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saucyknits's review against another edition
3.0
Enjoyable narration - what a difference good narrators make! 3.5 ⭐️
jeskareadsandteaches's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
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
3.75
ashley_immersionreader's review against another edition
3.0
Narrator: Shane East, Vanessa Edwin
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Characters: Christian and Elise
I loved the dual narration of this audible book. The accents were AMAZING! The story line was good, and I enjoyed it.
“Love is a terrifying choice. That’s why I’ve built walls. He wasn’t supposed to tear them down. I wasn’t supposed to let him knock them to rubble with all his kisses, and his tender touches, and his sweet and dirty and thoughtful ways with me.”
― Lauren Blakely, Part-Time Lover
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Characters: Christian and Elise
I loved the dual narration of this audible book. The accents were AMAZING! The story line was good, and I enjoyed it.
“Love is a terrifying choice. That’s why I’ve built walls. He wasn’t supposed to tear them down. I wasn’t supposed to let him knock them to rubble with all his kisses, and his tender touches, and his sweet and dirty and thoughtful ways with me.”
― Lauren Blakely, Part-Time Lover
mrose21's review against another edition
3.0
This isn't bad but I wouldn't rush out and read it again nor would I pay for it.
It was just a little dull. I got a bit bored part way through and its been a few hours since I finished and I've already forgotten most of the book.
It was just a little dull. I got a bit bored part way through and its been a few hours since I finished and I've already forgotten most of the book.
jennfgarcia's review against another edition
5.0
This is about Elise and Christian from Wanderlust. And where Wanderlust was a love affair of so many things besides (like perfume, Paris, delicious food, and sight-seeing) Griffin and Joy, Part-Time Lover concentrated mostly on the actual love between our two main characters. I have thoroughly enjoyed every book I've read by Blakely, and although Wanderlust is my most favorite, this book was amazing. I enjoy watching characters grow and these two very independent people grew so much. Not only that, the story had the great Blakely humor. I mean, the way the met... hello!!!
Bonus, we get sneak peeks of Griffin and Joy. ;)
Elise's and Christian's love story is sweet and hopeful and fun, and is a must read.
Dive in, go back to Paris... take a visit to Copenhagen and NYC. It's definitely worth the ride and so much more!!
Bonus, we get sneak peeks of Griffin and Joy. ;)
Elise's and Christian's love story is sweet and hopeful and fun, and is a must read.
Dive in, go back to Paris... take a visit to Copenhagen and NYC. It's definitely worth the ride and so much more!!
creativelifeofliz's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-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
3.0
A fun story, definitely in line with other Lauren Blakely books I've read. I thought the pacing was not my favorite, but the audiobook was great.
snzwalker5310's review
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
4.0
From the first chapter I was drawn into the story. Christian is doing his prank of doing a handstand naked while the tourists stroll through the canal. I could not get that picture out of my mind through the whole entire audio. Loved the characters and the way this story flowed.
sassypants25's review against another edition
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
ladyfloxis's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
3.5
wanderinglynn's review against another edition
2.0
I'll first say the narrators are great. I especially love Shane East's delicious voice. All my comments below are strictly on the writing.
I attempted to read another Lauren Blakely book and DFN'd it fairly quickly. It's not that her books feel generic (although they are) and it's not the unoriginal plots or the insubstantial characters that never stick with you once you finish the last page. It's that the writing is awful. But I picked this one up because, as mentioned above, Shane East, and the first few chapters of this book made me think this one might be the exception.
I did appreciate that even after Elise and Christian meet after they kept missing each other, the "dates" were not meant to be romantic. or inspire romance. They were more the kind of dates you do with friends. I thought that was a fun twist. But then it took over half the book to get to the main plot—the marriage of convenience. More than 50% of the book to get to what I thought was the entire point of the book. But okay, I stuck it out.
But then the whole marriage of convenience a bit too contrived. All of the sudden, Christian needed to save the family business from scheming soon-to-be-ex-sister-in-law and Elise immediately volunteers to be his spouse after spending the first 50% of the book swearing she'd never get married again. Um, no.
The other thing that bugged me, other than Elise waxing every other paragraph about keeping her walls up and not falling for Christian, was that both of them agreed to be brutally honest with each other (that was Elise's whole entire spiel) but then she completely avoided the truth because she was scared the feeling was not mutual. I totally get why Christian did that. Because Elise made it perfectly clear, over and over again, their marriage had an end date. For once, can the misunderstanding be about something other than their mutual feelings that they're both denying and lying to themselves about?
As for the characters, both Christian and Elise are insubstantial and forgettable. No depth, no real reason why either of them want each other beyond the physical. And I just never came around to liking Elise. I found nothing really to like about her and had no idea why Christian wanted to be with her.
As for the setting, this could have been set anywhere. It's actually set half in Paris, half in Copenhagen as the characters meet in Copenhagen. But really, it could have been anywhere. New York, San Fran, Tokyo. Other than the author dropping random Paris tourist locations, I'm not sure the author has actually ever been to Paris. And definitely has never lived in Europe. (That whole public nudity bit, as if Europeans are walking around naked all the time with no repercussions.) Ugh.
So generic plot, generic characters, generic setting means that this author is not on my do not bother to read list.
I attempted to read another Lauren Blakely book and DFN'd it fairly quickly. It's not that her books feel generic (although they are) and it's not the unoriginal plots or the insubstantial characters that never stick with you once you finish the last page. It's that the writing is awful. But I picked this one up because, as mentioned above, Shane East, and the first few chapters of this book made me think this one might be the exception.
I did appreciate that even after Elise and Christian meet after they kept missing each other, the "dates" were not meant to be romantic. or inspire romance. They were more the kind of dates you do with friends. I thought that was a fun twist. But then it took over half the book to get to the main plot—the marriage of convenience. More than 50% of the book to get to what I thought was the entire point of the book. But okay, I stuck it out.
But then the whole marriage of convenience a bit too contrived. All of the sudden, Christian needed to save the family business from scheming soon-to-be-ex-sister-in-law and Elise immediately volunteers to be his spouse after spending the first 50% of the book swearing she'd never get married again. Um, no.
The other thing that bugged me, other than Elise waxing every other paragraph about keeping her walls up and not falling for Christian, was that both of them agreed to be brutally honest with each other (that was Elise's whole entire spiel) but then she completely avoided the truth because she was scared the feeling was not mutual. I totally get why Christian did that. Because Elise made it perfectly clear, over and over again, their marriage had an end date. For once, can the misunderstanding be about something other than their mutual feelings that they're both denying and lying to themselves about?
As for the characters, both Christian and Elise are insubstantial and forgettable. No depth, no real reason why either of them want each other beyond the physical. And I just never came around to liking Elise. I found nothing really to like about her and had no idea why Christian wanted to be with her.
As for the setting, this could have been set anywhere. It's actually set half in Paris, half in Copenhagen as the characters meet in Copenhagen. But really, it could have been anywhere. New York, San Fran, Tokyo. Other than the author dropping random Paris tourist locations, I'm not sure the author has actually ever been to Paris. And definitely has never lived in Europe. (That whole public nudity bit, as if Europeans are walking around naked all the time with no repercussions.) Ugh.
So generic plot, generic characters, generic setting means that this author is not on my do not bother to read list.