Tara is super hopeful about her new plan, but Trevor has a lot of doubts. When discussing her Grandmother’s second chance romance on her BookTok, Tara has the idea to try for her own second chance romance by attempting to reconnect with one of her exes. She has nine. Many of her posts and videos are about popular romance tropes- such as second chance romance, enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, etc. She likes to leave piles of books everywhere because she is a bookstagrammer with a popular BookTok page where she talks about books, most of them romance. Trevor and Tara have a lot of differences, but a lot draws them together, too. What starts as a slightly awkward relationship quickly blossoms into a beautiful friendship. Trevor and Tara have their first real conversation with a bathroom door diving them, and a bag of cheetos passing back and forth between them. It’s embarrassing but also humbling in a way. (I DIED LAUGHING). The scene in which they meet is one of my favorites ever in a romance novel. Trevor is a dreamboat, and the first time Tara walks into the apartment to move in, Trevor is having sex with another woman in the kitchen. She moves in with her sister’s fiancée’s former roommate, firefighter Trevor Metcalfe. When the book starts, Tara is trying to pick up the pieces of her life and move on. She was “too much” because she noticed him pulling away while she planned their wedding and started questioning what was going on.

She has just gotten out of a bad relationship- one her ex broke off because she was “too much”.

Tara Chen is a nurse working long shifts in the hospital. (Though I loved this one so much I am looking forward to going back and reading the first book!) And it was incredible.Įxes and O’s is technically book 2 of a series, but you don’t need to have read the first to enjoy it. Their romance book subscription is also amazing!Īnyway, I was not familiar with Amy Lea, but I saw one of her books was signed and available on The Ripped Bodice’s website and thought it sounded amazing, so I bought it. I cannot wait to be able to go there one day! Since I’m currently on an opposite coast though, I will continue to support them from a distance. If you aren’t aware of it, The Ripped Bodice is a Los Angeles based bookstore that sells only romance novels. I have gotten into the habit of checking out what signed books The Ripped Bodice has for sale. Little did I know, when you’re with the right person, being in love never feels like the bottom is going to fall out. It was a feeling I needed to trap, to smother, so it wouldn’t slip through my fingers. My entire life, I thought I needed to hold on to love with an iron fist.

Exes and O's by Amy Lea