99 Percent Mine - Sally Thorne

99 Percent Mine – Sally Thorne

Crush: a strong and often short-lived infatuation, particularly for someone beyond your reach…

… If Darcy Barrett hadn’t met her dream man when she was eight years old, the rest of the male population wouldn’t be such a let-down. No one measures up to Tom Valeska, aka the best man on Earth, not in looks, brain or heart. Even worse is the knowledge that her twin brother Jamie saw him first, and claimed him forever as his best friend.

Tom’s off limits and loyal to her brother, 99%. One percent of Tom has had to be enough for Darcy, and her adoration has been sustained by his shy kindness. And if she’s honest, his tight t-shirts.

Now Darcy’s got three months left to get her life together before her twin insists on selling the tumble-down cottage they inherited from their grandmother. By night, she’s working in a seedy bar, shooting down lame pickups from bikers. By day, she’s sewing underwear for her best friend and wasting her award-winning photography skills on website shots of pens and novelty mugs. She’s enjoying living the messy life, and a glass of wine or ten… until that one night, when she finds a six-foot-six perfect package on her porch.

Tom’s here, he’s bearing power tools—and he’s single for the first time in a decade.

As a house flipper extraordinaire, Tom has been dispatched by Jamie to give the cottage a drastic facelift that will result in a ton of cash. Darcy doesn’t appreciate Tom’s unsentimental approach to knocking down walls, and he really, really doesn’t approve of her current burnout boyfriend. They can’t be in the same room together without sparks flying- and it’s not the faulty wiring. One bedroom wall separates them at night, and even that’s looking flimsy.

Will Tom ever see Darcy as anything other than a little-sister obstacle to get around? And can she stand up to her most formidable opponent—her twin? This time around, she’s determined to make Tom Valeska 99 percent hers, and he’s never managed to say no to her yet…

My Review of 99 Percent Mine

I really enjoyed Sally Thorne’s hit The Hating Game, so was excited to get my hands on an advanced copy of 99 Percent Mine. It didn’t quite wow me as much as the former, but it was a cute, funny and sweet romance.

Darcy and her twin brother Jamie have to get their late grandmothers house renovated and sell it to split the money between them. Enter Tom, builder extraordinaire and Jamie’s best friend. He also happens to be the only man Darcy has ever loved. Newly single, and with his own building business, Tom has agreed to renovate the place for them. Will anything ever get built with all the sparks that are flying between him and Darcy? And can Darcy’s dodgy heart take it?

I enjoyed 99 percent mine, however I found the continual hyperactive banter and non-stop inner monologue quite annoying. Darcy just couldn’t stop going on and on about how hot Tom was and it wore thin pretty quickly.

However, overall it was a cute little romance book. A few twists and turns salvaged the story line, however it didn’t quite live up to its predecessor.

There were some lovely, sweet parts to it and some steamy scenes. Overall I enjoyed it. I just didn’t particularly warm to the characters.

Would I recommend 99 Percent Mine?

It was a cute little book. It had some very funny parts, if you are a big fan of romantic comedies, you may be able to set aside the hyperactivity and will hopefully enjoy it more than I did.

(3 / 5)