whitney0498's review against another edition
5.0
I have been provided with a copy of Just for this Moment by the author for an impartial review. This novel is a part of the Wishful Romance series and it was great to read another book in this series. In this book we get to see more of Piper and Myles who we have previously met in earlier books in the series. This book was just hilarious and had me laughing so much. I absolutely fell in love with these characters and I was sad to see it end. I can’t wait to read more of this author’s books.
elenajohansen's review
3.0
I wanted to like this early on so much more than I actually did in the end. It's a much more plausible fake/quickie marriage setup than I'm used to seeing in my romance novels, and I do appreciate a good setup. I'm even on board with the external obstacles thrown in their way, forcing their plan to adapt in ways neither of them anticipated.
It's the internal conflicts that piss me off. A character misunderstanding something they overheard eavesdropping, whether intentional or not, is just such a lazy way to introduce conflict. I don't like it in other romance novels where I've encountered it, and I don't like it here. To the book's credit, the character does get called on it--when Piper goes to Tucker to hide out in her confusion and upset, Tucker insists she talk to Myles about it. Which is something, at least. But it's still lazy. And having that bundled together with an unexpected pregnancy, another tired trope that isn't usually handled well, this really was a let down. Again, it's not quite as bad as it could be--since the marriage was such a rush job, it's understandable that they wouldn't have talked about their desire for or timeline regarding kids, and the birth control thing was just an accident--those do happen. But it leads to an epilogue that's very "a kid fixes everything" in its attitude, because the best thing to happen to a rushed relationship and marriage is adding a kid to the mix? No, no, I don't buy it.
So the first 60% of the book, leading up to the wedding itself and events immediately following it, is fantastic, the exact fun and "madcap" romantic romp the blurb promises. That part of the book is five stars. Then the remaining 40% is a mess and a downer--I accept that there are consequences to rushing a marriage like that, even with someone you think you can make it successful with, but it's just smashed together out of lazy tropes and ends happily with very little reason to.
It's the internal conflicts that piss me off. A character misunderstanding something they overheard eavesdropping, whether intentional or not, is just such a lazy way to introduce conflict. I don't like it in other romance novels where I've encountered it, and I don't like it here. To the book's credit, the character does get called on it--when Piper goes to Tucker to hide out in her confusion and upset, Tucker insists she talk to Myles about it. Which is something, at least. But it's still lazy. And having that bundled together with an unexpected pregnancy, another tired trope that isn't usually handled well, this really was a let down. Again, it's not quite as bad as it could be--since the marriage was such a rush job, it's understandable that they wouldn't have talked about their desire for or timeline regarding kids, and the birth control thing was just an accident--those do happen. But it leads to an epilogue that's very "a kid fixes everything" in its attitude, because the best thing to happen to a rushed relationship and marriage is adding a kid to the mix? No, no, I don't buy it.
So the first 60% of the book, leading up to the wedding itself and events immediately following it, is fantastic, the exact fun and "madcap" romantic romp the blurb promises. That part of the book is five stars. Then the remaining 40% is a mess and a downer--I accept that there are consequences to rushing a marriage like that, even with someone you think you can make it successful with, but it's just smashed together out of lazy tropes and ends happily with very little reason to.
araleith's review
4.0
Every time I read a book set in Wishful I end up with a new favourite character. I loved Piper so much. She was a lot of fun, I'd been wanting to read about her since she orchestrated the shenanigans in a previous book. It was such a lovely sweet love story.
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