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Only Love Can Hurt Like This
by Paige Toon
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Wren is running from the UK, after recently splitting with her fiance, who she finds out is in love with someone else. Enter Anders, a man who lost his wife 4 years ago, who she then falls in love with. Small town romance happens and a huge (might I say, kind of f*cked up) secret is revealed.
The plot was very much a slow burn, I think they didnt really admit feelings for each otheruntil about like, 75% of the way through really . Nothing wrong with a slow burn per-se but it felt very slow.
ESPECIALLY without dual POV, it was so freaking hard to figure out whether Wren was being delulu or this man actually liked her, because boy was Anders ... QUIET and quite frankly BORING (but considering the plot twist, I understand why there was no dual POV). There was something just so shallow about this book, I can't quite place it though. I didn't really care for the characters, nor did I feel like they had much chemistry and the whole pretending his wife was actually dead for a day was honestly weird. Like girl this man has so much baggage but she's still like, 'what if 👉🏽👈🏽 ?!', the epitome of 'i can fix him.....' 👁️👄👁️
The plot was very much a slow burn, I think they didnt really admit feelings for each other
ESPECIALLY without dual POV, it was so freaking hard to figure out whether Wren was being delulu or this man actually liked her, because boy was Anders ... QUIET and quite frankly BORING (but considering the plot twist, I understand why there was no dual POV). There was something just so shallow about this book, I can't quite place it though. I didn't really care for the characters, nor did I feel like they had much chemistry and the whole