I received this book as an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion. Ok so i read the summary of the book and i fell in love because i have a sister who has Down syndrome and i was kinda in a situation with taking care of her when my parents weren’t. My mom was in the wind with her husband and my dad, well he just stayed away. So when going into this book i knew it wasn’t going to be the same exact story but i expected to connect with the characters on some level like i said had being in the situation very similar. I don’t feel Iike it pulled me in and made me want to read it. Looking and other people reviews, i don’t feel as bad not finishing it seeing as though I’m not the only one. But since i did get about 85 percent through I’m doing this review.

Addie is an admirable main character who loves and wants to take care of her brother Owen, who has Down's Syndrome. The book does a good job with their relationship. I really wanted to like this book, but it was hard to get through because it's supposed to be a romance, but it wasn't ever really romantic. The basic trope was there--Navy Seal, ornery male type. But the heart wasn't really there for me, and then the plot go out of control with her father. I think overall, the book tried to do too much, and it would have been better just concentrating on Addie being a good sister.

I was drawn in by the super cute cover and plot, but unfortunately the writing needs A LOT of work! This character is supposed to be 40, but the writing was so painfully juvenile that it was very distracting. I couldn't get into the storyline or care about the characters at all. The story could be a very good one, but as it is now, it's is unreadable.

Thank you NetGalley, BooksGoSocial and Allison Jones for gifting me an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!

Hi Everyone
This was a good book although boring.

Addie the principal character make me laugh sometimes, and Jameson make me want someone like him exist but the storie get so boring sometimes and the conversation between the characters didn´t make click for me.

If you like pink stories with some laugh between this is the storie for you.

This was my first book from this author and I was very pleasantly surprised. I loved the idea behind the book so my attention was grabbed immediately. Job very well done by the author.

This was DNFed at about 15%.

I don't have much to say about this due to only reading up to 15% of the book. I have no interest in continuing or seeing where the story would go to the random comments/stream of consciousness of the characters, constant and rather large time jumps, annoying characters, the extra character POV chapters that felt unnecessary, and the writing itself. This could have been edited a few more times to really give this book more oomph. I think it needed to have more focus on what the author was going for. Maybe have a few parts of it fleshed out more while others were cut out. I couldn't connect with any of the characters or find a reason to really care. I was forced to jump between character perspectives and time that I felt I didn't have time to for anything to really sink or give me a reason to care.

Her Turn was a lovely, romance novel with enough twists and turns to keep the reader engaged throughout. There are a few layers to this book, and I enjoyed the different character view points. I liked the entire aspect of Addie getting the book deal, and coming to terms with her new found fame, as someone who naturally likes to avoid attention. I also enjoyed the slow build nature of Addie and Jameson's romance, in particular his own internal dialogue. I did however find the story of her family a little far fetched, but it was still enjoyable to read, and I loved her relationship with her brother who was probably the star of the book.
Overall this was a fun, easy book to read and I would certainly pick up more from the author in future.

dnf-ed around the 30% mark

<b>Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review</b>

The writing is just not for me. This is a story set up to be an adult rom com but the writing is so juvenile, the prose is just painful to read. Being inside these characters' heads is not fun when they all act incredibly similar (really unlikable), some perspectives in the book made no sense too cause it adds nothing to the plot or helps build the main characters, like Why do I need to know what her cousin-in-law is thinking if the main character already gave us a summary of what kind of person she is.

It's a lot of tell and no show which makes it really hard to feel connected or sympathize with any of these characters. The main character would just tell us "this is my cousin-in-law. She married my cousin who is an ass, oh and she is also a kleptomaniac." The constant use of short sentences really undercuts any of the effect, it just reads as really choppy. The prose is also really awkward and just unrealistic, like no human being talks or acts this way, it is written so cartoonish-ly bad to show the readers 'this is a bad person!' that it made me laugh. It feels like a series of made up scenarios in the shower compiled into a book with a weak plot.

Overall, the writing is just not for me which is disappointing cause the description sounded really interesting.

Personally, I was unable to finish this book. I think it had a lot of potential, but the voice of the main character bothered me from the start. She tells the reader everything – there's little to no showing of her own personality. Instead, she just narrates her own reactions instead of actually reacting. She can never seem to react when something happens, constantly narrating what has happened for the reader until the person in the room or on the phone has to ask if she's there or okay. Additionally, the narrator breaks the fourth wall and references the reader directly, which doesn't vibe well with this particular genre, in my opinion.

I was so excited to read a book with unusual characters - a main character, Addie, over 40 with a brother with Down’s Syndrome, multiple points of view. I had such high hopes. However, I was unable to connect with Addie (and her lady bits). She just never seemed real to me. Neither was the hero Jameson sympathetic for me. I just couldn’t get invested so ended up not finishing the book.

Did not finish. The one possibly redeeming feature was Owen but I put this one down at 50% and didn't look back. I didn't like the changing POVs. I didn't like the way Addie constantly referred to her "lady parts." Huge eye roll. I also noticed the Addie on the cover ha she long brown hair but the Addie described in the book has short blonde hair. ?? There are way too many great books to read to struggle through one I don't enjoy.

A DNF gets an automatic 1 star. I got 60 pages in. The internalised misogyny and outright fatphobia was tough to take. Coupled with all characters being deeply unlikeable meant I'm not going to go any further. The final nail in the coffin is the weird pacing and the breaking of the rule show don't tell.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I couldn’t put it down once I started reading it. I love the relationship between Addie and Owen. I wish there was a little more background to the relationship with Addie and Nina. The storyline was a little predictable in that Dorothy was the Villain even though the extent wasn’t clear till the end. I enjoyed the ending, I think this book would be a great start to more books about other characters. For example this book was about Addie and Jameson, a sequel could be written about Nina and Harrison.

This book sounded intriguing and interesting. Addie is forty, single and has written the next best seller. She also is a caregiver to her younger brother Owen, who has Down Syndrome. This book was sold as a quirky romance, what I got was a little bit of romance, with a lot of family drama.

This book just didn't do it for me. It is a multiple perspective book, but I think it would have done better with a dual perspective of Addie and Jameson (the publicist). I also didn't really feel the chemistry between Addie and Jameson, and hearing about "lady bits" a number of times, was just to much. The book felt like it was struggling with knowing how it was being narrated, with the characters breaking the fourth wall at times, but then being oblivious to the audience at other times. I appreciate what Jones was trying to do with the diversity in the book (characters that maybe aren't typical in romance), but to me it just fell flat. I also thought the time jumps in the book did not do the story service. I am still unclear of how much time passed from the beginning to the end of the novel, and there were jumps when not necessary.

I received a copy of this from NetGalley and the publisher for an open and honest review. All opinions are 100% mine.

I thought this book would be more romance focused instead it was more family focused. It was a sweet book just not what I was expecting.

Allison Jones, in her romantic comedy, “Her Turn,” explores the idea that sometimes what we wish for isn’t really what we need. Furthermore, in the protagonist’s case, money doesn’t make problems go away, it actually exacerbates them.

Forty and single, Addie Snyder has just lost the freelance columnist job she’s had for the past 10 years following her mother’s death. Although it isn’t really a financial hardship, she struggles to care for her sole sibling, Owen, a 30-year-old with Down Syndrome. Addie has been designated Owen’s guardian since her mother’s illness and because their father left when Owen was born. Addie channels her energy into making her dream to write a novel come true. Her book, “Finding The Light,” is a success and, although it solves some of her problems, it contributes to other problems.

I really struggled with this book! I didn’t find the ‘comedy’ funny at all, maybe crass humour at best. I also couldn’t identify/connect with any of the characters. I found Addie nauseating and if I had one more chapter that included the words “made my lady bits fist bump” one more time, I was going to close the book unfinished. This wasn’t for me. I hope others can identify with the characters and find it comedic. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. It had so much potential and was a wonderfully unique plot. Despite my disappointment, one positive thing was that Owen’s character was a delight. Seeing as the author has a son with Down Syndrome, I didn’t expect any less.

Thank you to Allison Jones, BooksGoSocial, and NetGalley for this advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

This was one of those cutesy, farfetched books that are easy to read and go along with if you suspend reality. It's very one-dimensional; the bad guys are bad and the good guys are good. There are also a lot of repeating themes to tug on the heartstrings about Addie's weight and her brother having Down syndrome. Also, they ended three or four of Jameson's chapters in a row about how he wouldn't be getting any sleep that night, so I hope that's fixed it editing or the poor guy will never get any rest.

Kindly received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was intrigued with the set-up of the book. Addie has spent her life taking care of her younger brother who has Down’s Syndome and her bitter, cruel dying mother. Now she’s 40 and has just written a book that becomes a bestseller. So suspend your disbelief that her first book should become a huge bestseller and that her publicity tour for the book includes going on shows like The View and GMA. I could swallow that. But add in that Jameson, a hunky former Navy SEAL with deep survivor’s guilt is now a very successful publicity agent assigned to shepherd Addie through her PR tour. Yes, it’s totally believable that this guy would suddenly become a PR agent after getting injured and that his grumpy persona would translate into a successful publicity agent.

Add in the insta-lust between Addie and Jameson and how they fall in love simply because he’s hunky and she’s sassy with a heart of gold. What is best and most believable about this novel is the living and humorous relationship between Addie and her younger brother and the author’s depiction of the sweetness that a Down’s Syndrome person can bring to all who meet him.

Jameson is supposed to be so sharp, but we don’t see him do much except call in favors from old military buddies to help solve the mystery around the people suddenly showing up now that Addie is famous.

And the most unbelievable thing is that there would be a conservative Republican-sounding senator from California known for his strict morality. Come on! Does the author know anything about California and politics?

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book that I received from Netgalley; however, the opinions are my own and I did not receive any compensation for my review.

DNF

I'm really grateful to NetGallery for providing me with an arc of this book. But to be completely honest, I simply couldn't connect with the story, the characters, the romance.

I appreciate the representation (her brother having down syndrome, her being curvy), but other than that, there wasn't much going on in this book. The writing fell flat, the characters were off, the instant attraction/dislike wasn't doing it for me.
Overall, while the blurb was promising, the content didn't deliver.

*3.5 star read.
I liked the overall premise of the story but I felt like we needed more authentic scenes between our female and male leads before they started falling for each other. I was really intrigued to read about Addie’s brother and what it means to be a caretaker of a person with a disability but the story didn’t delve into any of the challenges of being a caretaker. I did really enjoy seeing Addie overcome her issues with her parents. A cute romance read.