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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
rivals to lovers / accidental pregnancy
1.5/5🌶️ Gianni is an asshole and she is just trying to be the best sommelier out there for her family.
one fateful night of being stranded pull them together forever, and they both want it but keep denying it.
1.5/5🌶️ Gianni is an asshole and she is just trying to be the best sommelier out there for her family.
one fateful night of being stranded pull them together forever, and they both want it but keep denying it.
From blizzard bang to hea!
This was such a good read! I loved all the familiar aspects of this being a second generation book. The h and H were great friendlies! I loved thier banter. The ending was sooo cute.
This was such a good read! I loved all the familiar aspects of this being a second generation book. The h and H were great friendlies! I loved thier banter. The ending was sooo cute.
lighthearted
fast-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
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
emotional
funny
sad
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
- Pregnancy reveal happens at 63%, which feels far too late in the book when it is explicitly billed as an accidental pregnancy trope. We get next to no detail of the pregancy itself as we get a lot of time skips and skating over the details in the last 37%.
- I buy the childhood enemies thing, I get the tension as adults, the sex was steamy - but I feel like the author wasn't able to push through and make it a really solid foundation. Despite having been in each other's orbit since childhood, the MMC doesn't know anything about the FMC. He makes it clear that he's found her attractive since they were teens, but he never took the time to listen and learn and get to know her. There was no secret pining and learning things about her so that when they do get together, he can surprise her with how much he's been paying attention and how long he's loved her for.
- As the book went on it became really obvious that the MMC was a massive man child. He repeatedly lied to the FMC in the motel and all the tension in the book was from him being a dick, rather than the tension of the main plot point (accidental pregnancy and navigating this when their lives having very different trajectories).
- After the pregnancy was revelead, the MMC behaved even more poorly. He didn't seem that interested in actually being there for the FMC and his unborn baby, didn't do any research on what pregnancy is like (how did he not know what an ultrasound was and not even google it??), and never took initiative to step up. His father had to yell at him for him to realise that she should be stepping up putting the FMC first. This feels very similar to another accidental pregnancy romance by Melanie Harlow (Slap Shot Surprise) - the MMC was pretty indifferent to the pregnancy, didn't put the FMC first and wanted to focus on his career instead. In both books, this is a major red flag and I was hoping the FMCs left the MMCs and did it themselves.
- By the time the couple got together in the glossed-over final 20% of the book, it didn't feel like they'd actually talked about their relationship or how things would work in the future. It felt like the author needed to wrap the book up quickly so best just chuck them together and hope people don't mind that they've not actually had an honest conversation.
medium-paced