hxma 's review for:

The Takeover by T.L. Swan

3.25

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is very well written and everything feels thought through and structured. Probs to TL Swan. But I realised that widow stories aren't really my cup of tea. I love Tristan and I kinda like ld Claire in the beginning too but after

Tristan showed them the house he wanted them to move to and was like talking about adopting the boys (so adorable) she acted like a selfish bitch. Literally.

That's a huge thing I didn't like but also in the end it felt like the author was trying to just find any conflict to put in to just keep the story going and to get some kind of plot in (cuz there was almost none in the whole book) and it didn't work well. It just annoyed me tbh. Also major turn down. The book could've been 100 pages shorter where all the bitchy parts of claire are left out and them

breaking up for 2 weeks (very dramatically I might add)

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I thought it might be a 4 stars but sadly...
3.25✨️