I enjoyed reading The Scent of a Romance by T. Atkins. You will fall in love with all the characters. I received an ARC of this book courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely. Happy Reading!

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This was a cute and quick, easy to read romance novella as it sits at under 100 pages. The story per se was nice and interesting to read about, although the book did feel messy at times to the point I couldn't understand who's who or what was happening anymore.

The book follows Alexa, a Candle shop owner, and Caleb, who she meets at her candle shop. Caleb proposes a fake relationship to Alexa so they can both get their parents off their backs about relationships/marriage. Their bickering was cute and the chemistry was definitely there, but the story felt rushed and I didn't feel connected to the characters, I would have also preferred a smoother transition into their fake dating. If the book were a little bit longer I'd definitely rate it above 2.5 stars!

A cute quick fake dating romance complete with the drama of ex’s and family… and let’s not forget the muffins.

This was quick and easy to read novella, bit rough around the edges but could definitely have been bulked to a full blown in depth storyline, a bit more backstory on the characters, a smother progression between the fake dates and a bit more about the developing chemistry timeline and it would have been perfection!

But saying all that… I loved it!
It was effective and believable for the shortness of the novella, the banter was there and I liked the characters!

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC

A fun and cute quick read. The fake dating was fun to read about however as it was a short story it felt very shallow and not much depth to it, would have liked it to be longer for character development. But overall was an easy read.
Thank you to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book, all opinions expressed are my own.

3.5⭐️

A cute and quick fake dating romance story complete with family drama, ex drama, and muffins.

This was quick and easy to read and the story and relationship progression felt appropriate to the length of the novella. The story could definitely be longer and add more depth to the characters but their story was effective and believable as is.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC