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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
emotional
medium-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:
Yes
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
I usually love TL Swan but this one was rough. I almost DNFed it but just kept hoping it would get better. There are few characters that I dislike more than these two walking red flags. Skip this one and go to the Stopover. That is a TL Swan book worth reading.
3 ⭐️ read for me. After reading the first few chapters I wasn’t sure about this book. I am glad I kept reading because it ended up being a fun read. Spicy, chaotic, toxic, and a happy ending. I enjoyed it
funny
medium-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:
Yes
Kingston Lane. “This street is like……. Tinder on Crack.”
Juliet and Henley have an amazing one night stand….and then he ghosts her, she misleads him…..and ……well, they become absolute enemies. Except? Neither can forget that one night.
3 years later……Juliet Drinkwater buys her first home……and discovers it’s right next door to Henley on Kingston Lane!
Henley James
A successful engineer, relationship phobic, who can’t get Juliet out of his mind. Their snarky banter is entertaining, but the back and forth, jealous rages go on forever. For me, it’s too repetitive. Juliet constantly gives in to him even after he says the WORST things to her. Henley is messed up, sure, but for me, Juliet should have walked away and let him figure out his stuff. Instead she gives him chance after chance. But. Juliet’s inner dialogue is certainly fun and many times, laugh out loud funny.
I really loved the secondary characters. Barry the Mutt. He’s a wonderful, entertaining menace. Chloe - Juliet’s best friend - is an absolute delight! So is Rebecca, her new friend from Kingston Lane. The inhabitants of Kingston Lane all have their own baggage (and own agendas) and I’ll certainly want to read future books in this series, I was just disappointed in this one. I do recommend the audiobook to get the full experience of the snarky talk.
Juliet and Henley have an amazing one night stand….and then he ghosts her, she misleads him…..and ……well, they become absolute enemies. Except? Neither can forget that one night.
3 years later……Juliet Drinkwater buys her first home……and discovers it’s right next door to Henley on Kingston Lane!
Henley James
A successful engineer, relationship phobic, who can’t get Juliet out of his mind. Their snarky banter is entertaining, but the back and forth, jealous rages go on forever. For me, it’s too repetitive. Juliet constantly gives in to him even after he says the WORST things to her. Henley is messed up, sure, but for me, Juliet should have walked away and let him figure out his stuff. Instead she gives him chance after chance. But. Juliet’s inner dialogue is certainly fun and many times, laugh out loud funny.
I really loved the secondary characters. Barry the Mutt. He’s a wonderful, entertaining menace. Chloe - Juliet’s best friend - is an absolute delight! So is Rebecca, her new friend from Kingston Lane. The inhabitants of Kingston Lane all have their own baggage (and own agendas) and I’ll certainly want to read future books in this series, I was just disappointed in this one. I do recommend the audiobook to get the full experience of the snarky talk.
This book felt like it was written for toxic straight men. Even to the point of calling a woman nasty for being “a squirter.” There were definitely good parts, but overall it just didn’t feel empowering, the way a good spicy romance novel should. Also, the MMC was extremely unlikeable and toxic, to the point of being borderline abusive, yet we were supposed to totally love him? Definitely a spicy book and very descriptive, but not in a way that I feel is empowering for women/people with vaginas/vulvas, i.e., the author only used the word “sex” to describe vaginas/vulvas… but used a variety of different language when referring to a penis? Also, there is definitely a scene, where when unable to process his emotions, it is implied that the MMC performs a sex act on the MFC that she is clearly uncomfortable with! However, he “makes it up to her” by having sex with her later…??? I don’t know it just wasn’t for me…