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We Met in December
by Rosie Curtis
I'm afraid that I'm in the habit of picking up books that I need to learn just aren't for me!
We Met in December follows two flatmates that meet around Christmas-time and beyond that, I'm actually struggling to figure out what the plot of the book was. I really don't like books that have large time jumps throughout the entire book (something I'm figuring out after reading a few in a row like this), and also when they meet but then can't be together because there's someone else? If a book is going to be a romance, I really want to see them together together. I'm sure this is marketed as a love story, rather than romance (or even the sometimes cringy "chick-lit" or "women's fiction") but all of those would be better fits than a romance novel. There was so much fade to black with the time jumps that as soon as I did get invested in a certain scene it would jump to be weeks later.
It honestly felt like the same handful of scenes just repeated over different months. They got together in the end, right? I feel bad saying this, but this book is honestly forgettable for me. There was nothing remarkable that stands out, it all blends together, and it just wasn't for me!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book provided to me through NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
We Met in December follows two flatmates that meet around Christmas-time and beyond that, I'm actually struggling to figure out what the plot of the book was. I really don't like books that have large time jumps throughout the entire book (something I'm figuring out after reading a few in a row like this), and also when they meet but then can't be together because there's someone else? If a book is going to be a romance, I really want to see them together together. I'm sure this is marketed as a love story, rather than romance (or even the sometimes cringy "chick-lit" or "women's fiction") but all of those would be better fits than a romance novel. There was so much fade to black with the time jumps that as soon as I did get invested in a certain scene it would jump to be weeks later.
It honestly felt like the same handful of scenes just repeated over different months. They got together in the end, right? I feel bad saying this, but this book is honestly forgettable for me. There was nothing remarkable that stands out, it all blends together, and it just wasn't for me!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book provided to me through NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.