Mistakes We Never Made by Hannah Brown #bookreview #contemporary #romance

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Title: Mistakes We Never Made

Author:  Hannah Brown

Publisher: Forever

Publication Date: May 7, 2024

Page Count:  329

My rating: 3 1/2 stars

About the book:

Bachelorette fan-favorite and New York Times bestselling author Hannah Brown delivers the perfect beach read with her fiction debut—“a fun, fast, epic rom-com” (Abby Jimenez, #1 New York Times bestselling author). 

Emma Townsend can sum up her situationship with hot-as-hell romantic red flag Finn Hughes in one word: almost. They almost dated in high school. They almost hooked up after college. They almost took things too far one magical night. Their whole story is one series of “almosts” and “nearlys,” and now they just kind of can’t stand each other. Like, at all.

But this weekend, one of their mutuals is getting married . . . and Emma and Finn will have to pretend they don’t remember how disastrous it was the last time they were in a room together.

Emma’s doing a stellar job of playing it cool—until the bride goes missing. Now, with two days before the wedding, Emma and Finn are hitting the road in a sweet vintage sports car in hopes of salvaging someone else’s happily-ever-after.

Yet somewhere between Emma’s breakfast burrito throw down, a high-stakes kayak chase (it can happen), and an outrageous Vegas detour, these sworn enemies are crossing more than just state lines. As old feelings spark once more, Emma begins to question whether risking your heart is ever really a mistake.

Mistakes We Never Made by Hannah Brown is a new contemporary romance novel. The story in Mistakes We Never Made is one that actually has two timelines with the characters having a past together which of course makes this a second chance romance.

Emma will do anything for her best friend Sybil, including being the best bridesmaid she can be despite her old friend/sort of old flame Finn being a groomsman. Surely Emma and Finn can survive one little wedding with all they had between them in the past. Before she knows it though Emma really needs to step up as bridesmaid and chase down a runaway bride and who else is there to help other than Finn.

First thing first, I will say that Mistakes We Never Made by Hannah Brown has a storyline that may not be for every reader with there being a cheating element to the main couple. I will admit that I wasn’t totally on board with that fact either so my rating did fall to the three and a half stars wishing that we could have had some other conflict instead. Thankfully I do enjoy a good fast paced adventure type of story though as that side of the book made it a bit better although there was a little up in the air too that I would have liked answered so I questioned that when finished too…possibly a book two?

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

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About the author:

Hannah Brown is a television personality, lifestyle expert, podcast host and New York Times bestselling author of God Bless This Mess. After winning Miss Alabama USA 2018, she went on to star on season 15 of ABC’s hit reality series The Bachelorette, win season 28 of Dancing with the Stars, and compete on FOX’s Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, where she ended up being one of two women who completed the course and outlasted the other 16 contestants, most of whom were professional athletes. 
 
Brown’s authenticity and charismatic personality have captivated her millions of followers, and she continues to inspire and empower others by instilling beauty goes beyond just what’s on the surface, advocating for mental health awareness, and emphasizing the importance of self-love. 
 
Born and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Brown currently resides in Nashville.