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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was truly such a bummer for me. I’ve either loved or enjoyed all of the other (four? I think?) books that I’ve read by Monica McCallan, but this one I really struggled with. I skipped around a Lot trying to just hurry up and be done with it. I think from looking at the publishing dates that this might have been her first published novel, and for me, it shows. If this is the only experience you have with her work, I urge you to pick up something else, because I’ve really loved the other works of hers that I’ve read and would even go as far as to say they’re some of my favorite reads of this year as a whole. It shows how much people can improve in a short amount of time, because this one (for me at least, YMMV) was not emblematic of her other works. I think my biggest issues were the lack of dialogue, pacing, and a lot of telling not showing. Both MCs had potential, but I never connected to them because of the way the story was being told. We got a LOT of internal monologuing (which can be fine!) but here it didn't work and a lot of it felt really repetitive. We’d switch POVs pretty regularly, only to go back a few paces and get the other characters internal narration for a bit before then catching back up to the moment we left off with the other, and this was constant in a way that frustrated me.
If you want to enjoy this author, leave this one and pick up one of her other works because she absolutely improves from this, and I really adore a lot of her other books. In a way, it’s nice to see just how much she’s improved from this one, but other than that, it wasn’t an enjoyable experience for me. On to a different one of hers for sure.
If you want to enjoy this author, leave this one and pick up one of her other works because she absolutely improves from this, and I really adore a lot of her other books. In a way, it’s nice to see just how much she’s improved from this one, but other than that, it wasn’t an enjoyable experience for me. On to a different one of hers for sure.
Cute! The characters were sweet, I liked them both a lot. The story didn't have much tension though, outside of their developing feelings for each other. I wanted an additional plot layer. It was a bit anticlimactic and I was kind of ready for it to wrap up.
I didn't like the writing all the time; it's told in alternating POV and they'd rehash the same scenes, without adding much of anything.
This was a sugary sweet romance and I liked it, but it's not an all-time favorite.
I didn't like the writing all the time; it's told in alternating POV and they'd rehash the same scenes, without adding much of anything.
This was a sugary sweet romance and I liked it, but it's not an all-time favorite.
A quick read with a surprise twist and an HEA. I really enjoyed Gemma's perspective as a late bloomer with a coming out arc. The struggle between the 2 main characters was great and set them up for sexy scenes throughout the story.
Quite enjoyable.
Quite enjoyable.