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A review by frafrin
While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory
3.0
3.5 stars- maybe one day GR will let us partial star things!
This book, for me, was cute but a little bit slow to read. For it being a fake dating trope with an A List actress I think I expected a little more oomph to the story? I’ve read other books from the same author that I loved so maybe this just wasn’t the book for me.
What I did love was that it was two Black main characters and the female MC is fat which comes up in terms of her not fitting the thin and white Hollywood standard and designers not having dresses in her size for events. I also loved the mental health representation we have in discussing Anna’s issues with anxiety and Ben talking openly about his experiences with his therapist. We love to see two adults working on their self-growth.
If you’ve liked other books from this author, I still recommend that you read this one as it was cute and a bit spicy just some areas fell a bit flat for me.
This book, for me, was cute but a little bit slow to read. For it being a fake dating trope with an A List actress I think I expected a little more oomph to the story? I’ve read other books from the same author that I loved so maybe this just wasn’t the book for me.
What I did love was that it was two Black main characters and the female MC is fat which comes up in terms of her not fitting the thin and white Hollywood standard and designers not having dresses in her size for events. I also loved the mental health representation we have in discussing Anna’s issues with anxiety and Ben talking openly about his experiences with his therapist. We love to see two adults working on their self-growth.
If you’ve liked other books from this author, I still recommend that you read this one as it was cute and a bit spicy just some areas fell a bit flat for me.