Toasted (Love Burns Series Book 1) by Isobel Reed – Review by Deborah Joseph

Toasted by Isobel Reed
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book had me at the dedication- For all the princesses, especially the ones battling frog infestations.

Have you ever watched those Tiktok videos where the guy turns into a sexy firefighter and you instantly imagine an interaction? Well, this isn’t it! This was more realistic, and amusing AF when they first met.

Libby- Just moved in, new house/state… everything, and on the very next morning her toaster sets on fire (Which is how she met her firefighter hunk!) She is a curvy girl so if you are looking for a book where the mfc isn’t a twig this is for you!

Zach- hotty firefighter. Very protective of Libby.

This is fast-paced and he falls first. By chapter 2 after inviting himself over for dinner he was thinking how much he liked her and wanted her to be his girl.

Honestly, when I first started reading this book I thought Zach was a little cutie. I thought their banter was hilarious and that they had great chemistry, but then he started giving me bad vibes. While I love red flags in my dark romances I don’t in my rom-coms and it turned me off from this book. Even though Libby was giving off fuck me vibes, she made it very clear she didn’t want a relationship with him, but no matter how many times she said no he refused to accept that answer and thought he could change her mind, even after she told him her reasoning. Not only that but some of the things came off a bit manipulative as well. Obvi she ignores all the warning bells in her head and does fall for him after being FWB for a while. Has a HEA ending.

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