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A review by loishojmark
Happy for You by Anyta Sunday
3.0
Anyta Sunday - Happy for You.
Anyta Sunday is one of my favorite authors. I like hey ability to combine angst wuth some comical reliefs. And I'm a major fan of a good slow burning romance. You know the kind where you are have heart palpitations and you're tempted to skip ahead in the story to all the good parts. But of course you would never do that! Because as with a lot of things it is the journey that is the most interesting part.
"Happy for You" is definitely a slow burn. The main couples romance actually takes part over several years, but we only follow a couple of months.
Our story starts when Mort returns to town, after a sudden departure a year ago. He left his best friend Roch and his family suddenly without a word. Mort doesn't have a family of worth himself and was unofficially adopted into the Rochester family. He is crushed with regret for leaving the family, and tries to make amends by helping as much as possible. Especially to help easen the burdens of the younger brother, Felix.
Felix has been openly in love with Mort for most of his life. But alas Mort was in love with Roch, and thereby the foundation is laid for a triangle drama. But Sunday is able to minimize the clichés this might cause and make it simpler ... in part.
The book was good and and had some great secondary characters. But I must admit that personally I prefer the first two books in the series. Mort and Felix are lovely and their story rather sweet. But I was missing some of the angst that Sunday excels at and I think some of the major plot points were glossed over. For instance the reason behind Mort's abrupt departure and the story between Mort and Roch. I'm not a particular fan of triangle drama, but I just think it all fell a little too easily into place.
Felix is the most interesting character in the story, whereas I never really felt Mort. He was just too easy going, to ready to forgive and forget.
But then again, my opinion might be colored by the general low-angsty tone in the story.
The book was definitely worth reading despite my minor disappointments. If you're in the mood for a sweet, slow burning, low-angst story, you'll probably love it. In my casse, I'll look forward to the next Anyta Sunday book.
Was given to me by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Anyta Sunday is one of my favorite authors. I like hey ability to combine angst wuth some comical reliefs. And I'm a major fan of a good slow burning romance. You know the kind where you are have heart palpitations and you're tempted to skip ahead in the story to all the good parts. But of course you would never do that! Because as with a lot of things it is the journey that is the most interesting part.
"Happy for You" is definitely a slow burn. The main couples romance actually takes part over several years, but we only follow a couple of months.
Our story starts when Mort returns to town, after a sudden departure a year ago. He left his best friend Roch and his family suddenly without a word. Mort doesn't have a family of worth himself and was unofficially adopted into the Rochester family. He is crushed with regret for leaving the family, and tries to make amends by helping as much as possible. Especially to help easen the burdens of the younger brother, Felix.
Felix has been openly in love with Mort for most of his life. But alas Mort was in love with Roch, and thereby the foundation is laid for a triangle drama. But Sunday is able to minimize the clichés this might cause and make it simpler ... in part.
The book was good and and had some great secondary characters. But I must admit that personally I prefer the first two books in the series. Mort and Felix are lovely and their story rather sweet. But I was missing some of the angst that Sunday excels at and I think some of the major plot points were glossed over. For instance the reason behind Mort's abrupt departure and the story between Mort and Roch. I'm not a particular fan of triangle drama, but I just think it all fell a little too easily into place.
Felix is the most interesting character in the story, whereas I never really felt Mort. He was just too easy going, to ready to forgive and forget.
But then again, my opinion might be colored by the general low-angsty tone in the story.
The book was definitely worth reading despite my minor disappointments. If you're in the mood for a sweet, slow burning, low-angst story, you'll probably love it. In my casse, I'll look forward to the next Anyta Sunday book.
Was given to me by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.