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A review by xabbeylongx
On a Night Like This by Liz Maverick
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Spoilers Ahead:
Another short and sweet read from Liz Maverick. This is the third book in the series of ‘Winter Nights’, and Maverick kept bringing the consistency and the same themes of the first two, but with some extra sass.
So, we bring another friend into the group when Cher turns up. She’s done a flat-share with Marcus, who lives across form Elliot, to get over her heartbreak. When she turns up and finds him putting out ‘trash’ on the floor, she finds him weird, and they start off on the wrong foot. However, he takes her luggage up to her room, and tells her to knock if she needs anything.
To his surprise, she does! It’s a shithole, with no decorations or any washer, so she asks to use his. He finds himself trying to make her life a lot better. He’s trying to get over Sarah, and she’s trying to get over some asshole who fired her from her job when he broke up with her, and so they try to help each other.
Elliot invites her into the friendship group, and she is welcomed with open arms. They sort out Hanukkah decorations for her house, invite her out for shopping trips, and her and Elliot go off by themselves. He takes her around, and they take lots of photos for their social media. People assume they’re engaged, which they both secretly don’t mind.
Everything was working well, but she was only staying until her flat-share was up, and he didn’t want to get attached, only for her to leave him. When her ex turns up and offers her her job back, she’s shocked, and Elliot is extremely hurt (shocker). But Cher overhears him saying some awful stuff to his father, and she’s so glad she didn’t sign. Her and Elliot end updating.
Honestly, if you’ve seen my other reviews, you’ll know I wasn’t a great fan of Elliot from the other books. I thought he had a massive attitude problem, he had a weird obsession with Sarah, and he took it out on her. He was starting to be bearable in this book, and that’s because Cher was bearable… That’s the only reason why. He’s still a whiny, self-centered bitch in this one, which is a shame, as he could have had a mad redemption arc. Cher didn’t really have anything that made her a different character from all the others, apart form where she’s from, so it was a pretty meh book to be honest. There was a lack of conflict, I found, which isn’t my cup of tea at all. It’s a decent book, a reasonable length, but definitely not some of her best work tbh.
However, I think I’d like for Tamara to have her happy ending next, please! Maverick, please make it happen! Save this series (and me, for that matter).
Another short and sweet read from Liz Maverick. This is the third book in the series of ‘Winter Nights’, and Maverick kept bringing the consistency and the same themes of the first two, but with some extra sass.
So, we bring another friend into the group when Cher turns up. She’s done a flat-share with Marcus, who lives across form Elliot, to get over her heartbreak. When she turns up and finds him putting out ‘trash’ on the floor, she finds him weird, and they start off on the wrong foot. However, he takes her luggage up to her room, and tells her to knock if she needs anything.
To his surprise, she does! It’s a shithole, with no decorations or any washer, so she asks to use his. He finds himself trying to make her life a lot better. He’s trying to get over Sarah, and she’s trying to get over some asshole who fired her from her job when he broke up with her, and so they try to help each other.
Elliot invites her into the friendship group, and she is welcomed with open arms. They sort out Hanukkah decorations for her house, invite her out for shopping trips, and her and Elliot go off by themselves. He takes her around, and they take lots of photos for their social media. People assume they’re engaged, which they both secretly don’t mind.
Everything was working well, but she was only staying until her flat-share was up, and he didn’t want to get attached, only for her to leave him. When her ex turns up and offers her her job back, she’s shocked, and Elliot is extremely hurt (shocker). But Cher overhears him saying some awful stuff to his father, and she’s so glad she didn’t sign. Her and Elliot end updating.
Honestly, if you’ve seen my other reviews, you’ll know I wasn’t a great fan of Elliot from the other books. I thought he had a massive attitude problem, he had a weird obsession with Sarah, and he took it out on her. He was starting to be bearable in this book, and that’s because Cher was bearable… That’s the only reason why. He’s still a whiny, self-centered bitch in this one, which is a shame, as he could have had a mad redemption arc. Cher didn’t really have anything that made her a different character from all the others, apart form where she’s from, so it was a pretty meh book to be honest. There was a lack of conflict, I found, which isn’t my cup of tea at all. It’s a decent book, a reasonable length, but definitely not some of her best work tbh.
However, I think I’d like for Tamara to have her happy ending next, please! Maverick, please make it happen! Save this series (and me, for that matter).