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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
This books was so devoid of any ethics I hated it. Even asher couldn’t save it. Gareth was the absolute WORST. If I could I’d give it 0 stars
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a good, emotional read. Usually when there’s two love interests involved, I root for one but I really enjoyed both Asher and Garrett. I almost wished she could’ve had both of them. I thought it was neat that the author wrote songs for the book as well.
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Aspiring singer-songwriter Maggie Vine made marriage pacts with two different men. Now she's 35 and it's time for the pact to be called in. Garett and Asher, her two biggest loves, are both back in her life. But there's only one thing Maggie knows she wants for sure. And that's to be a mother.
We get to come along for the ride with Maggie through the past and present and witness her falling in love, breaking up with both these men in the past and make the decisions to paint her future.
I love that Maggie is a relatable character, who finds empowerment in herself. I alos love the side characters, especially her best friend Summer who I wish we could have had features even more. Finally, I love an angsty love triangle and this gave me plenty of that.
A sparkling read! Thanks to NetGalley and St Martin's Press for this ARC.
We get to come along for the ride with Maggie through the past and present and witness her falling in love, breaking up with both these men in the past and make the decisions to paint her future.
I love that Maggie is a relatable character, who finds empowerment in herself. I alos love the side characters, especially her best friend Summer who I wish we could have had features even more. Finally, I love an angsty love triangle and this gave me plenty of that.
A sparkling read! Thanks to NetGalley and St Martin's Press for this ARC.
This book was great it’s heartfelt it’s emotional and it keeps you guessing till the end. It’s a good depiction of healthy vs not healthy relationships. This author crushed my heart and then made it whole again in the end.
Maybe Once, Maybe Twice is a contemporary romance that follows Maggie Vine, a musician who is turning thirty five soon and made a marriage pact-the classic “if we are both still single at 35, we should just marry each other”-with no one person but two. Garrett and Asher both represent different parts of Maggie’s life but who would be a better partner for her?
This book feels very Taylor Swift coded with the beautiful writing style, the references, and the angst but there are parts of it that just didn’t work for me. I feel like this is one of the most difficult books I have had to read and review in awhile because half of it worked so well and half of it did not.
The biggest issue I had with this book is the confusing use of time jumps. I have read a lot of books that utilize time jumps but the ones in this book were just odd choices and very hard to keep up with. Maggie wasn’t a very likeable character to me so it really detracted from the story as a whole. None of her reasoning for things made a lot of sense to me. Some of the humor used in this didn’t quite hit right.
I did really life both love interests. They were very different and cared about Maggie in different ways which was interesting to read. Asher came off as a little too perfect sometimes but being in Maggie’s POV, that makes sense. Summer was definitely a standout character for me.
I feel like this would have been a perfect book for me if it didn’t have so many things trying to work together at once. It was just a lot to process all the time through this whole book. That being said, I did enjoy the writing a lot and I’m very interested in reading more from this author.
Thank you so much to the publisher for sending me a copy of this through netgalley to read and review ahead of its release. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
This book feels very Taylor Swift coded with the beautiful writing style, the references, and the angst but there are parts of it that just didn’t work for me. I feel like this is one of the most difficult books I have had to read and review in awhile because half of it worked so well and half of it did not.
The biggest issue I had with this book is the confusing use of time jumps. I have read a lot of books that utilize time jumps but the ones in this book were just odd choices and very hard to keep up with. Maggie wasn’t a very likeable character to me so it really detracted from the story as a whole. None of her reasoning for things made a lot of sense to me. Some of the humor used in this didn’t quite hit right.
I did really life both love interests. They were very different and cared about Maggie in different ways which was interesting to read. Asher came off as a little too perfect sometimes but being in Maggie’s POV, that makes sense. Summer was definitely a standout character for me.
I feel like this would have been a perfect book for me if it didn’t have so many things trying to work together at once. It was just a lot to process all the time through this whole book. That being said, I did enjoy the writing a lot and I’m very interested in reading more from this author.
Thank you so much to the publisher for sending me a copy of this through netgalley to read and review ahead of its release. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
slow-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