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pinakamataas's review
2.0
Where to start?
The unlikeable main characters? The annoying 'Al' and 'Matty' that makes me feel like they're kindergartners? The subpar plot? The last resolution totally contradicting all of Mateo's chapters? The everything that just kept not happening. Even Mateo's frustration with Allison's attitude seems like a filler and falls flat, emotionless.
And in between all those annoyances and really just wanting to abandon the book there were glimpses of 'Oh. I might actually enjoy the book' but those were few and far between. Might have been just one writer out of the bunch that I enjoyed, but it made me come to a conclusion that writers probably shouldn't write books like this or I should avoid them. Was it round robins? Did they do chapters? Or did they write it during a conference zoom call? I have so many QUESTIONS that I actually don't care to receive an answer to (because it's going to be so forgettable).
So favourite bits:
Champagne stealing
Miko awkwardness
Mateo's "Other things in my life require my attention. Things that won’t take so much from me. Yes, I love you, but I can’t be with you" after arroz con dulce
The only reason it's not a 1 is because I've read books worse than this. I need to save 1 star for that.
The unlikeable main characters? The annoying 'Al' and 'Matty' that makes me feel like they're kindergartners? The subpar plot? The last resolution totally contradicting all of Mateo's chapters? The everything that just kept not happening. Even Mateo's frustration with Allison's attitude seems like a filler and falls flat, emotionless.
And in between all those annoyances and really just wanting to abandon the book there were glimpses of 'Oh. I might actually enjoy the book' but those were few and far between. Might have been just one writer out of the bunch that I enjoyed, but it made me come to a conclusion that writers probably shouldn't write books like this or I should avoid them. Was it round robins? Did they do chapters? Or did they write it during a conference zoom call? I have so many QUESTIONS that I actually don't care to receive an answer to (because it's going to be so forgettable).
So favourite bits:
Champagne stealing
Miko awkwardness
Mateo's "Other things in my life require my attention. Things that won’t take so much from me. Yes, I love you, but I can’t be with you" after arroz con dulce
The only reason it's not a 1 is because I've read books worse than this. I need to save 1 star for that.
nic_w's review
4.0
Happy New You is a sweet friends to lovers romance put together by a multitude of fantastic authors. It’s a full length contemporary to,acne which follows workaholic lawyer Allison and a Fitness aspiring entrepreneur Mateo.
Allison and Mateo are very well developed as individuals and they had great chemistry when together. It was a fun, sweet and inspiring read. My only irritations were the repetition of how they don’t want to cross that line but at the same time lust for a home other, and Allison came across a little too self absorbed. I felt like they were mentioned throughout the book all the time.
Apart from that, I enjoyed the journey.
Allison and Mateo are very well developed as individuals and they had great chemistry when together. It was a fun, sweet and inspiring read. My only irritations were the repetition of how they don’t want to cross that line but at the same time lust for a home other, and Allison came across a little too self absorbed. I felt like they were mentioned throughout the book all the time.
Apart from that, I enjoyed the journey.
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