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A review by netslummer
When Things Happen Together by Jordan Clayden-Lewis
3.0
This book was entirely not what I expected based on the description. This book did not, in the end, work for me very well but I expect that there is definitely an audience for this. I expected this to be a nice cute romance. Its more a story of growth that happens to center around a relationship.
My biggest gripe with this novel actually was the pacing. Instead of experiencing anything that happened for the first 75% of the book with the characters in any detail, it feels like the main character Thomas is just giving a brief overview of events to us. Weeks pass between the end of a chapter and the start of the next. Because of this pacing the relationship between Bruce and Thomas seems super quick and highly unrealistic.
I'm not upset that I've read this book but if I had had a better understanding of what it was going to be I would not have selected this. It was a bit of a slog to get through and I only didn't DNF it because I feel an obligation to always finish ARCs to provide feedback.
As previously stated I was not the right audience for this book. I prefer warm fuzzies not angsty romance. There absolutely IS an audience for this book that will love it far more than I did.
I received an advance review copy for free from Deep Desires Press, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
My biggest gripe with this novel actually was the pacing. Instead of experiencing anything that happened for the first 75% of the book with the characters in any detail, it feels like the main character Thomas is just giving a brief overview of events to us. Weeks pass between the end of a chapter and the start of the next. Because of this pacing the relationship between Bruce and Thomas seems super quick and highly unrealistic.
I'm not upset that I've read this book but if I had had a better understanding of what it was going to be I would not have selected this. It was a bit of a slog to get through and I only didn't DNF it because I feel an obligation to always finish ARCs to provide feedback.
As previously stated I was not the right audience for this book. I prefer warm fuzzies not angsty romance. There absolutely IS an audience for this book that will love it far more than I did.
I received an advance review copy for free from Deep Desires Press, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.