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Well Met by Jen DeLuca

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sami_leigh's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
🌶️🌶️.5/5

“I don’t think you’ve ever been wooed. Have you? . . . Courted. Swept off your feet. Had someone show you how you make him feel.”
“I…can’t say that I have.” That was an understatement.
“Then brace yourself.” He straightened up and backed away from me a step or two. “I’m going to woo your ass off.”

📜 First person POV (Emily)
📜 Enemies-to-lovers
📜 Small town vibes
📜 Forced Proximity
📜 Renaissance Faire
📜 Slow burn 🔥
📜 Banter (mostly surrounding classic literature 🙌🏻)
📜 In character for Ren Faire! (The new woman to town & the teacher become the bar wench & the pirate 🏴‍☠️😍)
📜 Growth in the MCs; past relationships and trauma are worked through
📜 Well established side characters; found family & bonds formed with existing family unit

⚠️ Car accident (in the past), injury/ injury detail, death of a sibling (in the past), cancer, toxic relationship (in the past).

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christy_0909's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

5.0

Such a cute love story. I loved everything about it.

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christinetyared's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I was looking for a fun book to read, and Well Met was that. It was sweet, lighthearted, and fun to read, and though it did cover a few more serious topics, it never felt overly heavy in any way.

The protagonist, Emily, wasn’t unlikeable or anything, but I never found myself particularly drawn to her. It felt like she was always cleaning up other people’s messes - which granted, is part of her character - but was slightly frustrating to read. In general I did like the love interest, but I thought he was a bit juvenile in his thinking.

The pace of this book was probably the thing that worked out the least for me. I feel like the beginning was really slow and to make up for it, the ending felt quite rushed. The romance seemed borderline insta-lovey to me but I do tend to be picky about timelines when it comes to romance arcs.

Overall it was a cute, cheesy, easy book to read, which was what I picked it up for, so I’m not complaining.

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apoppyinthewind's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Very cute, very rom-com. I enjoyed the characters and I think the author used the classic ‘Misunderstanding trope’ well. In other books that have that set up more times than I end up wanting to yell at the characters but here the misunderstandings led to important development scenes and it worked. Overall the book made for a fun read before valentine’s day.

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