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A review by nday
Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler
3.0
The second book in the Behind the Scenes series, and I was very much looking forward to the downfall (in the romantic sense) of a complete scoundrel.
This book was not what I expected.
The usual format, quite often with romance, especially when it’s a two POV story, is that these characters fall in love. So, because I never remember blurbs when I go into reading a book… that’s what I expected. Until a little way in when it became quite obvious that that’s not where the book was going.
So, that confused me – the presentation of the story was a bit off in that sense for me. And while I felt like the stories of Josh and Vanessa weren’t completely separate, and had been merged well… I didn’t quite understand in a lot of ways why they didn’t just get their own stories and make them two whole separate stories? I would have loved that! Presented like this, I didn’t feel either got the story they could have… not to mention Josh’s journey didn’t feel whole and complete.
I enjoyed this book, but it didn’t feel quite there for me either and I didn’t get what I wanted in seeing Josh’s whole story.
This book was not what I expected.
The usual format, quite often with romance, especially when it’s a two POV story, is that these characters fall in love. So, because I never remember blurbs when I go into reading a book… that’s what I expected. Until a little way in when it became quite obvious that that’s not where the book was going.
So, that confused me – the presentation of the story was a bit off in that sense for me. And while I felt like the stories of Josh and Vanessa weren’t completely separate, and had been merged well… I didn’t quite understand in a lot of ways why they didn’t just get their own stories and make them two whole separate stories? I would have loved that! Presented like this, I didn’t feel either got the story they could have… not to mention Josh’s journey didn’t feel whole and complete.
I enjoyed this book, but it didn’t feel quite there for me either and I didn’t get what I wanted in seeing Josh’s whole story.