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A review by mamabookwyrm
Crescent Hill by Jackie Y. Wang
3.0
So I have an addiction to those rescue shows. You know the ones like Bar Rescue, Hotel Hell, etc. So when I read the blurb for Crescent Hill I was intrigued. How would that translate into a book? Jackie Wang did a really good job infusing the story with the attitudes and drama that encompasses that sort of rescue into the story. Roman Finnegan had the right amount of ego, expertise and compassion need to help rescue Maggie Summers’ family hotel. Her family was argumentative, broken and needy. Maggie herself was desperate to make things work. It was the perfect combination.
What didn’t work for me was the romance between Roman and Maggie. I didn’t feel the chemistry between them. So when Maggie went from determined abstinence to sexpot in what seemed like 0.2 seconds I was pretty shocked. It just felt like the romance was forced. I personally like it when the chemistry builds up and then there’s a big KABOOM. Other than that, I did like the characters. Roman was charming and slightly arrogant. His thoughts often made me chuckle. Maggie was a hardworking, self-deprecating single mom who’d been through a lot of crap. The secondary characters were pretty great too. I wish I’d seen more of Grandma Rita, she seemed like she would have been a hoot.
Overall, a pretty decent story, it just didn’t work for me. If you like the rescue reality stories just as much as me, it may be worth picking up. It could be that it’ll work for you.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.
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What didn’t work for me was the romance between Roman and Maggie. I didn’t feel the chemistry between them. So when Maggie went from determined abstinence to sexpot in what seemed like 0.2 seconds I was pretty shocked. It just felt like the romance was forced. I personally like it when the chemistry builds up and then there’s a big KABOOM. Other than that, I did like the characters. Roman was charming and slightly arrogant. His thoughts often made me chuckle. Maggie was a hardworking, self-deprecating single mom who’d been through a lot of crap. The secondary characters were pretty great too. I wish I’d seen more of Grandma Rita, she seemed like she would have been a hoot.
Overall, a pretty decent story, it just didn’t work for me. If you like the rescue reality stories just as much as me, it may be worth picking up. It could be that it’ll work for you.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.
For more reviews, visit