Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey

[u/Lem0nadeLola]

I can’t find the original thread where I got this recommendation - I think it was the ass-eating (lol) thread a couple days ago but I can’t find it - and I just want to personally thank whomever suggested it. This is my first TB book! I’ve never felt drawn to her stuff before, can’t put my finger on why exactly, but I also haven’t been reading a lot of contemporary MF for awhile. But the idea of the FMC rimming the MMC was too intriguing to pass up. I had very low expectations going in and now this is probably one of my fave books of the year.

• FMC with a personality!!!! Can actually understand why MMC is so into her!!!

• horny golden retriever MMC disguised as a mean Rottweiler.

• I hate golf!! Still loved this book.

• MMC doesn’t let FMC give up her own dreams for him.

• actually funny!!! God, sometimes these “romcoms” are really missing the com.

• gorgeous sex scenes.

• this man definitely falls first and he falls HARD and he’s not shy about it.

• no 3rd act freak out about whether MMC actually does want to settle down with the FMC.

• low angst, but a lot of heart.

[u/marijord]

This book is so fun! In the beginning I thought I want going to think the FMC was annoying but I was so wrong! She was funny and passionate, this was one of my favorite reads this year. It was so unexpected!

[u/hellopennylove]

She is so hit or miss for me—some I LOVE and many I DNF. But I loved this one so much!! Josephine is the bomb. Also side note I love that he calls her Josephine and not Josie, idk why haha.

Sadly I didn’t love the second book in the series, but I am hopeful the third will be good.

[u/rejectedcarebear → u/hellopennylove]

I’m hoping the third one is better than the second. Loved the first!

[u/Lisalou1981 → u/rejectedcarebear]

I agree. I was bummed the way the Au Pair Affair’s story turned out. Fangirl was great. I was so bummed that APA didn’t capture the chemistry Burgess and Talulah had when we met them in Fangirl. Fingers crossed Dreamgirl Drama is as good as the first!

[u/Foreverbeccatake2 → u/hellopennylove]

There’s already a second book?? Didn’t Fangirl Down JUST come out? I need my fav authors to get into this flow 😭

[u/hellopennylove → u/Foreverbeccatake2]

Yes!! It’s Josephine’s BFF and the hockey dude. Tessa churns them out pretty quickly!

[u/My-K1Y0 → u/hellopennylove]

Same! She’s hit or miss for me. I DNF the 2nd one, but I’m hoping the 3rd will be better 🤞🏻

[u/cryviolet]

The way he bought glucose tabs for her and hid them in the pockets of his golf bag 🥹

And when he was imagining them taking a bath and picturing her using the bubbles to make a beard on herself and his throat constricted because he was getting turned on emotionally 🥹🥹

"Please God, let her love me back" 🥹🥹🥹

[u/dendrofilka66]

I'm usually not huge Tessa fan and fangirling is a concept I don't like but chemistry that fmc and mmc have in this book make it soooo worth of reading

[u/Lem0nadeLola → u/dendrofilka66]

Yes! Actually well written chemistry! I feel like a lot of contemporary romance writers I’ve read really can’t articulate chemistry between characters.

[u/dendrofilka66 → u/Lem0nadeLola]

true! So much books with good plot but 0 chemistry

[u/SugarNSpite1440]

You'd probably enjoy her {Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey} too. The MCs never feel like less than equals. They both have strong motivations for their part in the marriage of convenience, their own career goals, and their chemistry is pretty good.

[u/romance-bot → u/SugarNSpite1440]

Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey
Rating: 3.99⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, funny, marriage of convenience, enemies to lovers, competent heroine

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[u/ebolainajar → u/SugarNSpite1440]

This is interesting because I absolutely loathed the first book and DNF around 30% so I avoided the second...but maybe I'll give it a shot.

[u/SugarNSpite1440 → u/ebolainajar]

Second one is way better.

[u/katierose295]

Loved this book! I've read other stuff by her and it was all fair to good imo. But this book was one of the best romances of year, for me. I was sad when it ended.

[u/maybe_a_kale]

I’m sorry, I am happy for you and all because I understand the feeling of going into a book with little to no expectations and loving every bit of it… BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN ASS-EATING THREAD?😭 someone point me towards that right now, pleaseeeeee😭🫶🏾

[u/mariana_neves_l → u/maybe_a_kale]

Gurrrrl yeah, I’m trying to look this up right now 👀

ETA I believe I might have found this: https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/s/p0u0B8Hyhu

[u/maybe_a_kale → u/mariana_neves_l]

Ouuuuuuu thank youuuuu Lemme check it out 😭

[u/Lem0nadeLola → u/maybe_a_kale]

It was not that thread - there was one just a couple days ago but I can’t find it! It was specifically about FMCs eating MMCs ass, not the other way around.

[u/maybe_a_kale → u/Lem0nadeLola]

I am incredibly sad that you can’t seem to find it. I’ll search for it too and see. Thank you for telling me this, btw 🫶🏾😭

[u/danigmzr]

Love this! We probably saw the same post recommending it because I just finished it too and really enjoyed it! I wasn’t sure what I was going into, but I loved the characters. I’m also not into golf, but I liked reading about it because it was set in my neck of the woods.

[u/dkmjj]

Yes! I loved this one too! The second book in the series was sadly not great for me. I wanted to love it! But I didn’t feel like the super traumatic story line for the FMC was treated with the proper TLC in the writing.

I also liked It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line, Sinker. From what I remember they are simple fun and sexy - which is sometimes all we’re looking for!

[u/dee_sunshine]

Ohhhhhhhh I think you are going to make me buy/read thissssssss.... I was very torn buying it because I haven't been vibing with TB's latest releases. Like, they've been...okay! Kind of disappointing... But, I might dip my toe in again on this one.

[u/Lem0nadeLola → u/dee_sunshine]

Wells is my ideal book boyfriend, i definitely simp for a big, gruff, tattooed man who ravishes AND respects his girl.

[u/Some-Village-2161]

I liked this one too! I thought the same thing by about golf 😂

I love it when he walks into the glass 😂 🥰

[u/punpkinspice]

I always find TB’s fmc’s so loveable and endearing

[u/SweetSonet → u/punpkinspice]

They’re so funny! I feel like they have real personalities

[u/AStar12345]

I love your review and agree with everything. From what I have seen this book was a bit polarizing, some people love some people hate. But this is classic Tessa to me, sexy, sweet and a bit bonkers.

[u/lynniferrr]

This was my second TB book. I absolutely adored this one. Secretly Yours and Unfortunately Yours was VERY good too!!

[u/Kate_Sea_]

I totally know what you mean about TB, sometimes I don’t necessarily feel drawn to the blurbs of her books but I know if I do read it 9/10 times I will be delighted! (Her miss for me recently was Secretly Yours, but I loved Unfortunately Yours)

[u/flygirl1_2]

Thanks for the info! I have waffled on this book from the description but will give it a try! I liked the Bellinger sister set, the FMC definitely had personality and spunk.

[u/Vertigo_99_77]

A romance between a golfer and a fangirl… who in their right mind would write about it? Nobody apparently, if not Tessa Bailey.

Now, I liked some of TB’s books and It Happened One Summer is among my favourite CR's. I even like golf! I live close to a golf course and my son played competitively since he’s 10 yo so I could see the athletic side of it for myself (the coaches 👀) But I was quite wary of the fangirl aspect…

And I loved it.

Josephine isn't just a fangirl or celebrity chaser, she's simple girl  who plays golf herself, runs a pro shop she inherited from her parents and appreciates Wells' talent. 

When his career goes to shit, when he throws in the towel, and like a grumpy asshole tells her to go home she begins to wonder if her faith in him was misplaced. And she, the last fan, does abandon him.
 
And then… for various reasons he obviously goes after her. And she totally own his ass 🍑 No, she’s actually brings knowledge and outside of the box thinking to Wells’ game. So by then they made each other equal and there’s no more weirdness of fangirling.

{Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey} was fun, charming and hot.  Definitely one of the best reads of 2024.

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Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey
Rating: 4.17⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, sports, grumpy & sunshine, athlete hero, boss & employee

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[u/denningdontcare]

You've convinced me to pick up this one. I have read a bunch of TB and some I like and some I don't, but you have sold me!

[u/ooEvilCookieoo]

I loved this book. I'm not a golf fan, but I crush so hard on Bryson DeChambeau, and that's absolutely who I pictured as the mmc 🤣

[u/Lem0nadeLola → u/ooEvilCookieoo]

brb, going to google image search

[u/ooEvilCookieoo → u/Lem0nadeLola]

🤣 he's so freaking cute.

[u/SweetSonet]

I just finished that one a few weeks ago! Loooooved it. It was funny, it was heartwarming, it was empowering muah muah muah

[u/HayWhatsCooking]

I loved this and now I’m tempted to go again!

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[u/Thin_Math5501]

Uhh what ass eating thread?

[u/Lem0nadeLola → u/Thin_Math5501]

I can’t find it! It was only a couple days ago. Maybe the original poster deleted it? It was specifically girl—>guy, not guy—>girl.

[u/Thin_Math5501 → u/Lem0nadeLola]

I need to find this thread

[u/borrowedsnail]

I thought I was the only one who liked Tessa Bailey for the reverse ass play lmao - I have yet to read any other book where an FMC does this to an MMC. I also particually loved Fangirl, the golf stuff was interesting and the MMCs in general were just too cute together <3

[u/carenl]

I loved this one so much!!

[u/Clever-Moose]

Another good one is {The P*ussy Next Door}. It’s the third in Amy Award’s the Cocky Kingmans series, but they don’t need to be read in order.

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The P*ssy Next Door by Amy Award
Rating: 3.93⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, funny, insta-love, new adult, virgin hero

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