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Exes and O's by Amy Lea

lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

I really enjoyed the first book in this series, so I was expecting to enjoy this one as well, however I was quite disappointed by it. 

Book-obsessed Tara loves all things romance, however, it’s safe to say, romance hasn’t always loved her. After having her heart broken ten different times, by ten different men, Tara decides enough is enough, she is going to orcastrate her very own second chance romance. While Tara revisits each of her past relationships, she finds herself spending more and more time with Trevor, her new firefighter roommate. 

I have to be honest, I did not like Tara. I really wanted to love her, as a fellow bookworm, however I just found her annoying, childish and unrealistic. Her entire storyline and personality revolved around chasing her exes to find the one, and she didn’t really seem to care who, as long as she was in a romantic relationship with someone, anyone. I feel like most 30 year olds are mature enough to see the problems in this. Firstly, exes tend to be exes for a reason. Secondly, it all just seemed cringey, from her obliviousness to the weirdness of everything, to her documenting it all on social media…

All in all, I really struggled to overlook my problems with Tara which meant I unfortunately didn’t enjoy this book. 
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