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A review by rereader33
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
1.0
Goodness gracious alive, I hated this.
This book would have been INFINITELY better if the story had been about Gavin trying to win Thea back, realizing their relationship wasn't healthy for either of them, and deciding to go through with the divorce so he could move on. Because as I just mentioned, this relationship was toxic as fuck and they should NOT have gotten back together.
I'm not going to go into a full rant because, honestly, I don't have the energy nor the patience to rant for pages on end, so here's the cliffnotes version:
-Gavin was a clueless, selfish asshole who was barely redeemable at the end, but made so much stupid as fuck decisions that I couldn't be fucked to care about his development.
-Thea was combative, stubborn, mean-spirited, and annoying. As with Gavin, she got some development towards the end but the damage was already done.
-Liv needed to BACK THE FUCK OFF and let the two GROWN ASS ADULTS handle their problems on their own. She was also one of the worst kinds of pseudo-feminism, where she hates men because their mere existence is an unpardonable sin (yes, I know her backstory explains why, but that doesn't give her the right to be an obnoxious man-hater).
-I didn't really care about the other guys, they were mostly alright. Except for Mack, I wanted to punch him in the teeth.
-The writing was substandard and non-engaging. It served its purpose and that's it.
-While there were a lot of interesting themes/ concepts that were brought up, most of them were either handled poorly or were surface level at best.
-The relationship was toxic, there was no reason for me to root for these two reconciling because they were both the absolute WORST, and I hate that they eventually reconciled. Shit like this gives romance novels a bad name and that breaks my heart more than anything.
And that's basically it. I hated this, but I promised someone I'd read the other books (because I can't say no and I hate myself apparently) so I'll be reading more of this shit. But aside from my own poor life choices, I would not recommend this book to anyone, romance fan or not. It's not worth your time, patience, or sanity.
This book would have been INFINITELY better if the story had been about Gavin trying to win Thea back, realizing their relationship wasn't healthy for either of them, and deciding to go through with the divorce so he could move on. Because as I just mentioned, this relationship was toxic as fuck and they should NOT have gotten back together.
I'm not going to go into a full rant because, honestly, I don't have the energy nor the patience to rant for pages on end, so here's the cliffnotes version:
-Gavin was a clueless, selfish asshole who was barely redeemable at the end, but made so much stupid as fuck decisions that I couldn't be fucked to care about his development.
-Thea was combative, stubborn, mean-spirited, and annoying. As with Gavin, she got some development towards the end but the damage was already done.
-Liv needed to BACK THE FUCK OFF and let the two GROWN ASS ADULTS handle their problems on their own. She was also one of the worst kinds of pseudo-feminism, where she hates men because their mere existence is an unpardonable sin (yes, I know her backstory explains why, but that doesn't give her the right to be an obnoxious man-hater).
-I didn't really care about the other guys, they were mostly alright. Except for Mack, I wanted to punch him in the teeth.
-The writing was substandard and non-engaging. It served its purpose and that's it.
-While there were a lot of interesting themes/ concepts that were brought up, most of them were either handled poorly or were surface level at best.
-The relationship was toxic, there was no reason for me to root for these two reconciling because they were both the absolute WORST, and I hate that they eventually reconciled. Shit like this gives romance novels a bad name and that breaks my heart more than anything.
And that's basically it. I hated this, but I promised someone I'd read the other books (because I can't say no and I hate myself apparently) so I'll be reading more of this shit. But aside from my own poor life choices, I would not recommend this book to anyone, romance fan or not. It's not worth your time, patience, or sanity.