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A review by imme_van_gorp
Rule Breaker by Lily Morton
4.0
|| 3.5 stars ||
I have quickly come to realise that I absolutely adore romances that have a workplace setting with the boss/assistant and grumpy/sunshine tropes.
So if anyone has any recommendations for me that are like that, I would be forever grateful if you gave them to me.
Anyway, when it comes to this book in particular, obviously I loved the premise and the tropes: they were right up my alley. It also had a lot of great banter, and the progression of the romance was moderately well-paced.
The only problem I had, however, was with how rude and dismissive Gabe could be of Dylan. He was often cold and did not treat him as well as he deserved. I needed Dylan to grow more of a spine, but he never really did.
Then again, I do have to admit that the flipside of this was that I completely loved it every time that Gabe would get overly anxious when he thought that Dylan might leave him. Whenever he fucked up, he would get all nervous and pleading. These were my favourite moments, and it made me swoon to see him care so deeply.
I didn’t entirely love the characters, only because I got super annoyed at Gabe’s occasional coldness and Dylan’s lack of a spine, but aside from that I thought they were likable, funny and even interesting. They definitely matched together well, and their interactions were often very entertaining.
Dylan was surely a sweet, humble, smart, witty and caring man, so it was nice to be inside his head. That didn’t stop me from wishing we got to see Gabe’s thoughts in certain situations as well, though.
All in all, I enjoyed reading this quite a lot. The romance had lots of great tropes, and the chemistry between them was pretty good as well. It was nice and fun.
'Mixed Messages' series:
1. Rule Breaker - 3.5 stars
2. Deal Maker - 4.5 stars
Short Stories:
1.2. Goodbye Fletcher - 3.0 stars
1.3. Jude’s Intervention - 3.0 stars
1.5. Scrambled Eggs and Lemsip - 2.5 stars
1.7. The Valentine Do-Over - 3.5 stars
2.4. Babysitting Billy - 4.0 stars
2.5. Green Eyed Monsters - 4.0 stars
2.6. Jude’s Christmas - 3.5 stars
3.2. Marrying Jude - 3.5 stars
I have quickly come to realise that I absolutely adore romances that have a workplace setting with the boss/assistant and grumpy/sunshine tropes.
So if anyone has any recommendations for me that are like that, I would be forever grateful if you gave them to me.
Anyway, when it comes to this book in particular, obviously I loved the premise and the tropes: they were right up my alley. It also had a lot of great banter, and the progression of the romance was moderately well-paced.
The only problem I had, however, was with how rude and dismissive Gabe could be of Dylan. He was often cold and did not treat him as well as he deserved. I needed Dylan to grow more of a spine, but he never really did.
Then again, I do have to admit that the flipside of this was that I completely loved it every time that Gabe would get overly anxious when he thought that Dylan might leave him. Whenever he fucked up, he would get all nervous and pleading. These were my favourite moments, and it made me swoon to see him care so deeply.
“The truth is that I will always need you more than you need me. It’s also the truth that I’m not a good bet for someone as vital and young as you. I’m bad tempered, a perfectionist who is too serious, and too used to being on my own. You could go out tomorrow and find someone better for you, but the truth is that no one will ever need you like I do. No one will love you like I do. I want you forever, Dylan.”
I didn’t entirely love the characters, only because I got super annoyed at Gabe’s occasional coldness and Dylan’s lack of a spine, but aside from that I thought they were likable, funny and even interesting. They definitely matched together well, and their interactions were often very entertaining.
Dylan was surely a sweet, humble, smart, witty and caring man, so it was nice to be inside his head. That didn’t stop me from wishing we got to see Gabe’s thoughts in certain situations as well, though.
All in all, I enjoyed reading this quite a lot. The romance had lots of great tropes, and the chemistry between them was pretty good as well. It was nice and fun.
'Mixed Messages' series:
1. Rule Breaker - 3.5 stars
2. Deal Maker - 4.5 stars
Short Stories:
1.2. Goodbye Fletcher - 3.0 stars
1.3. Jude’s Intervention - 3.0 stars
1.5. Scrambled Eggs and Lemsip - 2.5 stars
1.7. The Valentine Do-Over - 3.5 stars
2.4. Babysitting Billy - 4.0 stars
2.5. Green Eyed Monsters - 4.0 stars
2.6. Jude’s Christmas - 3.5 stars
3.2. Marrying Jude - 3.5 stars