Book Review – ‘It Started With A Book’ by Camilla Isley

Synopsis

When she’s ghosted by yet another Tinder match, Leighton swears off dating for life. Who needs apps and blind dates when she has the perfect-in-every-way (apart from being fictional) heroes of her beloved romance novels?

That night, Leigh finds a second-hand book on her TBR pile that transports her to the small-town of Lakeville Hills, where the heroines wear shorty-shorts and the men drink bourbon. And as Leigh drifts off to sleep, she dreams of billionaire cowboy Killian St Clair, who could win a gold medal for smouldering and bicep flexing.

For a while, Leigh finds it easier to stomach misogynistic supervisors, newly coupled friends, and extravagant bridesmaid duties knowing she can return to Lakeville Hills each evening. Until one day she wakes up to find she’s brought a bit of Lakeville Hills back with her: the impossibly sexy and entirely implausible Killian St Clair is in her apartment.

Now Leigh must help Killian navigate the real world. But as she gets to know the man behind the trope, can she keep her heart safe, or does she risk falling in love with her book boyfriend in real life?

My Thoughts

Imagine if your book boyfriend comes to life.  Well with ‘It Started with a Book’ that is what happened to Leigh one night and I have to say I kept thinking what would happen if those book boyfriends did come to life for us.  I didn’t read much of what the book was about since this is another Camilla Isley book and her books are always a must-read for me.  Camilla usually has the chemistry between her characters flying off the pages and the stories that she tell are always grabbing my attention even before I am done with the first chapter.  I am thrilled to say that ‘It Started with a Book’ is another one to add to the list of great Camilla Isley books.

Camilla Isley has closed-door romance so the sizzle rating isn’t there but even those the spicy scenes are behind closed doors you can still feel the Chemistry flying off the charts between Leigh and Killian. I have to say when the chemistry between two characters is this good you don’t miss those open door scenes.

‘It Started with a Book’ is a very solid 4 ½ stars from me and I will be picking up this book again to read.  The character development from Leigh to Killian was great to see them grow and figure out the situation they are in but also to figure out themselves along the way.

Make sure to pick up ‘It Started with a Book’ today as it’s available wherever you get your books and if you are a Kindle Unlimited member this book is part of your membership. And for those of you who are in the Kobo ecosystem, this book is also included in the Kobo Plus membership.

**I would like to thank NetGalley and Boldwood Books for the ARC copy of this book. Getting the ARC Copy did not influence my thoughts on the book as they are all my own.**