A review by castalia
Mr. January by Nicole S. Goodin
2.0
2.5 stars. I was drawn in by the second chance romance troupe and the cover. I immediately thought with a play on "Calendar boys", it being a romance novel, and the cover I would get at least some good steam / spice. I was sadly mistaken. So to clear it up - there is no spice here. It is more fade to black than some of the YA books I have read. If that is your thing, that is fantastic and this could be a book for you maybe.
So Mr. January is a clean second chance romance between Andy and Dylan as they attempt to overcome their past, secrets, and guilt.
This is my first book by the author and while I loved the beginning of the book feeling like it had lots of promise, the second half was a let down for me. By about 70% through the book I found that I was skimming and reading dialogue only, which is not something I generally do. I felt too far into the book to DNF it, so the skimming began. Things that contributed to this is some of the banter was hard for me to get through, it felt very childish without adding anything to the story or world building. Personally the let down after 80% of the book being building tension to only end up with it being fade to black. Overall feeling of missing or not addressed plot points, and lastly having no tie into the title or the actual idea of calendar boys.
So Mr. January is a clean second chance romance between Andy and Dylan as they attempt to overcome their past, secrets, and guilt.
This is my first book by the author and while I loved the beginning of the book feeling like it had lots of promise, the second half was a let down for me. By about 70% through the book I found that I was skimming and reading dialogue only, which is not something I generally do. I felt too far into the book to DNF it, so the skimming began. Things that contributed to this is some of the banter was hard for me to get through, it felt very childish without adding anything to the story or world building. Personally the let down after 80% of the book being building tension to only end up with it being fade to black. Overall feeling of missing or not addressed plot points, and lastly having no tie into the title or the actual idea of calendar boys.