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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Love love love a forced proximity, and love a second chance romance. However, I never really understood why they were together in the first place. Was it instalove? Not my fav, but ok. The MMC, Nikhil, was fine. Meena our FMC kept waffling and it was a little irritating.
I loved a few things about this book: 1. Houston and hurricanes - something i am VERY familiar with and I can tell the author is too. Loved to see some realism there. Not everyone knows about fire ant islands. 2. The neighbors, when they were there, were super cute, love them. 3. The broken picture??!! Tears. Maybe best part of the book.
Overall I really enjoyed the book but think it suffered bc the author tried to do too much. The flashbacks didnt have enough formatting to tell me they were flashbacks so I was always wondering if stuff was happening now or back then. There was almost too much information about their past. And the inn felt tacked on. Maybe we needed another 100 pages. I would DEFINITELY been happy to spend some more time with this story.
I loved a few things about this book: 1. Houston and hurricanes - something i am VERY familiar with and I can tell the author is too. Loved to see some realism there. Not everyone knows about fire ant islands. 2. The neighbors, when they were there, were super cute, love them. 3. The broken picture??!! Tears. Maybe best part of the book.
Overall I really enjoyed the book but think it suffered bc the author tried to do too much. The flashbacks didnt have enough formatting to tell me they were flashbacks so I was always wondering if stuff was happening now or back then. There was almost too much information about their past. And the inn felt tacked on. Maybe we needed another 100 pages. I would DEFINITELY been happy to spend some more time with this story.
emotional
hopeful
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
emotional
funny
medium-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
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
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-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
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Flirting with Disaster is an honest and emotional second-chance romance with a marriage couple. Coming from an Asian family, I can very much relate to Meena's experience with her family's expectations. A stable career and having good financial stability can define how successful you are in an Asian household and I understand how Meena felt her parent's love is conditional based on her success in career and finding a good partner and therefore, she put a lot of her pressure on yourself to become who her parents want her to be and also finding a partner that her parents would be proud of. I enjoyed seeing Meena and Nikhil coming back together and communicate with each other what went wrong with their relationship six years ago. In the present day, they have changed and grew up as different people. The only thing I find lacking in the story is their chemistry. I wish there were more heartwarming moments that lead to them falling back in love with each other or even having Nikhil's POV to see what's in his head. Overall, I like reading this book and would give it 4 stars.
Thank you NetGalley, Dell Romance, and RandomHouse for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you NetGalley, Dell Romance, and RandomHouse for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-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
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated