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jsreadingjournal 's review for:
Rekindling the Flame
by Madison Myers
First off, I’d like to thank the author for sending me an arc of this book. It’s my first book by her so I was very excited. This story revolves around Aurora and Wyatt. Aurora had abruptly moved to NYC years ago and started a new life without really giving anyone a warning – she then returns to Smoky Heights when she learns of her mother’s cancer diagnosis in the hopes of making amends. Throughout the book we see Rory try to rebuild her relationship with her mom, her older sister, Lexi, and Wyatt.
Now onto my thoughts: I thought this book had a lot of potential – the storyline was great in theory; I just don’t think it was executed all that well. I found Aurora incredibly insufferable, and I felt like she acted significantly younger than her age. Her lack of accountability for the majority of the book and the idea of “burying the past” pissed me off, especially because she kept finding ways to make everything about her, without even considering anyone else’s feelings.
I really wish we’d gotten to see more of Aurora and her mom spending time together – I think there were only like two chapters where we saw them properly reconnect, and considering that was the reason Aurora moved back, it would’ve been nice to see more bonding time between them.
Another thing that bothered me while reading this was some of the grammar and sentence structures were off – not sure if this was just because I was sent an arc which did have a disclaimer that said it wasn’t the final edit. But I noticed a lot of pronouns missing while I was reading and it was kind of hard to look past – rather than starting sentences with “I”, “I am”, etc. the author just dove right into the sentence (ex. Instead of “I pulled up the driveway” it would say “Pulled up the driveway”).
Other random thoughts I had while reading the book:
-Take a shot every time Aurora mentions how she needs to get her lip fillers retouched
-Chapter 29 was so cute and wholesome
-He built their dream house <3
-Confused about the whole letter miscommunication at the end of the book and how this adds anything to the plot??
-Why is her mom’s death barely talked about and why is Rory not really affected by this for more than like one paragraph??
Overall rating: 2.5/5
Now onto my thoughts: I thought this book had a lot of potential – the storyline was great in theory; I just don’t think it was executed all that well. I found Aurora incredibly insufferable, and I felt like she acted significantly younger than her age. Her lack of accountability for the majority of the book and the idea of “burying the past” pissed me off, especially because she kept finding ways to make everything about her, without even considering anyone else’s feelings.
I really wish we’d gotten to see more of Aurora and her mom spending time together – I think there were only like two chapters where we saw them properly reconnect, and considering that was the reason Aurora moved back, it would’ve been nice to see more bonding time between them.
Another thing that bothered me while reading this was some of the grammar and sentence structures were off – not sure if this was just because I was sent an arc which did have a disclaimer that said it wasn’t the final edit. But I noticed a lot of pronouns missing while I was reading and it was kind of hard to look past – rather than starting sentences with “I”, “I am”, etc. the author just dove right into the sentence (ex. Instead of “I pulled up the driveway” it would say “Pulled up the driveway”).
Other random thoughts I had while reading the book:
-Take a shot every time Aurora mentions how she needs to get her lip fillers retouched
-Chapter 29 was so cute and wholesome
-He built their dream house <3
-Confused about the whole letter miscommunication at the end of the book and how this adds anything to the plot??
-Why is her mom’s death barely talked about and why is Rory not really affected by this for more than like one paragraph??
Overall rating: 2.5/5