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A review by bookswithjax
Not Betting on Forever by Natasha Moore
3.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for my eArc copy. All opinions are my own.
Okay so reading the synopsis I was excited for an older couple romance and didn’t think much about it when it said he was her sisters ex. I didn’t realize they meant ex husband. A broken relationship that tore their families apart for 20 + years and the MFC and her sister have a strained relationship. So this whole falling for her ex husband thing was just weird. It’s taboo but in a rom com and I don’t buy it realistically. I get that most romance has elements of fantasy about them, but this was just not hitting the mark for me.
As a 40 something person myself I definitely understood a lot of what was driving these characters and I loved that it showed them with all their flaws and uncertainties and hang ups. That said no 42 and 48 year old with that sort of history acts like this. Not if we’re supposed to take them seriously. The stuff with their businesses and family obligations etc. I buy… the romance part not even a little bit. The chemistry is forced and the number of times he calls her brat and she refers to him as her sisters husband (ex or otherwise) was cringe. Never letting us forget that dynamic didn’t allow for me to believe they were falling for each other.
I do think there will be many people who love this story and if you’re into second chance, semi taboo, enemies to lovers lite, romances with a town full of side characters then this may be the book for you!!
Okay so reading the synopsis I was excited for an older couple romance and didn’t think much about it when it said he was her sisters ex. I didn’t realize they meant ex husband. A broken relationship that tore their families apart for 20 + years and the MFC and her sister have a strained relationship. So this whole falling for her ex husband thing was just weird. It’s taboo but in a rom com and I don’t buy it realistically. I get that most romance has elements of fantasy about them, but this was just not hitting the mark for me.
As a 40 something person myself I definitely understood a lot of what was driving these characters and I loved that it showed them with all their flaws and uncertainties and hang ups. That said no 42 and 48 year old with that sort of history acts like this. Not if we’re supposed to take them seriously. The stuff with their businesses and family obligations etc. I buy… the romance part not even a little bit. The chemistry is forced and the number of times he calls her brat and she refers to him as her sisters husband (ex or otherwise) was cringe. Never letting us forget that dynamic didn’t allow for me to believe they were falling for each other.
I do think there will be many people who love this story and if you’re into second chance, semi taboo, enemies to lovers lite, romances with a town full of side characters then this may be the book for you!!