Book: Love Under the Hood by Daisy Wren
Reviewed by Maggie Hayes
Rating: 4/5
ARC REVIEW
Love Under the Hood by Daisy Wren
⭐️⭐️⭐️¾ (3.75/5)
Saint and Mikey feel a literal spark when they meet at the garage where she works. Saint then spends the next year slowly—and very deliberately—wooing her by bringing cookies from his bakery and faking car trouble.
This was a super adorable insta-love romance. Saint and Mikey are both incredibly likable characters, and there’s no real interpersonal conflict between them. The pacing is interesting: glacial until it suddenly isn’t, at which point it goes full breakneck. To the book’s credit, this shift is acknowledged directly in the dialogue, which helped it land for me.
I loved how traditional gender norms were completely subverted. Saint is the romantic who believes in love and happily plays matchmaker, while Mikey is far more hesitant. I also loved that Mikey works as a mechanic—a traditionally male field—while Saint knows absolutely nothing about cars and is a baker… who delivers Mikey cookies. Perfection. No notes.
Thank you to Luna Literary for providing an ARC!
For fans of: 🏘️ Small Town Romance | ⚡ Insta-Love | 🏠 Forced Proximity | 💘 He Falls First | 💖 Plus Size MCs | 🔧 Mechanic FMC | 🧁 Baker MMC
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