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lauren_dots 's review for:
The Roughest Draft
by Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka
This is one of the more interesting contemporary romances that I've read! It's the first I've read by a husband-wife duo, so it made the dynamic between the two characters, Katrina and Nathan, really interesting. I'm also a big fan of the friends to enemies to lovers trope, which this book captured really well in a way that didn't feel cliche.
This is a *very* slow burn romance, which might not be for everyone, but I found it to be exquisite. At a certain point, I was thinking, omg just DO EACH OTHER ALREADY!! t was kind of torture. But like…good torture? I think? I really did find the writing to be fantastic.
I think this easily could have been a 5-star read for me if not for the way that cheating is addressed in this. My next comment is moderately spoilery, so proceed at your own risk!
I was kind of annoyed by the attitude both characters had around cheating as if they couldn't *possibly* cheat, when in reality they actually were cheating in every way other than physically. Despite this, they each wore kid gloves when addressing the subject as if they were saints for staying within their “boundaries”, as if they weren't the textbook definition of emotional cheating. I could understand this if the authors wanted you to be in on their crimes, but it didn't feel that way at all. Y’all aren’t fooling NOBODY.
I do still think this is definitely worth a read, though, especially if you're a fan of slow burn contemporary romances.
This is a *very* slow burn romance, which might not be for everyone, but I found it to be exquisite. At a certain point, I was thinking, omg just DO EACH OTHER ALREADY!! t was kind of torture. But like…good torture? I think? I really did find the writing to be fantastic.
I think this easily could have been a 5-star read for me if not for the way that cheating is addressed in this. My next comment is moderately spoilery, so proceed at your own risk!
I was kind of annoyed by the attitude both characters had around cheating as if they couldn't *possibly* cheat, when in reality they actually were cheating in every way other than physically. Despite this, they each wore kid gloves when addressing the subject as if they were saints for staying within their “boundaries”, as if they weren't the textbook definition of emotional cheating. I could understand this if the authors wanted you to be in on their crimes, but it didn't feel that way at all. Y’all aren’t fooling NOBODY.
I do still think this is definitely worth a read, though, especially if you're a fan of slow burn contemporary romances.