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rickireadss's review
3.75
thank you to netgalley for an earc!
i was excited for this one after reading “bet on it” last year and i enjoyed this one for sure. i love that we had a bisexual fmc but also other lgbtqia+ side characters. regardless of its downfalls, i love the small town this series takes place in. my biggest gripes/irritants come from the couple’s reason for being married but separated for EIGHT YEARS!!! their entire reason for being apart was built on kind of on a miscommunication, and i hate when that happens. also, i felt like miri really was really making leo work for winning her back (as she should!!) but then it felt like she just gave in so quickly at the end. all-in-all, i enjoyed the book and had a good time, just a few things i didn’t love that really stuck with me. i would recommend this one though because i feel like i’m pretty picky with second chance romances.
⚠️: abandonment, infidelity (not mcs), death of parent, racism
i was excited for this one after reading “bet on it” last year and i enjoyed this one for sure. i love that we had a bisexual fmc but also other lgbtqia+ side characters. regardless of its downfalls, i love the small town this series takes place in. my biggest gripes/irritants come from the couple’s reason for being married but separated for EIGHT YEARS!!! their entire reason for being apart was built on kind of on a miscommunication, and i hate when that happens. also, i felt like miri really was really making leo work for winning her back (as she should!!) but then it felt like she just gave in so quickly at the end. all-in-all, i enjoyed the book and had a good time, just a few things i didn’t love that really stuck with me. i would recommend this one though because i feel like i’m pretty picky with second chance romances.
⚠️: abandonment, infidelity (not mcs), death of parent, racism
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Infidelity, Racism, and Death of parent
katelynnelawson's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-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
3.0
This is a fun read! Miri plays the lottery on a whim and wins a huge sum. The only problem when figuring everything out? She’s still married even though her husband, Leo, walked out on her a decade ago! He has every right to ask for some of the money. Miri reaches out to Leo and tells him what happened, offering a lump sum in exchange for a divorce. Leo agrees but asks that instead of the lump sum, she instead is there for the renovation of his aunt’s house, the major project he would put the money towards, and just pays for that. Leo meanwhile has every intention of making Miri fall back in love with him (not knowing she never stopped) to win her back.
Miri and Leo got married when they were young and naive. When the going got tough and Leo felt he couldn’t live up to the gender roles of what he thought a good husband was, he ran out without much more than a goodbye. Miri understandably is hurt from this. But the two were childhood best friends and are real adults now and reconnect easily, working through their past hurts maturely. This is a slow paced read but once the steamy scenes pick up they keep going.
This is just a maybe for me because I think Leo messed up BIG TIME all those years ago, and whole Miri makes him work for it, I just am not sure how he left is forgivable. But I loved both these characters. LGBTQIA+ rep because Miri is bi and this is such an important part of her identity! I think there’s also an argument to be made that Leo is demisexual.
Content Warnings
Minor: Racism
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