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People Watching
by Hannah Bonam-Young
Prudence Welch is an inexperienced young woman who lives in a small town, works in her father’s store, and helps take care of her mother. She’s an introvert, doesn’t really have friends, and finds solace in her poetry.
Milo Kablukov is an extrovert, very experienced, fun loving young man who does not do commitment, who temporarily moves to Prue’s town to help his older brother open a brewery.
Milo and Prue meet; Milo flirts, Prue is initially unimpressed, and then these two strangers agree to sex lessons - strictly physical and with zero expectations, of course. It was a bit more nuanced than that, but the man who freaked out at just the hint of feelings soon finds himself in love.
There were several sweet elements of the story that I very much enjoyed; how patient and kind Milo was about Prue’s feelings, the open conversations about childhood trauma and family dynamics. There were other elements with which I struggled; the insta-lust/love, the third-act conflict which in this case seemed weak, and what, in my opinion, felt like a lack of character development.
People Watching was very different to previous Hannah Bonam-Young books and that is not necessarily a bad thing. However, it simply didn’t connect with me as much as her previous work.
Milo Kablukov is an extrovert, very experienced, fun loving young man who does not do commitment, who temporarily moves to Prue’s town to help his older brother open a brewery.
Milo and Prue meet; Milo flirts, Prue is initially unimpressed, and then these two strangers agree to sex lessons - strictly physical and with zero expectations, of course. It was a bit more nuanced than that, but the man who freaked out at just the hint of feelings soon finds himself in love.
There were several sweet elements of the story that I very much enjoyed; how patient and kind Milo was about Prue’s feelings, the open conversations about childhood trauma and family dynamics. There were other elements with which I struggled; the insta-lust/love, the third-act conflict which in this case seemed weak, and what, in my opinion, felt like a lack of character development.
People Watching was very different to previous Hannah Bonam-Young books and that is not necessarily a bad thing. However, it simply didn’t connect with me as much as her previous work.