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    My Favorite Half-Night Stand
    My Favorite Half-Night Stand
    My Favorite Half-Night Stand
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    My Favorite Half-Night Stand

    By Christina Lauren

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    By the New York Times bestselling author who “hilariously depicts modern dating” (Us Weekly), My Favorite Half-Night Stand is a laugh-out-loud romp through online dating and its many, many fails.

    Millie Morris has always been one of the guys. A UC Santa Barbara professor, she’s a female-serial-killer expert who’s quick with a deflection joke and terrible at getting personal. And she, just like her four best guy friends and fellow professors, is perma-single.

    So when a routine university function turns into a black tie gala, Mille and her circle make a pact that they’ll join an online dating service to find plus-ones for the event. There’s only one hitch: after making the pact, Millie and one of the guys, Reid Campbell, secretly spend the sexiest half-night of their lives together, but mutually decide the friendship would be better off strictly platonic.

    But online dating isn’t for the faint of heart. While the guys are inundated with quality matches and potential dates, Millie’s first profile attempt garners nothing but dick pics and creepers. Enter “Catherine”—Millie’s fictional profile persona, in whose make-believe shoes she can be more vulnerable than she’s ever been in person. Soon “Catherine” and Reid strike up a digital pen-pal-ship...but Millie can’t resist temptation in real life, either. Soon, Millie will have to face her worst fear—intimacy—or risk losing her best friend, forever.

    Perfect for fans of Roxanne and She’s the Man, Christina Lauren’s latest romantic comedy is full of mistaken identities, hijinks, and a classic love story with a modern twist. Funny and fresh, you’ll want to swipe right on My Favorite Half-Night Stand.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGallery Books
    Release dateDec 4, 2018
    ISBN9781501197413
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    Christina Lauren

    Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of longtime writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the New York Times, USA TODAY, and #1 internationally bestselling authors of the Beautiful and Wild Seasons series, Autoboyography, Love and Other Words, Roomies, Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating, The Unhoneymooners, The Soulmate Equation, Something Wilder, and The True Love Experiment. You can find them online at ChristinaLaurenBooks.com or @ChristinaLauren on Instagram.

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    • 4/5
      Sweet romantic book. Great for cold winter or beach
    • 5/5
      My Favorite Half Night Stand by Christina LaurenI really enjoyed this contemporary friends to lovers romance. It was sweet, funny and touching. First, Reid. What an adorable man. Helping without being asked; Supportive of his friends and close with family; Not afraid to discuss his feelings and emotions. Knowing what he wants. A true catch. Next Millie. She learned to keep to the superficial at a young age when her mother got sick. “Don’t bother her” with the details was the guiding principle. Does anyone really care when they ask “how are you?”. No. They don’t. Ok maybe close friends or family might care. But if you’re in the habit of “Fine, and you?”, you would understand Millie. Trusting enough to open up takes work. And faith in the other person. Millie actually hit a little too close to home for me. Now Millie needs to learn to open up. It’s not a smooth transition for Millie, but it seems easier via letter or email. Worry, tears, and satisfaction got me to the end. I would rate this 4.5 but you can’t do half stars. Thinking about the depth of characters, their traits and their clear delineation, pushed the rating up.I received a copy of this book via NetGalley. I also purchased a copy for sharing.
    • 4/5
      This was my first Christina Lauren book and I was a little nervous going in as I’ve seen lots of praises for their previous works so my expectations were high. I needn’t worry though, as My Favorite Half-Night Stand was the perfect weekend read with relatable characters. Millie, Reid, Ed, Chris and Alex all work in academia at UCSB and need dates for a formal event at the school. They decide to try online dating, but at the same time Millie and Reid begin a physical relationship. Then when Millie creates a secret profile under the name "Catherine" and matches with Reid, she begins an emotional relationship with him under this ruse. This was a great friends-to-lovers romance. Millie felt like my spirit animal. She's a criminology professor who's obsessed with serial killers, has mainly guy friends, and is emotionally closed off. Reid on the other hand is sensitive and someone his friends can lean on. As Catherine, Millie is able to connect to him on an emotional level that she finds so hard to do in real life. Of course things come to a head when Reid discovers that Milie was Catheirne. I really loved the dynamic of all the friends and wouldn't mind seeing each of the other guys get their own story. Even at 400 pages this felt like a quick read and I read it in one setting. Now onto the bookstore to get Christina Lauren's other books.
    • 5/5
      Linda’s Book Obsession Reviews “My Favorite Half-Night Stand” by Christina LaurenChristina Lauren, Author(s) of “My Favorite Half-Night Stand” has written a unique, witty, amusing, enjoyable and entertaining novel. The Genres for this novel are Contemporary Romance, Fiction, Humor,and New Adult. The author(s) describe the colorful characters as quirky, slightly dysfunctional, and complex.The author(s) tackle the subject of on-line dating today for late twenties and thirty year olds, and the trials and tribulations that go along with that. Also the question of can male and female be friends and have half- benefits? I did have some laugh out loud moments that caught both my husband’s and dog’s attention.Millie Morris is just one of the guys and her best friends are a group of men, that are professionals. Millie is a specialist: WAIT FOR IT: “a female killer expert”, a Professor, no less. Millie has a great sense of humor, and wit, but is seriously lacking getting personal skills. Millie keeps everything about herself quiet. When the group of friends get together to celebrate, a special black tie event is brought up. How are they going to get dates? It is decided that they will try on-line dating. Millie has to brush up her friend’s profiles.Millie finds that Reid Campbell, one of her buddies seems more attractive than usually. After the group meets, Reid takes a “tipsy” Millie home and the two have a half night stand of sex. The two immediately regret and worry that this could hurt their friendship, and decide that will be the end of that.Millie finds it easiest to change her On-line profile to Catherine, her middle name, and finds that she is 98% compatible with one man, but the problem is she knows him. I would recommend this fun-loving and entertaining story to those readers who enjoy novels with Romance and Humor. I received an ARC from NetGalley for my honest review.Edit
    • 2/5
      Honestly it takes a lot for me not to get into a book but wow. This was bad. Boring. Predictable. Forced myself to finish.
    • 5/5
      I always look forward coming home after work and read this book. No boring chapters. I really enjoyed reading this
    • 3/5
      I've read many of these quick, make-you-feel-good romances and I don't know what didn't exactly click with me. The premiss is good, and I don't want to be disrespectful to the authors, but I didn't feel much chemistry between the main couple and I ended up skipping whole parts of the book, hoping for it to get better.
    • 4/5

      Millie' character development at the end is amazing. Recommend it a 90 percent cause let's be honest -not everyone will like it but the ending is wholesome and satisfying. It did the book justice
    • 3/5
      This is a great book to get out of your reading slump. Light weight and fun to read. You already know the ending before you start reading, but it is really enjoyable.
    • 5/5
      love itttt so much. caught me by surprise. I would give anything to read it again for the first time
    • 5/5
      Incredibly cute read! A very easy read for sad days.
    • 5/5
      I’ve read a bunch if Christina Lauren books and this one was particularly funny and sweet. Highly recommend
    • 4/5
      I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with Christina Lauren, it seems I either really love their books, or really hate their books. This one fell on the love side. It was not perfect, the writing was clunky and the characters are dumb as stumps when the plot requires but brilliant the rest of the time, but it was funny and relatable, and just smoochy enough for this type of fare. I have mentioned in my last several reviews that I have been laid up for a week with a back problem (I am on the mend with the aid of many drugs, and am starting PT Wednesday) and have been tearing through audiobooks at manic speed as a result. I can't hold a book or a Kindle for more than a few minutes and have a hard time sitting up for long periods for movies -- so hooray for audiobooks. This one was sweet and fun and took my mind off some really next level pain (seriously, labor was a picnic compared to this) so 4-stars its is.
    • 5/5
      This is my favorite Christina Lauren I have read by far. I loved everything about this one.First off, I really loved how Millie had a group of male friends. I really connected with this as I have always had a solid group of guy friends throughout my life. I love how the support Millie and everything that is happening in the group. I also really love the friend to lovers trope with this one. I enjoyed the added technology twist. We really get to see the relationship between Millie and Reid develop with this one which I also really enjoyed.If you love a good rom-com, you need to give this one a try. I loved it!
    • 5/5
      Great book, just don’t do the audio version, the girls voice really throws it off. I switched to reading it and loved the characters and story.
    • 5/5
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    • 4/5
      this one was super frustrating, but I still loved it. I just couldnt give it 5 stars because it was annoying frustrating but still a good read!
    • 4/5
      The ending was the best part of the book, I couldn't picture the heroine as clearly as I would have liked, but it was still awesome to grow with her through her pain and love
    • 4/5
      Great story,,wonderful story line, characters you will fall in love with. If you have some great stories like this one, you can publish it on Novel Star, just submit your story to hardy@novelstar.top or joye@novelstar.top
    • 5/5
      Can I have this kind of friends?? Like for real???
      Me, Reid, Alex, Chris and Ed? Please ? I love the banter the jokes, the smearing and mocking! I love everything ❤️❤️
    • 5/5
      Awwww this book was really sweet, but not the thoughtless plotless corniness unfortunately afflicting many “chick lit” novels. It’s hard to strike that balance, which is why I love Sophie Kinsella and Millie Johnson. This book definitely fell within that camp. Loved.
    • 5/5
      Just read the Honey Don’t List, then this book. I think I’m becoming a little obsessed with Christina Lauren. I love getting so sucked into a book that it keeps me awake and I read it cover to cover. It’s like a little high and I need another hit.
      THANKS LADIES!, you’re an amazing team and please keep up the good work. Now I struggling to settle on which title to read next.
    • 5/5
      Everyone should have a group of friends like the ones in this story. Even though the ending was sort of predictable, it was a fun read. This is the second Christina Lauren book I've read and there will definitely be a third and beyond.
    • 4/5
      Great read with fun characters. I read it in a day...couldn't put it down.
    • 3/5
      For its genre, this is a decent book. It's predictable (think You've Got Mail), but it all wraps up and ends as expected. It's a cute, happy rom-com of a book. A quick, light read.
    • 3/5
      Millie is friends with a group of guys. She starts falling for one of them and connects with him through a dating website. She is using a different name, so he doesn't know he is connecting with her. This was interesting, but not really all that unique of a story line. I was bored through some of it. I did like the banter between the friends and wished to learn more about some of them.
    • 4/5
      A fun and fast contemporary romance. Gets points for the writing and the characters, the plot was more on the average side.
    • 3/5
      Millie works at UCSB with Reid, Chris, Ed, & Alex... all who work under Dustin, Millie's ex. She is just one of the boys; the have game nights, lunch twice a week, dinner, & hang-out.When obama is scheduled to speak at the annual university dinner, it becomes a black-tie affair and for some reason they decide they should all have dates.Reid, being sweet on Millie asks her first... but then they all agree to try a dating site...Millie writes their introductions, but her's is so bland, she rewrites it using a different name and is matched w/ Reid, who falls for her new persona.... Meanwhile things heat up between Reid & Millie and that is where things become complicated.Cute story, fun to read, but totally unrealistic male characters.... Reid wants someone open & honest who he can talk to & share his feelings with ? Huh? I think not....In fact today while giving a tour, I overheard a man tell a woman: "Men don't like to talk about....."This was cute fantasy..... + 1/2 Star for cuteness.

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    • 4/5
      Along with Alex, Chris, and Ed, Reid Campbell and Millie Morris have been friends for years. An upcoming event makes them all decide that they need to find a "plus one," leading them to use an online dating service. Millie decides to use an alias in her profile and finds herself matched with Reid. Without him knowing, she ends up corresponding with him, opening herself up in a way that she never has before. Millie's biggest fear and hope is that Reid will realize who he is talking to because the longer her charade goes on, the tougher it is to tell him.My Favorite Half-Night Stand is a textbook example of the "friends-to-lovers" and "hiding secrets" tropes. Millie's character is tough to like because of her lack of honesty, even with friends, as well as her fear of showing emotions to others. The fact that her sister has to practically beg Millie for help makes her seem ungrateful and shallow. Her groveling by the end does somewhat make up for these negative traits but not completely. However, there are several positives aspects to this book, including quite a bit of humor, unique friends, and cute icons used during the online chats. Overall, My Favorite Half-Night Stand has some negative elements, but in general, the story is an entertaining and enjoyable read.
    • 4/5
      I received this book for free from the publisher (Gallery Books) in exchange for an honest review. So I liked this book. But did I fall completely head over heels in love with it? Not really. Basically, I found this to be a solid contemporary romance. It was fun and a little sexy. It hit all the marks on that. I just wasn’t super blown away by it. Millie and Reid are a cute couple, but I I didn’t feel anything particularly special about them. I wanted to fall in love with their romance, but sadly it never happened for me. That being said, there were some things I really loved about it.I loved how current it was, especially with the pop culture references. At one point (page 125) the main characters debate which is the most underrated comic in recent years and my fav, Squirrel Girl, gets mentioned (it’s totally true by the way, her comics are so underrated). I also really liked the layout of the messages that the group sent each other. They had cute little profile pics which I thought was a nice touch. Lastly, this isn’t completely relevant but I just had to share. This book hit close to home for me, but not in the usual way. My grandfather recently passed away a little over a month ago. I found it to be such a coincidence that Reid’s birthday is April 2nd (my grandfather’s birthday) and that Millie’s dad has Parkinson’s (which my grandfather also had). I just thought that was the weirdest thing ever. Overall, this was a really cute romance, but for me it was just missing that special something to really make me fall in love with it.

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