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A review by littlemisscass
A Perfect Cornish Summer by Phillipa Ashley
2.0
A Perfect Cornish Summer had a lot of potential, but only capitalised on about half of it. While offering what could have been a cool subplot of sabotage and a dark side to a cute harbour town, it merely fumbled its way through and let it become as boring as all the other storylines.
It had an excellent start, giving me a bit of background but also engaging me enough to want to keep reading, but didn’t pull me in much more than that. The writing was good, but the dialogue was quite stilted and awkwardly-phrased in the middle to end of the book. I could understand awkward conversation, but it was the phrasing itself that just didn’t sound realistic.
I didn’t love the changing POV - Chloe’s were SO boring, despite what could have been an engaging storyline - and it didn’t really contribute much to the story. Gabe was definitely not a likeable character, even though he was portrayed as one.
The romance did not grab me at all, and I honestly would have enjoyed the book a lot more if they’d just become friends.
Decent read, but not one I’d probably pick up for a second time.
*An ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
It had an excellent start, giving me a bit of background but also engaging me enough to want to keep reading, but didn’t pull me in much more than that. The writing was good, but the dialogue was quite stilted and awkwardly-phrased in the middle to end of the book. I could understand awkward conversation, but it was the phrasing itself that just didn’t sound realistic.
I didn’t love the changing POV - Chloe’s were SO boring, despite what could have been an engaging storyline - and it didn’t really contribute much to the story. Gabe was definitely not a likeable character, even though he was portrayed as one.
The romance did not grab me at all, and I honestly would have enjoyed the book a lot more if they’d just become friends.
Decent read, but not one I’d probably pick up for a second time.
*An ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.