After a whole lifetime of being bad at love, JoJo Burton decides to solve her intimacy issues once and for all at her sister’s destination wedding on a cruise ship. With the help of a little pop psychology, she diagnoses herself with a fixation on the neighborhood guy who was her her first crush and first kiss (and who just happens to be a newly-divorced wedding guest ), and she decides to woo him during the cruise for some long-delayed closure.
Only problem is, her sister’s a little busy being a bride at the moment—so JoJo ropes in her childhood bestie, Cooper Watts, to be her wing man. Cooper: who RSVPed no, but then showed up, anyway. Cooper: who left town without a word four years earlier and moved to London. Cooper: who was, if she’s honest, the worst heartbreak of JoJo’s life. It’s bliss for her to see him again, and it’s agony, too—and the more they team up for Project Conquest, the more she obsesses over questions she can’t bring herself to ask.
Shipboard antics ensue in this witty, heart-tugging, childhood-friends-to-lovers romance—as JoJo and Cooper fake flirt, slow dance, share a cabin, sing duets, treat sunburns, get jealous, rescue each other over and over, and finally, at last, figure it all out in the most blissful, swoony, romantic way.
No one does summer romance quite like Katherine Center. THE SHIPPERS will take readers on the cruise of a lifetime in a story awash with romantic longing, top-notch banter, long-held secrets . . . and true love rediscovered.
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Shipboard antics ensue in this witty, heart-tugging, childhood-friends-to-lovers romance—as JoJo and Cooper fake flirt, slow dance, share a cabin, sing duets, treat sunburns, get jealous, rescue each other over and over, and finally, at last, figure it all out in the most blissful, swoony, romantic way.
No one does summer romance quite like Katherine Center. THE SHIPPERS will take readers on the cruise of a lifetime in a story awash with romantic longing, top-notch banter, long-held secrets . . . and true love rediscovered.
JoJo and Cooper have been best friends for most of their lives, and Cooper has been in love with JoJo for pretty much that long. And, she has no idea. But, one of the things I liked about this book is while JoJo may not know how Cooper feels, it's obvious to the reader.
I would have liked to see things from Cooper's POV and not just JoJo's, but at the same time, it worked this way too as JoJo was definitely the only person in the room who didn't see it coming. And, being inside her head as she figures it out added a layer to the story that worked.
I enjoyed the writing. There were moments that I really laughed at the characters and the things that happen. They were a little crazy, but at the same time they also felt real.
You also, at least I did, find yourself caring about the secondary characters in the story and really wanting to see things work out for them too.
I would have liked to see things from Cooper's POV and not just JoJo's, but at the same time, it worked this way too as JoJo was definitely the only person in the room who didn't see it coming. And, being inside her head as she figures it out added a layer to the story that worked.
I enjoyed the writing. There were moments that I really laughed at the characters and the things that happen. They were a little crazy, but at the same time they also felt real.
You also, at least I did, find yourself caring about the secondary characters in the story and really wanting to see things work out for them too.
