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A review by stephanieeemk
Reluctant Groom by Marie Medina, Audrey Bobak, Allyson Young, Megan Slayer, Hannah Morse, James Cox, Cooper McKenzie, L.J. Longo
3.0
Thank you to Netgalley and the authors and publishers for providing an ARC of Reluctant Groom.
I thoroughly enjoyed these stories. They were short and some of them I wish were longer - or made into full length novels. I love myself a good age-gap story and these fulfilled that need in spades. The "forced marriage" trope, or marriages of convenience, is one that I don't read often but sometimes I just have a hankering for a particular trope or character archetype. This anthology gave me a lot of different tropes and content that made a mood reader like me VERY happy.
I do think that there should be more prominent trigger warnings displayed. I've noticed this in other friend reviews as well. I, myself, don't have any triggers when reading, so none of this content was an issue for me. However, I would hate for other readers to pick it up only to find it brings up something traumatic for them, or it's something they can't stomach reading about. This anthology is not the darkest I've ever read - not by far - but some readers may think differently.
Overall, I think I discovered some great new to me authors in this anthology and I'll be eagerly waiting to see what they put out next.
I thoroughly enjoyed these stories. They were short and some of them I wish were longer - or made into full length novels. I love myself a good age-gap story and these fulfilled that need in spades. The "forced marriage" trope, or marriages of convenience, is one that I don't read often but sometimes I just have a hankering for a particular trope or character archetype. This anthology gave me a lot of different tropes and content that made a mood reader like me VERY happy.
I do think that there should be more prominent trigger warnings displayed. I've noticed this in other friend reviews as well. I, myself, don't have any triggers when reading, so none of this content was an issue for me. However, I would hate for other readers to pick it up only to find it brings up something traumatic for them, or it's something they can't stomach reading about. This anthology is not the darkest I've ever read - not by far - but some readers may think differently.
Overall, I think I discovered some great new to me authors in this anthology and I'll be eagerly waiting to see what they put out next.