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cindilm76 's review for:
A Guide to Being Just Friends
by Sophie Sullivan
Thank you to the author, publisher and Net Galley for providing a free ebook ARC of this title in exchange for my review.
I haven't read the other books in this series, but it felt like it worked well as a stand alone. Maybe I would have known more about Wes and his family (I think it's his side that is the series) if I'd read the others, but it worked out ok. I'm not a big romance reader, so don't really have opinions for different couple styles like many reviewers seem to comment on. I did enjoy the friends first aspect of the characters, but it seemed like that portion of their relationship was just too rigid. Maybe that's more real life for current days, and I'm out of touch, but it seems like though they started out as 'just friends', as time went on, one or the other would bring up the topic of maybe dating or being a couple. Or I'm out of touch, I don't know. Someone commented this book was "too clean to be adult romance but not clean enough to be clean YA" and that's how I felt too. The "rules" felt really regulated.
It was a cute story, overall. Not believable to me, but an enjoyable read. I'm going to go with a 2 star rating for "it was ok." I'm not in a rush to go find the other books in the series to get more of the characters. And I can't think of any of my reading friends that I think would really go for this one, so I doubt I'll be recommending it. (To be fair to the book, I'm a mystery reader and a lot of my book friends are sci fi/fantasy or thriller readers.)
I haven't read the other books in this series, but it felt like it worked well as a stand alone. Maybe I would have known more about Wes and his family (I think it's his side that is the series) if I'd read the others, but it worked out ok. I'm not a big romance reader, so don't really have opinions for different couple styles like many reviewers seem to comment on. I did enjoy the friends first aspect of the characters, but it seemed like that portion of their relationship was just too rigid. Maybe that's more real life for current days, and I'm out of touch, but it seems like though they started out as 'just friends', as time went on, one or the other would bring up the topic of maybe dating or being a couple. Or I'm out of touch, I don't know. Someone commented this book was "too clean to be adult romance but not clean enough to be clean YA" and that's how I felt too. The "rules" felt really regulated.
It was a cute story, overall. Not believable to me, but an enjoyable read. I'm going to go with a 2 star rating for "it was ok." I'm not in a rush to go find the other books in the series to get more of the characters. And I can't think of any of my reading friends that I think would really go for this one, so I doubt I'll be recommending it. (To be fair to the book, I'm a mystery reader and a lot of my book friends are sci fi/fantasy or thriller readers.)