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I Could Be Yours
by Helena Hunting
emotional
hopeful
tense
slow-paced
This book is the wedding of Tristan and Rix/Bea from If You Hate Me, book 1 of the Toronto Terror series. It is not from their POV, though, it's from Rix's best friend Essie and the best man Nate.
Honestly, skip this.
This book lacked the charm of the Toronto Terror series it's based on. The whole crew is here but if you don't know the background, that doesn't feel important.
You've got a magnetic relationship between Essie and Nate for a few chapters, but it doesn't last. About 2/3rds of the way through, the subplot of Tristan's emotional growth becomes a key plot point and the therapy talk gets heavy-handed and preachy. The last few chapters were so saccharin sweet it was hard to finish. Dialogue like "Thank you for sharing your light with me" from Nate and "I know it's important that I do the work so I can have the kind of relationships I deserve, and so I can be a good partner" also Nate, made it a struggle to stay engaged. These statements broke my immersion.
I'm not saying he's wrong. It's a lovely sentiment. I'm saying that between the push and applause for Tristan's therapy journey and this with Nate's, it's too much. And truthfully, it felt like Nate's entire personality changed. And why can't people just be grumpy? His grumpiness was "solved" with therapy, but he seemed more multi-dimensional than that at the beginning.
I received an ARC of this book - it didn't influence my review.
Honestly, skip this.
This book lacked the charm of the Toronto Terror series it's based on. The whole crew is here but if you don't know the background, that doesn't feel important.
You've got a magnetic relationship between Essie and Nate for a few chapters, but it doesn't last. About 2/3rds of the way through, the subplot of Tristan's emotional growth becomes a key plot point and the therapy talk gets heavy-handed and preachy. The last few chapters were so saccharin sweet it was hard to finish. Dialogue like "Thank you for sharing your light with me" from Nate and "I know it's important that I do the work so I can have the kind of relationships I deserve, and so I can be a good partner" also Nate, made it a struggle to stay engaged. These statements broke my immersion.
I'm not saying he's wrong. It's a lovely sentiment. I'm saying that between the push and applause for Tristan's therapy journey and this with Nate's, it's too much. And truthfully, it felt like Nate's entire personality changed. And why can't people just be grumpy? His grumpiness was "solved" with therapy, but he seemed more multi-dimensional than that at the beginning.
I received an ARC of this book - it didn't influence my review.