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adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Alrightie, Tia Williams does it again, confirming herself as one of the few romance authors I can read wihtout cringing all too badly. Still, I couldn't help but find this book inevitably lacking especially in style and plot-writing compared to «Seven Days in June» (which was mentioned and it made my heart flutter ). The characters were funny, quirky and interesting but felt more like characters than tridimensional real people and I felt like the plot was at first introduced as a grand mystery between realism and fantasy but the solution felt a bit... underwhelming.
All in all, it isn't a bad book and I do love the fact that it focused on both love as romantic and as platonic and familial (albeit I couldn't help but feel a bit meh about it, especially as it was a bit confusing considering this had been sold to me as a romance book, but instead if felt more like fiction), I just think that it isn't the best of the author, although it was an enjoyable read!
Thank you for it!
All in all, it isn't a bad book and I do love the fact that it focused on both love as romantic and as platonic and familial (albeit I couldn't help but feel a bit meh about it, especially as it was a bit confusing considering this had been sold to me as a romance book, but instead if felt more like fiction), I just think that it isn't the best of the author, although it was an enjoyable read!
Thank you for it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Classism