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Piper is the daughter of the company president and sick and tired of people expecting her to be a pushover. She’s earned her position as VP. She has a close group of oddball friends she met at camp when she was a teen, and reconnects with Kyle, a senior counselor who she had a crush on way back when over the marshmallows and campfires. Yes, please.

This one was way different from the last KA Tucker book I read, which was set in Alaska! Piper has an iffy relationship with her parents. And Kyle has had… not the greatest childhood, to say the least. Definitely plenty of interesting stuff brewing. Half of the book was told through flashbacks to their teenage years at camp. I think my favorite segments were interesting boardroom drama ones!

Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader.
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I know I've listened to this in the past 6 months, but I don't seem to have written a review. Thanks to the previous review, I now remember what it was about! it was not very memorable. Kyle was the only character with a little bit of mystique as I recall. I agree that Piper was not a great character. Read this early on in my current push to acquaint myself with contemporary novels, mostly in the romance genre. I started listening to this book again today without realising I had read it, and I know I wouldn't stick with it now that I have a few dozen of these novels under my belt. Another thing, I so wish there were more contemporary romance novels that are not in first person!! ( )

Say You Still Love Me is a second chance romance and is told in alternating timelines between 2006 and 2019. Piper Calloway is a senior VP at her dad's very successful company and is slated to take over when her father retires. Piper struggles to be taken seriously in this male-dominated workforce and while I love that premise, I was a little disappointed with the follow through.

In a time when women's issues are so prevalent in the media, I thought it was wonderful to see Piper as a woman with a high powered career but Piper's character came off as a little entitled and whiny...which took away the ability for her to be a likeable character. It was clear in the storyline that she only had that position because of her father, not because of earning it herself which just rubbed me the wrong way. It had the opportuntinty to show a woman facing adversity and who through hard work and perseverance got to where she was today and instead it became a lot less inspiring.

As far as the romance, Piper is reunited with her young summer love when Kyle starts working as a security guard at her father's company. I loved the idea but it just didn't feel believable to me because it all felt very formulaic. I often wondered what she and Kyle had in common besides their previous "teenage infatuation". A lot of just seemed contrived and not realistic...but I think I just wasn't the right audience for this one.

I can clearly see why many readers love K.A. Tucker's writing because she truly is gifted at witty dialogue and this was certainly easy and engaging to read. Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for an advanced copy of this book.

ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I love second chance romance and what about it?
It was so beautiful seeing them falling in love and them reconnecting in the present. It was fun, lovely and definitely a couldn't put it down kind of romance.
What I didn't like: I hate miscommunication. CAN ROMANCE AUTHORS STOP USING THIS AS A CURRENT THEME? I'M TIRED. YOU'RE ADULTS, T!A!L!K!
Overall it was definitely a great introduction to K.A. Tucker for me and I will for sure read other books from this author. 3.75⭐️ ( )