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A review by eve_ward
Only When It's Us by Chloe Liese
4.0
This was a really fun read. I liked the plot, I liked the characters and I liked how easy it was (despite some of the darker parts). I especially loved Willa - she was fun, she had some depth and she was just a pleasure to read about. Ryder was lovely to read about too, although not as much as Willa.
If I’m quite honest, I think things went a tad off track sometimes. Some of the conflicts felt easily solvable whereas others I thought needed some more grovelling. Not to mention how often it felt like the other characters were making Willa out to be a bad guy when she was not the (only) one at fault.
Now to mention some arseholes. Mac aka. Aiden aka. The Professor aka. The Prick. Dude needed a reality check. He really got on my tits. Mr “ooo I’m an arsehole and I’m seeing a struggling student. My solution? Send her towards a deaf guy she doesn’t know is deaf and make her seem and feel like a bad person for it. Ugh. I also wasn’t a big fan of Mama Sutter. I liked her at first but then she got weirdly aggressive with Ryder, and I know she was going through shit of her own, but I don’t think she thought about her daughters feelings enough. Oh well, that’s just my take.
Overall, I had a really good time with this book. It had all your classic enemies-to-lovers biz going on. While I wish they had gotten down and dirty soon (both in the physical and emotional sense) I can’t really fault it.
If I’m quite honest, I think things went a tad off track sometimes. Some of the conflicts felt easily solvable whereas others I thought needed some more grovelling. Not to mention how often it felt like the other characters were making Willa out to be a bad guy when she was not the (only) one at fault.
Now to mention some arseholes. Mac aka. Aiden aka. The Professor aka. The Prick. Dude needed a reality check. He really got on my tits. Mr “ooo I’m an arsehole and I’m seeing a struggling student. My solution? Send her towards a deaf guy she doesn’t know is deaf and make her seem and feel like a bad person for it. Ugh. I also wasn’t a big fan of Mama Sutter. I liked her at first but then she got weirdly aggressive with Ryder, and I know she was going through shit of her own, but I don’t think she thought about her daughters feelings enough. Oh well, that’s just my take.
Overall, I had a really good time with this book. It had all your classic enemies-to-lovers biz going on. While I wish they had gotten down and dirty soon (both in the physical and emotional sense) I can’t really fault it.