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A review by elliotalderson
The Hookup Dilemma by Constance Gillam
2.0
Received this from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
After meeting at a bar, Rashida and Elliott have a one-night stand. Neither of them know they are on opposite sides of a gentrification issue.
I went into this expecting an enemies to lovers romance which I didn't really get. That's most likely my own fault and I probably just misunderstood the premise. They are on opposite sides of an issue but I never really felt much of a conflict between them. Their attraction to each other kind of overruled things, in my opinion. Rashida always gave into seeing him, even when he did things that went against what she was supposed to be fighting for.
Speaking of their attraction, I definitely believe in lust at first sight but love at first sight? It depends. After their one-night stand, where they barely got to know each other in the first place, Elliott and Rashida both seemed to fall in love really fast. They never really, in my opinion, got to know each other in the weeks following their hook up. Everything was centered around them being on opposite sides of a big issue.
There was a lot of potential with this book and unfortunately, for me, it fell flat. I didn't feel a connection to the characters. The steam was there but it didn't work for me.
After meeting at a bar, Rashida and Elliott have a one-night stand. Neither of them know they are on opposite sides of a gentrification issue.
I went into this expecting an enemies to lovers romance which I didn't really get. That's most likely my own fault and I probably just misunderstood the premise. They are on opposite sides of an issue but I never really felt much of a conflict between them. Their attraction to each other kind of overruled things, in my opinion. Rashida always gave into seeing him, even when he did things that went against what she was supposed to be fighting for.
Speaking of their attraction, I definitely believe in lust at first sight but love at first sight? It depends. After their one-night stand, where they barely got to know each other in the first place, Elliott and Rashida both seemed to fall in love really fast. They never really, in my opinion, got to know each other in the weeks following their hook up. Everything was centered around them being on opposite sides of a big issue.
There was a lot of potential with this book and unfortunately, for me, it fell flat. I didn't feel a connection to the characters. The steam was there but it didn't work for me.