A review by kerrythefire
The Deal by Elle Kennedy
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
Garrett is just good.
*a rounded up 4⭐. Probably about a 3.85 or 3.9...
Good pacing and I appreciated that the tension and conflict was kinda built in throughout versus one major conflict point. Every time the story set up a potential conflict that could have really blown up, I appreciated that it... didn't. And that it often was resolved pretty quickly... and often just by the MCs communicating. Love me some good communication.
I think what I liked so much was that Hannah and Garrett felt like they had a healthy, respectful relationship. There was nothing toxic about it. From their first meeting to their HEA/HFN at the end of the book.
This book was consistently heavy, though. I knew if dealt with some heavy topics (>!rape, domestic abuse!<) but they were a lot more prominent than I'd expected. Not on the page events, but lots of discussion. That's not to say there weren't fun, lighthearted parts too... it was just more blue than I was expecting.
I didn't love to Logan-Hannah element and set up for the next book :/ Nervous to read the next book because I don't want to dwell in that space for too long.
But all in all, this was sweet. A sweet love story with sweet, loveable characters... and actually really sweet sex scenes.
*a rounded up 4⭐. Probably about a 3.85 or 3.9...
Good pacing and I appreciated that the tension and conflict was kinda built in throughout versus one major conflict point. Every time the story set up a potential conflict that could have really blown up, I appreciated that it... didn't. And that it often was resolved pretty quickly... and often just by the MCs communicating. Love me some good communication.
I think what I liked so much was that Hannah and Garrett felt like they had a healthy, respectful relationship. There was nothing toxic about it. From their first meeting to their HEA/HFN at the end of the book.
This book was consistently heavy, though. I knew if dealt with some heavy topics (>!rape, domestic abuse!<) but they were a lot more prominent than I'd expected. Not on the page events, but lots of discussion. That's not to say there weren't fun, lighthearted parts too... it was just more blue than I was expecting.
I didn't love to Logan-Hannah element and set up for the next book :/ Nervous to read the next book because I don't want to dwell in that space for too long.
But all in all, this was sweet. A sweet love story with sweet, loveable characters... and actually really sweet sex scenes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Domestic abuse