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A review by lenoreo
Only You by Denise Grover Swank
4.0
https://celebrityreaders.wordpress.com/2016/06/02/only-you-by-denise-grover-swank/
3.5 stars -- I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.
Up to the end this was a solid 4 star book for me. Fantastic rom-com with likeable characters and great chemistry. I was sucked in from their first awkward encounter. It might have even been more than 4 stars if they had had more encounters earlier in the book. It felt like two separate stories for a while and as this is a romance, I was kind of chomping at the bit to see them interacting in any way, shape, or form. But once they did get together they were pretty great together. It was definitely one of those books that followed a lot of romance cliches, but being a romance lover that stuff doesn't tend to bother me too much. And there were plenty of scenes that had me just grinning away!
And then the ending happened, and I just found I wasn't satisfied. I felt like it was rushed, a bit too much of a stretch (even for a rom-com lover such as myself), and I lost the magic somehow. So that was a little disappointing. I think I'll still round up to 4, because the rest of the book was solid, but yeah...
Great supporting cast -- loved seeing Megan again, she is such a hoot. I've only read book 1 in the Wedding Pact series, but I thoroughly enjoyed getting a glimpse at some of those characters again. And Matt and Tyler presumably get their own stories in this spin off series, so I'm looking forward to checking out their stories as well.
All in all a solid read only marred by an ending that didn't quite do it for me.
3.5 stars -- I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.
Up to the end this was a solid 4 star book for me. Fantastic rom-com with likeable characters and great chemistry. I was sucked in from their first awkward encounter. It might have even been more than 4 stars if they had had more encounters earlier in the book. It felt like two separate stories for a while and as this is a romance, I was kind of chomping at the bit to see them interacting in any way, shape, or form. But once they did get together they were pretty great together. It was definitely one of those books that followed a lot of romance cliches, but being a romance lover that stuff doesn't tend to bother me too much. And there were plenty of scenes that had me just grinning away!
And then the ending happened, and I just found I wasn't satisfied. I felt like it was rushed, a bit too much of a stretch (even for a rom-com lover such as myself), and I lost the magic somehow. So that was a little disappointing. I think I'll still round up to 4, because the rest of the book was solid, but yeah...
Great supporting cast -- loved seeing Megan again, she is such a hoot. I've only read book 1 in the Wedding Pact series, but I thoroughly enjoyed getting a glimpse at some of those characters again. And Matt and Tyler presumably get their own stories in this spin off series, so I'm looking forward to checking out their stories as well.
All in all a solid read only marred by an ending that didn't quite do it for me.