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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm such a sucker for a good summer romance🥹
emotional
lighthearted
medium-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
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Really loved the very last bits. Enjoyed the first 1/2, didn’t love the Cole bit
emotional
hopeful
medium-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
What a delightful, sweet book. I loved the journey Katie also took of self-love, in addition to the cinnamon roll mmc. The only thing I didn’t like was the random fourth wall breaks that took me out of being part of the story to having the story be narrated to me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Death of parent
Moderate: Grief
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
adventurous
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
⭐ (Story) 4.5
⭐ (Narrator) 4.5
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📚 Tropes/Themes: Force proximity, workplace romance, rescue swimmer x documentary producer, healing
👀 Single POV 1st person
🎙️ Single narration (Patti Murrin)
⏰ Approx 6.5 hours
💔 Triggers: lots of discussion/descriptions of an eating disorder, parental death, discussions/descriptions of a car accident
🛍️ Available: Now
💬 Well I have a confession to make 🫣. One of the reasons it took me so long to review this book is I made the cardinal mistake of looking at reviews before I read it. I tryyyyy to go into books blind so that I can be a blank slate for reviews. (Obviously if I've read an author before, it's not totally without preconceived notions, but I've never read a Katherine Center book.)
Anyway, the reviews were mixed which made me a little nervous to read it. But I've been trying really hard to get through all of my netgalley arcs and this was available on Spotify so I just went for it.
I'm so glad I did! This is more of a women's fiction/chick lit than romance but I like those stories too. I like the depth to them and how they make me think. I will mention there were a lot of times the narrator broke the fourth wall though. I didn't hate it but I'm sort of torn how I feel. To be honest. I think this is probably the first book that I have read where it's so apparent and frequent and that it for sure made Katie more relatable as a character.
Also I think this is one of the few times when I actually preferred it to be single POV and not dual. I loved Katie's character. She's funny and honest and real and even though I've never been engaged to a famous singer, I think that the emotions and struggle's that she dealt with are fairly universal. I think center did a really good job of highlighting those struggles in an honest and relatable way.
Honestly the whole cast was fabulous. Even Cole 😤 If I knew that I could moved to the Florida keys and find my own Bea + co friend group I'd move in a heartbeat.
The romance was also wonderful. And gave me all the warm gooey feelings that I love when reading fluffy romance books. I mean I wouldn't call this fluffy but it was sweet 😂 I know I'm sort of rambling here, this stream of consciousness review is unique I'm sure hahaha.
I also wanted to give a special shout out to George Bailey. I didn't expect to love him so much and I'm going to leave it at that because I want to keep the mystery alive in this relationship 🤣
Anyway, all that to say, I definitely recommend this book and I'm sad that I took so long to get around to reading it. I'm going to be adding her other books to my TBR.
⭐ (Narrator) 4.5
🌶️ 0
📚 Tropes/Themes: Force proximity, workplace romance, rescue swimmer x documentary producer, healing
👀 Single POV 1st person
🎙️ Single narration (Patti Murrin)
⏰ Approx 6.5 hours
💔 Triggers: lots of discussion/descriptions of an eating disorder, parental death, discussions/descriptions of a car accident
🛍️ Available: Now
💬 Well I have a confession to make 🫣. One of the reasons it took me so long to review this book is I made the cardinal mistake of looking at reviews before I read it. I tryyyyy to go into books blind so that I can be a blank slate for reviews. (Obviously if I've read an author before, it's not totally without preconceived notions, but I've never read a Katherine Center book.)
Anyway, the reviews were mixed which made me a little nervous to read it. But I've been trying really hard to get through all of my netgalley arcs and this was available on Spotify so I just went for it.
I'm so glad I did! This is more of a women's fiction/chick lit than romance but I like those stories too. I like the depth to them and how they make me think. I will mention there were a lot of times the narrator broke the fourth wall though. I didn't hate it but I'm sort of torn how I feel. To be honest. I think this is probably the first book that I have read where it's so apparent and frequent and that it for sure made Katie more relatable as a character.
Also I think this is one of the few times when I actually preferred it to be single POV and not dual. I loved Katie's character. She's funny and honest and real and even though I've never been engaged to a famous singer, I think that the emotions and struggle's that she dealt with are fairly universal. I think center did a really good job of highlighting those struggles in an honest and relatable way.
Honestly the whole cast was fabulous. Even Cole 😤 If I knew that I could moved to the Florida keys and find my own Bea + co friend group I'd move in a heartbeat.
The romance was also wonderful. And gave me all the warm gooey feelings that I love when reading fluffy romance books. I mean I wouldn't call this fluffy but it was sweet 😂 I know I'm sort of rambling here, this stream of consciousness review is unique I'm sure hahaha.
I also wanted to give a special shout out to George Bailey. I didn't expect to love him so much and I'm going to leave it at that because I want to keep the mystery alive in this relationship 🤣
Anyway, all that to say, I definitely recommend this book and I'm sad that I took so long to get around to reading it. I'm going to be adding her other books to my TBR.
fast-paced