A review by romancejunkie
Always Mine by Laura Pavlov

emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This was my first book by this author, and I think it’ll be my last. It wasn’t BAD. It just wasn’t to my taste. It was sickly sweet and sappy, and that’s just not my jam. There was sex, but it was so ridiculously tame. The only pussies in here we’re of the misogynistic name calling variety. 🙄 There was also so damn much crying. From all the characters. The heroine overwhelmingly so, but also every sister (both hers and his), the niece, his mom, her dad, the hero…literally everyone cried. Multiple times. Also, what was the author’s obsession with honey? Honey Mountain, honey bee, and honey browns (they’re eyes FFS). The villain was just so overdone, to the point of satire. But the real kicker was when Vivi suspected the villain early on, and then when she had the issue, the thought never entered her mind. 🙄 Finally, the man on the cover—yeesh. 

So what did I like? That’s a great question and I would love to tell you. Niko with Mabel. 

And that’s it. 

He was really good with her, and I love a tough, tattooed hero playing with a little girl. 

Sadly, that wasn’t enough to make this very enjoyable for me. 
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