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A review by weelasswithabook
Sunlight by Devney Perry
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
CW: pregnancy, death of parents, parental abandonment, domestic violence (side character), violence, graphic sexual content, preterm labour, childbirth
🌟 Small Town romance
🌟 Workplace romance
🌟 Suprise pregnancy
I didn't love this as much as Crossroads. I enjoyed it, yes, but I didn't love it. I felt the time jumps were wild. It was weeks, sometimes months between the time jumps which meant we didn't really get to SEE the development in their relationship. This meant no proper pining or internal POV as to how either felt during these periods of time. All we know is they started to fall from one another. I need to be SHOWN. That's the bit that sucks me in and keeps me invested.
Now I'm not saying I want to sit through hundreds of pages of just filler. Because that would be depressing, but without seeing the relationship develop, it doesn't feel complete, if that makes sense?
I did love the MCs, but I feel we didn't really get to know them properly.
All that aside, I did enjoy the book even though I was sort of filling bits in here and there throughout the story. So this wasn't objectively a bad book, but neither was it the best I've ever read.
I did appreciate, as I often do when heroines are pregnant for the majority of the story, that the attraction and desire didn't just disappear in a puff of smoke when the heroines body starts changing. I always notice and love that, especially as pregnant bodies are often downplayed and emphasis is put around the heroine wanting to get back to their pre pregnancy body. Which is 100% a valid feeling, I'd never tell someone it was unreasonable, but the depictions of pregnant bodies being viewed as desirable, without being fetishised, goes a long way in making women feel more secure and confident in themselves.
🌟 Small Town romance
🌟 Workplace romance
🌟 Suprise pregnancy
I didn't love this as much as Crossroads. I enjoyed it, yes, but I didn't love it. I felt the time jumps were wild. It was weeks, sometimes months between the time jumps which meant we didn't really get to SEE the development in their relationship. This meant no proper pining or internal POV as to how either felt during these periods of time. All we know is they started to fall from one another. I need to be SHOWN. That's the bit that sucks me in and keeps me invested.
Now I'm not saying I want to sit through hundreds of pages of just filler. Because that would be depressing, but without seeing the relationship develop, it doesn't feel complete, if that makes sense?
I did love the MCs, but I feel we didn't really get to know them properly.
All that aside, I did enjoy the book even though I was sort of filling bits in here and there throughout the story. So this wasn't objectively a bad book, but neither was it the best I've ever read.
I did appreciate, as I often do when heroines are pregnant for the majority of the story, that the attraction and desire didn't just disappear in a puff of smoke when the heroines body starts changing. I always notice and love that, especially as pregnant bodies are often downplayed and emphasis is put around the heroine wanting to get back to their pre pregnancy body. Which is 100% a valid feeling, I'd never tell someone it was unreasonable, but the depictions of pregnant bodies being viewed as desirable, without being fetishised, goes a long way in making women feel more secure and confident in themselves.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, and Medical content