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A review by mandyreadsthings
Roll For Romance by Lenora Woods
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The cover and the concept had me very excited for this book. However, in execution I enjoyed everything but the romance book. This is Lenora Woods' debut book and she does have a good voice, and I'm looking forward to her book in the future.
Summary: Sadie has moved from NYC to a small town in Texas temporary for the summer while she's lost her job. She stayed with her high school best friend, Liam. He's a high school teach and off the summer so he's started a D&D group for newbie. He encourages Sadie to join and she meets Noah, and their connection grows in real life and in the story.
In the beginning I liked Sadie + Noah connection. As it went on, it felt very juvenile. They would do a lot of “talking“ through their characters via text rather than saying how they felt. I like a golden retriever MMC , but Noah was just too much at times. We didn’t get to see his full rounded character until about like 85% through the book.
Also, they’re just like one too many comments about how big/strong/towering Noah is compared to Sadie. A personal description I don't enjoy reading over and over again.
Despite those negative comment, I really liked everything else. Sadie‘s arc of her figuring out if she wants to return to New York and her corporate job or stay in Texas and pursue her art was well done. Woods did a good job depicting the downfall of a perfectionist ideals and going through the motions because it’s what you’ve been told is success.
I also enjoyed her friendships and the D&D session were fantastic. There were many plot twists in the sessions that I didn’t see coming. I think it’s also a good intro for somebody that doesn’t know D&D. Woods explained what the characters are and they don’t work through a lot of of the clunky mechanics. Woods tells the session as a narration so you can so like a new person could see the potential of a D&D session.
I think this book would’ve benefited from aging down a lot of the characters. I am biased with like a chronic disorder, but I just couldn’t get past a lot of Noah and Sadie‘s discussions and being like OK but like what about health insurance so if they were highschoolers/college like I think it would’ve benefited from more of that tone.
As I mentioned at the beginning, Lenora Woods does have a good voice for a debut. I’m excited to see what she comes out with next.
Thank you Random House for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.
Summary: Sadie has moved from NYC to a small town in Texas temporary for the summer while she's lost her job. She stayed with her high school best friend, Liam. He's a high school teach and off the summer so he's started a D&D group for newbie. He encourages Sadie to join and she meets Noah, and their connection grows in real life and in the story.
In the beginning I liked Sadie + Noah connection. As it went on, it felt very juvenile. They would do a lot of “talking“ through their characters via text rather than saying how they felt. I like a golden retriever MMC , but Noah was just too much at times. We didn’t get to see his full rounded character until about like 85% through the book.
Also, they’re just like one too many comments about how big/strong/towering Noah is compared to Sadie. A personal description I don't enjoy reading over and over again.
Despite those negative comment, I really liked everything else. Sadie‘s arc of her figuring out if she wants to return to New York and her corporate job or stay in Texas and pursue her art was well done. Woods did a good job depicting the downfall of a perfectionist ideals and going through the motions because it’s what you’ve been told is success.
I also enjoyed her friendships and the D&D session were fantastic. There were many plot twists in the sessions that I didn’t see coming. I think it’s also a good intro for somebody that doesn’t know D&D. Woods explained what the characters are and they don’t work through a lot of of the clunky mechanics. Woods tells the session as a narration so you can so like a new person could see the potential of a D&D session.
I think this book would’ve benefited from aging down a lot of the characters. I am biased with like a chronic disorder, but I just couldn’t get past a lot of Noah and Sadie‘s discussions and being like OK but like what about health insurance so if they were highschoolers/college like I think it would’ve benefited from more of that tone.
As I mentioned at the beginning, Lenora Woods does have a good voice for a debut. I’m excited to see what she comes out with next.
Thank you Random House for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.