A review by laurenbrennan
For the Plot by Katie Van Brunt

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Firstly I want to thank the publisher and author for allowing me to read and review this work before the publishing date!

This is definitely a cute beach read. I was happy that the story didn’t immediately fall flat as soon as they left the vacation setting, as could be the case with a book like this. 

I think I’ve said this in a review about another work I read recently, but I did feel like at times, the book seemed like it featured warring priorities in a less-than-intentional ways. It seemed like ‘struggling author, child of parent who struggles with addiction, person who has been burned in relationships, and person in love’ were all fighting for the center of attention in the book at times, and some aspects were abandoned when others won out rather than all meshing together and working cohesively at the center as I might’ve preferred, or if they didn’t, the struggle being mentioned in the plot.

Overall, I thought this book was sweet, and I liked getting to read it at this time of year when it’ll be vacation season soon!
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