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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Fun, silly read but pushing the limits with the miscommunication lasting four years over what I don’t even remember.
Yikes that was not good. Do I just not like regency romance? I’ll never make it through Bridgerton then! Or if it that these characters are super bland, bland. And the plot is stupid and boring.
This is basically just a light Regency romance, but it gets credit from me for having a unique set up: the couple whose romance we’re following has already been married 5 years.
Meh. The characters aren't particularly interesting or lovable. Halfway through I was thinking, surely it's not going to take the rest of the book to resolve? But it did. And it was mostly lusting and sex.
The whole book I was screaming—“JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER!!!”
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have trouble calling this a rom-com but I know it tries to be so I am going to consider it one. Even though the jokes fell a bit flat for me.
This book was generally enjoyable and a bit of a romp but our two main characters were extremely unlikeable to me. I personally find it hard to fall in love with a book when I don’t connect or like any of the characters. The friend groups were probably the closest I got because they were so opposite to our leads in terms of maturity and logic and this book desperately needed them as ways to offer huge doses of reality to both of our leads.
Violet and James are far too childish for my liking. Their pranks aren’t witty, just sad. They don’t communicate and the big blow up that started it all was due to a simple miscommunication that was blown way out of proportion to both of their detriments. James is a typical hard-headed trope of a man who can figure out the issue but refuses to accept it based purely on him being stubborn and self-centred. Violet is mildly better and at times I had some respect towards her but her childish antics were just too much.
I’d say this book is a middle of the road read and wasn’t even on my radar until I realized that it was the first book in a series I didn’t realize was a series. Essentially, I saw the second book and the premise interested me and then I found out it was book 2 so I felt I needed to read book 1. Now I’m not sure I want to read book 2. But I probably still will since I liked the characters that will be our leads in that book.
This book was generally enjoyable and a bit of a romp but our two main characters were extremely unlikeable to me. I personally find it hard to fall in love with a book when I don’t connect or like any of the characters. The friend groups were probably the closest I got because they were so opposite to our leads in terms of maturity and logic and this book desperately needed them as ways to offer huge doses of reality to both of our leads.
Violet and James are far too childish for my liking. Their pranks aren’t witty, just sad. They don’t communicate and the big blow up that started it all was due to a simple miscommunication that was blown way out of proportion to both of their detriments. James is a typical hard-headed trope of a man who can figure out the issue but refuses to accept it based purely on him being stubborn and self-centred. Violet is mildly better and at times I had some respect towards her but her childish antics were just too much.
I’d say this book is a middle of the road read and wasn’t even on my radar until I realized that it was the first book in a series I didn’t realize was a series. Essentially, I saw the second book and the premise interested me and then I found out it was book 2 so I felt I needed to read book 1. Now I’m not sure I want to read book 2. But I probably still will since I liked the characters that will be our leads in that book.
cute and i see why folks like it, but too similar to other stuff i’ve read so DNF at 50%. it’s bc i don’t have the patience, but it’s really fun and sweet.