Astrid Parker Doesnt Fail, Ashley Herring Blake
Astrid Parker Doesnt Fail, Ashley Herring Blake
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Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

Author: Ashley Herring Blake

Series: A Bright Falls Novel #2

Narrator: Kristen DiMercurio

Unabridged: 11 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 11/22/2022


Synopsis

An interior designer who is never without the perfect plan learns to renovate her love life without one in this new romantic comedy by Ashley Herring Blake, author of Delilah Green Doesn’t Care.
 
For Astrid Parker, failure is unacceptable. Ever since she broke up with her fiancé a year ago, she’s been focused on her career—her friends might say she’s obsessed, but she knows she’s just driven. When Pru Everwood asks her to be the designer for the Everwood Inn’s renovation, which will be featured on a popular HGTV show, Innside America, Astrid is thrilled. Not only will the project distract her from her failed engagement and help her struggling business, but her perpetually displeased mother might finally give her a nod of approval.
 
However, Astrid never planned on Jordan Everwood, Pru’s granddaughter and the lead carpenter for the renovation, who despises every modern design decision Astrid makes. Jordan is determined to preserve the history of her family’s inn, particularly as the rest of her life is in shambles. When that determination turns into some light sabotage to ruffle Astrid’s perfect little feathers, the showrunners ask them to play up the tension. But somewhere along the way, their dislike for each other evolves into something quite different, and Astrid must decide what success truly means. Is she going to pursue the life that she’s expected to lead or the one that she wants?

About The Author

Ashley Herring Blake is an award-winning author. She holds a master’s degree in teaching and loves coffee, arranging her books by color, and cold weather. She is the author of the romance novel Delilah Green Doesn’t Care, the young adult novels Suffer Love, How to Make a Wish, and Girl Made of Stars, and the middle grade novels Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World, The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James, andHazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea. She’s also a coeditor on the young adult romance anthology Fools in Love. She lives on a very tiny island off the coast of Georgia with her family. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by anna on April 05, 2024

rep: bi mc, lesbian mc, bi characters, lesbian character, sapphic side charactetrs, nonbinary side character *awkward laughter* where do i even start! so the characters are underdeveloped, which makes no sense bc both claire and delilah were shining so brightly in their own book! here the mcs have weir......more

Goodreads review by emma on January 22, 2023

astrid parker and i have at least 1 thing in common. i didn't love the first book in this series, and in fact i didn't really like it at all, but here i am anyway. with a gift basket of unreasonable expectations and the enduring human will to hope. and i liked this! i don't think it's going to be sup......more

Goodreads review by Lilyya on June 12, 2023

3.75 stars ❛ Love doesn’t always think through the details. Sometimes, love just does. ❜ The writing draw an enticing and captivating push and pull dynamic between the protagonists, from the opening line. However, it felt like the premise wasn’t fully exploited. I always enjoy a good renovation r......more

Goodreads review by Mai on March 18, 2025

I can see how Astrid and IRIS can put people off. I'm still not sure how I feel about Iris. Of the three, I connect to Astrid the most. The stiff upbringing is real. The RBF is real. The feeling of not being able to let go with a partner is real. I won't rehash the premise. You can read the summary.......more

Goodreads review by Lars on December 07, 2022

Astrid Parker could run me over with a bus and I’d say thank you.......more


Quotes

"Ashley Herring Blake knocks it out of the park again with a rivals-to-lovers story with a big beating heart! She has a knack for writing characters who feel like they could be your friends—flawed women with complex inner lives who leap off the page with personality. I wanted to give Astrid a giant hug; I wanted to give Jordan my number. Bright Falls is a world I want to live in, and I can't wait to return to!"—Alison Cochrun, author of The Charm Offensive