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A review by jvlietteswarner
It Happened One Midnight by Saranna DeWylde
4.0
[3.5 stars]
tropes: best friends to lovers, fake dating trope
„He couldn’t imagine marrying anyone, but he didn’t want to spend any of the time he’d been given with anyone but Juniper.“
»»————- short synopsis ————-««
Juniper is a romance novelist and believes in the happy ever after and cannot wait to find someone to spend it with. Her best friend Tomas is a divorce lawyer and given his daily encounter with failed marriage, he does not believe in the concept of love. But could a weekend trip where they pretend to be engaged change that view?
»»————- the plot ————-««
i loved this for multiple reasons, let me start with them being best friends. it never really felt forced, i could tell there was an incredible trust between the two and them mocking each other? gotta love that. they had an amazing dynamic throughout the whole book, which made reading this book fun and easy.
as the reader, seeing both povs and just knowing what they feel makes it even more intriguing because you can follow the main characters going through all these emotions and slowly coming to the conclusion that they don’t need to deny their feeling for each other anymore. that’s also what made this book realistic, the fact that it’s rather slow paced and not just them getting it on after two chapters.
on the other side the slow pace is what made me take off a star from the rating, because towards the end it got rather repetitive, as a reader i had already gotten the conflict and there was no need to drag it out longer in my opinion.
»»————- the writing ————-««
this book is narrated in the third person point of view and that was very refreshing. i didn’t read a book with that pov in a long time and i really liked it, it added substance to the plot and guided me easily through the storyline and knowing what both parties think and feel is very nice.
thank you Netgalley for sending me a copy of this book in exchange of an honest review!!
»»————- quotes i liked ————-««
(might be considered spoilers)
"Of course you do. You and Tomas are in love.
"He still doesn't believe in love. It bloomed because realized he was my one. Even though we're pretending, I'm in love with him."
"I know." Jonquil squeezed her again.
"He loves you, too."
"I need him to tell me."
"You need him to admit it to himself."
“He decided he was going to start by asking her to be his Happily Ever After.”
tropes: best friends to lovers, fake dating trope
„He couldn’t imagine marrying anyone, but he didn’t want to spend any of the time he’d been given with anyone but Juniper.“
»»————- short synopsis ————-««
Juniper is a romance novelist and believes in the happy ever after and cannot wait to find someone to spend it with. Her best friend Tomas is a divorce lawyer and given his daily encounter with failed marriage, he does not believe in the concept of love. But could a weekend trip where they pretend to be engaged change that view?
»»————- the plot ————-««
i loved this for multiple reasons, let me start with them being best friends. it never really felt forced, i could tell there was an incredible trust between the two and them mocking each other? gotta love that. they had an amazing dynamic throughout the whole book, which made reading this book fun and easy.
as the reader, seeing both povs and just knowing what they feel makes it even more intriguing because you can follow the main characters going through all these emotions and slowly coming to the conclusion that they don’t need to deny their feeling for each other anymore. that’s also what made this book realistic, the fact that it’s rather slow paced and not just them getting it on after two chapters.
on the other side the slow pace is what made me take off a star from the rating, because towards the end it got rather repetitive, as a reader i had already gotten the conflict and there was no need to drag it out longer in my opinion.
»»————- the writing ————-««
this book is narrated in the third person point of view and that was very refreshing. i didn’t read a book with that pov in a long time and i really liked it, it added substance to the plot and guided me easily through the storyline and knowing what both parties think and feel is very nice.
thank you Netgalley for sending me a copy of this book in exchange of an honest review!!
»»————- quotes i liked ————-««
(might be considered spoilers)
"Of course you do. You and Tomas are in love.
"He still doesn't believe in love. It bloomed because realized he was my one. Even though we're pretending, I'm in love with him."
"I know." Jonquil squeezed her again.
"He loves you, too."
"I need him to tell me."
"You need him to admit it to himself."
“He decided he was going to start by asking her to be his Happily Ever After.”