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A review by cherry_
A Photo Finish by Elsie Silver
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
2/5🌶️
(forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine, ptsd, horse racer, one bed trope, nightmare trope)
i was waiting for the typical cowboy romance (which i LOVE) but the plot was so good. and the tension?? yuppp
…there’s a few things that made me lower the rating tho.
At first i loved the story and their chemistry but as soon as they were finally together it all went downhill.
Don’t get me wrong i loved the first spicy scene but the confession was lowkey cringy-
(forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine, ptsd, horse racer, one bed trope, nightmare trope)
i was waiting for the typical cowboy romance (which i LOVE) but the plot was so good. and the tension?? yuppp
…there’s a few things that made me lower the rating tho.
At first i loved the story and their chemistry but as soon as they were finally together it all went downhill.
Don’t get me wrong i loved the first spicy scene but the confession was lowkey cringy-
“I’m a shitty fucking patchwork quilt. I’ve spent years picking up the tattered pieces of myself and slowly stitched it all back together. But I’m not good at sewing, Violet. And now the edges are starting to fray. “
like?? and it isn’t even a reference or an inside thing. it felt so awkward it just pulled me out of the moment completely.
if u are looking for a steamy spicy romance this story has some scenes but it lacks substance idk something was missing for me
and THEN in the third act breakup she said that he had to “figure his shit out” and that “she won’t wait forever” TO A MAN WITH PTSD- like girl he’s goin to therapy just give him a break and be patient…it wasn’t fair. you just don’t say that to someone that’s traumatized amd u care about.
it was so unrealistic bc then he was all fine and facing his trauma two weeks later.
i just didn’t like that it felt fake
it was good tho (even if i didn like that end part) it kept me interested and i read it in two afternoons