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A review by momodesu
Go Around by E.J. Noyes
3.5
This is a single POV romance from Avery’s perspective. Avery and Elise have off the charts chemistry and clearly still have a lot of love and respect for each other, but it’s messy and emotional and yes, steamy. Their initial breakup was due to Elise’s decision that she wasn’t ready or able to come out, and Avery didn’t want to be in a relationship she had to keep secret.
Elise has a lot of regret, and Avery understandably has a lot of residual hurt. I found both of them to be very likable and believable and they had great communication, but there wasn’t much variety in setting and there were minimal side characters. I get the setting since they spend much of the story with Elise hiding out in Avery’s house, but I found pretty much everyone else to be flat caricatures instead of developed people.
The stalker aspect felt like it was just a vehicle to reconnect the two, though, and I didn’t find it particularly compelling. It wasn’t really addressed much beyond Elise’s anxiety around it and Avery’s protectiveness, and I found myself wondering whether they were ever going to circle back to resolve it.
Elise has a lot of regret, and Avery understandably has a lot of residual hurt. I found both of them to be very likable and believable and they had great communication, but there wasn’t much variety in setting and there were minimal side characters. I get the setting since they spend much of the story with Elise hiding out in Avery’s house, but I found pretty much everyone else to be flat caricatures instead of developed people.
The stalker aspect felt like it was just a vehicle to reconnect the two, though, and I didn’t find it particularly compelling. It wasn’t really addressed much beyond Elise’s anxiety around it and Avery’s protectiveness, and I found myself wondering whether they were ever going to circle back to resolve it.