A review by e_flah
Gentleman Jim by Mimi Matthews

adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Gentleman Jim started out strong and then started to lose me toward the end. As this is a story that would be easy to spoil, I'll try to keep it vague. I became disappointed over time that more wasn't done to develop Maggie and John as characters beyond the set-up we get at the beginning of the novel. They felt flatter as the story went on, which made it really hard to care about what happened to either of them. It also felt like the story was more focused on external conflicts rather than the actual romance between the two characters; this is a gripe I typically have with second-chance romances and maybe the sign that I should finally quit reading them.

Gentleman Jim was absorbing and had a good momentum -- both of which kept me reading even when I started to care less about the characters. I'm definitely considering picking up another book by Mimi Matthews with tropes that might be more up my alley.
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