A review by kittykels
Don't Kiss the Bride by Carian Cole

challenging medium-paced

3.0

Honestly unsure about how to rate this book. 3 is probably the highest I would give and 2 the lowest. Maybe it should be somewhere in between, but I can't decide. 

Like:
  • Jude, for the most part. 
  • Instant attraction yet slow burn romance
  • Exploring what people want in life at 18 vs. 34, etc.

Dislike:
  • A lot of the conflict doesn't seem genuine. I know this is a fictional story, but I want the characters and their flaws and their conflicts to feel genuine and organic. Unfortunately, this story reads like it's made up and sometimes a little over-the-top. 
  • I won't go into detail in case my own experience with mental health isn't comprehensive enough to have an opinion on this, but I felt like the mental health part of the book was written by someone who researched mental health issues without ever experiencing them. Which is fine, I don't want or expect everyone to experience mental health issues, obviously. But I experience some of the mental health issues mentioned in this book and was a little confused about how they were approached.
  • This was my first age-gap romance (I think) so I made sure to keep an open mind going into this story. I think the age difference and the slippery slope of romance with an 18 year old still in high school was handled decently, but at the same time I feel like it devolved into a giant miscommunication trope. It went from interesting in the very beginning to annoying and boring by the end. 
  • There's spice in this book, but not a lot of it. I'm totally fine with that, but
    WHY do they keep mostly hooking up while one of them is recovering from a hospital visit?!


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