Betting on the Best Friend by Melanie Jacobson

 

Betting on the Best Friend: A Sweet Romantic Comedy and partof the Betting on Love series by Melanie Jacobson is a delight!  This is a series, but I think you can pick up any book at any time.  The author does a fantastic summary at the beginning bringing you up to speed.

 Ruby has dated a guy for five years, broke up with him, and now he is flaunting an engagement to someone else on Instagram.  Her roommates are trying to set her up so she can show him!   Luckily, she has her best friend, Charlie, until she doesn’t.  Can they be best friends again, will they be friends again,  or can they be more?

This was a refreshing take on friends to more. The author did a great job in this dual POV sweet romance.  Charlie and Ruby had great chemistry, banter, and a friendship that fun to watch.  I seriously wanted to hang out with Ruby and Charlie at the library, and the fact that they both worked at the library was an added bonus to the story.  It was fun to visit with the characters from past books and they added their unique personalities to the story.  I laughed many times over their antics.

Betting on the Best Friend by Melanie Jacobson is one of the best friends to more story that I have enjoyed in a long time. I loved the depth of the characters, the humor, banter, and the sweet romance. This was the perfect way to end my 2025 and will be a 2025 highlight for me.  I highly recommend that you read!

I was gifted a copy and not required to write a positive review. 

Melanie Bennett Jacobson is an avid reader, amateur cook, and champion shopper. She lives in Southern California with her husband and children, a series of doomed houseplants, and a naughty miniature schnauzer. She holds a Masters in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is a USA Today bestseller and a four-time Whitney Award winner for contemporary romance.