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Knot My Type
by Evie Mitchell
Consider this my resounding & enthusiastic endorsement: yes, you should read this one.
Frankie is a stellar FMC: self-assured & capable. She has several quality friendships & a well-adjusted life. She can’t cook for shit & doesn’t do anal, but nobody’s perfect. The MMC, Jay, is a bit of an unprocessed mess, frankly, battling a self-fulfilling prophecy of commitment issues. However, he’s also a complete goofball with fantastic sexual energy and a penchant for rope.
The energy here is exactly what you want a rom-com to be: cute, fun, & flirty. However, it’s not at all flippant. Indeed, the characters are very carefully constructed & considered, the various particulars of the respective MCs were thoughtfully addressed & consistent. Each character felt fresh; you haven’t read folks exactly like them before.
The downfall of the romcom is, almost always, the third-act conflict. I find they’re often all at once sloppy, lazy, and wasteful. They’re not well plotted, seemingly random, and entirely too shallow in resolution. In Knot My Type, it is brilliantly executed. The circumstances around it are a little larger than life, but I totally believed both of the MC’s actions, as well as the resolution. Not to mention, comprehensive considerations of the resolution were solid & healthy. There were, of course, some cringe moments. However I’m forgiving those as essential to the genre, because I’ve come across zero romcoms that don’t have at least a few moments that make me roll my eyes.
We are introduced to Frankie’s closest friends, and, while I have a soft spot for Flo, I am eager for every single one of their love stories as well.
Frankie is a stellar FMC: self-assured & capable. She has several quality friendships & a well-adjusted life. She can’t cook for shit & doesn’t do anal, but nobody’s perfect. The MMC, Jay, is a bit of an unprocessed mess, frankly, battling a self-fulfilling prophecy of commitment issues. However, he’s also a complete goofball with fantastic sexual energy and a penchant for rope.
The energy here is exactly what you want a rom-com to be: cute, fun, & flirty. However, it’s not at all flippant. Indeed, the characters are very carefully constructed & considered, the various particulars of the respective MCs were thoughtfully addressed & consistent. Each character felt fresh; you haven’t read folks exactly like them before.
The downfall of the romcom is, almost always, the third-act conflict. I find they’re often all at once sloppy, lazy, and wasteful. They’re not well plotted, seemingly random, and entirely too shallow in resolution. In Knot My Type, it is brilliantly executed. The circumstances around it are a little larger than life, but I totally believed both of the MC’s actions, as well as the resolution. Not to mention, comprehensive considerations of the resolution were solid & healthy. There were, of course, some cringe moments. However I’m forgiving those as essential to the genre, because I’ve come across zero romcoms that don’t have at least a few moments that make me roll my eyes.
We are introduced to Frankie’s closest friends, and, while I have a soft spot for Flo, I am eager for every single one of their love stories as well.