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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
Disappointing, after her first novel. Boring. All her female characters sound the same. He has no personality and she shoehorns in a line about him having anxiety at the end for no purpose other than attempting to give him flavor.
Reading this in conjunction with her first, I realize she writes her heroines to be self-absorbed and her heroes too obsessed and self-sacrificing to a fault. They bend and change their personalities for her and why? The heroines wouldn't make any compromises in return. He forms himself around her and it's uncomfortable.
Fortune's obsession with cheating is a bit concerning...I can understand one book but she attempts it again, here. You can have friends to lovers WITHOUT cheating! There are more barriers you can create to a blossoming relationship than an existing relationship!
Sophomore novels are hard after writing a bestseller, I want to recognize that, and they're often not as good. Just the name of the game. But I do wonder about the various accusations of plagiarism of the first...the writing here was nowhere near as good as her first. I felt I was reading a completely different author (besides the setting, cheating, and self-absorbed heroine.)
Reading this in conjunction with her first, I realize she writes her heroines to be self-absorbed and her heroes too obsessed and self-sacrificing to a fault. They bend and change their personalities for her and why? The heroines wouldn't make any compromises in return. He forms himself around her and it's uncomfortable.
Fortune's obsession with cheating is a bit concerning...I can understand one book but she attempts it again, here. You can have friends to lovers WITHOUT cheating! There are more barriers you can create to a blossoming relationship than an existing relationship!
Sophomore novels are hard after writing a bestseller, I want to recognize that, and they're often not as good. Just the name of the game. But I do wonder about the various accusations of plagiarism of the first...the writing here was nowhere near as good as her first. I felt I was reading a completely different author (besides the setting, cheating, and self-absorbed heroine.)
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
I rated it like a 3.25 probably closer to a solid 3. I listened to it as an audiobook so I’m not sure if that had something to do with it but I feel like everything was super secretive, which I understand is important to the plot but it was just too much. Also this definitely was not a like feel good romance. I feel like I didn’t really connect strongly to the characters. Also the whole thing at the end was just kind of annoying to me. Like we all knew what was going to happen, which I know romance books are predictable, but there was nothing else to it. There was no big bomb shell or anything like that. I really enjoyed the last book I read so maybe it is because u was coming off of that high but this just didn’t do it for me.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I have mixed feelings on this. I’ve never been an immediate connection, love at first sight kind of person and that’s what a lot of this story is. They had one night together where they hung out, though they both had significant others…. And then they both basically pine over each other for a decade?! It’s too much. I appreciate that this isn’t a typical romance, and it has some deeper aspects to it too like grief and depression and so much more… but this one didn’t hit me like some of the others by this author so far.
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced