Losing It wasn’t a hit for me unfortunately.
Julia Greenfield is an ex competitive swimmer she is twenty six years old and still a virgin. When we meet her she is packing in her job to move back in with her mum and dad but this is not to be as they are going on an extended holiday to Costa Rica and have hired the house out. Julia finds herself at her Aunt Vivienne’s house in North Carolina. The book was very slow going and nothing really happened, Julia seemed to have awkward conversations with everyone, she treated her Aunt awfully and yes she did lose it but by that stage I couldn’t have cared less. Julia is a very unlikeable character and not in a good way, she was way too interested in her Aunts life and her still being a virgin. It was all a little awkward and made a deal out of nothing.
I would like to thank Netgalley and Harlequin UK Limited, MIRA for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.

Unfortunately, I was really disappointed by this book. I actually read a lot of buzz about it before purchasing and I was really excited to have an easy summer read. But yeah...this just didn't do it for me. Not only did the plot go nowhere, but the main character was pretty unlikeable. And not the kind of unlikeable that keeps you engaged, but just the right amount of annoying to make you shake your head at her inner thoughts and behavior all the way through.

I haven't read anything else by this author, so maybe this is just a bad seed. Either way, I didn't get very much out of this one.

P.S. It's also not sexy....at all. If that's your thing, go elsewhere

I struggled to get into this book and ultimately didn't enjoy it.

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This book was not my cup of tea, with the protagonist being self-obsessed and hell-bent on her mission to lose her virginity, not caring who she hurts along the way. There are rare comedic moments, but overall I found myself getting more and more frustrated with this book and struggled to connect with the characters or the plotline. This might be good for a frivolous read, but not one that I care to repeat.

Quitting her job at Quartz Consulting, Julia Greenfield ends up at her Aunt Vivienne’s home in Durham, North Carolina when her parents leave for Costa Rica and renting out the family home.

Julia Greenfield is a virgin, and she reminds us of that fact throughout the story. She is still a virgin as we learn at 24 years of age because of life issues. When the opportunity presents itself for her to go to Durham, she doesn’t give it a second thought except to think that this is going to be where she gives it up because why else, no one knows her and she can do what she wants.

Taking a part-time job with a firm called Kramer Branch, she meets Elliot Grouse and maybe on first look he could be the one. But in the meantime, Julia has a few misses on dates with men she meets online and in a watercolor class. This giving up of the virginity seems to be in peril.

Julie has all these awkward conversations throughout the book with men, Grace her best friend, her parents and her Aunt who had me at a loss at times about what the author was trying to get us to understand. Losing your virginity is hard work?

I felt there was a serious lack of character development which could have made this far more enjoyable. Also, the interaction with her Aunt lacked something I can’t put my finger on. Perhaps it is because of Julia’s interest in her Aunts life and virginity which was almost creepy and made no sense to me. Was the author suggesting that you’re not a woman if you haven’t been laid? Or not getting laid?

Overall this is a book I can see the millennial folks reading because of the virginity piece. This is my first time reading a book by this author, and I would probably try something else by her.

I liked the idea for this book and I did enjoy the story but I just felt the pace was very,very slow and I kept waiting for the story to have a bit more of an excitement about it. I haven't reviewed it on my blog as I just didn't feel it fitted in with the usual tone of books I review. Overall though a fine but slow paced read.