this_momma_is_booked 's review for:

Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters

3.5

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I wanted to love this one. The premise is great, the supporting cast of characters are fantastic, and the whole "opposites attract" of it all was the perfect set up. And yet, it fell a bit flat for me. Cade and Selena felt completely underdeveloped as characters and as a couple. One moment they're at odds and the next they're in love? Plus, the same defining characteristics were hammered in over and over again - Cade is "boring" and "stuffy" and Selena is "artsy" and "impulsive." I get that those are who the characters are when we first meet them, but it seems that they didn't really grow from there. And if I had to read about how Cade wears all gray "business" attire one more time, I was going to fling my Kindle across the room.

Overall, it's a cute story that could have used a few more passes to really capture the connection between the characters.

Favorite quote:

“…is the past tense attached to the love or to the person? The person is past but the love isn’t.”