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A review by rebelbooks101
More Than Words Can Say by
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Trust me, no one is more disappointed than I am with this rating.
More than words can say is the sequel to more than meets the eye. This story follows Zach from the first book who now works in lumber (if I’m remembering correctly) and Abigail who is a passionate baker. When the town passes over a new rule, Abigail has two options. She can either go into a partnership with a man or sell her business. She goes with neither and decides to go for option three, marriage.
Zach is the man who comes in and orders a sticky bun everyday and Abigail decides he’s the perfect partner for a marriage.
I thought I’d enjoy this as I tend to enjoy marriage of convenience stories and I really enjoyed Short Straw Bride where the two ended up married part way through the story.
This was not that.
Let’s first talk about what this book does we’ll. I really enjoyed the relationship Abigail had with her sister. I thought they got along well and loved their support for one another. I’d love to see more of this in books. However that was the only positive thing I can really say about this book.
I was so disappointed by this romance because it didn’t feel like one. The characters were more physical at the beginning of the book and then were kind of in love out of nowhere. I felt like we were deprived of these characters actually getting to know each other which caused me the reader to not really know the characters well.
Zach was a character that constantly said things that would rub me the wrong way. When they are making the contract, Zach said he wants to have “physical relations” with Abigail which makes sense because it is a marriage but it constantly felt like he was trying to get her into bed with him. They did on her own terms when she was ready but they constantly kept talking about it.
He also used her vows of obeying him to get a goodnight kiss from her and as much as was played off to be a romantic thing, something about it rubbed me the wrong way. I understand that it was the time period but it did feel weird.
Also the characters felt like children in the sense that it felt like they were too embarrassed to say the word sex. Was that a bad thing to say back then?
In a love story, you are trying to convince the reader that these characters have fallen in love with each other and I felt like we couldn’t get there without it feeling completely forced. There is a scene where Zach is trying to reassure Abigail that she is the one he cares about but when complimenting her, it was only about her outward appearance rather than her personality. He couldn’t find one thing to say about the person she was. Their relationship felt physical and seemed to stay that way even though they claimed to love each other.
There was a plot twist involving Abigail’s past that had no evidence besides someone not liking her as foreshadowing. Abigail never pestered or felt guilty about what happened until she was confronted with it. Zach does a good job at showing how resentful he feels about his gambling past and worries of what Abigail will think of him if she finds out, however I can’t say the same for Abigail. I don’t feel like this should’ve been used as a plot twist and rather been used as apart of her past that we know about from the beginning because the plot twist just came out of completely nowhere.
Overall I really wished I enjoyed this book and I am saddened that I didn’t. I will continue to read more of Karen Witemeyer’s books because I know she can write amazing things but the more I read from her it feels like the less I enjoy her stories which has been disappointing and I hope it’s a trend that doesn’t continue.
More than words can say is the sequel to more than meets the eye. This story follows Zach from the first book who now works in lumber (if I’m remembering correctly) and Abigail who is a passionate baker. When the town passes over a new rule, Abigail has two options. She can either go into a partnership with a man or sell her business. She goes with neither and decides to go for option three, marriage.
Zach is the man who comes in and orders a sticky bun everyday and Abigail decides he’s the perfect partner for a marriage.
I thought I’d enjoy this as I tend to enjoy marriage of convenience stories and I really enjoyed Short Straw Bride where the two ended up married part way through the story.
This was not that.
Let’s first talk about what this book does we’ll. I really enjoyed the relationship Abigail had with her sister. I thought they got along well and loved their support for one another. I’d love to see more of this in books. However that was the only positive thing I can really say about this book.
I was so disappointed by this romance because it didn’t feel like one. The characters were more physical at the beginning of the book and then were kind of in love out of nowhere. I felt like we were deprived of these characters actually getting to know each other which caused me the reader to not really know the characters well.
Zach was a character that constantly said things that would rub me the wrong way. When they are making the contract, Zach said he wants to have “physical relations” with Abigail which makes sense because it is a marriage but it constantly felt like he was trying to get her into bed with him. They did on her own terms when she was ready but they constantly kept talking about it.
He also used her vows of obeying him to get a goodnight kiss from her and as much as was played off to be a romantic thing, something about it rubbed me the wrong way. I understand that it was the time period but it did feel weird.
Also the characters felt like children in the sense that it felt like they were too embarrassed to say the word sex. Was that a bad thing to say back then?
In a love story, you are trying to convince the reader that these characters have fallen in love with each other and I felt like we couldn’t get there without it feeling completely forced. There is a scene where Zach is trying to reassure Abigail that she is the one he cares about but when complimenting her, it was only about her outward appearance rather than her personality. He couldn’t find one thing to say about the person she was. Their relationship felt physical and seemed to stay that way even though they claimed to love each other.
There was a plot twist involving Abigail’s past that had no evidence besides someone not liking her as foreshadowing. Abigail never pestered or felt guilty about what happened until she was confronted with it. Zach does a good job at showing how resentful he feels about his gambling past and worries of what Abigail will think of him if she finds out, however I can’t say the same for Abigail. I don’t feel like this should’ve been used as a plot twist and rather been used as apart of her past that we know about from the beginning because the plot twist just came out of completely nowhere.
Overall I really wished I enjoyed this book and I am saddened that I didn’t. I will continue to read more of Karen Witemeyer’s books because I know she can write amazing things but the more I read from her it feels like the less I enjoy her stories which has been disappointing and I hope it’s a trend that doesn’t continue.