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A review by pn_hinton
The Write Escape by Charish Reid
5.0
Charish Reid is fast becoming a favorite author and auto-buy for me. I have never been disappointed with her stories, and this makes it a solid 3/3 I've read. This was another delightful funny and sweet romance, about finding love in and at the most unlikeliest of places. I loved the slow burn between Aiden and Antonia. It was clear the attraction was there, but they built up an easy friendship before moving into romance.
I also enjoyed the dual perspective and how both realized that they didn't need to live their lives for anyone but themselves. They both admitted when they made mistakes and called each other when they fumbled. This helped to set the stage to show how strong their relationship would be in the future since you need accountability in your romantic partners.
The parallels to the Irish and African American, or Black American if your prefer, experience was also well thought out. In some novels, those are just tossed in casually to take up paper space. But it was obvious that the author took a lot of time into researching that to make sure it was a logical connection and enough of one that a university level paper could have been written on it.
Plus, just the idea of being in Ireland? It's a dream trip of mine so I hope to get there one day soon. Highly recommend because you'll fall in love with Toni, Aiden, and Ireland all in one fell swoop.
I also enjoyed the dual perspective and how both realized that they didn't need to live their lives for anyone but themselves. They both admitted when they made mistakes and called each other when they fumbled. This helped to set the stage to show how strong their relationship would be in the future since you need accountability in your romantic partners.
The parallels to the Irish and African American, or Black American if your prefer, experience was also well thought out. In some novels, those are just tossed in casually to take up paper space. But it was obvious that the author took a lot of time into researching that to make sure it was a logical connection and enough of one that a university level paper could have been written on it.
Plus, just the idea of being in Ireland? It's a dream trip of mine so I hope to get there one day soon. Highly recommend because you'll fall in love with Toni, Aiden, and Ireland all in one fell swoop.