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A review by littleredbird
The Puck Decoy by G.N. Wright
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Thank you to the author for the e-arc
This book comes out May 31st
What can I say? I think when it comes to this book it was a solid read for me, I enjoyed a lot of it but also they were things that I didn’t love quite as much. If you haven’t read book 1 I do recommend reading it given that though they are interconnected standalones some events from book one does overlap here. In this one we follow Josh and Hallie, Josh is Maddie’s brother from book one who when he founds out that his father wanted to set an arranged marriage for his sister decides to step up and take it himself which leads us to him asking Hallie his best friend and also Maddie’s to marry him in order to protect Maddie and let her be happy with her new relationship. Hallie agrees having been in love with Josh since she’s was 9 and also being bff’s with Maddie and so both embark on this journey of fake marriage and trying to expose Josh’s father. To be honest I think after sitting on this book for a few hours I can say that the over all plot I quite liked and not mentioning specifics because spoilers but I liked a lot of it and I related to Hallie in some aspects being that like me she’s autistic too though that aspect was just a part of her not the focus of the story. I enjoyed seeing more of the team and seeing my husband Nova again and Maddie but I’ll say my issue is that sometimes we were told things rather than showing us and so it was hard for me at times to really see it fully. I didn’t fully believe the relationship between Josh and Hallie unfortunately, I felt like I couldn’t see how Hallie had been in love with Josh for so long given how it was told and not necessary shown and felt her inner monologue sometimes was contradicting and at times didn’t care for her attitude. You can be forward and direct and I love how she didn’t hesitate to talk back expect at times she did come across as mean when talking to Josh not necessarily others and the so call banter between her and Josh felt argumentative and not nice. Josh was clueless and stubborn and did annoy the crap out of me and the man needs anger management therapy, he was really set in his ways and for all he did for Hallie he couldn’t see that he was in love with her and it was frustrating to see Hallie being set in thinking Josh didn’t love her and it all being fake despite the multiple ways in which Josh actually showed it even if it wasn’t said. It felt repetitive and dragged out at times and it did frustrate me and annoy me this back and forth they had going on and the miscommunication this led too and I had a hard time getting into the book in the beginning though I’m glad I did push through. So overall I liked the book but it wasn’t my favorite and even though yes they were cute moments between Josh and Hallie and in the end I did care for their relationship, there was a lot that did irk me about it or frustrated me rather about them both as a couple and some things as individuals that just left me a bit conflicted in the end. And I’m not sure I truly fully expressed what didn’t work for me here given that sometimes I’m still trying to put it down on words and so apologies if this review is all over the place or a bit repetitive but yeah I did like it but not as much as I did book 1 and I wasn’t fully sold on Josh and Hallie as a couple over all though they did have their good moments and cared for them in the end. Regardless overall I had a good time and liked how it wrapped up and I’m excited for book 3. So solid read but not my favorite.
This book comes out May 31st
What can I say? I think when it comes to this book it was a solid read for me, I enjoyed a lot of it but also they were things that I didn’t love quite as much. If you haven’t read book 1 I do recommend reading it given that though they are interconnected standalones some events from book one does overlap here. In this one we follow Josh and Hallie, Josh is Maddie’s brother from book one who when he founds out that his father wanted to set an arranged marriage for his sister decides to step up and take it himself which leads us to him asking Hallie his best friend and also Maddie’s to marry him in order to protect Maddie and let her be happy with her new relationship. Hallie agrees having been in love with Josh since she’s was 9 and also being bff’s with Maddie and so both embark on this journey of fake marriage and trying to expose Josh’s father. To be honest I think after sitting on this book for a few hours I can say that the over all plot I quite liked and not mentioning specifics because spoilers but I liked a lot of it and I related to Hallie in some aspects being that like me she’s autistic too though that aspect was just a part of her not the focus of the story. I enjoyed seeing more of the team and seeing my husband Nova again and Maddie but I’ll say my issue is that sometimes we were told things rather than showing us and so it was hard for me at times to really see it fully. I didn’t fully believe the relationship between Josh and Hallie unfortunately, I felt like I couldn’t see how Hallie had been in love with Josh for so long given how it was told and not necessary shown and felt her inner monologue sometimes was contradicting and at times didn’t care for her attitude. You can be forward and direct and I love how she didn’t hesitate to talk back expect at times she did come across as mean when talking to Josh not necessarily others and the so call banter between her and Josh felt argumentative and not nice. Josh was clueless and stubborn and did annoy the crap out of me and the man needs anger management therapy, he was really set in his ways and for all he did for Hallie he couldn’t see that he was in love with her and it was frustrating to see Hallie being set in thinking Josh didn’t love her and it all being fake despite the multiple ways in which Josh actually showed it even if it wasn’t said. It felt repetitive and dragged out at times and it did frustrate me and annoy me this back and forth they had going on and the miscommunication this led too and I had a hard time getting into the book in the beginning though I’m glad I did push through. So overall I liked the book but it wasn’t my favorite and even though yes they were cute moments between Josh and Hallie and in the end I did care for their relationship, there was a lot that did irk me about it or frustrated me rather about them both as a couple and some things as individuals that just left me a bit conflicted in the end. And I’m not sure I truly fully expressed what didn’t work for me here given that sometimes I’m still trying to put it down on words and so apologies if this review is all over the place or a bit repetitive but yeah I did like it but not as much as I did book 1 and I wasn’t fully sold on Josh and Hallie as a couple over all though they did have their good moments and cared for them in the end. Regardless overall I had a good time and liked how it wrapped up and I’m excited for book 3. So solid read but not my favorite.