This was a nice read. It is an enemies to lovers. But they do not stay enemies for very long. It was a cute romance.

Thank you to NetGalley and One More Chapter for providing me with an ARC of Corkscrew You by Catherine Robertson. This is a opposites attract, enemies to lovers story of Nate and Shelby. Her father died and her mother wants to sell the family winery out from under Shelby. Shelby scrambles and gets and an investor who in turn hires Nate to come in and manage the winery. And my gosh everything just moves so fast after that. First Shelby resents Nate and he is a jerk to her, then he apologizes. Then they are a team, but then he gets mad again. Then they make up. Oh and Nate's father is dying, which is why he is back in town. There are certainly parts where the banter is top notch, but honestly, enemies to lovers feels super weird when the couple is really instalove as well. It feels rushed. There is steam, which is great. but again, that the couple has smexy time RIGHT after Nate has been revived from an unexplained faint. I wish that the author had slowed down, maybe paired back on the number of tropes that she wanted to explore. I am reading the next in the series, and am hoping it is better paced.

*ARC review thanks to Netgalley and the publisher*

After her father’s death, Shelby is trying to keep the family vineyard alive. Thanks to an investor, she can keep it for now, but the business needs a good overhaul to become profitable, so her investor hires Nathan, management consultant, to overcome the business side. Shelby and Nathan are two very different persons. She is a down to hearth, open hearted person, and good at making wine, but not so much at making money. He’s an experienced consultant who’s already managed a vineyard in France, but he is closed off and defensive. He also doesn’t have a very sympathetic approach to the business. Despite their differences, there is attraction from the beginning, and the physical quite quickly turn into an emotional connection as well.

All in, I quite enjoyed the book. The scenario was nice and Shelby and Nathan felt relatable. I’ve seen a few comments complain than Nathan is an asshole, I think he is just a very realistic management consultant (it’s not him, it’s his job). The side characters, especially Shelby’s two best friends, brought a touch of fun to the story. The subject of grief for Shelby and Nathan’s dealing with his own personal issues both felt quite well done.

Downside of the book - native French here and all those little French sentences and words were very badly used. It was irritating.

Oof. DNF this one at about 50 %

The synopsis sucked me in, but it was just too slow for my liking. The relationship between the characters felt forced and not at all convincing.
I really wanted to love this, it has a cute name and cute title. I wasn't able to finish it, but maybe you'll like it.

When I read the synopsis I had such high hopes for this! It had enemies to lovers written all over it and I was ready for a whole lot of tension and slow burn.
Unfortunately, I wouldn’t really call it an enemies to lovers - the two main characters are enemies for all of 2 seconds. The chemistry between them wasn’t convincing and I just couldn’t buy into it - I wasn’t invested!
I didn’t particularly connect with the characters as I felt like we didn’t get a deep enough look into them as people. Also, Nate’s description of other women and how beautiful they were just gave me the ick!

Thank you NetGalley and One More Chapter for offering me an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I wish I could have liked this. I really wish I could have. Shelby and Nate just had...zero chemistry. Their relationship had no buildup, no realistic reason for them to be interested in each other, and just no platform to build a genuine connection. The asshole trope is getting a little old for me, when it's kind of all his personality consists of. The writing was also jarring, and frenetic to no end. Both of the POVs like to have conversations with themselves in their head, which is so unnecessary to have CONSTANTLY.

Shelby is trying to keep her father’s winery in the family. After her father’s passing, Sheldy has been struggling financially to keep the winery up and running. The business needs some much needed updates. Enter Nate who is what Shelby needs, but is strictly business and tough love. Will the two be able to work together and rebrand the winery?

Unfortunately I DNFed this book at 54%. Shelby and Nate’s relationship became too insta lovey. I felt like they needed to get to know each other more before deciding to move forward with their romantic relationship. As a reader, we also knew more about Nate and his family compared to Shelby. She was more standoffish and closed off, in my opinion. It was difficult to connect with her. I had a soft spot for Nate and his tough exterior. As a broody character, he was written well.

The premise the story was intriguing but was missing pieces to make the characters fully developed. I absolutely love the cover art and could picture the charcters while I read. Thank you, NetGalley, HarperCollins UK, and One More Chapter for the ARC!

Thank you NetGalley and One More Chapter for an ARC of this book for an honest review.

I did not realize going into this that it was instalove, which if you know me I am not a fan of, but the premise of the story was cute. I loved Shelby and Nates banter but I could not help hoping she would end up with Cam. I really hope his book is next... with a certain headstrong lady. I'm also interested in seeing what happens with Jordan and Brendan.

The character development is lacking, absolutely flat. I did not feel a connection between Shelby and Nate. And Nate thinking he’s fallen in love 20% into the book aka like 3 days into knowing her but not actually getting to know her? Yikes. I didn’t find either character all that likable.

While promoted as an enemies to lovers, they were enemies for about 3% of the book, and were just really immature and poor communicators. They’re both late 20s (but kind of remind me of early 20s in terms of emotional intelligence and maturity).

This may be an instance of where a movie is truly better than the book. The writing is childish. It’s not connected, doesn’t flow, and it’s so immature for what is penned as an adult book, with adult scenes.

Thank you to Chloe at One More Chapter/Harper Collins for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

3.5/5
This book has such a fun premise and I did enjoy Nate and Shelby. They fell for each other pretty fast but did have to work for it and communicate.
I enjoyed meeting all the characters and am excited to see more of them.

i was so excited for this small town/enemies to lovers book, but if i'm being completely honest - it just wasn't that good. i loved the idea of it and i was so excited to read it, but the plot was just blah. there were SO many cringey moments and i found myself skipping a ton of scenes. the story also lacked depth and the character development was so bland. if it were better developed and executed, i think this book could have been really great.

thank you to netgalley and one more chapter for the arc copy!

For how much I’ve tried enjoying this as much as the previous book from One More Chapter I just couldn’t for the life of me.
Don’t get me wrong the first chapters absolutely sucked me into the book but throughout the story everything felt too rushed and my love for the characters diminished.
I feel like if the slow burn stayed a little while longer it would’ve been the absolute perfect…….
I don’t know man i wanted to love this so much but couldn’t connect just the same

Thank you HarperCollins Uk and One More Chapter for the chance to read this book!!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Corkscrew You is a “quick enemies” to lovers/opposites attract book that had a lot of depth!

Shelby is trying to keep her father’s winery afloat - and Nate shows up and is “here to help” much to her disapproval! They face so many obstacles trying to navigate her fathers business and their attraction to each other.

This book felt a little too rushed for me - they loved each other way too quick for my taste. It felt like there were so many issues they kept dealing with and it just gave me a headache!

I do think the plot had a lot more depth than their relationship, and focused on the importance of family and I liked that!

Overall, I thought it was okay - just had a couple of things that aren’t my favorite in romance book (which is more of a personal preference TBH!).

I think those who enjoy faster paced relationship would like this book!

Thank you NetGalley and One More Chapter for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

First of all, thank you NetGalley for letting me read this book before it’s published.

Shelby has to take over her dad’s business and will need help with certain things. Nathan is supposed to help her with future plans and finances, but whilst they are talking business, they fall for each other.
Their romance is fast burn and for my liking it was way too fast how they fell for each other.

After they did fall for each other, things got complicated and family matters got in a way of building their relationship.

The last 30% of the book were hard to read as it sadly wasn’t pulling me in.

( one star )

when i read the synopsis, i was really excited for this book. it also had the vibes of tessa bailey’s unfortunately yours so i was looking forward to it. unfortunately, it didn’t serve like i thought it would.

shelby (the heroine) needs to save her family’s winery after her father’s passing so she finds an investor to help her build it up. the investor tells her that she needs to give the reins to nate (the hero) to manage the commercial side of things while she handles the winemaking and that it’s a part of the contract that cannot be negotiated. shelby doesn’t approve of the whole nate idea but she goes with it because she needs to protect her family’s business. her and nate’s story takes off from here.

the story lacked depth and nothing was happening so it felt a bit… bland + the plot was really weak. i don’t like insta-love in romance, and nate was in love with shelby and getting jealous in chapter eight. i think this book had the potential to be a great enemies to lovers, if the story was better executed, if the author gave the characters more history and depth and of course, if nate didn’t fall in love too quickly.

thank you netgalley and one more chapter for providing me with an arc for an honest review. <3

I really enjoyed this book! It was lighthearted but also touched on serious family feelings in a way that was relatable, both Nate and Shelby were very likeable characters and all of the side characters were introduced to were very likeable to! I can’t wait to see how things develop with the other characters in this series.

Dislike to love as opposites attract in this cute love story!

Shelby is the type of person to go with the flow. Nate is so Type A he forces the flow to bend to him. Like oil and water the two couldn't be more opposite. But when Shelby's late father's winery is failing, she needs Nate to give her more structure so she can focus on what she's good at, winemaking. As the two work together, they find out that maybe they have more in common than they thought...

This was a cute love story! I love Nate's siblings and Shelby's friends! All the secondary characters had unique personalities and I appreciate all the fierce women. I also really like the discussion around Shelby's grief, her rough patch after lossing her father, and her feelings of abandonment even when she knew her family was there for her. These parts were deep and made Shelby more human, not just the endearing non-cursing sweetheart.

My one holdup with this novel is the timeline. I think the characters fell too fast for no reason. The book takes place over like 2-3 weeks and within 1 week, the characters are already secretly in love with each other. This book isn't forced to have a quick timeline like when its a vacation romance. To me, the rushed timeline made no sense.

Overall, it was an enjoyable quick read with lots of wholesome family moments!

Rating: 3.5/5
Spice Level: 2/5

Note: I got this book for free from NetGalley, but this review is my own and left voluntarily.

I’m not sure why the early reviews of this book are so poor because I thought Corkscrew You was super cute. I love wine and romance, so this was the perfect book for me! I read the entire book in one sitting. I’m so excited this is part of a series because there are more wine books coming! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read this book!

Unfortunately this one was a miss for me. The premise was great, hate to love with forced proximity? Working together to save her family’s winery? Grumpy/sunshine? Yes yes yes. But they went from just met, to like, to love way too quickly for me. I usually enjoy insta-love, but their progression just didn’t feel natural to me.

Would be happy to try to the next one by this author to see more of the great side characters!
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

☆ insta love
☆ grumpy/sunshine

Didn’t really like the MMC. He is the worst kind of man to exist and I just did not like him. Everything was moving too fast.

The FMC felt very childish and would replace swear words with other words and that just made her seem even more childish.

I don’t know, it just wasn’t for me.