The Friendship Fling – 4/5 ✩
The Friendship Fling by Georgia Stone is fun, grumpy/sunshine romance that follows Ava and Finn as they explore London together over the course of a summer. This friendship of convenience is only supposed to last the summer, but as they grow closer and begin opening up to each other more and more, they both start to wonder if this is a relationship they really can allow to end.
Ava and Finn are such polar opposite characters – Ava is stoic and grumpy and afraid to let people in, whereas Finn is optimistic and extraverted and sometimes too willing to give someone a second chance. By pairing these two juxtaposing characters together, Stone was able to craft what felt like a realistic, loving relationship between two people who really just needed to find their person.
The foundation of their friendship allowed these two to not only feel comfortable opening up to somebody new, but open themselves up to love as well and it read beautifully on the page.
The Friendship Fling also was a fun exploration of the city of London. As someone who’s never been to London before, this book make me want to see the city more than ever before!
This was a beautiful debut and I’m thrilled for Georgia Stone – I’m already looking forward to the prospect of another Georgia Stone novel!
Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Perennial and Paperbacks – HarperCollins Publishers for the Advance reader’s e-proof!
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