Second First Impressions - Sally Thorne

Second First Impressions

By Sally Thorne

  • Release Date: 2021-04-13
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
4 Score: 4 (From 798 Ratings)

Description

“Second First Impressions is the warmest, coziest, sweetest book of the year, an absolutely perfect blend of humor and heart. I want to live inside Sally Thorne’s brain.” —Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling of Beach Read

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game, soon to be a movie starring Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell, and 99 Percent Mine comes the clever, funny, and unforgettable story of a muscular, tattooed man hired as an assistant to two old women—under the watchful eye of a beautiful retirement home manager.

Dazzle (n): Brightness that blinds someone temporarily. 

Position Vacant: Two ancient old women residing at Providence Retirement Villa seek male assistant for casual exploitation and good-natured humiliation. Duties include boutique shopping, fast-food fetching, and sincerely rendered flattery. Good looks a bonus—but we aren’t picky. 

An advertisement has been placed (again!) by the wealthy and eccentric Parloni Sisters. The salary is generous and the employers are 90 years old, so how hard could the job be? Well, none have lasted longer than a week. Most boys leave in tears. 

Ruthie Midona will work in Providence’s front office, and be at the Parloni’s beck and call, forever. That’s sort of her life plan. If Ruthie can run the place in her almost-retired bosses’ absence, with no hijinks/hiccups, she has a shot at becoming the new manager. She might also be able to defend her safe little world from Prescott Development, the new buyer of the prime site. Maybe after all that, she can find a cute guy to date. All she needs to do is stay serious—and that’s what she does best. 

Until, one day, someone dazzling blows into town. 

Teddy Prescott devotes his life to sleeping, tattooing, and avoiding seriousness. When Teddy needs a place to crash, he makes a deal with his developer dad. Teddy can stay in one of Providence’s on-site maintenance cottages—right next door to an unimpressed Ruthie—but only if he works there and starts to grow up.

Ruthie knows how this sweetly selfish rich boy can earn his keep—and be out of her hair in under a week. After all, there is a position vacant…

Reviews

  • Awful

    1
    By Lbuznego
    Don’t buy it. I gave it 8 chapters and couldn’t continue. Not worth it.
  • Snoozey

    2
    By Cheers! EW
    I struggled buying into either of the main characters. I felt like I was reading about naive, overly religious, prudish, immature teenagers. Even their names were so overtly juvenile. I’m all for liking yourself for who you are and self-love and opposites attract troupes - but this one did not work. It made no sense why Teddy was drawn to Ruthie and her OCD read flat and not like what it is like to truly have OCD. I’m not really sure what this story even was, it wasn’t funny enough to be a rom-com and not steamy enough to be sexy and not real enough to be realistic fiction. I did really like Aggie and Renata but it was so ridiculous that it didn’t occur to Ruthie that they were in fact lovers, which even the reader could spot early on so it just made Ruthie even more unlikeable and unbelievable.
  • you need to get through it

    5
    By Cello cakes
    tried reading this once and i couldn’t get past the sample portion. started again today, read it in five hours. cried on the plane i kept taking my mask off to wipe my tears hoping the guy next to me couldn’t see. it’s great. you just need to get through the beginning
  • Loved

    5
    By laurenmaggie
    Slow burn. I loved it. Read it twice
  • Cute, cheesy, and fun!

    4
    By eladiolymari
    This was just beautiful. Took a bit to lure me in, but once it did, I was hooked. As cheesy as it is wonderful, this is a burn so slow it hurts. Really enjoyed how hard these characters had to work to not only find the best in themselves, but also realize that they were worthy of each other. Renata and Aggie were my favorite part of this book, I absolutely loved their story. Ruthie’s inner monologue made me laugh out loud more than once, and the ending, although a bit too syrupy sweet, was endearing all the same.
  • Sally does it again

    4
    By katelllllynn
    This one took a while to grow on me but once it did, I couldn’t stop reading. Brb while I go look for my Theodore.
  • Meh

    1
    By haley likes this app
    I felt like every 100 pages I was waiting for the book to start and it never did. It was okay but It just felt so dragged out and like the beginning of the book was the last 20 pages. I don’t know just my opinion. I love this author’s work, this book just wasn’t for me.
  • Felt like watching a romcom

    4
    By Balletandbooks
    Cheesy and cute and easy to read
  • Id love to see this as a movie!

    5
    By stace2834
    I didn’t think I would love it as much as I love the hating game but I did! I feel like Sally Thorne has grown a lot since then because this story is more deep. The characters have to go through some growth and overcome hard things... it kind of breaks your heart even once you finally learn more about it farther into the book. I loved Teddy, he’s such an interesting character that is hard to predict what he’s going to say next. I’m crossing my fingers that they make this story into a movie too, I haven’t seen another one quite like this story and it would be such a great one!
  • My cheeks hurt from smiling

    5
    By JanelleRM
    Absolutely wonderful.

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