Remember those sweet Riley Hart books that were less about external angst and were more about two people finding themselves, falling in love and adjusRemember those sweet Riley Hart books that were less about external angst and were more about two people finding themselves, falling in love and adjusting their expectations to their new reality? This was a bit like that.
It's a GFY romance featuring a shy baker and a photographer who's been comfortable with who he is for ages. It has what I'm sure the characters co sider angst but the reader knows they're both so far gone for each other that there's not much angst there.
I did love the instant lightning bolt kind of attraction that they both felt for each other, but it felt like their progression from that to the love declarations was much too fast. They're basically the couple that decide first that they're in love, then figure out the rest later.
While that's their journey and it was a sweet one, it felt too idealistic and had very little bumps in the road. It all just felt too easy. Just two men who were both desperate for love finding each other and they live happily ever after. I wish they'd had something more to work through.
I received an advance review copy for free from Booksirens, and I am leaving this review voluntarily....more
Nothing to see here. Literally nothing happens. If you want a story where they meet, fall in love instantly and live happily ever after without a majoNothing to see here. Literally nothing happens. If you want a story where they meet, fall in love instantly and live happily ever after without a major issue, this is the one.
Even the two kinda sorta issues thrown in are resolved without any fanfare almost immediately.
Nothing wrong with it. I'm just looking for excitement and this wasn't it for me at this moment....more
If I were Megan, this would be my villain origin story. Took you in and you fuck her man on her bed? (and on her table and her basement and her couch)If I were Megan, this would be my villain origin story. Took you in and you fuck her man on her bed? (and on her table and her basement and her couch). Bring back shame.
Sadly, she's already so flanderized as the cold ungrateful girlfriend that there's nothing new she can possibly add.
A pity.
This is an 'almost' book. Where it could have been good, but kept missing the mark just enough each time to leave you unsatisfied.
There's no nuance to Megan's character. If I'm reading a cheating book, I want to at least feel a modicum of pity for the cheated on partner. I want to root for the cheaters in spite of their actions. Not let out a sigh of relief because the original partner is so bad.
I don't know if that makes sense. Meg was written in such a way that you're literally praying for something or someone to save Garret from her. This is a liberation story. Not a cheating story.
This was almost a good friends to lovers story. But again, fell just a bit short. They knew themselves for such a short time that the love declarations were premature.
The friendship was built on a great basis but the jump to being in love was too quick. This read more as two guys who became friends during a period when both needed a friend more than they needed a lover, and then latched on to the friendship they found and projected everything onto it.
The angst was non-existent. I enjoy books with the cheating storylines because the angst is usually too delicious to pass up. But there was no back and forth or genuine guilt in this.
Aaron was cosplaying feeling guilty. He wasn't sorry for what he was doing. He just felt sorry because he never expected to be someone else's Nick.
Garret was too much of a green flag that I knew how he'd handle Meg's return before he did it. Literally at no single point did I think......oh,he's going to need a moment to think and decide. And I know the irony of calling a cheater a green flag. But yes, Garret was the greenest of flags.
There was genuinely no conflict in this book. Aside from the petty bickering between Meg and Garret. Imagine.
Overall, this was an experience in edging. A book to almost get you there, but not quite....more
There's not much to say about this that wouldn't damn it with faint praise. Two extremely green flag MCs but dammit, nothing happened. Ever. At all. SThere's not much to say about this that wouldn't damn it with faint praise. Two extremely green flag MCs but dammit, nothing happened. Ever. At all. Seriously. Nothing.
This was like white noise. It's not bad, there's nothing in it that turns you off, but there's so much nothingness, it's mind-numbing.
The MCs are instantly attracted to each other, communicate openly, never hide their relationship, have very basic sex and pretty much live happily ever after.
31% in, it could have been over. 78% in, it could have been over. Without damaging any of the plot.
Also, was there a plot? Not so much. It was more of a slice of life sort of thing honestly. If nothing happened in life....more
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