Make Me a Double

Thank you to NetGalley and Xpresso book tours for providing me with an arc in exchange for an honest review.

2.5/5

So, I really did not like this book. I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it either. It was fine okay.

I was really excited because the blurb made this book sound so cool. Like Book Bar versus Sports Bar?? Um yeah???
Unfortunately, this book did not deliver.

I couldn't get myself to care for the main characters as a couple. I liked the FMC; she was tolerable. The MMC was so bland? All he did was complain and drown in his sorrow of “my parents don't listen to me, I hate my life”
Also, I just want to add Chuck truly did not do anything for his own business at all. Like I can tell he's smart and a good businessman when he said a few things to Isadora about her business, but he didn't use any of that for himself. Like, I get that his bar wasn't his, but it was his dad's, but he could've still done literally anything other than sit in his office. towards the end, he did help Isadora with hers, but I just thought it was so weird. He really annoyed me sometimes with all the complaining. His thoughts just pissed me off sometimes a lot

Now, between the two, I just did not feel the chemistry. They both talked so much about their exes that it got hard to root for them as a couple. They were also super childish. Like the pranks were stupid, and it just kept getting out of hand. Out of hand in the sense that they could've done things that were much funnier without literally jeopardizing each other's businesses. It basically felt like two teenagers taking the pranks so far just to one-up the other without caring about who gets hurt in the process.

They also just randomly started liking each other. like, I was super confused when their thoughts would just shift from hate to love. like did I miss a chapter? or ten

Also, the whole other side plot of the Eva character was just so weird. like what purpose did it serve exactly?

Overall, it was a super quick read, which is why I finished it, but it's definitely not my favourite of any sort.

Chuck's cat, Betty, was the highlight of this entire book.