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emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.5
This was so lovely. The writing especially; so rich and tied into fonts and letters and signs in a way that makes sense with the heroine’s occupation. I loved Meg, I loved Reid, I loved Meg and Reid together. Their story is tender and quietly romantic. I enjoyed reading Meg’s journey of learning proper conflict resolution and valuing her own worth after a lifetime of passiveness and conflict avoidance. It was fun seeing her overcoming creative block via playing games with Reid and showing him the city she loves. She’s a quirky, whimsical heroine, but in a realistic way, not a manic pixie dream girl type of way. Reid may be one of my favourite heroes ever. He’s awkward and nerdy and stoic, yet also respectful and protective and willing to own up to his mistakes. He’s direct, but not intentionally rude. Oh, and this may sound weird but I LOVED that he has psoriasis. It’s so rare that romance characters have any kind of skin condition. I have eczema and don’t think I’ve ever even seen the word in a romance novel, so it was really nice to see that representation.
I do kind of wish the friend drama had been left out. I mean, first of all, with friends like Sibby who needs enemies? I think I would’ve preferred to see Meg navigate ending the friendship instead of maintaining a relationship with someone who was such a terrible friend for such a long time. Meg deserved better. But as much as I enjoy reading about friendships, I just find reading about friend issues boring. Every time I’d be enjoying the romantic development and then we’d get another chapter of friend drama and it would stall my interest in the story. I think there were already enough side-plots between two separate work plots for Meg and the twist at the end. I wanted a little bit less focus on bad friends and more on Meg and Reid’s relationship because I really loved their dynamic.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship
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