Friday, December 12, 2025
Review - The Shippers
TITLE: The ShippersAUTHOR: Katherine Center
RATING: ★★★★★
RELEASE DATE: May 19th, 2026
Summary (from Goodreads): After a whole lifetime of being bad at love, JoJo Burton decides to solve her intimacy issues once and for all at her sister’s destination wedding on a cruise ship. With the help of a little pop psychology, she diagnoses herself with a fixation on the neighborhood guy who was her her first crush and first kiss (and who just happens to be a newly-divorced wedding guest), and she decides to woo him during the cruise for some long-delayed closure. Only problem is, her sister’s a little busy being a bride at the moment—so JoJo ropes in her childhood bestie, Cooper Watts, to be her wing man. Cooper: who RSVPed no, but then showed up, anyway. Cooper: who left town without a word four years earlier and moved to London. Cooper: who was, if she’s honest, the worst heartbreak of JoJo’s life. It’s bliss for her to see him again, and it’s agony, too—and the more they team up for Project Conquest, the more she obsesses over questions she can’t bring herself to ask.
REVIEW: This book right here is why I’m such a HUGE fan of Katherine Center’s. One minute I’m starting a book at 10:30 PM, and then suddenly it’s 4:30 AM and I’ve finished the entire book in one sitting. I loved loved loved Cooper and JoJo’s love story! Cooper is absolutely swoon-worthy and JoJo has just the right amount of awkward shyness and quirkiness where you think, “Oh yeah, I can definitely relate to her”. I laughed out loud SO many times while reading this book I had to muffle my face with a blanket so I didn’t wake up my family. There were parts I even went back and reread a few times after I finished it because it was just that good. (Like the balcony scene with the blindfold - holy cow!) You get everything with The Shippers - friends-to-lovers angst and romance, a slow burn that leaves you breathless, laughter, tears, lovable secondary characters, etc. It has quickly earned top spot on my list of favorite Katherine Center books. I can’t recommend it enough.
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This sounds amazing! I love it when a book is so good you're willing to sacrifice sleep for it. I also really like it when the secondary characters are fleshed out and leave a lasting impression.
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