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A review by fiction_aficionado
In Spite of Ourselves by Jennifer Rodewald
5.0
There aren’t many authors who could convince me to pick up a married-in-Vegas romance, but Jennifer Rodewald is one of them. And boy did I love this one.
The main obstacle for me with a premise like this is making a Vegas marriage believable without completely turning me off the characters. This book gets a big tick for that box. Was it still a dumb move? Absolutely. But it was also out of character for both Jackson and Mackenzie—and both for completely different reasons, I might add, which was another ingredient in this story’s success.
With the premise hurdle out of the way, it was pretty much a foregone conclusion I would love this novel. Jennifer Rodewald is one of my favourite contemporary romance authors because of the warmth in her writing, the emotional connection she creates between her characters, and the way she pushes her characters to grow through whatever situation they happen to be facing. For this particular story, I need to add that I completely fell in love with Jackson Murphy. He’s flawed, for sure, but he also knows how to love well, and I love the way he demonstrates this to Mackenzie. And I love even more what it means for her.
There’s also the fact that this was essentially a modern marriage of (in)convenience story, just with a bit of a twist. I loved that too. Really, there was every reason to love this story, and I can’t wait for the next in the series!
I received a copy of this novel from the author. This has not influenced the content of my review, which is my honest and unbiased opinion.
The main obstacle for me with a premise like this is making a Vegas marriage believable without completely turning me off the characters. This book gets a big tick for that box. Was it still a dumb move? Absolutely. But it was also out of character for both Jackson and Mackenzie—and both for completely different reasons, I might add, which was another ingredient in this story’s success.
With the premise hurdle out of the way, it was pretty much a foregone conclusion I would love this novel. Jennifer Rodewald is one of my favourite contemporary romance authors because of the warmth in her writing, the emotional connection she creates between her characters, and the way she pushes her characters to grow through whatever situation they happen to be facing. For this particular story, I need to add that I completely fell in love with Jackson Murphy. He’s flawed, for sure, but he also knows how to love well, and I love the way he demonstrates this to Mackenzie. And I love even more what it means for her.
There’s also the fact that this was essentially a modern marriage of (in)convenience story, just with a bit of a twist. I loved that too. Really, there was every reason to love this story, and I can’t wait for the next in the series!
I received a copy of this novel from the author. This has not influenced the content of my review, which is my honest and unbiased opinion.