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A review by octavia_cade
Her Every Wish by Courtney Milan
emotional
hopeful
relaxing
fast-paced
3.5
This is a really enjoyable little novella; one of those books that you can read in a single sitting on a lazy afternoon (which is what I've just done). I haven't read a lot of Courtney Milan, but the few books of hers I have read are much of a piece with this: very socially aware of the different challenges disadvantaged people laboured under in times past, with a fundamentally optimistic outlook as the protagonists decide to put themselves first and subsequently succeed. There can be a tendency, in some romances - not that I'm an expert - towards the self-sacrificial, and so I really enjoy stories where the main characters say, with perfect truth, that they deserve better and work to get it.
That doesn't mean they're perfect, of course. Both hero and heroine here, while sympathetic, are rather too used to seeing life through the lens of their own marginalisation. Crash (and I'm sorry, but that's a stupid name) experiences bigotry due to his race, but is less aware of Daisy's struggles because of her gender... and vice versa. They both grow and change, and as always when it comes to reading romance, I am disposed to care for decent people doing their best to behave decently, even if they don't get it right at first.
That doesn't mean they're perfect, of course. Both hero and heroine here, while sympathetic, are rather too used to seeing life through the lens of their own marginalisation. Crash (and I'm sorry, but that's a stupid name) experiences bigotry due to his race, but is less aware of Daisy's struggles because of her gender... and vice versa. They both grow and change, and as always when it comes to reading romance, I am disposed to care for decent people doing their best to behave decently, even if they don't get it right at first.