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A review by calamityphysics
Must Love Silence by Lucy Bexley
3.0
2 1/2 stars. Short and cute, but the forced "3/4 of the way through the book contractually obligated drama" really irked me. It felt like an overreaction for the characters, who at that point had barely even had an "are we actually dating" talk, but were arguing like it was a life-and-death situation over something fairly minor. The way it got wrapped up didn't feel totally natural to me, either.
I didn't really care for most of the side characters, which never usually happens. Judith in particular made me actively annoyed. I'm also SO TIRED of characters telling the (usually female) main character that the boundaries they try to establish are actually stupid and don't matter, because this person stomping all over those boundaries actually means well and that's all that matters. I think Judith was supposed to be kind of comic relief, but it always missed the mark and just irritated me instead.
Most of the problems I had with the book I think were just because of its length. If there was more time allowed to develop Arden and Reese individually, I think I would've cared more about them getting together.
I didn't really care for most of the side characters, which never usually happens. Judith in particular made me actively annoyed. I'm also SO TIRED of characters telling the (usually female) main character that the boundaries they try to establish are actually stupid and don't matter, because this person stomping all over those boundaries actually means well and that's all that matters. I think Judith was supposed to be kind of comic relief, but it always missed the mark and just irritated me instead.
Most of the problems I had with the book I think were just because of its length. If there was more time allowed to develop Arden and Reese individually, I think I would've cared more about them getting together.