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A review by samanatha
Handle with Care by Josephine Myles
4.0
3.5/5
I adore [a: Josephine Myles|3499509|Josephine Myles|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1272662984p2/3499509.jpg] books. She is able to weave together humor and romance in a way that I really like. While Handle with Care was not my favorite of her stories, it was really cute and well-done.
What I liked: atypical MCs (one has diabetes and liver failure and the other is a sk8er twink), realistic family relationship (sister can act bratty at times, but in a way that felt real), real talk about the dangers of alcohol and drug use, relationship built slowly (they were acquaintances for a while before the relationship began).
What I did not love: the angst and wishy washy behaviors, the 'secrets', the near constant self-doubting, not the same level of laughs as a JM book often holds
I purchased this book, which almost never happens, and so my disappointments curdled a little due to that. Normally I would have blamed myself for not getting a preview before buying, but the aspects that irked me wouldn't have appeared that early in the book. The story started how I had expected (quirky, funny, silly at times, thought sweet), but as we got further along, more and more kept not happening. In many ways it felt anti-climactic, though I truly appreciated there was none of that break-up and make-up back and forth crap that so often is used by authors to simulate literary action. It all just felt a little lackluster.
Nothing bad about the book, it was pretty good overall and I did enjoy my reading. Rounding up because of my love of JM.
I adore [a: Josephine Myles|3499509|Josephine Myles|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1272662984p2/3499509.jpg] books. She is able to weave together humor and romance in a way that I really like. While Handle with Care was not my favorite of her stories, it was really cute and well-done.
What I liked: atypical MCs (one has diabetes and liver failure and the other is a sk8er twink), realistic family relationship (sister can act bratty at times, but in a way that felt real), real talk about the dangers of alcohol and drug use, relationship built slowly (they were acquaintances for a while before the relationship began).
What I did not love: the angst and wishy washy behaviors, the 'secrets', the near constant self-doubting, not the same level of laughs as a JM book often holds
I purchased this book, which almost never happens, and so my disappointments curdled a little due to that. Normally I would have blamed myself for not getting a preview before buying, but the aspects that irked me wouldn't have appeared that early in the book. The story started how I had expected (quirky, funny, silly at times, thought sweet), but as we got further along, more and more kept not happening. In many ways it felt anti-climactic, though I truly appreciated there was none of that break-up and make-up back and forth crap that so often is used by authors to simulate literary action. It all just felt a little lackluster.
Nothing bad about the book, it was pretty good overall and I did enjoy my reading. Rounding up because of my love of JM.