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A review by the_love_librarian
Pretty Rings and Broken Things by Kat Singleton
medium-paced
4.0
Pretty Rings and Broken Things is Winnie and Archer’s marriage of convenience story. We met Winnie in Black Ties and White Lies, so I was excited that the author decided to give that heroine’s friends their own books!
Archer and Winnie, each from rival hotelier families, are to marry after Winnie unknowingly finds herself in a potential scandal that could tarnish her family’s reputation. Archer is your typical, grumpy billionaire who acts like he doesn’t want to marry Winnie but of course he’s going to fall first and they’ll realize that they are better together than what their families have raised them to believe.
While this book was fun to read, there were parts that felt repetitive and were more telling than showing. I personally feel like we were told more than shown how much time Winnie and Archer spent together when they were first married, living together becoming friends. It felt like we got highlights but then would be yanked to something else. The rivalry between their families and how they were supposed to hate each other was mentioned a lot, but again, you never felt those feelings of dislike between Winnie and Archer. We were to assume that they just didn’t like each other until otherwise proven. I did enjoy this better than Black Ties and White Lies, but ultimately it felt like the same story/characters, just a slightly different storyline.
Flaws aside, it didn’t need to be a perfect read to be a fun read. We all love a hero who falls first for the heroine and that was the best part of the book for me. I can’t wait for Emma’s book!
Archer and Winnie, each from rival hotelier families, are to marry after Winnie unknowingly finds herself in a potential scandal that could tarnish her family’s reputation. Archer is your typical, grumpy billionaire who acts like he doesn’t want to marry Winnie but of course he’s going to fall first and they’ll realize that they are better together than what their families have raised them to believe.
While this book was fun to read, there were parts that felt repetitive and were more telling than showing. I personally feel like we were told more than shown how much time Winnie and Archer spent together when they were first married, living together becoming friends. It felt like we got highlights but then would be yanked to something else. The rivalry between their families and how they were supposed to hate each other was mentioned a lot, but again, you never felt those feelings of dislike between Winnie and Archer. We were to assume that they just didn’t like each other until otherwise proven. I did enjoy this better than Black Ties and White Lies, but ultimately it felt like the same story/characters, just a slightly different storyline.
Flaws aside, it didn’t need to be a perfect read to be a fun read. We all love a hero who falls first for the heroine and that was the best part of the book for me. I can’t wait for Emma’s book!