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emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.75
Opposites attract romance, mostly set in remote Alaska. First person POV - Calla only. Very emotional at parts - check trigger warnings.
I struggled with the depictions of both Calla and Jonah. Calla came across as whiny and too easily adapted to Alaska life for a character claiming to LOVE city life. Yet I did have sympathy for her character. I just felt she was a bit two-dimensional. Jonah is a bully at the beginning, and does a couple of things that are really controlling before they even get in a relationship.
Those pieces aside, I enjoyed the falling in love phase, the steamy bits, and that Jonah was honest and forthright with his feelings about everything.
I was very interested in Wren and Susan's relationship - how they got together, their failed marriage, holding a torch for one another through the years. It felt the most real of everything.
Great side characters, too: Agnes, Mabel, and Simon. Reading his POV would have been fascinating.
I struggled with the depictions of both Calla and Jonah. Calla came across as whiny and too easily adapted to Alaska life for a character claiming to LOVE city life. Yet I did have sympathy for her character. I just felt she was a bit two-dimensional. Jonah is a bully at the beginning, and does a couple of things that are really controlling before they even get in a relationship.
Those pieces aside, I enjoyed the falling in love phase, the steamy bits, and that Jonah was honest and forthright with his feelings about everything.
I was very interested in Wren and Susan's relationship - how they got together, their failed marriage, holding a torch for one another through the years. It felt the most real of everything.
Great side characters, too: Agnes, Mabel, and Simon. Reading his POV would have been fascinating.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness and Death of parent
Moderate: Bullying and Grief