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A review by taetahlia
Dirty Letters by Penelope Ward, Vi Keeland
3.0
This was an okay read. I liked the honesty in their letters both while children and then again as adults, and at times I was laughing out loud by the humour in the correspondence (and that PI report!). I feel like the authors did a great job of expressing each characters freedom by hiding behind the anonymity of conversing via letters.
I liked that Luca (FMC) and Griffin (MMC) built up a mental and emotional connection before their physical relationship, and I also found it super refreshing to see Griffin's maturity, patience and understanding in adapting to life with Luca and her challenges (i.e. agoraphobia, antisocial hermit) than reading a novel about how all those various challenges disappeared or being immediately healed following finding love. This was especially lovely given the added difficulty of managing Griffin's celebrity persona life as Cole Archer (i.e. constantly being in the spotlight and surrounded by lots of people).
Triggers: FMC - trauma and survivors guilt of best friend dying in fire, both parents have passed away (not on page) and life with agoraphobia. MMC - Mother died from cancer when he was a teenager (on page but mentioned in conversations as is a healing aspect for the MMC), father is a cheater (not on page). Overall - there is a death briefly mentioned (not graphic references to dying on page, but seeing a dead body on page).
I liked that Luca (FMC) and Griffin (MMC) built up a mental and emotional connection before their physical relationship, and I also found it super refreshing to see Griffin's maturity, patience and understanding in adapting to life with Luca and her challenges (i.e. agoraphobia, antisocial hermit) than reading a novel about how all those various challenges disappeared or being immediately healed following finding love. This was especially lovely given the added difficulty of managing Griffin's celebrity persona life as Cole Archer (i.e. constantly being in the spotlight and surrounded by lots of people).
Triggers: FMC - trauma and survivors guilt of best friend dying in fire, both parents have passed away (not on page) and life with agoraphobia. MMC - Mother died from cancer when he was a teenager (on page but mentioned in conversations as is a healing aspect for the MMC), father is a cheater (not on page). Overall - there is a death briefly mentioned (not graphic references to dying on page, but seeing a dead body on page).