title: Ready or Not
author: Cara Bastone
publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
publication date: February 13, 2024
pages: 400
peppers: 3 (on this scale)
warnings: nausea and puke, unplanned pregnancy, ultra sound, drunkenness
summary: Eve's one-night stand pregnancy reveals who's in her corner and helps her figure out what she wants in work and in love/friendship.
tropes:
- unplanned pregnangy
- one-night stand
- friends-to-lovers
- great best friend
- best friend's conception woes
- dead parents (long before the book)
- distant family
- NY apartments
- don't know what I want
what I liked:
- going through the pregnancy
- a fun, first-person voice
- the male lead is really sweet
- the baby daddy's angst and its resolution
- Eve's work dilemma
what I didn’t like: NA
overall rating: 5 (of 5 stars)