Nothing but Everything

By: H. L. Scott

Narrated by: P. Mohan

A sweet, laugh-out-loud, rom-com.

So, a positively edible billionaire property developer and a hopelessly down-on-her-luck real estate agent walk onto a beach property and…Operation Cliffside Cottage Cleanup is born!

That’s all I’ve got as I scrape together the last crumbs of my optimism when I inherit an eight-cottage money pit--er, beach property--from my aunt Ellen. With a whole 10 dollars to my name, I couldn’t be more over my head. But what I lack in funds, I make up for in the best friend department when my besties agree to help me manage this pile of beach loveliness. We even have a plan to grow that 10 dollars for those pesky repairs by hosting weddings once a week.

Hello Walk-Up Wednesdays. Catchy, isn’t it?

But when that stubborn 10 dollars just won’t grow fast enough, I’m left with no choice but to grab an obnoxiously generous offer from Victor Cage if I ever want to see my inheritance as more than a never-ending to-do list. Sure, he’s easy on the eyes and confident, but he also unleashed a pack of lawyers on my aunt Ellen before she died so he could get his hands on the place, making him the last person I want to work with.

He calls our beginning, with a surfboard to the head, getting off on the wrong foot.

I call it karma for hounding my aunt to sell.

So we’re even? I think. Maybe. We’ll get back to that.

Because things are about to get worse. Skeletons, sabotage, and seances worse with a sprinkle of my ex on top–a recipe even Pinterest can’t imagine.

Nothing but Everything is a laugh-out-loud, fast-paced, clean romantic comedy sure to leave you smiling.

Previously published on Kindle Vella as Walk-Up Wednesday and Nothing but Everything Episodes 1- 48.

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Decent rom com

Nothing But Everything by H.L. Scott

Introduction:

I don’t usually read blurbs until after I’ve heard the book. This one pretty much tells the story.



Will be the first to admit this isn’t my usual genre.



Specs:

· Title: Nothing But Everything

· Author: H.L. Scott

· Narrator: P. Mohan

· Run time: 5 h and 33 min

· Genre: Clean romantic comedy



Summary:

Harper has just inherited a set of rundown cottages from her recently-deceased aunt.



There was a very slight mystery angle, but it felt tacked on.



So, she goes surfing and literally runs into a billionaire, sending the guy to the hospital for some stitches.



Additional Comments:

· The MC’s kind of a walking disaster. I don’t get the strong, independent woman vibe because the initial characterization was she’s kind of terrible at everything. I forgot she was a real estate agent. (No money to her name. Lives with two former college roommates. Still reeling from a breakup.)

· Strong-willed and resilient aren’t the same as needlessly (sometimes foolishly) stubborn.

· Can’t go into too much detail because of possible spoilers, but the MC picks some really weird hills to die on (how dare you keep this random fact of your life from me).

· I expected more humor. (There were some examples. I appreciate the term jerkenstein.)

· Jackie and Claire make decent sidekicks. (I could be spelling those wrong. I’d started reading the Vella but that was a very long time ago, so my knowledge is coming from the audiobook.)

· Victor’s kind of perfect. (Good looking. Good business sense. Good heart. Billionaire.) He just lacks a love of his life.

· The relationship is billed as enemies to lovers, but I don’t get that vibe either. From the first two seconds, his goal (making the neighboring property not an eyesore) and her goal (saving the rental cottages) align. (The back cover makes more of the deal that there was a legal disagreement between Victor and Harper’s aunt than the story seemed to.)

· Overall, it does the job of making you root for their success.

· The mystery angle wasn’t much. There was literally only one suspect, but I’m not sure why. The MC and Victor had little to do with solving the mystery. That’s a tad disappointing.

· Again, I will admit, I may not be cut out for the romcom genre.

· Production notes: Needs work. There were weirdly long pauses between chapters. They sort of just cut off, waited three seconds, then started a new one. I’m not sure if that’s a writing thing or a production issue. (It’s mostly production, but I don’t know if the way the story was written—being Kindle Vella first—made a difference.) There wasn’t a lot of variation in character voices. I think there were a few echo-y portions where the mic was hit.



Rating and Conclusion: 3 of 5 stars

It’s okay. There are cute moments. It’s a short, fluffy, light romance. If those are your favorite things, give this a go.



* I was given a free copy of the audiobook by either the author or narrator. I've freely chosen to review the story. All thoughts are my own.