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3.33 AVERAGE
3.33 AVERAGE
A wonderful rom-com with will have you glued to the pages. Aimee Brown is a new author to me and I hope to continue reading her books. Well written and I didn't want to put the book down but life got in the way. I did read it in 2 days though.
Jade is newly engaged with one catch....you'll have to read the book to find out! I'm not going to spoil it. With being newly engaged her family and friends are not happy with Jade's fiancé. They tell her she can do better. While Jade is on the west coast and Connor is going to medical school on the east coast she starts to feel something is wrong. Connor doesn't call her and has been texting instead. Jade is a bartender and some of Connors friends frequent the bar she works at telling her things about what Connor is up to doesn't sit well with Jade.
River is a friend of Jade's who is a sweet guy and a helpful one. He tries to help Jade whenever he is around, and they start to hang out. Becoming good friends Jade confides some of her life at the moment with River. River is starting to have feelings for Jade but because she is engaged he has to step back. But he really wants to be with Jade. Will Jade dump Connor? Will River get his happily ever after?
This is a wonderful friends-to-lovers storyline and I highly recommend!
Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for allowing me to read an advanced digital copy of "Stuck With You". The words in this review are mind and mine alone.
Jade is newly engaged with one catch....you'll have to read the book to find out! I'm not going to spoil it. With being newly engaged her family and friends are not happy with Jade's fiancé. They tell her she can do better. While Jade is on the west coast and Connor is going to medical school on the east coast she starts to feel something is wrong. Connor doesn't call her and has been texting instead. Jade is a bartender and some of Connors friends frequent the bar she works at telling her things about what Connor is up to doesn't sit well with Jade.
River is a friend of Jade's who is a sweet guy and a helpful one. He tries to help Jade whenever he is around, and they start to hang out. Becoming good friends Jade confides some of her life at the moment with River. River is starting to have feelings for Jade but because she is engaged he has to step back. But he really wants to be with Jade. Will Jade dump Connor? Will River get his happily ever after?
This is a wonderful friends-to-lovers storyline and I highly recommend!
Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for allowing me to read an advanced digital copy of "Stuck With You". The words in this review are mind and mine alone.
A short and sweet friends to lovers romance! You fall in love with River’s character and completely understand why Jade falls for him too!
Both of these characters had the same internal monologue
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
While I did prefer this title to the previous Love Notes, the plot was still not my favorite.
After getting engaged to Conner, Jade realizes that no one is quite as excited for her as she expects them to be. With her new fiancee moving back across the country, Jade turns to River, a friend from work and a missed romantic opportunity from months prior.
River knows love and Jade is missing out. But it’s not his place to butt into the situation, right?
While I can appreciate that the two MCs, Jade and River, had an almost kiss months before her engagement, the insistence from all of the characters that they weren’t cheating because nothing physical was happening just irritated me. Yes, Conner was a horrible boyfriend/fiancé. Yes, Jade needed to have her eyes opened. Yes, it’s awesome to see the good guy win. But, no, it’s not ok to essentially glorifying emotionally cheating. And that’s my TED Talk.
Thanks to NetGalley for the digital review copy.
After getting engaged to Conner, Jade realizes that no one is quite as excited for her as she expects them to be. With her new fiancee moving back across the country, Jade turns to River, a friend from work and a missed romantic opportunity from months prior.
River knows love and Jade is missing out. But it’s not his place to butt into the situation, right?
While I can appreciate that the two MCs, Jade and River, had an almost kiss months before her engagement, the insistence from all of the characters that they weren’t cheating because nothing physical was happening just irritated me. Yes, Conner was a horrible boyfriend/fiancé. Yes, Jade needed to have her eyes opened. Yes, it’s awesome to see the good guy win. But, no, it’s not ok to essentially glorifying emotionally cheating. And that’s my TED Talk.
Thanks to NetGalley for the digital review copy.
1.5 stars ⭐
The writing was okay but what bothered me the most about this book were both the main characters, Jade and River, but River more so. I started out liking Jade and her family but what angered me was the emotional cheating and the fact that I never really understood why she was with Conner??? Like since the early chapters she's always comparing him to River like girl WHY are you with Conner then??? What did you ever see in him??
And River. I have never seen a 'pick-me' male character so props to the author for creating one but oh my god I could not stand this guy. He was so pretentious and thought he was better than everyone and everything. And since chapter one the only reason I thought he liked Jade was because she was hot. That didn't change over time. Finally, I think any guy fictional or non-fictional that unironically uses bro-code deserves death. "Couple code trumps bro code" "It's like, cardinal bro code" SHUT UP!!!
Thank you NetGalley and Boldwood Books for an arc exchange for an honest review.
The writing was okay but what bothered me the most about this book were both the main characters, Jade and River, but River more so. I started out liking Jade and her family but what angered me was the emotional cheating and the fact that I never really understood why she was with Conner??? Like since the early chapters she's always comparing him to River like girl WHY are you with Conner then??? What did you ever see in him??
And River. I have never seen a 'pick-me' male character so props to the author for creating one but oh my god I could not stand this guy. He was so pretentious and thought he was better than everyone and everything. And since chapter one the only reason I thought he liked Jade was because she was hot. That didn't change over time. Finally, I think any guy fictional or non-fictional that unironically uses bro-code deserves death. "Couple code trumps bro code" "It's like, cardinal bro code" SHUT UP!!!
Thank you NetGalley and Boldwood Books for an arc exchange for an honest review.
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’m sorry, but I hated this book. The plot — can you even call it a plot? Nothing happens. It’s actually a feat that the author wrote an entire book about NOTHING.
The premise is this: it’s Jade’s 26th birthday (which she’s celebrating at Chuck E Cheese), and Conner, her boyfriend of 2 months, proposes. Only he doesn’t get her name right and he doesn’t have a ring. She says yes for some reason, and then the boyfriend basically ghosts her when he flies to the other side of the country to complete med school. In his absence, she befriends River, described as an eccentric with a man bun, who takes her on a series of “anti-dates.” This is marketed as a friends to lovers, “sexy, sassy, and downright irresistible” romance. Unfortunately, it is none of those things.
I’m not the kind of person to DNF a book, but I was so beyond tempted with this one. It was a struggle to get through for several reasons.
The premise is this: it’s Jade’s 26th birthday (which she’s celebrating at Chuck E Cheese), and Conner, her boyfriend of 2 months, proposes. Only he doesn’t get her name right and he doesn’t have a ring. She says yes for some reason, and then the boyfriend basically ghosts her when he flies to the other side of the country to complete med school. In his absence, she befriends River, described as an eccentric with a man bun, who takes her on a series of “anti-dates.” This is marketed as a friends to lovers, “sexy, sassy, and downright irresistible” romance. Unfortunately, it is none of those things.
I’m not the kind of person to DNF a book, but I was so beyond tempted with this one. It was a struggle to get through for several reasons.
- It reads like fan fiction. With every major character that’s introduced, you get a rundown of their height, body type, hair color, and eye color. Like, yes, I do want to know what they look like, but at least attempt to weave their physical descriptions into the writing instead of having one paragraph devoted solely to talking about their looks. Even at the end, Jade talks about her childhood home, saying it’s a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom house. Might as well give me the floor plan and square footage too while you’re at it. Oh and almost all the characters have to have an abbreviated nickname. River—>Riv, Dylan—>Dyl, etc.
- River’s POV is like looking through the eyes of a tween who just learned to curse. Everything is described as “[adjective] as fuck.” Cool as fuck. Hot as fuck. You get it.
- There was no plot. Nothing really happens. Conner proposes then immediately ghosts Jade and moves back to the other side of the country where he occasionally sends her emojis as his only form of communication. For any sane person, the relationship would’ve ended there. But Jade, while complaining about him incessantly, refuses to break up with him. Instead she emotionally cheats on her fiancé with River. Because let’s be real, if the situation was reversed and it was Conner with some girl going out to eat and spending the night at each other’s apartment while shamelessly flirting, everyone would be in an uproar that he’s emotionally cheating. But instead she waits until like 80-90% of the way through the book to break up with him. Even Conner’s motivation to date Jade didn’t make sense. They ended up saying that Conner was just looking for fun, a distraction while home from med school. But Jade was actively grieving following the death of her mother. Not really an ideal casual relationship. This entire book should just have not been written.
Oh, and I forgot to mention the part where River gives Jade his ex’s engagement ring to wear for a night so she could finally understand what it’s like to be engaged. I just thought that part was so stupid. They used it as a way to compare Conner and River but it was so unnecessary because obviously she was never going to end up with Conner and that whole plot point was an entire waste of time! And I didn’t even really see the point of River’s backstory with Caitlyn. It all seemed unnecessary.
A billion percent never reading anything from this author ever again.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book just wasn't my favorite. While it had the potential to be a cute romcom: friends-to-lovers, dual POV (my favorite), 80s and 90s references, and the slowest burn ever, there was just too much missing for me to be invested in our main characters and root for their HEA.
If you like super fluffy, no real tension, and a slightly immature leading lady (when it comes to relationships), you may enjoy this more than I did.
If you like super fluffy, no real tension, and a slightly immature leading lady (when it comes to relationships), you may enjoy this more than I did.