Quick Thoughts: To Sir, with Love by Lauren Layne

   

To Sir, with Love

by Lauren Layne

June 29, 2021

288 pages

Goodreads Summary:

Love Is Blind meets You’ve Got Mail in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy following two thirty-somethings who meet on a blind dating app—only to realize that their online chemistry is nothing compared to their offline rivalry.

Perpetually cheerful and eager to please, Gracie Cooper strives to make the best out of every situation. So when her father dies just months after a lung cancer diagnosis, she sets aside her dreams of pursuing her passion for art to take over his Midtown Manhattan champagne shop. She soon finds out that the store’s profit margins are being squeezed perilously tight, and complicating matters further, a giant corporation headed by the impossibly handsome, but irritatingly arrogant Sebastian Andrews is proposing a buyout. But Gracie can’t bear the thought of throwing away her father’s dream like she did her own.

Overwhelmed and not wanting to admit to her friends or family that she’s having second thoughts about the shop, Gracie seeks advice and solace from someone she’s never met—the faceless “Sir”, with whom she connected on a blind dating app where matches get to know each other through messages and common interests before exchanging real names or photos.

But although Gracie finds herself slowly falling for Sir online, she has no idea she’s already met him in real life…and they can’t stand each other.

Review

I was over the moon excited to pick up Lauren Layne's latest novel, To Sir, with Love. A few years ago I went through a binge-reading phase of most of her books because they were all just so sweet and swoony. To Sir, with Love has her signature writing style and I couldn't be happier!

What I Liked:

- it's a quick read but packed with story!

- learning a little about champagne

- very family-oriented

- amazing sibling bonds

- Gracie is very likable and relatable in her fears

- the swoon-worthy Sebastian Andrews

- funny dialogue and banters

- the best chemistry between Gracie and Sebastian

- I generally just couldn't get enough of G and S together, the tension *swoons*

- supportive friends

The Not So Much:

- I need more of the romance!

- the lack of more kisses and sexy time

"Would you say that the fantasy of one man is keeping you from seeing the reality of another man?" (p.228)