Book Review — I Flipping Love You by Helena Hunting

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I Flipping Love You was another romantic comedy winner from Helena Hunting! I’ve loved many of her books over the years. I think the first one I read by her was about four years ago and ever since then I’ve always been excited for her new releases so I couldn’t resist diving into this one.

“Rian Sutter grew up with the finer things in life. Spending summers in the Hamptons was a normal occurrence for her until her parents lost everything years ago. Now Rian and her sister are getting their life, and finances, back on track through real estate. Not only do they buy and sell houses to the rich and famous but they finally have the capital to flip their very own beachfront property. But when she catches the attention of a sexy stranger who snaps up every house from under her, all bets are off…

Pierce Whitfield doesn’t normally demo kitchens, install dry wall, or tear apart a beautiful woman’s dreams. He’s just a down-on-his-luck lawyer who needed a break from the city and agreed to help his brother work on a few homes in the Hamptons. When he first meets Rian, the attraction is undeniable. But when they start competing for the same pieces of prime real estate, the early sparks turn into full-blown fireworks. Can these passionate rivals turn up the heat on their budding romance—without burning down the house?”

This book can be read as a complete standalone. You don’t need to read anything before or after this book unless you want to, but it is part of a series of slightly interconnected standalones. To explain further, the hero of this book is brothers with the heroine from Hooking Up (my review). And the hero from Hooking Up is brothers with the hero from Shacking Up (my review). I’ve read them all and they’re all great romcom recommendations, but they’re very well structured so that you can genuinely pick and choose whichever one/ones you want to read in any order.

In this book, a hilarious case of mistaken identity (her twin dinged his car, but he didn’t know there were two of her) put their relationship off to a rocky start involving a shopping cart to the groin, a dinged Tesla, and some choice words flung back and forth. But needless to say that once things got straightened out, Rian and Pierce were faced with the unavoidable fact that there was some pretty intense chemistry between them that they’d be fools to ignore…

“You have to admit, it’s interesting the way we keep running into each other lately…”
“And every single one of those interactions has been embarrassing for me.”
“I would say entertaining rather than embarrassing. Now, why don’t we start fresh, and this time I’ll try not to come off as a complete asshole, and we can pretend I haven’t asked you out and you haven’t said no half a dozen times, or accused me of trying to blackmail you into having sex with me.” I grin as I hold out my hand. “I’m Pierce.”

On paper, they were complete opposites with little in common, but in real life their differences worked in their favor because together they sparked. They say ‘opposites attract’ and with them that was exactly the case — their differences made them perfect for each other and I thoroughly enjoyed all the banter that ensued.

Pierce was a sweet and swoony hero with a bit of a cocky side to him, but overall he really was a pretty reasonable and genuinely nice guy who was refreshingly level headed, not to mention he also had a rather flirty and dirt side too that brought some added heat to this romance.

“Morning.” His deep, raspy sleep voice draws my gaze back to him. His one visible eye is barely a slit.
“Hi.”
He smirks… “I cuddled the fuck out of you all night.”
I laugh. “That you did.”
“You know what that means, don’t you?” He wraps his arm around me and pulls me closer. “It means we’re dating.”
I tip my chin up so I can see his face. His hair is a mess and he has pillow lines on his cheek. “How do you figure?”
“We had a sleepover and we spooned pretty much the entire night. Plus, we had a bath together, and I’ve taken care of you and all your bug bits, so that totally qualifies as dating behavior.”
… “I suppose that makes logical sense.”
His sleep-heavy eyes crinkle at the corners. “So you agree that we’re dating?”
“You didn’t really give me much of an opportunity to disagree, did you?”
“Since when does that stop you?” His lips meet my temple. “You know what we should do to celebrate this milestone in our relationship?”
“What’s that?” I throw my leg over his…
“We should have Naked Sunday.”

Rian was a smart, savvy, and sassy heroine who spoke her mind and had her life completely in order. She’d fallen on hard times but didn’t rely on anyone to help her and I loved her can-do attitude towards life.

“Do you have any idea how sexy that is?”
“You think it’s sexy that I can do math in my head?”
“Yes. You’re gorgeous, outspoken, and intelligent. It’s a hard-on-inducing trifecta.”

While the majority of this book was filled with light-hearted, fun flirty banter and romance, I also really liked that towards the end, it developped a bit of an angsty edge as their family secrets came out and it became a race to right wrongs before things went to far… And the ending had just the heart-warming note I was hoping for!

“I’m one hundred percent in love with you, and there’s absolutely nothing you can do to change that.”

If you’re looking for a romance that’ll make you smile, try this!

Rating: 4+ stars. Contemporary Romance, can standalone.

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Note: This book releases Monday at midnight and if you pre-order a copy it will automatically download to your eReader the moment it goes live so you don’t accidentally forget about it!

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Series of standalones.