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A review by khylabevibin
Exclusive by Melissa Brayden
4.0
Skyler Ruiz gets a new job which she finally sees as her big break… little does she know just how much is about to break. She ends up working with the lovable and iconic, Caroline McNamara, her tv crush who she finds out isn’t so unattainable as she thought.
Honestly I struggled to finish this book, but I’m glad I did.
The book starts out on a cute note, Skyler is an immediately likable character and so is literally everyone else in this book. There’s a bit of everything in this book, angst, humor, romance, drama, overall a good read.
I feel like Caroline definitely could’ve used a bit more character especially at the beginning. She seemed really superficial and just didn’t seem engaging.
As I said, I struggled to finish this book. My ARC’s were piling up and I had time so I decided to finish it in one sitting since it’s short and I didn’t regret it.
If it’s one thing Melissa Brayden never fails at, it’s those make it or break it moments. The way she piles up the drama and creates a setting where it’s not too overwhelming yet convincing and realistic is something that I’ll always admire. Especially the make it moments. The dialogue and everything that ties it together is enough for me to have enjoyed this book. She truly depicts what it means to have that epic love that the characters always denote their feelings as. A lot of authors struggle with creating a setting to back up their characters emotions but in my opinion, Brayden never does. In this book, specifically at that make it or break it moment I previously mentioned, you truly feel just how stuck and suffocated Skyler feels without depending on her just having to outright say it to feel it.
So yeah, I felt a bit stuck for a large part of the book. But for me, I enjoyed the ending. I would say it’s my favorite part of this book.
I do recommend, as I do every book by this author lol
I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publishers in exchanged for a honest review.
Also something I remembered after writing this that I had a problem with was how there’s no resolution between Skyler and her mother. She spends the whole book praising her mother yet complaining about how they’re not close and even sometimes bordering on calling her mom self centered yet there’s no resolution- no her airing this out- not even her making peace with it- just complaining.
Honestly I struggled to finish this book, but I’m glad I did.
The book starts out on a cute note, Skyler is an immediately likable character and so is literally everyone else in this book. There’s a bit of everything in this book, angst, humor, romance, drama, overall a good read.
I feel like Caroline definitely could’ve used a bit more character especially at the beginning. She seemed really superficial and just didn’t seem engaging.
As I said, I struggled to finish this book. My ARC’s were piling up and I had time so I decided to finish it in one sitting since it’s short and I didn’t regret it.
If it’s one thing Melissa Brayden never fails at, it’s those make it or break it moments. The way she piles up the drama and creates a setting where it’s not too overwhelming yet convincing and realistic is something that I’ll always admire. Especially the make it moments. The dialogue and everything that ties it together is enough for me to have enjoyed this book. She truly depicts what it means to have that epic love that the characters always denote their feelings as. A lot of authors struggle with creating a setting to back up their characters emotions but in my opinion, Brayden never does. In this book, specifically at that make it or break it moment I previously mentioned, you truly feel just how stuck and suffocated Skyler feels without depending on her just having to outright say it to feel it.
So yeah, I felt a bit stuck for a large part of the book. But for me, I enjoyed the ending. I would say it’s my favorite part of this book.
I do recommend, as I do every book by this author lol
I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publishers in exchanged for a honest review.
Also something I remembered after writing this that I had a problem with was how there’s no resolution between Skyler and her mother. She spends the whole book praising her mother yet complaining about how they’re not close and even sometimes bordering on calling her mom self centered yet there’s no resolution- no her airing this out- not even her making peace with it- just complaining.