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A review by jackiesreadingjourney
The Co-op by Tarah DeWitt
2.0
Two adults with poor communication skills both have grandmothers who were married to each other. When the grandmothers pass away within months of each other, they leave the two adults with a rundown co-op that they now co-own. To get rid of the property, they decide to live together and fix it up so they can sell it and finally be done with each other.
However, they don’t have enough money to do the repairs. The FMC is a trust fund baby, but she can’t access her funds unless she’s married. So, even though these two had a falling out years ago due to a miscommunication, they decide to enter a marriage of convenience and cohabitate to fix up the house and move on for good.
Aside from the bizarre setup of both having a grandmother married to the other’s, the entire plot revolves around miscommunication. The FMC comes across as selfish and “misunderstood,” but honestly, all she needed to do was, I don’t know, say something kind instead of being rude all the time. Maybe she wouldn’t feel so unloved and isolated if she wasn’t always on the offensive.
As for the MMC—he’s portrayed as perfect but apparently says something to her when they were younger that caused their fallout. This “miscommunication” was never fully explained and felt completely out of character, making it seem like drama for the sake of drama.
That’s the whole book: FMC is rude, MMC is intentionally clueless, there’s plenty of sexual tension, a few funny romcom moments, and lots of miscommunication that doesn’t feel logical or realistic. When they finally do talk, they decide to be “just friends.” Also, the alternating past and present chapters were confusing, and the plot felt so drawn out that finishing the book was a struggle.
I was having such a good time initially, but this is a case of “less is more.” By the 70% mark, once the characters finally talked, they should have started getting together instead of dragging out their declarations of love and adding more over-the-top drama. The story felt forced, way too long, and ultimately didn’t make sense.
Two stars, but I’ll give it credit for the FMC being a tall woman. As a fellow tall woman (I mean not 6 ft but tall enough to relate), I appreciated those moments where she mentions the struggles of dating due to her height. It’s refreshing to see representation in romance since most FMCs are usually so “tiny and cute”.
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
However, they don’t have enough money to do the repairs. The FMC is a trust fund baby, but she can’t access her funds unless she’s married. So, even though these two had a falling out years ago due to a miscommunication, they decide to enter a marriage of convenience and cohabitate to fix up the house and move on for good.
Aside from the bizarre setup of both having a grandmother married to the other’s, the entire plot revolves around miscommunication. The FMC comes across as selfish and “misunderstood,” but honestly, all she needed to do was, I don’t know, say something kind instead of being rude all the time. Maybe she wouldn’t feel so unloved and isolated if she wasn’t always on the offensive.
As for the MMC—he’s portrayed as perfect but apparently says something to her when they were younger that caused their fallout. This “miscommunication” was never fully explained and felt completely out of character, making it seem like drama for the sake of drama.
That’s the whole book: FMC is rude, MMC is intentionally clueless, there’s plenty of sexual tension, a few funny romcom moments, and lots of miscommunication that doesn’t feel logical or realistic. When they finally do talk, they decide to be “just friends.” Also, the alternating past and present chapters were confusing, and the plot felt so drawn out that finishing the book was a struggle.
I was having such a good time initially, but this is a case of “less is more.” By the 70% mark, once the characters finally talked, they should have started getting together instead of dragging out their declarations of love and adding more over-the-top drama. The story felt forced, way too long, and ultimately didn’t make sense.
Two stars, but I’ll give it credit for the FMC being a tall woman. As a fellow tall woman (I mean not 6 ft but tall enough to relate), I appreciated those moments where she mentions the struggles of dating due to her height. It’s refreshing to see representation in romance since most FMCs are usually so “tiny and cute”.
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.