Tickled Pink #1
e-ARC, NetGalley
Author: Pippa Grant
Welcome to Tickled Pink, WI, where the famous Pink Gold movie was shot and where Teague Miller lives a happy yet unconventional life – it’s not every man who’s best friend with his ex-wife AND her new wife. He lives for this town and the precious teenage daughter he loves to death.
His life is about to be majorly disturbed by The Lightlys – the Upper East Side Lightlys, who arrive there towed by their matriarch who, after a “near death experience”, wants to use movie Pink Gold as the blueprint to shape her whole bunch of uppity family members into “good people” so that they can all avoid the fiery pits of hell.
Arriving in this group of stuck-up, clueless people is Phoebe, the eldest of the grandchildren. She’s pretty much the entitled socialite Teague has no time for and zero interest in, but when thrown into this version of Schitt’s Creek rather than Pink Gold , she steps up – much to her own surprise and befuddlement.
With this whole bunch of outsiders comes unwanted attention. They’ll not only make the local gossip paper but pretty soon news of what the prominent Manhattan family is doing in the Middle of Nowhere, Wisconsin will make it to the major gossip rags – and Teague has his family to protect and a secret he’ll do anything to keep.
I loved this book! It’s quintessential Pippa! The “fish out of water” family is hilarious and the whole town is kind of adorable. There’s a whole bunch of lovable characters and the shenanigans are all there. But what I loved the most is how it hits you in the feels. You will fall in love with Bridget Miller and her dad and her moms. You will root for Phoebe, who finds out that, OMG, she has a heart!
I’m glad it’s book 1 in a series because I, like Phoebe, fell in love with Tickled Pink and I definitely want to go back.
Rep and possible triggers: bisexual and trans rep; race diversity. I usually list triggers, but all the issues are dealt in a such a sweet, delicate manner that I don’t think it could be triggering, imho.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you, NetGalley, Montlake and Pippa Grant for the advanced copy.
