A review by hawthornbooks
Anyone But Cade by Penelope Bloom

3.0

I'm torn on this because Penelope Bloom's writing is amazing, like seriously might have found a new favourite. I was laughing on nearly every page. Cade was hilarious but I loved the way he thought about things and his brain wrapped itself around sayings and things. He was the definition of witty.
Something about his character felt so effortless and it was the amazing writing that kept you feeling that way because he was always in character - every action was so Cade that it couldn't not feel real and effortless.
On the downside, the plot bored me a little...similarly with the romance. It just felt lacking. It seemed like there was only sex between them, there was no deeper connection other than the fact they used to date and they "saw the real them" which is the worst cop-out for a romance ever. Give them common ground, a shared hobby - hell even two unrelated hobbies that are weird so they b0nd over how they're always made fun of for their hobbies! I don't know - literally anything to make them feel like they have a real relationship connection.
I'm giving this a 3 star because I adored the writing and the characters individually, but the romance fell so flat and the plot was obvious and a little anti-climactic.