scoodle42's review against another edition
2.0
I didn’t read the other books in this series, but since my overall issue with this was the writing itself maybe it’s best that I don’t read them. I was a bit bored plot wise. The couple didn’t really seem like two people falling in love. It was a bit stilted. The language seemed rather repetitive in a lot of places. Also, I didn’t really like the way that the author framed some of her descriptions of the main female character. There’s a way to speak about women and compliment them without insulting other women and it just seemed like there was a lot of that language happening in this book. A lot of punching down of others to emphasize the greatness of the main character. I didn’t like that.
critterbee's review against another edition
2.0
Great premise, but the characters seemed a bit two dimensional, and the writing dry and predictable. Not my cup of tea, although many readers enjoy her books.
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verityw's review against another edition
1.0
Really didn’t like this. The writing style is awful and the detail is bonkers. Not for me. Never mind.
abigailzink's review against another edition
1.0
I cannot believe this book has 4 stars. I never review books, but this was hands down the worst romance novel I have ever read and I felt it necessary to warn others - I DNF. I’ve read a lot of romances (it’s my favorite genre) and they’re not all to my taste or my favorites, but most had at least a solid story to pull me through...this did not. It has unnecessary info dumps at bizarre and inappropriate times. We spend more time in the characters heads listening to the blabber on about completely unrelated asides than on the actual story. There are strangely detailed sentences about furniture, going up/using elevators, or oddly ensuring we understand the female character went into a women’s bathroom. It feels like the author had to meet a required number of pages so they filled space with exposition that did not fit the scenes and overly purple prose. I think this author spent too much time with a thesaurus and not enough time with an editor. Don’t waste you’re time.
now_booking's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 Stars.
I really enjoy this author’s work and I liked the first 2 books in this series which is why this has been high on my TBR list. The premise is that divorced interior decorator/HR expert, Jasmine, is completely uninterested in many romantic entanglements until she’s convinced to go on a date with successful, New Orleans blue blood financial advisor, Cameron. Suddenly the two, who are both marriage averse and aren’t each other’s types are catching feelings but with Jasmine determined to stay in New York despite offers to buy into her friends’ New Orleans inn and with Cameron entrenched in New York, any possibility of a relationship between them seems impossible.
I liked the set up and resolution of this. I think it’s a second chance romance for people who had given up on love because they’re “too old” (the protagonists are 43 and 48) or “it isn’t something that interests them.” This book contains one of my favourite tropes and I think it was done well. I would definitely recommend this to be read in order with the rest of the Innkeepers series because this wouldn’t stand up well on its own without context. This is possibly my favorite of the series so far.
I really enjoy this author’s work and I liked the first 2 books in this series which is why this has been high on my TBR list. The premise is that divorced interior decorator/HR expert, Jasmine, is completely uninterested in many romantic entanglements until she’s convinced to go on a date with successful, New Orleans blue blood financial advisor, Cameron. Suddenly the two, who are both marriage averse and aren’t each other’s types are catching feelings but with Jasmine determined to stay in New York despite offers to buy into her friends’ New Orleans inn and with Cameron entrenched in New York, any possibility of a relationship between them seems impossible.
I liked the set up and resolution of this. I think it’s a second chance romance for people who had given up on love because they’re “too old” (the protagonists are 43 and 48) or “it isn’t something that interests them.” This book contains one of my favourite tropes and I think it was done well. I would definitely recommend this to be read in order with the rest of the Innkeepers series because this wouldn’t stand up well on its own without context. This is possibly my favorite of the series so far.
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