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Stay With Me by Brooke Montgomery
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
3.5 ✨️
It breaks my heart to write this. I didn't hate this, but I didn't love it. I enjoyed it, had a reasonably good time, but it didn't hit the same way the rest of the books in this series have.
I read these entirely out of order (book 3, 4, 1, 0.5 and then book 2 before getting to the last book) so I'm like fully invested in this series and these characters and everything until now has had 5 stars.
Imagine my devastation when I pick this up, hoping it'll be my first 5 star of the year, only for the pacing to be entirely off. Everything mentioned in the synopsis regarding the pregnancy doesn't kick in until like 70%. Everything before that, sweet but dragged, so much was crammed into the last 30%, and it seemed so rushed.
The other thing that makes me sad about this rating is that Tripp and Magnolia are end game, and I freaking adored them. They reminded me of myself and my partner because we've also been friends for years and years before he finally got his head outta his ass and made a move 😂 so i wanted to love this so much more because of that to.
Alas, it is what it is. But I did still love the atmosphere, being at sugarland Creek and being with the Hollis family. Just the pacing was off for me, unfortunately 😕
It breaks my heart to write this. I didn't hate this, but I didn't love it. I enjoyed it, had a reasonably good time, but it didn't hit the same way the rest of the books in this series have.
I read these entirely out of order (book 3, 4, 1, 0.5 and then book 2 before getting to the last book) so I'm like fully invested in this series and these characters and everything until now has had 5 stars.
Imagine my devastation when I pick this up, hoping it'll be my first 5 star of the year, only for the pacing to be entirely off. Everything mentioned in the synopsis regarding the pregnancy doesn't kick in until like 70%. Everything before that, sweet but dragged, so much was crammed into the last 30%, and it seemed so rushed.
The other thing that makes me sad about this rating is that Tripp and Magnolia are end game, and I freaking adored them. They reminded me of myself and my partner because we've also been friends for years and years before he finally got his head outta his ass and made a move 😂 so i wanted to love this so much more because of that to.
Alas, it is what it is. But I did still love the atmosphere, being at sugarland Creek and being with the Hollis family. Just the pacing was off for me, unfortunately 😕