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bookishelflife 's review for:
First-Time Caller
by B.K. Borison
Thank you to Berkley romance for my digital ARC!
First-Time caller is a love letter to love just as the author said in her note and a pretty good nod to Sleepless in Seattle. Lucie gets unexpectedly roped into becoming a radio jockey for a romance hotline show after her daughter Maya goes behind her back to call the show in order to help her mom with her love life. Aiden, the host of the show makes a pact to help Lucie find her love via the show while Lucie helps him cohost the show in exchange. There is a lil fun crossover with Bachelorette as well, while it has a really interesting premise I am so sad that this one really didn't work for me like for the majority.
I think not all the books have to work for us and its ok. My main issue was with not being able to gel with the writing/dialogue style because I had hard time distinguishing these characters as if they don't have a unique voice. I also struggled with the plot a bit, while I understand it is meant to be a super slow burn I felt parts of it are too redundant and lot of page time for inner monologues made the pacing feel off. I was little frustrated with Aiden's character as his "I want you but I am not the right person for you" tune got repetitive, I actually enjoyed the last 30% more as the pacing picked up for me. I enjoyed Lucie's character a bit more while I absolutely adored Grayson and Jackson's characters, overall it is a cute story but I hope I enjoyed it as much as everyone else did.
First-Time caller is a love letter to love just as the author said in her note and a pretty good nod to Sleepless in Seattle. Lucie gets unexpectedly roped into becoming a radio jockey for a romance hotline show after her daughter Maya goes behind her back to call the show in order to help her mom with her love life. Aiden, the host of the show makes a pact to help Lucie find her love via the show while Lucie helps him cohost the show in exchange. There is a lil fun crossover with Bachelorette as well, while it has a really interesting premise I am so sad that this one really didn't work for me like for the majority.
I think not all the books have to work for us and its ok. My main issue was with not being able to gel with the writing/dialogue style because I had hard time distinguishing these characters as if they don't have a unique voice. I also struggled with the plot a bit, while I understand it is meant to be a super slow burn I felt parts of it are too redundant and lot of page time for inner monologues made the pacing feel off. I was little frustrated with Aiden's character as his "I want you but I am not the right person for you" tune got repetitive, I actually enjoyed the last 30% more as the pacing picked up for me. I enjoyed Lucie's character a bit more while I absolutely adored Grayson and Jackson's characters, overall it is a cute story but I hope I enjoyed it as much as everyone else did.