild enemies to lovers, with eventual smut that was pretty steamy and I enjoyed the characters, but I am definitely glad it had multiple subplots such as our MC’s battle with chronic pain and her return to the stage, and our mystery stalker because the romance alone wouldn’t have been enough to keep me interested.

Thank you Netgalley and the author for this ARC.

Ms Perfectly Fine by Kate Callaghan was a fine, easy, summer read. It was well written and a wonderful combination of genres; romance and mystery. Perfect for fans of tropes including forced proximity, enemies to lovers, he fall first, etc. As someone who deals with back pain, I found that the author did an excellent job with Autumn's chronic pain depiction.

There were some aspects of the plot that were not resolved or poorly executed. For example, there was no resolution to Autumn's estranged relationship with her parents and the mystery reveal felt quite flat.

Overall, I would rate this book 3.5/5 stars.

2.5 stars

It is a cute romance story but the writing style just made it hard to warm up to this book. It is written in the third person but with the focus on both main leads, sometimes it changed the focus in the middle of the chapter. However, the writing just felt off and I could not really look past it. Although the story itself was nice, I could not enjoy it. It was nice that chronic pain and grief was mentioned in this book, as chronic pain barely gets represented in books. Autumn and Elijah were likeable characters and the love story was cute, but the switch from hating each other to liking each other was quite fast. It would have been better if we saw more how this change happened and how they warmed up to each other. Nevertheless, the story was cute and I enjoyed the story premise, especially the little mystery at the end.
(Goodreads review is posted)

this was pleasantly surprising.
loved the grumpy & sunshine and close proximity tropes. they were so well captured.
the mystery part of the book was well delivered. yes it had its cliches but who doesn't love cliches?
all in all, such an easy read (read it in one sitting myself). romance with a nice hint of spice and a good amount of mystery, sign me up

Much like the title, this book was 'perfectly fine'.
Autumn and Elijah are forced to live together despite their hatred for each other. But they quickly (perhaps too quickly) fall in love with each other. I really enjoyed the grumpy x sunshine trope with the forced proximity.

The writing is simple, in a good way, and made for a quick and easy read. The book stays within it's comfort zone but it's not a fault.

Overall, it's a cute romcom and I liked the inclusion of Autumn having chronic pain.