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A review by cafe_contessa
Meet My Wife : Small Beach Town Romantic Comedy by Daisy Thorn, Daisy Thorn
3.0
I was ready to give this 4 stars which is 1 star more than I gave the first book, but then I got to the last third of the book and I almost wanted to DNF it.
Between the first book and this book, I’ve learned that “quirky” small town rom cons are just not for me. But I was enjoying this book more than the first because it seemed like Joy, the grumpiest of the Levine sisters, had that awareness that this town was way too quirky, corny, and cheesy for both of our likings.
I like Joy and Jacob’s relationship. I think they’re really cute. But that’s honestly the only thing I liked. I don’t like how the town, and especially Joy’s mom, are ALWAYS meddling. Like I get it, it’s a cute, quirky town where everyone is family and we’re just looking for your best interests…but damn. I would honestly hate living there if everyone not only knew my business, but tried to DO something about it.
What really tipped me over the edge and to the point of making this heated review, were the things in the last third of the book that Joy forgave waaaayyyyy too easily in my opinion. There was a point where she caught her own mother leaving her house stealing her birth control pills. And to make it worse, the mom had her friend keeping guard and the dad in the getaway car. Was this scene supposed to be “cute” because they want grandkids now that Joy and Jacob are together? I didn’t think so. Joy had made it pretty clear that she didn’t want to stay in the town, she didn’t want to get married, and she definitely wasn’t ready for a baby. You’re really going to baby trap her? She’s way more forgiving because if it were me, I would disown my family for pulling something like that. I was already annoyed at all the meddling this town does, but that tipped me over the edge and caused me to explode especially as someone who wants to stay child free for the foreseeable future.
It doesn’t help that literally the next scene, Jacob lies by omission to Joy to get her to move in with him. Does everything work out in the end? Yeah, BUT STILL. Joy is way too forgiving because I would’ve held that anger for a while before letting it go.
Overall, I haven’t enjoyed my experience with this series. I really don’t want to read the next book, but I know it’s about Grace and Luke and the author was HEAVY in alluding their story that I’m just super curious about it. So I guess we’ll see.
Sorry for the rant. I’m normally not this harsh. This book (and series as a whole) just made me feel a certain way and it’s not necessarily great.
Between the first book and this book, I’ve learned that “quirky” small town rom cons are just not for me. But I was enjoying this book more than the first because it seemed like Joy, the grumpiest of the Levine sisters, had that awareness that this town was way too quirky, corny, and cheesy for both of our likings.
I like Joy and Jacob’s relationship. I think they’re really cute. But that’s honestly the only thing I liked. I don’t like how the town, and especially Joy’s mom, are ALWAYS meddling. Like I get it, it’s a cute, quirky town where everyone is family and we’re just looking for your best interests…but damn. I would honestly hate living there if everyone not only knew my business, but tried to DO something about it.
What really tipped me over the edge and to the point of making this heated review, were the things in the last third of the book that Joy forgave waaaayyyyy too easily in my opinion. There was a point where she caught her own mother leaving her house stealing her birth control pills. And to make it worse, the mom had her friend keeping guard and the dad in the getaway car. Was this scene supposed to be “cute” because they want grandkids now that Joy and Jacob are together? I didn’t think so. Joy had made it pretty clear that she didn’t want to stay in the town, she didn’t want to get married, and she definitely wasn’t ready for a baby. You’re really going to baby trap her? She’s way more forgiving because if it were me, I would disown my family for pulling something like that. I was already annoyed at all the meddling this town does, but that tipped me over the edge and caused me to explode especially as someone who wants to stay child free for the foreseeable future.
It doesn’t help that literally the next scene, Jacob lies by omission to Joy to get her to move in with him. Does everything work out in the end? Yeah, BUT STILL. Joy is way too forgiving because I would’ve held that anger for a while before letting it go.
Overall, I haven’t enjoyed my experience with this series. I really don’t want to read the next book, but I know it’s about Grace and Luke and the author was HEAVY in alluding their story that I’m just super curious about it. So I guess we’ll see.
Sorry for the rant. I’m normally not this harsh. This book (and series as a whole) just made me feel a certain way and it’s not necessarily great.