manikahemmerixh 's review for:

Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings

DID NOT FINISH: 48%

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I got halfway, but am doing myself the kindness of not forcing myself to finish it. I've been avoiding reading contemporary romance books for a while because I wasn't enjoying them, but this one has such a gorgeous cover and it's based in my state so I wanted to give it a try. It has quite literally all of the things that were annoying me about "rom-coms". One dimensional characters, bad references, poor descriptors (at one point a character is described as having "hot chocolate hair"), and the chemistry between the two characters doesn't even feel legitimate. I couldn't take anymore when one character suggests they should "bang out" their tension (is the tension in the room with us? they have very flimsy, at best, reasons to not be able to have a cordial relationship). It's disappointing feeling like I don't like fun, lighthearted books anymore 😔 but I realized quickly that this wasn't going to change my mind.