The Off-Limits Rule
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Sarah Adams
From the New York Times bestselling author of Practice Makes Perfect comes an expanded edition of The Off-Limits Rule—a heartwarming romance about new love and fresh beginnings, with a never-before-seen chapter.Rules are made to be broken—especially for love, right?Lucy Marshall has found rock bottom. After failing to succeed as a single mom in Atlanta, she’s back home and moving in with her older brother Drew. Reconnecting with her support system is the right thing to do, but Lucy can’t help but feel like a failure. Her four-year-old son deserves the world, and all she can give him is a spare bedroom. But Drew is the sweetest uncle, and some quality time might be exactly what they need to start fresh. That is until she meets Cooper, her brother’s incredibly hot best friend.When Drew senses something between the two of them, he puts his foot down on any shenanigans. According to him, Cooper is everything Lucy should stay away from: flirtatious, adventurous, and especially non-committal. But Lucy has been getting the opposite impression so far; Cooper is a genuinely great guy, and she’s starting to catch real feelings.Her whole life, Lucy has tried to do everything right, and look where that’s gotten her—so what if she were to try something wrong?
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"2.5 stars<br/><br/>love sarah adams and all her other books but this one just didn’t do it for me :( i’m still planning on reading the companion novel to this one though"
Carly Walters
"I don’t gravitate towards the “dating a best friend’s sibling” trope all the time; it has to be something I’m specifically interested in reading at the moment and I was really curious about this book based on the synopsis. <br/><br/>In general, I thought this story was cute and a straightforward read with no spice (closed door). My favorite parts were any scenes involving Levi. He seems like such an adorable kid and it was really heartwarming. <br/><br/>Overall, Cooper and Lucy were fine together. I thought they had decent chemistry and generally found them fun. I also appreciated that they were good communicators and there was no miscommunication breakup but I do think the ending was more rushed than it needed to be. Also, for this being a “dating a best friend’s sibling” trope, I wanted to see more of that conflict, especially during the part of the novel that was supposed to be the big confrontation. It felt a little underwhelming, especially given the build up. <br/><br/>I found myself a bigger fan of Cooper than Lucy. I thought Cooper was caring and considerate. Lucy was a little cringey with the way she just blurted out unnecessary or the most random things and gave me second-hand embarrassment. I’ve noticed that this is a trend in Sarah Adams novels where the man is always super hot, smooth, but still a giant cinnamon roll while the woman is usually super quirky but doesn’t realize she’s hot. Now that I know the formula, it’s gotten easier to read some of these books, and I will continue to read Sarah Adams novels because I always find the concept adorable but I can see this not being for everyone."
Kacie Young