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smjelde13's review against another edition
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? It's complicated
5.0
Very good. Something about the cover doesn't match the story to me, so I kept putting this book off, but once I started reading it and imagining it all myself, I loved it. It was spicy and fast paced, and dual POV. the dual timeline was hard to follow at first (I kept forgetting whose character I was reading) but then I realized the whole past is Elliot and the whole current is Ama, and I liked how the past and present finally merged.
sierra_elisabeth's review against another edition
4.0
As someone who lives in Sacramento, this was so much fun! I loved that she name dropped real locations in the city! Super quick and easy read!
peskridge3's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
This was a short, sweet, and sexy low stakes romance! Heavy grumpy/sunshine and workplace romance tropes. The story jumps between a few years ago in the MMC’s POV and present day in the FMC’s POV. I only wish there was more reconciliation/chemistry build up in the present day instead of it all being in the past. Because of this the present day timeline has to heavily rely on the MC’s history to progress their relationship instead of new experiences mixed with their past. Regardless I still heavily enjoyed this story!
Bonus points for Ama having car issues because same girl lol
Bonus points for Ama having car issues because same girl lol
readingmajor's review against another edition
3.0
Once again, I feel a little bit let down by the BookTok hype. I listened to the audiobook for this, and the performances were really great. Overall, I think its a solid rom com with an interesting concept, but Soto ultimately doesn't follow through with the character development for Ama. The whole point of the book is that they broke up because of Ama's inability to commit/fear of being left/fear of marriage, but that is never really addressed outside of Ama acknowledging that this is a flaw she has. No work is done to help her dismantle these fears/address why she feels this way and how she can overcome these feelings. She just kind of... decides she wants Eliot back and then kisses him. Especially when compared to Eliot's self awareness post the proposal (about how he pushed her into something she told him she didn't want) Ama's character development fell flat for me. However, their relationship is cute and I found both of them intriguing enough as characters to finish the book. Also (and don't kill me for this) but I didn't really understand the point behind Eliot's tattoos or Ama's obsession with them??? I'm sorry, I'm sorry!! But she is so enamored with them for no reason, and we are given like NO BACKGROUND about why he tattoos these flowers he can't have on his body (other than that he needs to have the tattoos already so that the Amaryllis one makes sense later on).
eweaver1028's review against another edition
4.0
This was a decent romance. I thought the wedding planning aspect was really interesting, and I liked how both characters were passionate about their work. I was definitely rooting for them to make the wedding and the relationship work. The writing was a bit cheesy and wildly unrealistic at times, but I liked the characters for the most part. However, this book reminded me of a big pet peeve I have in romance, which is when the love interest calls the main character a nickname they clearly don’t like, but it’s just dismissed like it’s nothing. I don’t really get that, but not a huge dealbreaker in books.
tifcochran's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
toyoubooks's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
4.25
Honestly atrocious of me for taking this long to pick this book back up after starting it last year.
I’m so happy I did, though!! The fact that this is a debut shocks me because it’s so well crafted and unique in its development that I truly could’ve believed Talia Hibbert wrote this.
The plot is dense when it comes to the actual wedding planning, which wasn’t the most interesting to me, and when it wasn’t about the wedding it was flashbacks to Ama and Elliot hooking up lol.
So it loses a star there for me, but otherwise I really liked it. Ama has a pretty stereotypical “I don’t believe in love” backstory, but Elliot 💔💔 he is such a simp for her, but in a way that is so far beyond physical. He just adores her. I ate it up.
4.25 ✨
I’m so happy I did, though!! The fact that this is a debut shocks me because it’s so well crafted and unique in its development that I truly could’ve believed Talia Hibbert wrote this.
The plot is dense when it comes to the actual wedding planning, which wasn’t the most interesting to me, and when it wasn’t about the wedding it was flashbacks to Ama and Elliot hooking up lol.
So it loses a star there for me, but otherwise I really liked it. Ama has a pretty stereotypical “I don’t believe in love” backstory, but Elliot 💔💔 he is such a simp for her, but in a way that is so far beyond physical. He just adores her. I ate it up.
4.25 ✨