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Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Fatphobia
Minor: Infidelity, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Racism
risseandshine's review
lighthearted
slow-paced
3.0
After debating on what rating I'd give this book, I finally settled on giving it a 3/5.
Things I loved:
- The interracial relationship. I love how that setup opens communication about race between the MCs as well as the readers.
- The heroine's openness about her insecurities. She was very open about her feelings on her size and race and how she isn't fit for the hero. It was heartbreaking but relatable.
- Both our MCs are self-made in their chosen careers. Our heroine co-owns her business with her siblings, which is essentially a breakup service company that helps people break up with their partners in the most amicable way. Our hero is an entertainment lawyer who climbed his way up to success despite being orphaned at a young age and passed around from relative to relative as a kid.
- Sibling love. It's obvious that the heroine has a great relationship with her siblings. Their banter was on point. Their dialogue with each other had me laughing at some parts.
- Swoony moments. A bookstore "date"????? A man after my heart if you ask me. There was also a scene where the hero acted on the heroine's needs without her even saying anything. We love a man who pays attention.
- The steam. The steamy scenes DEFINITELY delivered. I think this speaks for itself.
Things I wasn't a fan of:
- I can't believe I'm saying this, but I believe the hero is too good for the heroine. A great chunk of this book has the heroine's lie shadowing their relationship. To be fair, both of them had their faults. But I think the heroine should have owned her mistake more. The hero forgave her too easily.
- The looooooooong chapters. I opted to read a significant portion of this book on ny kindle. According to my kindle, one of the chapters takes 42 MINUTES to read. Considering I'm a pretty slow reader, that translates to more than an hour of my reading time. The very long chapters made me feel like the story dragged on at the beginning, then suddenly picked up its pace at the end. Which brings me to my next point.
- The pacing. I noticed that around the 85% mark, the hero and heroine are still in dating fake dating, friends with benefits stage. Not to mention whatever relationship they initially had was still tainted with the heroine's lies. Things started blowing up at around 90% and I didn't believe that the remaining 10% was sufficient enough to resolve their conflict. I was right.
- Some phrases were used too excessively for my taste. Phrases with "I loose a ____" (e.g. I loose a breath, I loose a sigh) and certain actions like forming a fist with "nails digging into soft flesh". It's minor, and it may also be just a me thing, but I found it quite distracting.
Overall, I still think this was a solid read. I liked it but it wasn't my favorite. I'm hoping the author writes love stories for the heroine's siblings and the hero's best friend. Their characters were very interesting and I would love to see them fleshed out more!
*Many thanks to Netgalley for providing the ARC for this book.
Things I loved:
- The interracial relationship. I love how that setup opens communication about race between the MCs as well as the readers.
- The heroine's openness about her insecurities. She was very open about her feelings on her size and race and how she isn't fit for the hero. It was heartbreaking but relatable.
- Both our MCs are self-made in their chosen careers. Our heroine co-owns her business with her siblings, which is essentially a breakup service company that helps people break up with their partners in the most amicable way. Our hero is an entertainment lawyer who climbed his way up to success despite being orphaned at a young age and passed around from relative to relative as a kid.
- Sibling love. It's obvious that the heroine has a great relationship with her siblings. Their banter was on point. Their dialogue with each other had me laughing at some parts.
- Swoony moments. A bookstore "date"????? A man after my heart if you ask me. There was also a scene where the hero acted on the heroine's needs without her even saying anything. We love a man who pays attention.
- The steam. The steamy scenes DEFINITELY delivered. I think this speaks for itself.
Things I wasn't a fan of:
- I can't believe I'm saying this, but I believe the hero is too good for the heroine. A great chunk of this book has the heroine's lie shadowing their relationship. To be fair, both of them had their faults. But I think the heroine should have owned her mistake more. The hero forgave her too easily.
- The looooooooong chapters. I opted to read a significant portion of this book on ny kindle. According to my kindle, one of the chapters takes 42 MINUTES to read. Considering I'm a pretty slow reader, that translates to more than an hour of my reading time. The very long chapters made me feel like the story dragged on at the beginning, then suddenly picked up its pace at the end. Which brings me to my next point.
- The pacing. I noticed that around the 85% mark, the hero and heroine are still in dating fake dating, friends with benefits stage. Not to mention whatever relationship they initially had was still tainted with the heroine's lies. Things started blowing up at around 90% and I didn't believe that the remaining 10% was sufficient enough to resolve their conflict. I was right.
- Some phrases were used too excessively for my taste. Phrases with "I loose a ____" (e.g. I loose a breath, I loose a sigh) and certain actions like forming a fist with "nails digging into soft flesh". It's minor, and it may also be just a me thing, but I found it quite distracting.
Overall, I still think this was a solid read. I liked it but it wasn't my favorite. I'm hoping the author writes love stories for the heroine's siblings and the hero's best friend. Their characters were very interesting and I would love to see them fleshed out more!
*Many thanks to Netgalley for providing the ARC for this book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Car accident
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