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A review by amberreadsalot
The (ex) Spy Who (maybe) Loved Me by Christi Barth
3.0
I was excited to pick this up - spies, ONS to love, a super smart FMC - but this book didn't hold up to my expectations. I would classify this as a fair to middling romance. Blake is a very buttoned-up scientist who lets go on her quarterly trips away from her small Maine town. Wyatt is a recently bounced ex-spy - his cover was blown - unknowingly headed to the same small town as Blake. They end up having a very enjoyable ONS never expecting to see each other again. Of course, they do.
This book dragged a bit and some of the plot points don't make sense. Blake is insistent no one knows she and Wyatt slept together yet somehow manages to tell an entire group of people at a dinner party. Blake's apparently rigid parents exist only in the background yet somehow feed her personality throughout the story. I didn't fully understand positioning her as the town daughter. Maybe if I had read the brother's book it would have made more sense. I also would have expected Wyatt's blown cover to play a larger role given the emphasis on it. The secondary spy plot felt completely unnecessary.
The rest of the book is not bad, just not super exciting. I would still give this author another chance because there were moments I enjoyed.
2.5 stars rounded up to 3. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for a complimentary ARC of this book. The opinions herein are my own.
This book dragged a bit and some of the plot points don't make sense. Blake is insistent no one knows she and Wyatt slept together yet somehow manages to tell an entire group of people at a dinner party. Blake's apparently rigid parents exist only in the background yet somehow feed her personality throughout the story. I didn't fully understand positioning her as the town daughter. Maybe if I had read the brother's book it would have made more sense. I also would have expected Wyatt's blown cover to play a larger role given the emphasis on it. The secondary spy plot felt completely unnecessary.
The rest of the book is not bad, just not super exciting. I would still give this author another chance because there were moments I enjoyed.
2.5 stars rounded up to 3. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for a complimentary ARC of this book. The opinions herein are my own.