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A review by kb33
The Changeup by Megan Cousins
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Correction needed for this app: this isn’t a sports romance. Watching baseball on tv sometimes doesn’t make it a sports romance.
Second book in the series, and just as focused on the mfc’s chronic illness as the first book. This is not a lighthearted romance. There was nothing lighthearted about it. The primary focus is Jenna’s osteoarthritis, how she deals with it on a minute to minute basis, and how Marcus does things to help her. This series seems to be very much about how men support women with chronic illnesses and the women don’t have to support the men at all, feeling very imbalanced. The women cry CONSTANTLY, and I’m not exaggerating. It’s so ubiquitous throughout the first two books that I can’t continue this series. It wasn’t a happy book, balancing the struggles with the happy times. The struggles are the entire book, and it was depressing.
Also, 18 years of two adults not making a move? And the way it happened was so odd, in starts and stops. There’s very little chemistry between Jenna and Marcus, and it didn’t really feel believable. This romance is so clean they don’t even make out on their wedding night. You can’t call it “closed door” if they fall asleep without doing anything at all. I’m giving it two stars because it took place in Yellowstone, even though the author doesn’t know that Yellowstone is huge and nobody is going to spend two or three hours driving to pick up pizza on a weeknight on the regular.
Second book in the series, and just as focused on the mfc’s chronic illness as the first book. This is not a lighthearted romance. There was nothing lighthearted about it. The primary focus is Jenna’s osteoarthritis, how she deals with it on a minute to minute basis, and how Marcus does things to help her. This series seems to be very much about how men support women with chronic illnesses and the women don’t have to support the men at all, feeling very imbalanced. The women cry CONSTANTLY, and I’m not exaggerating. It’s so ubiquitous throughout the first two books that I can’t continue this series. It wasn’t a happy book, balancing the struggles with the happy times. The struggles are the entire book, and it was depressing.
Also, 18 years of two adults not making a move? And the way it happened was so odd, in starts and stops. There’s very little chemistry between Jenna and Marcus, and it didn’t really feel believable. This romance is so clean they don’t even make out on their wedding night. You can’t call it “closed door” if they fall asleep without doing anything at all. I’m giving it two stars because it took place in Yellowstone, even though the author doesn’t know that Yellowstone is huge and nobody is going to spend two or three hours driving to pick up pizza on a weeknight on the regular.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness