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midnightbelles's review
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Thank you NetGalley and the HQ Digital for the ARC! Here's my honest review.
Overall this was a decent read.
The story focuses on Edith (Edi) and her longtime childhood boyfriend/newly appointed fiancé, Rowan. They're officially engaged for a short time before Rowan proposes a break where they see other people for a few months to make sure that they're not rushing into marriage. Upon Edi reluctantly agreeing Rowan jumps into the dating field leaving Edi to begin to rethink everything about their relationship.
As soon as he proposed the break I was so angry on Edi's behalf. I can't even begin to count the amount of times I was yelling at my phone, "WHY WOULD YOU PROPOSE IF YOU WERENT SURE??!!" I absolutely hated Rowan. He's just a bundle of red flags and every time she mentioned something else that he did I wanted Edi to break up with him more and more. Despite this I really enjoyed getting to see Edi grow and become more confident in herself and I absolutely loved the relationship she had with her friends. I wish I had such supportive friends to be completely honest. I also really liked how this book ended, I like seeing people decide to focus on themselves instead of a relationship especially when they haven't had a chance to do so before.(I won't lie, I'm still rooting for Edi and Fred to officially get together but I completely understand and respect the decision that Edi did make)
This book isn't really a RomCom (more like coming of age), there isn't as much romance as I was expecting and the moments that were romantic seemed a little fast paced. There were a lot of flashbacks as well or fade to black moments where I wished there were more details too but I enjoyed reading this.
Overall this was a decent read.
The story focuses on Edith (Edi) and her longtime childhood boyfriend/newly appointed fiancé, Rowan. They're officially engaged for a short time before Rowan proposes a break where they see other people for a few months to make sure that they're not rushing into marriage. Upon Edi reluctantly agreeing Rowan jumps into the dating field leaving Edi to begin to rethink everything about their relationship.
As soon as he proposed the break I was so angry on Edi's behalf. I can't even begin to count the amount of times I was yelling at my phone, "WHY WOULD YOU PROPOSE IF YOU WERENT SURE??!!" I absolutely hated Rowan. He's just a bundle of red flags and every time she mentioned something else that he did I wanted Edi to break up with him more and more. Despite this I really enjoyed getting to see Edi grow and become more confident in herself and I absolutely loved the relationship she had with her friends. I wish I had such supportive friends to be completely honest. I also really liked how this book ended, I like seeing people decide to focus on themselves instead of a relationship especially when they haven't had a chance to do so before.(I won't lie, I'm still rooting for Edi and Fred to officially get together but I completely understand and respect the decision that Edi did make)
This book isn't really a RomCom (more like coming of age), there isn't as much romance as I was expecting and the moments that were romantic seemed a little fast paced. There were a lot of flashbacks as well or fade to black moments where I wished there were more details too but I enjoyed reading this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Sexual content and Gaslighting
Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Outing
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