So first rule of romance novels is what? You have to end with either a Happily Ever After or a Happy For Now. If you don't, it's not a romance. And this book was not a romance. I ended up feeling beyond annoyed through most of this book and wish that I had DNFed it. I loved Spring's other book so I thought I would enjoy this one. Nope, the main characters becomes man obsessed to the point that I wondered what she did at her job. And then seems to throw her entire sense of self away for some dude who has more problems than Jay-Z. And due to the plot that is not resolved, we know it's not a freaking HEA or HFN. Bah.

"The Middle-Aged Virgin" follows almost 40 year old Sophia Huntington. Sophia is the owner of one of the hottest PR agency's in London. She has an awesome home that was designed by her boyfriend of 15 years. Sophia though has a change of heart after a long-time friend passes away. She realizes that she needs more out of her life and makes a list of things she wants to accomplish. And one of those things is to experience passion again. She breaks up with her boyfriend and then decides to take an Italian cookery course. While there Sophia finds herself obsessing (no other word) about the Italian chef Lorenzo. 

I don't want to give too much away but honestly Sophia really sucks. She finds out that Lorenzo maybe had a thing with a woman who helps run the B&B that they are staying at and the people she meets seem way too invested in her hooking up with the guy. In fact, I found mostly all of the secondary characters off-putting as hell. And then Sophia starts obsessing over Lorenzo. If you end a 15 year relationship why in the world would you want one with a man that doesn't live near you. And then Lorenzo runs hot and cold so Sophia tries dating other people but still focusing on Lorenzo. I just found myself bored by her. Roxy appears in this one (she was in the last book I read) and honestly she was the only one making sense. Sophia was being an idiot about a guy she didn't know a thing about.

The writing was endless. I got tired of reading about her clothes, her shoes, her hair, her nails. And then the flow was just awful. Sophia jumps to one guy, another guy, and then back to guy number 1, I just didn't care. For someone who was so accomplished she was a mess in her personal life. If she actually had spent more time with her family her godson or just doing other things besides dating and having bad sex in some cases I think I would have cared more. 

The book's ending was ridiculous as hell.

Well I enjoyed this one a lot. The main character was engaging and I loved the story-line of her having enough of being ghosted and treated terribly for her to go ahead and go 6 months without sex while dating. I thought the secondary characters were developed well, though I disliked her cousin Roxy. And the book in the end really did showcase how much time was being spent by her in obsessing over men and not focusing on what makes her happy. The ending was great and I was happy with the HEA we get.

"Only When It's Love" follows Alex. Alex works at a job that is not fulfilling her the way it used to and she's also fed up with falling for men that end up ghosting her. After being ghosted again she's at the end of her rope. Her new friend at work suggests she reads a book from a self-help guru that talks about how she can find true love in just seven steps. One of the steps though is no sex for six months. Alex loves sex and doesn't know if she can just stop just like that. And when she ends up dating two men that show her that they can be "the one" for her, she doesn't know if she will be able to keep up with all of the steps.

Alex made me feel for her. She's so self conscious and is trying so hard to be "the cool girl." Has long extensions in her hair cause men love long hair. Doesn't wear pants or jeans since men like women in dresses. Always wears heels. Ugh. I used to do this mess when I was younger too. Now I wear clothes for me and screw if some guy thinks I look good or not. If I feel good about myself that's all that matters. Anyway, Alex takes her friend Stacey's advise and finds herself really enjoying two men she meets, Miles and Luke. I really thought that Spring did a good job with developing both men and the secondary characters in the story. I can see why Alex is attracted to both of them. 

I do have to say that the writing was really good, you know it's a contemporary novel based on the pop culture things mentioned. I thought the flow worked too. I do wish this had been a bit longer though. It felt a bit towards the end that Spring was rushing to the finish. 

The ending was very hot and I loved it. We get to see who Alex chooses and I thought that it was a nice ending for this book.