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A review by chocolatemeerkat
Patchwork Paradise by Indra Vaughn
4.0
So this book and I did not see eye to eye at all from the very beginning. I made the mistake of not reading the blurb and took it at face value of the cover. A cover which makes me think its a cute starting a family book with probably some baby drama because babies. This is not a cute warm fuzzy family book it's a let's fridge lover trope with murder so we can get him out of the way and move on to the real couple. I normally have no issue with this trope at all (except when death involves a luggage tram at an airport but that's a totally different book) but like I said I went in with Sam and Ollie and got a very dead Sam with very shitty parents.
As a person who has lost three human relatives and three cats in the span of two years I know how powerful grief can be and how shitty the experience can be. So I identified strongly with poor Ollie and wanted to punch Sam's father in the face with a meat cleaver. Probably the only strong emotion I got out of this book other than that I didn't care about Cloe or Imran. Thomas I enjoyed somewhat but over I couldn't connect with any of them very deeply let alone enjoy any of the sex scenes.
This is not a bad book at all its just did not mesh with me at all which is sad. I spent more time being pissed at the side characters and waiting for the magic baby to drop on them. Sorry Milo you are magic plot baby no matter how cute you are with flinging avocados.
As a person who has lost three human relatives and three cats in the span of two years I know how powerful grief can be and how shitty the experience can be. So I identified strongly with poor Ollie and wanted to punch Sam's father in the face with a meat cleaver. Probably the only strong emotion I got out of this book other than that I didn't care about Cloe or Imran. Thomas I enjoyed somewhat but over I couldn't connect with any of them very deeply let alone enjoy any of the sex scenes.
This is not a bad book at all its just did not mesh with me at all which is sad. I spent more time being pissed at the side characters and waiting for the magic baby to drop on them. Sorry Milo you are magic plot baby no matter how cute you are with flinging avocados.