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A review by mycatismybookmark
Hold You Close by Corinne Michaels, Melanie Harlow
3.0
“Loving Ian was never really a choice, though. He’s always been the guy for me. I just wish my heart knew he was the wrong one.”
I haven’t yet read Corrine Michaels but I adore Melanie Harlow’s writing, and these two seem to make a good writing duo.
Hold You Close has all the swoony elements that fans of second-chance romance would love: emotion, angst, and drama. London and Ian’s story delivers it all, along with some laughter to balance out the Disney level trauma Harlow and Michaels dealt these characters.
While I liked the elements overall, London and Ian harbored almost twenty years of loathing, bitterness, and misunderstanding toward each other, and jumping into a physical relationship got in the way of the rebuilding, redemption, and emotional healing that these two needed to go through, making their actions come off as rather immature.
Great banter, good storyline, but overall too much angst before the HEA for my taste. I liked it, but I didn’t love it.
I haven’t yet read Corrine Michaels but I adore Melanie Harlow’s writing, and these two seem to make a good writing duo.
Hold You Close has all the swoony elements that fans of second-chance romance would love: emotion, angst, and drama. London and Ian’s story delivers it all, along with some laughter to balance out the Disney level trauma Harlow and Michaels dealt these characters.
While I liked the elements overall, London and Ian harbored almost twenty years of loathing, bitterness, and misunderstanding toward each other, and jumping into a physical relationship got in the way of the rebuilding, redemption, and emotional healing that these two needed to go through, making their actions come off as rather immature.
Great banter, good storyline, but overall too much angst before the HEA for my taste. I liked it, but I didn’t love it.