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mylynn 's review for:
It's Different This Time
by Joss Richard
What debut!! I really liked this, I was so invested in this book and read it in a day.! I love a dual timeline, and this book did it so well! It really kept me turning the pages to find out what happened in the past that leads June and Adam to being where they are in the present.
The chemistry between our two MCs is palpable from the start, but it doesn't ever feel like instalust/love and it makes the slow burn of this both painful and satisfying. There's miscommunication in this book, but it feels realistic to things that would actually happen-- especially when you're unsure of where you stand in a relationship and are scared of being vulnerable.
I also appreciated Joss Richard's commentary on being multiracial through her FMC, it's nice to see this sort of representation just casually in a contemporary romance. It's not central to the plot but it does inform how we move about the world.
I do think there were some lines that felt weird to me, like internalized misogyny (a line about how good someone looks without an ounce of makeup, a line about a high-pitched voice being related to someone's intelligence or lack of) and there were two Harry Potter mentions (in the same conversation, so could count as one mention-- however that's one mention too many!! It's 2025!! I beg authors and publishers to not include HP references!!!)
Thank you Dell for the e-ARC!
The chemistry between our two MCs is palpable from the start, but it doesn't ever feel like instalust/love and it makes the slow burn of this both painful and satisfying. There's miscommunication in this book, but it feels realistic to things that would actually happen-- especially when you're unsure of where you stand in a relationship and are scared of being vulnerable.
I also appreciated Joss Richard's commentary on being multiracial through her FMC, it's nice to see this sort of representation just casually in a contemporary romance. It's not central to the plot but it does inform how we move about the world.
I do think there were some lines that felt weird to me, like internalized misogyny (a line about how good someone looks without an ounce of makeup, a line about a high-pitched voice being related to someone's intelligence or lack of) and there were two Harry Potter mentions (in the same conversation, so could count as one mention-- however that's one mention too many!! It's 2025!! I beg authors and publishers to not include HP references!!!)
Thank you Dell for the e-ARC!