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A review by judyc_elementz_mj
Someone Like You by Brittney Sahin
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Overall this was a decent and satisfying romance, but it lacked the usual suspense that I've grown to expect from a Sahin novel.
The characters, which is where I usually place my heaviest importance in reviews, I found that I liked, but both mains didn't attract me, and I found them a touch one-dimensional at times. Maybe it's because their relationship developed rather quickly into sexual, whereas her other books tend to draw it out much more.
Noah, the main male character, was passionate and certainly seemed more real than Grace, the female character. And maybe a bit underdeveloped. It was a weird dynamic between them, but perhaps that was what the author was going for because they were a bit of an odd couple ... him being a Navy Seal and her being an ultra-rich, spoiled baby who has had a change of heart (which seemed to be like a switch that went off.
Noah's story was a touch easier to get emotionally attached to. He was a Navy Seal whose wife was screwing around on him while he was gone. He, of course, finds out when she leaves him for some rich dude. He leaves the Navy because he wants to establish a solid home for his daughter, but then finds out during the divorce proceedings that Lily isn't his daughter because his wife had another affair (real gem that one). But he doesn't care because as far as he's concerned Lily is his daughter. But this is one of the issues I had because, throughout the entire book, his motivations are clear ... he wants to be there for his daughter. But we don't even see her on the page until almost the end of it. I was a bit frustrated with that.
Now Grace, well she was a bit all over the place and hard to build sympathy for. She's the daughter of a wealthy family and works in the family business along with her two brothers, Cade and Corbin. She experienced an attack in Greece by what was believed to be a serial killer but got away because her brother Corbin saved her. Throughout all of this, I had a difficult time finding sympathy for her. Usually, Sahin is extremely good at developing characters that you feel for. Grace is the first time I've come up against a character that I thought to myself that she was just a whiner and I wasn't sure I believed it.
I guess the one thing that truly made the story for me was the secondary characters, and that's because I knew them already from all of her other books.
Do I recommend this book? I'd say only for the reader who wants just a basic romance without a lot of fluff. It has the usual tropes, the basic ... they meet, they have sex, they break up, they get back together, and it's happily ever after. Not bad, but pretty boring compared to all of her other books!!!
The characters, which is where I usually place my heaviest importance in reviews, I found that I liked, but both mains didn't attract me, and I found them a touch one-dimensional at times. Maybe it's because their relationship developed rather quickly into sexual, whereas her other books tend to draw it out much more.
Noah, the main male character, was passionate and certainly seemed more real than Grace, the female character. And maybe a bit underdeveloped. It was a weird dynamic between them, but perhaps that was what the author was going for because they were a bit of an odd couple ... him being a Navy Seal and her being an ultra-rich, spoiled baby who has had a change of heart (which seemed to be like a switch that went off.
Noah's story was a touch easier to get emotionally attached to. He was a Navy Seal whose wife was screwing around on him while he was gone. He, of course, finds out when she leaves him for some rich dude. He leaves the Navy because he wants to establish a solid home for his daughter, but then finds out during the divorce proceedings that Lily isn't his daughter because his wife had another affair (real gem that one). But he doesn't care because as far as he's concerned Lily is his daughter. But this is one of the issues I had because, throughout the entire book, his motivations are clear ... he wants to be there for his daughter. But we don't even see her on the page until almost the end of it. I was a bit frustrated with that.
Now Grace, well she was a bit all over the place and hard to build sympathy for. She's the daughter of a wealthy family and works in the family business along with her two brothers, Cade and Corbin. She experienced an attack in Greece by what was believed to be a serial killer but got away because her brother Corbin saved her. Throughout all of this, I had a difficult time finding sympathy for her. Usually, Sahin is extremely good at developing characters that you feel for. Grace is the first time I've come up against a character that I thought to myself that she was just a whiner and I wasn't sure I believed it.
I guess the one thing that truly made the story for me was the secondary characters, and that's because I knew them already from all of her other books.
Do I recommend this book? I'd say only for the reader who wants just a basic romance without a lot of fluff. It has the usual tropes, the basic ... they meet, they have sex, they break up, they get back together, and it's happily ever after. Not bad, but pretty boring compared to all of her other books!!!