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Don't Kiss the Bride by Carian Cole

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skyhazzard's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was so good, did not disappoint. This age gap was done so well I never once thought that it was weird for them to be together. They just clicked so well and had developed such a cute friendship.

Both of their backgrounds left them in a similar state of feeling abandoned and like they weren’t worth staying for so there a lot of inner turmoil that comes up throughout the book and puts a wrench into their relationship romantically.

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antidietleah's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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lindslikesbooks's review

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emotional sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

I am all for a marriage of convenience and age-gap combination but this was not the one for me.

Plot:
Skylar is an 18-year-old highschool student who has a crappy home life. Her dad left and her mom is a hoarder. She has health issues and an eating disorder stemming from her fears around unsafe food as a child living with a hoarder. Enter Jude aka Lucky. Lucky, a 38-year-old, construction worker sees her messing with her broken down car so he offers her a ride. They form a little connection as friends. Then he finds out she's sick and he's like "let's get married so I can give you health insurance!" So she's like, this isn't creepy at all and moves in with them. But don't worry, he wants to do the right thing and let her mom know. But her mom doesn't care like at all. So they get married but just as friends but that clearly won't last.

I love these tropes but they way it was executed felt ick to me. If you are going to combine age gap and marriage of convenience, please let the characters not be so immature/annoying. I struggled with this one. It gave major daddy issues but not in a sexy way. In a sad, "this poor girl" way. The author wrote in a lot about how they tried to fight their attraction but it just felt off for me. Like if you want the age gap to not feel creepy, don't give their dynamic a weird vibe by creating a reliance on the MMC for health issues.

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