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jony_pony 's review for:
The Holly Dates
by Brittainy C. Cherry
3.75 rounded up. I adored so much about this book (1) the pacing was great (2) the author really sold the love story to me and I was eating it up (3) I particularly enjoyed reading from Kai's perspective and (4) so much drama!
A couple of things kept this from being a GREAT read for me though. (1) This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I felt like there were just too many s*x scenes for my liking. It got to a point where I felt like it was taking me out of the story because it just felt like a bit much or it wasn't really appropriate in those moments. Sometimes, just a kiss and talking would have sufficed and actually done even more for me to drive the romance forward. (2) Some of the stuff the main characters were dealing with felt a bit repetitive to read about. Like you'll read about their past experiences, and then read their thoughts about their past experiences, and then read them telling their partner about their past experiences. I just felt like I was reading the same thing a few times over.
But overall, this was an enjoyable read.
A couple of things kept this from being a GREAT read for me though. (1) This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I felt like there were just too many s*x scenes for my liking. It got to a point where I felt like it was taking me out of the story because it just felt like a bit much or it wasn't really appropriate in those moments. Sometimes, just a kiss and talking would have sufficed and actually done even more for me to drive the romance forward. (2) Some of the stuff the main characters were dealing with felt a bit repetitive to read about. Like you'll read about their past experiences, and then read their thoughts about their past experiences, and then read them telling their partner about their past experiences. I just felt like I was reading the same thing a few times over.
But overall, this was an enjoyable read.