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A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone
3.0
Actual rating 3.5 stars
Trigger warnings: lying, fatshaming, slutshaming, injuries
Read this book for Freezathon created by Julie @bujo.books!
This was the buddy read book for my team in the readathon; I hoped to read it with other people from my team but it didn't work out that way as it took my awhile to get the library copy I put on hold. Overall, it was fine. I liked the setting, specially reading it during December. I liked the characters a lot, including the side characters though some were definitely a little too quirky for me haha. My biggest issue with this book though is that I felt like the physical relationship between the main characters was given more importance in the narrative than their emotional connection. I get it, it's supposed to be a spicy romance, but there's definitely a way to balance sexual attraction and emotional interest in a plot and I don't think that was accomplished well in this book. It definitely would've made the story much more entertaining and engaging. I was also not happy with the way Nolan's mother's mental health diagnosis and treatment was portrayed in the story. It felt really negative and honestly, problematic within the narrative and with what it says about people who struggle with their mental health. I will most likely still continue with this series, because I really liked the side characters, but I am definitely hoping for more depth in the next books.
Trigger warnings: lying, fatshaming, slutshaming, injuries
Read this book for Freezathon created by Julie @bujo.books!
This was the buddy read book for my team in the readathon; I hoped to read it with other people from my team but it didn't work out that way as it took my awhile to get the library copy I put on hold. Overall, it was fine. I liked the setting, specially reading it during December. I liked the characters a lot, including the side characters though some were definitely a little too quirky for me haha. My biggest issue with this book though is that I felt like the physical relationship between the main characters was given more importance in the narrative than their emotional connection. I get it, it's supposed to be a spicy romance, but there's definitely a way to balance sexual attraction and emotional interest in a plot and I don't think that was accomplished well in this book. It definitely would've made the story much more entertaining and engaging. I was also not happy with the way Nolan's mother's mental health diagnosis and treatment was portrayed in the story. It felt really negative and honestly, problematic within the narrative and with what it says about people who struggle with their mental health. I will most likely still continue with this series, because I really liked the side characters, but I am definitely hoping for more depth in the next books.