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A review by dhrish
Teddy Spenser Isn't Looking for Love by Kim Fielding
2.0
2.5 stars
Kim Fielding can write, she has an incredible way of stringing together a lot of things that probably shouldn't work but does. Her writing is fun to read and I did enjoy this work by her.
Where "Teddy Spenser Isn't Looking for Love" falls flat is simply that the characters read young, YA young, and that this book made heavy use stereotypes for it's the Black love interest and the main character while not giving them much substance otherwise. The stereotyping may not be obvious but I genuinely wished the author hadn't leaned into them for either of the characters.
There was very little enemies-to-lovers action, and while that usually doesn't bother me, I didn't enjoy the insta-love in this story because I kind of feel I was promised a slow-burn that didn't deliver. I did enjoy the very surface level look of working at a start-up though. I also would have liked to know more about Teddy's previous boyfriend and that relationship.
The story itself was interesting but I never felt attached to Teddy or Romeo nor to any portion of their love story further than the antics of the story.
This book expected to come out on the 29 December 2020.
Thank you to NetGalley and HARLEQUIN-Carina Press for allowing me a free e-arc of this title. All opinions are my own.
Kim Fielding can write, she has an incredible way of stringing together a lot of things that probably shouldn't work but does. Her writing is fun to read and I did enjoy this work by her.
Where "Teddy Spenser Isn't Looking for Love" falls flat is simply that the characters read young, YA young, and that this book made heavy use stereotypes for it's the Black love interest and the main character while not giving them much substance otherwise. The stereotyping may not be obvious but I genuinely wished the author hadn't leaned into them for either of the characters.
There was very little enemies-to-lovers action, and while that usually doesn't bother me, I didn't enjoy the insta-love in this story because I kind of feel I was promised a slow-burn that didn't deliver. I did enjoy the very surface level look of working at a start-up though. I also would have liked to know more about Teddy's previous boyfriend and that relationship.
The story itself was interesting but I never felt attached to Teddy or Romeo nor to any portion of their love story further than the antics of the story.
This book expected to come out on the 29 December 2020.
Thank you to NetGalley and HARLEQUIN-Carina Press for allowing me a free e-arc of this title. All opinions are my own.