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A review by chelsss_ann
Better Than Friends by Jill Shalvis
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Thank you to Jill Shalvis and Hambright PR for an early copy to read in exchange for an honest review.
The side characters stole the show for me on this one. I absolutely loved Katie. She’s quirky and straight to the point, but she says things in a way that is so funny. And Joey takes after her so much. Holmes and Pepper are just too cute for words. You can never go wrong with cute animal sidekicks.
As for the main characters, they had chemistry, but it didn’t make sense how they ended up together. Noah swears he doesn’t want a relationship and is constantly running away from his family. Literally says he’s stuck with them, including Olive. Yet she immediately forgives him and they’re together almost immediately afterwards because he says sorry? So many things were forgiven or resolved too easily. Like Olive’s parents being awful parents. Or how Noah’s parents were the reason she left to begin with.
I still flew through this book though. I’d love to read one about Katie and Joe getting together. Or even one about this book from Holmes and Pepper’s POV.
This was my first Jill Shalvis book, but none of the books in this series have anything to do with one another except they’re all set in Sunrise Cove. So that’s really nice because you can pick up any book in the series that calls to you, and then you can go back and pick up others in the series.
The side characters stole the show for me on this one. I absolutely loved Katie. She’s quirky and straight to the point, but she says things in a way that is so funny. And Joey takes after her so much. Holmes and Pepper are just too cute for words. You can never go wrong with cute animal sidekicks.
As for the main characters, they had chemistry, but it didn’t make sense how they ended up together. Noah swears he doesn’t want a relationship and is constantly running away from his family. Literally says he’s stuck with them, including Olive. Yet she immediately forgives him and they’re together almost immediately afterwards because he says sorry? So many things were forgiven or resolved too easily. Like Olive’s parents being awful parents. Or how Noah’s parents were the reason she left to begin with.
I still flew through this book though. I’d love to read one about Katie and Joe getting together. Or even one about this book from Holmes and Pepper’s POV.
This was my first Jill Shalvis book, but none of the books in this series have anything to do with one another except they’re all set in Sunrise Cove. So that’s really nice because you can pick up any book in the series that calls to you, and then you can go back and pick up others in the series.