✱✱Book Review✱✱ Blog Tour: The Yes Factor by Erin Spencer & Emma Sable

'I adored this book! I love a getaway RomCom about friendship, self-discovery, and women who are always there for one another. ' Parker S. Huntington, Wall Street Journal Bestselling author

Just what do you find out when all of your no’s turn into The Yes Factor?

The Yes Factor, the contemporary rom-com debut novel by Erin Spencer and Emma Sable, is live!

Liv just wants her best friend Bex to find love. Bex just wants to stay in bed with Outlander.

With 40 just around the corner, divorced, single mom Bex is too busy being a chauffeur for her teenage daughter to bother swiping for dates.

Her best friend Liv, who is married to the supposedly perfect man, swoops in from London on a mission to get Bex out of her own bed and into someone else’s. Liv pushes Bex into a week-long whirlwind of dates, awkward kisses and missed connections.

What could possibly go wrong when Bex agrees to Liv’s harebrained scheme of saying Yes to every possible suitor? And why is Liv so intent on fixing Bex’s love life, or lack thereof?

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Narration by Ava Erickson and Andi Arndt

Momma Says: 4 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐

I read The Yes Factor and really liked it. The friendship, the sometimes silly situations, the craziness that is dating after 30. It wasn't laugh out loud funny, but it was amusing, and the story does have a charm about it. Bex and Liv aren't perfect, but who is? They make their share of mistakes, but that's one of the things I liked so much about the book. They feel real, like people you could know, people you see and talk to and keep up with. I liked both characters, warts and all, and I quickly became invested in where things were going for them.

Then I listened to the audiobook, and I liked it even more. Ava Erickson and Andi Arndt work perfectly for Bex and Liv, and the performance just adds another layer to the story. All my favorite parts were that much better when these narrators lent their voices to the characters. All of it, from a teenager whining because she isn't getting her way to a stuffy husband leaving an equally stuffy message to the many emotions Bex and Liv go through on their crazy week together, it all comes through wonderfully.

To sum it all up, The Yes Factor is a totally fun, sometimes brutally honest look at friendship, dating, marriage, parenthood... Life, an engaging and amusing look at life and all its messy ups and downs. Erin Spencer and Emma Sable crafted a terrific story, and then they trusted Ava Erickson and Andi Arndt to give life to the characters, and it all just worked wonderfully. 

Excerpt: 

“Um, I hope this doesn’t come off as strange, or overly forward considering we just met two minutes ago, but,” he pauses and looks right into my eyes, “would you be interested in getting a bite after my shift tonight? I’m off at eight.” 

I freeze. Stunned. Speechless. He looks so hopeful. So optimistic. But I can’t. I just met him. He could be crazy. Of course, he’s crazy, he’s an actor! But he seems nice and genuine and seemingly not crazy. Maybe I should…

“No. I’m sorry. I can’t.”

“What?” Liv interjects. “Can you give her a minute to think it over? She’ll get back to you.”

“Oh, sure. Okay. I’ll just go take care of that guy. Let me know if you need anything else.” Brandon turns away quickly with an air of defeat.

Liv swivels to face me and leans in close. “Bex.” She slow blinks. “I cannot believe what I just heard. No, scratch that. I can believe it and it’s got to stop. Now.”

“What? I just met him. How am I already supposed to have dinner with him?” I protest.

“Listen to me. You know what you’re missing? The yes factor. How long have you spent saying no to life, no to romance, or even potential romance, and no to just one date? It’s time for a U-turn to become Yes-Bex.”

One thing about Brandon I do know is that he must make a strong drink because Liv seems positively manic right now. Or maybe it’s the jet lag.

She continues with urgency, as if she’s telling me secret plans to invade Fort Knox. “For the next seven days while I’m in town, you’re going to say yes. Yes to opportunity, yes to stepping out of your comfort zone, yes to adventure. Don’t worry, I’ll be your wingwoman. But, from here on out, you say yes.”

Liv looks at me expectantly, waiting for me to say something as I let her words soak in. She’s right. I’ve fooled myself into thinking that I’ve put myself out there when, in reality, I’ve just dipped my toe in the pool. I’ve patted myself on the back for signing up for dating apps, but then I never go on a date. I’ve had friends beg to set me up with someone. I reluctantly agree, but when it comes to scheduling, I’m always “busy.” Poor Maddie has been used as an excuse time and again when, in fact, even Maddie has been encouraging me to date. And now, when I meet someone in the world, organically, like I’ve always wanted, the first word out of my mouth is “no.”

If I don’t stop saying no to the possibility of love, how will anything change? Maybe it is time to start saying— 

“Yes?” I smile. “Fine, you’re right. It’s time to add the Yes Factor to the equation.” 

Meet Erin & Emma: 

Erin Spencer and Emma Sable are two Southern girls who met in L.A. at a mutual friend's engagement party. They bonded over their shared love of fried shrimp, queso, and The Golden Girls. After a girls' night out in Hollywood to celebrate Emma's birthday, the two were inspired to begin writing The Yes Factor, their first novel together. 

To celebrate finishing the novel, Erin and Emma travelled to the Amalfi coast where they enjoyed a week of sunshine, pasta, and Pinot Grigio. And where a few notes might have been scribbled for their next book, too!

Erin lives in L.A. and Emma now lives in London. 

 

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