E-galley Review: Airhead by Avery Flynn

I received this book for free from the author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Airhead by Avery Flynn
Published by Meet Cute LLC on March 17, 2025
Genres: Adult Romantic Comedy
Pages: 163
Source: the author
Format: E-galley
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Cover Artist: Olivia Girgis (https://www.oliviagirgis.com/)

Blurb:

The night in 1982 that changed everything…

There is no way I can resist avenging my sister’s broken heart by filling her cheating boyfriend’s bitchin’ DeLorean with extra buttered movie popcorn, a half-melted Snickers, and the contents of one shaken can of Tab.

There’s only one six-foot-six-inch problem. It’s not The Creep’s car. It’s Frank “The Airhead” Hartigan’s. Now he wants me to drive him to Harbor City to make up for trashing his ride.

On the outside, I’m all gag me with a spoon, but on the inside? Yeah, not so much. The truth is I haven’t stopped thinking about him since that night at Marino’s Bar when he rocked my world to the max—something that can’t happen again.

Frank Hartigan isn’t a guy you fall for if you want to keep your heart in one piece. Waterbury is littered with the broken hearts of the women who forgot that, and I am not about to join their ranks.

Fine. I’ll drive him around town, but that’s it.

No kisses.

No getting hot and bothered.

No toe-curling anything.

And no matter what happens tonight, my heart—and my panties—will for sure remain untouched. 

Buy Links

Avery’s Website: https://averyflynn.com/books/airhead/

Amazon: https://amzn.to/4gDw9YB

B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/airhead-avery-flynn/1146979121?ean=2940184685014

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/airhead-5

Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/airhead/id6741836204

Fable: https://fable.co/book/x-9780998532028

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/227905862-airhead

Excerpt

“Earth to Katie,” Connie said between drinks. “Who made you shmile like thas?” 

Katie schooled her face to something more neutral, because they were still early in phase one and Connie wasn’t yet drunk enough to miss Katie’s reaction to Frank Hartigan’s approach. 

To buy a little time, she fluffed up her spiral curls and shifted her gaze to her sister. “What look?”

The ‘don’t-BS-me’ look that Connie shot Katie was a little wonky, because the gin, vodka, tequila, and Triple sec were starting to work their magic. “The one that says you’re about to do something stupid.”

Katie snorted. “I have never done anything stupid.”

Okay, that lie probably would work on the third graders she taught, but not on her twin.

“Puh-lease,” Connie said, rolling her eyes and then grabbing the edge of the table to steady herself, even though she hadn’t moved from her seat. “We shared a womb. I know you way too well for that.”

My Review

So I haven’t actually read all of the Hartigans series yet. However I know enough about the characters that I was excited for this prequel type of novel telling the romance of the parents that started the whole family. The fact that it was set in the 80s, when I was growing up, made me so much more excited about it as well!

It is a shorter story, maybe more of a novella than a novel? But it was a lot of fun, and I really loved spending time in the 80s with these fun and hilarious characters. I loved all the names of movies, tv shows, slang, cars, all the 80s bits in the story. There were steamy bits sprinkled throughout, and so much fun banter, as well as all the wonderful and fun characters in the small town.

My only complaint would be that the reasons she kept fighting the attraction and pushing Frank away got to be a bit annoying after a while. At a certain point she should have been able to easily see that the supposed player personality he had wasn’t true. Not once did he show anything like that in the story. However, when things did come together at the end, that made up for that issue.

Such a fun story, and now I have to go back and read those books in the series that I haven’t read yet!

About the Author

USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling romance author Avery Flynn has sold more than a million books, which have been translated into multiple languages. She has three slightly-wild children, loves a hockey-addicted husband and is desperately hoping someone invents the coffee IV drip. She lives outside of Washington DC with her family and a pack of five dogs all named after food. If she’s not reading romance or binging reality TV, she’s most definitely plotting to take over the world so she can banish Crocs from existence. Also, if you figure out how to send Oreos through the Internet, she’ll be your best friend for life. Join her reader Patreon for special sneak peeks, chats, book boxes and more!