ARC Review: Can’t Escape Love by Alyssa Cole

Shelly's Book Corner received a review copy from Edelweiss and voluntarily provided an honest review. This does not affect the opinion of the book or the content of the review.

Regina Hobbs is nerdy by nature, businesswoman by nurture. She's finally taking her pop culture-centered media enterprise, Girls with Glasses, to the next level, but the stress is forcing her to face a familiar supervillain: insomnia. The only thing that helps her sleep when things get this bad is the deep, soothing voice of puzzle-obsessed live streamer Gustave Nguyen. The problem? His archive has been deleted.

Gus has been tasked with creating an escape room themed around a romance anime…except he knows nothing about romance or anime. Then mega-nerd and anime expert Reggie comes calling, and they make a trade: his voice for her knowledge. But when their online friendship has IRL chemistry, will they be able to escape love?

Review:

I was really excited to see that we would be getting about Reggie. For those that don’t know, Reggie is Portia’s twin sister and you can read about Portia in A Duke by Default. I liked the fact that even though they are twins, they are so different. Reggie is a full time blogger, content creator and geek. I loved how she’s into comics, certain fandom’s and attends comic conventions. I myself do a lot of these things so it was very refreshing to say the least.

Gus is a cutie who is socially awkward and blunt. At first I wasn’t sure how it would work but it did. I liked that both couples followed their own path and are passionate about things most people wouldn’t give the time of day.

I’ve been on a quest for more diverse reads and not only did this book feature an interracial couple, the heroine is in a wheel chair and I loved how the author portrayed Reggie as strong and independent and not needing anyone especially a man to take care of her like she was helpless.

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of the series and Alyssa Cole sucked me in again with this well written novella. I loved the story and the uniqueness of the characters.