Newbie - Jo Noelle

 4 Stars!

ABOUT THE BOOK -
The housing market is crashing, and Sophie’s life is crashing with it. At twenty-four, her successful real estate career evaporates. She’s broke, can’t find a job, or pay her bills, leaving Sophie wondering how her successful lifestyle became so fragile. At the urging of her roommate, Sophie accepts a job in her fallback career—teaching six-year-olds. She hopes it’s temporary. After all, how long can a tanking economy last anyway? The best part of the new job is Liam, another employee at Rio Grande Elementary. The worst part of the new job is, well, teaching. Sophie has a surprise real estate closing from a contract she wrote months ago, leading her to a niche in the real estate market and to a new partner, Kevin. Sophie must choose between Liam or Kevin and between a lucrative career or recess duty.

     

 Author Jo Noelle grew up in Colorado and Utah but also spent time in Idaho and California. She has two adult children and three small kids. She teaches teachers and students about reading and writing, grows freakishly large tomatoes, enjoys cooking especially for desserts, builds furniture, sews beautiful dresses, and likes to go hiking in the nearby mountains. Oh, and by the way, she’s two people— Canda Mortensen and Deanna Henderson, a mother/daughter writing team. They began writing separately several years ago but found the process much more fun when they started collaborating. They are debut authors, with Lexi’s Pathetic Fictional Love Life as their first completed work. Other titles include Newbie and Damnation. Deanna attended college before marrying and starting her family. Canda received a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, a Reading Specialist endorsement, and a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership. Her day job focuses on teaching teachers and children about literacy.

MY THOUGHTS -
A really cute read! I have to admit, this started out real slow for me and thought I was going to give it 3 stars but I ended up liking it much better than I thought. This book reads fast, its fun and a little flirty but still a clean chick-lit/romance.

I liked the characters in this story. I loved Sophie. I thought she made a much better teacher than real estate broker. I thought she was great with the kids.
One thing I liked about this book that made it fun was when she blogged about her experience teaching. I think these were my favorite parts.

This had a lot of little twists and surprises. It kept you wanting to read.
This is the first one I have read by this author duo, but I will definitely read more!

Thank you "Book Blasts and Blog Tours" for sending me this e-book for my honest review.

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