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A review by lauraanne9
Meant to Be Mine by Lisa Marie Perry
3.0
***ARC Provided by the Publisher and NetGalley***
I liked this overall. It is a small town romance, and par for the course in these, the town has it's quirky characters. Most of them add depth to the story, but I thought a couple of them detracted from it, and added a melancholy edge to it that I would have preferred was not present, as I think it took away from the central romance of Sofia and Burke.
I also had a couple of issues with the pacing of the story, as I thought it moved well in some places but suffered a little bit in the past in others. I thought, at least for me, if you are not going to meet a character until her funeral, then there needed to be a little less time spent on how others felt about her, aside from the central character.
Sofia and Burke were interesting, and their relationship was compelling...although more of a slow burn than I was expecting. While this is not a bad thing, I felt that the time to get them together possibly didn't give them enough time to deal with the realities of Sofia's health. If that makes sense...they needed, for me, more foundation before I was totally willing to believe in them as a HEA.
That said, the writing is strong and the characters are mostly believeable. I am interested to see where the next one in the series leads.
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I liked this overall. It is a small town romance, and par for the course in these, the town has it's quirky characters. Most of them add depth to the story, but I thought a couple of them detracted from it, and added a melancholy edge to it that I would have preferred was not present, as I think it took away from the central romance of Sofia and Burke.
I also had a couple of issues with the pacing of the story, as I thought it moved well in some places but suffered a little bit in the past in others. I thought, at least for me, if you are not going to meet a character until her funeral, then there needed to be a little less time spent on how others felt about her, aside from the central character.
Sofia and Burke were interesting, and their relationship was compelling...although more of a slow burn than I was expecting. While this is not a bad thing, I felt that the time to get them together possibly didn't give them enough time to deal with the realities of Sofia's health. If that makes sense...they needed, for me, more foundation before I was totally willing to believe in them as a HEA.
That said, the writing is strong and the characters are mostly believeable. I am interested to see where the next one in the series leads.
***This and other reviews also featured on “I’m A Sweet and Sassy Book Whore” http://www.imasweetandsassybookwhore.com***