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A review by bookish_kristina
Only Because It's You by Rebecca Fisseha
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.5
So, so boring
This book made me realize that I really don’t like friends to lovers, especially when there’s no history of pining and no chemistry as friends or as lovers. This was bland but I liked the references to Toronto and the Ethiopian cultural aspects. Unfortunately the plot was barely there, the conflict zilch and I didn’t care about either character. Not that I didn’t like them, I just honestly, could have cared less if they got together.
And the pacing of this book is atrocious. They have no attraction whatsoever until suddenly they jump into bed. Where’s the build up? And what was even the point of the engagement ring subplot? None that I could see. And of course, because it’s a romcom, they have to put up stupid artificial barriers to why they can’t be together that disappear just because they decide to ignore them. I would have been frustrated if I cared at all for them getting together.
This book was a boring offering of the same recycled and banal fiends to lovers tropes that ankready exist in millions of other books and couldn’t interest me even with the Canadian/Ethiopian elements.
Thanks to NetGalley for the complimentary copy. This is book seven in my reading Canadian challenge.
This book made me realize that I really don’t like friends to lovers, especially when there’s no history of pining and no chemistry as friends or as lovers. This was bland but I liked the references to Toronto and the Ethiopian cultural aspects. Unfortunately the plot was barely there, the conflict zilch and I didn’t care about either character. Not that I didn’t like them, I just honestly, could have cared less if they got together.
And the pacing of this book is atrocious. They have no attraction whatsoever until suddenly they jump into bed. Where’s the build up? And what was even the point of the engagement ring subplot? None that I could see. And of course, because it’s a romcom, they have to put up stupid artificial barriers to why they can’t be together that disappear just because they decide to ignore them. I would have been frustrated if I cared at all for them getting together.
This book was a boring offering of the same recycled and banal fiends to lovers tropes that ankready exist in millions of other books and couldn’t interest me even with the Canadian/Ethiopian elements.
Thanks to NetGalley for the complimentary copy. This is book seven in my reading Canadian challenge.