Making Up by Lucy Parker

"Her eyes lifted back to his, and that something passed between them again: thought-shifting, life-twisting, almost tangible."

Once upon a time, circus artist Trix Lane was the best around. Her spark vanished with her confidence, though, and reclaiming either has proved…difficult. So when the star of The Festival of Masks is nixed and Trix is unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight, it’s exactly the push she needs. But the joy over her sudden elevation in status is cut short by a new hire on the makeup team.

Leo Magasiva: disgraced wizard of special effects. He of the beautiful voice and impressive beard. Complete dickhead and—in an unexpected twist—an enragingly good kisser.

To Leo, something about Trix is…different. Lovely. Beautiful, even though the pint-size, pink-haired former bane of his existence still spends most of her waking hours working to annoy him. They’ve barely been able to spend two minutes together for years, and now he can’t get enough of her. On stage. At home. In his bed.

When it comes to commitment, Trix has been there, done that, never wants to do it again. Leo’s this close to the job of a lifetime, which would take him away from London—and from Trix. Their past is a constant barrier between them.

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I haven't been able to stop thinking about this since I finished it. It was such an adorable and brilliantly written book that I'm so happy I got to read. I had never read anything by Lucy Parker but I'm thrilled that I started with this one because now I'm hooked for life. I'm going to read the other two books in the series and I know I'm going to love them because I already love the characters that I got to meet. Trix, who is our pink haired, anxious, aerial artist heroine is intelligent, short-tempered and snarky. She's recovering mentally after a previous very abusive relationship and if there's something I love is seeing a wonderful woman picking herself up, growing, thriving and getting better mentally, showing her strength and becoming fierce and unbreakable by herself. 

This showed such a healthy relationship with the hero and with Trix herself and the people around her, who gave her the space to heal from her wounds. The emotional support that Leo provides her is gorgeous to see. He knew his place and I loved the relationship that they had. We have an enemies to lovers dynamic but before that we have beautiful conversations and complex dynamics. They're both incredibly ambitious in their own careers but they know their limits or they understand them during this book. I adored the humorous tone in the writing and everything was well constructed and I was hooked since the first page. I wish we could get more romances like this one, with healthy and steamy relationships between two people who adore and worship the ground that the other person walks on. Beautiful book!