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A review by jefferz
With Any Luck by Ashley Poston
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
This was short novella was fine and a quick sub-25 minute read. Part of the Amazon's The Improbable Meet-Cute Series featuring short stores themed around Valentines Day written by popular romance authors, I found With Any Luck to be cute yet inconsequential.
50 pages requires a concise and tidy story which With Any Luck manages by covering only two days worth of plot during Audrey Love's best male friend's wedding. At the wedding she unfortunately is greeted by the fiance's best man who she had a fling with on a previous trip. The novella is essentially an enemies to lovers setup but the short length does the trope no favors. The only way to reverse the animosity is via misunderstandings which I've mentioned many times as being one of my pet peeves. This is exemplified by Audrey believing she ruined the wedding when her best friend goes missing the morning of the wedding following a drunken night out she can't remember.
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I feel like grouch critically reviewing a short novella that's obviously intended to be a predictably cute quick comfy read. Romance however is not my preferred genre of choice and it needs to either be rom-com hilarious or nuanced and deep to interest me. I found this to be neither and quite silly which is disappointing since I liked some of Ashley Poston's previous works. On that note, you know I will be buying and eating discounted Valentines Day chocolates on Feb 15th on my own and regretting nothing-
50 pages requires a concise and tidy story which With Any Luck manages by covering only two days worth of plot during Audrey Love's best male friend's wedding. At the wedding she unfortunately is greeted by the fiance's best man who she had a fling with on a previous trip. The novella is essentially an enemies to lovers setup but the short length does the trope no favors. The only way to reverse the animosity is via misunderstandings which I've mentioned many times as being one of my pet peeves. This is exemplified by Audrey believing she ruined the wedding when her best friend goes missing the morning of the wedding following a drunken night out she can't remember.
(view spoiler)
I feel like grouch critically reviewing a short novella that's obviously intended to be a predictably cute quick comfy read. Romance however is not my preferred genre of choice and it needs to either be rom-com hilarious or nuanced and deep to interest me. I found this to be neither and quite silly which is disappointing since I liked some of Ashley Poston's previous works. On that note, you know I will be buying and eating discounted Valentines Day chocolates on Feb 15th on my own and regretting nothing-