Reviews with content warning for Cancer - Well Met

“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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gracescross's review against another edition

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lighthearted

4.0

(3/21) guysssssss this is so easily the best romance i’ve read this year (week basically) it was so so cute. now i wanna go to a ren fair :,). also this is one of the first books i’ve read set in maryland. my luck is getting better and better :)
(3/22) wanted to reread this after reading well matched. still enjoy it but would LOVE a spicier version, is ren faire romance a genre? can we make this a thing?

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andmaggie's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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taymariereads's review against another edition

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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

4.0

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meganpbennett's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted

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

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed Well Met. It's a well-written romantic comedy, featuring Emily and Simon. Emily had just moved to the small town of Willow Creek to help take care of her sister and niece after a car accident. Simon is the jerk who, instead of helping Emily with the sign up sheet, tells her she did it wrong and he can't accept it until she's done it right. Nice guy, huh?

Willow Creek, in addition to being a small town, hosts a Renaissance Faire, and Emily gets dragged into doing it, along with helping her sister and eventually helping out at the local bookstore. Simon slowly grows on her, especially once he's in costume and character as a pirate, one who's head over heels for Emily's tavern wench character.

Can Simon overcome the expectations he put on his own shoulders? Expectations that come with responsibilities that he can't do alone, but doesn't know how to ask for help? Can Emily learn how to live in Willow Creek? Learn to live in a small town where almost everyone gives up their summer to put on a Renaissance Faire?

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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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tinysnek's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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youval'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

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