Rating 4/5 Stars for overall series content. This is a 10/5 stars as a romantic comedy. The first book is absolutely phenomenal and the short follow-up had great snippets from their HEA life. All told in third person from Brooke's POV with some omniscient narrator.
Brooke Kent was a shy, soft butch computer engineer from a well-to-do English family who fell for Anna Fourchette, a half French, gorgeous gourmet chef and steak restaurant owner. They both nursed serious crushes on each other for nearly a year before Brooke invited Anna to be her fake date / girlfriend for her younger brother's wedding in England. She had not seen her family in over a dozen years because of her parents' rejection of her sexuality when she was a teen. Her brother and his wife-to-be welcomed her and Anna with open arms as he truly missed her.
Brooke and her friends were regular customers at Anna's restaurant and Anna always paid special attention to Brooke. The week before the trip, Brooke and Anna met several times and got to know each other much better. Over dinners and other shared meals, cheek kisses and warm cuddles on the couch they very clearly greatly cared for each other.
Anna was incredible in all her interactions with Brooke's homophobic mother in England, which led Brooke to stand up to her. Brooke and Anna were so adorably loving and supportive of each other the whole way through. Their love confessions after only a week and a half of 'fake dating' didn't even feel rushed.
Included: Fools in love with so much mutual pining/yearning, Unsure of the others' feelings, 'Fake dates' that were very realistic, Falling asleep together on couches, Only one bed/sharing a bed, Steamy kisses and sexy, sultry smut, Found family with friends, Astounding initial love confessions and their later proposals and wedding vows were amazing
Main Cons for Me: Author briefly mentioned her characters were reading another queer/sapphic author's book that I haven't read, but that other author and book gets tons of hype that I'm not sure it warrants, the first story was a very long read at over 400 pages and the main characters were basically just two well-off young women who only had trouble in the love area of their lives
Trigger warnings: Homophobia from parents, internalized homophobia, separation from family for being gay/queer, contemplating fixing relationships with homophobic family self-confidence issues, past car accident and injuries talked about, fertility issues but they do have a family