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These are my immediate thoughts after finishing this book. It's mildly on a rambling basis but my honest opinion just the same.
To be honest, after the 70% mark of this book I skimmed through the rest of the chapters.
While the tropes were very clear, going into this book with force proximity, and Eli having to rely on Amari because she was a social media lizard, and he was in debt, needed to save his family business, their family home, and the home that he bought with his ex-wife, I did not feel prepared to, find these tropes to be so misplaced in the narrative.
I was fine with the slow build between Eli and Amari because they come from different worlds; Amarie is used to being in the city. She's younger she's got energy she's vivacious and knows all about social media
And is always trying to be optimistic even when her life has basically changed forever. And then on the other hand, we have Eli who is a former army veteran and he is about order structure, routine, and practicality. On top of that his main character flaw is that he is stubborn and thinks that he can handle everything on his own without help from anybody else, and it comes from this utter loyalty to his father, which I do understand. trying to fit these two characters together is a challenge because they are so different.
I started to feel there connection changing as they both bonded over the veterinarian clinic and helping animals in the town. With that being said, the hostility and animosity between them was so deeply set up and beginning of the book that , by the time we get to 3/4 of the book really at the halfway mark I am not invested enough in their possible romance.
I would preferred them to realize more things on their own rather than coming together and making out and being drawn by there, attraction to each other, because when they are together and moving towards a more intimate stage in the relationship, quite honestly, I was cringing. I didn't understand the back-and-forth type talk when it came to referencing the nickname she gave him on social media and her studying for her nursing exam.
I didn't find it to be dialogue that worked for me as a reader. And I was fine with coming into this book in the full suspension of belief, that these two were going to be forced together due to circumstances, and that there was going to be this romance however, the results that we get in terms of my opinion just did not , meet up with my expectations or surpass them.
I want to really give a huge rant on the issues Amarie has when it comes to her parents and how their actions have impacted her life and actions too but I know that will give more away than I want to right now.
I would say fake it to you make it is a type of romantic comedy book that is for the readers that only read romances and don't have a problem with details not really lining up with character, thoughts and actions. And also romantic readers who prefer the cheesy and more predictable Character and story elements in their books.
To be honest, after the 70% mark of this book I skimmed through the rest of the chapters.
While the tropes were very clear, going into this book with force proximity, and Eli having to rely on Amari because she was a social media lizard, and he was in debt, needed to save his family business, their family home, and the home that he bought with his ex-wife, I did not feel prepared to, find these tropes to be so misplaced in the narrative.
I was fine with the slow build between Eli and Amari because they come from different worlds; Amarie is used to being in the city. She's younger she's got energy she's vivacious and knows all about social media
And is always trying to be optimistic even when her life has basically changed forever. And then on the other hand, we have Eli who is a former army veteran and he is about order structure, routine, and practicality. On top of that his main character flaw is that he is stubborn and thinks that he can handle everything on his own without help from anybody else, and it comes from this utter loyalty to his father, which I do understand. trying to fit these two characters together is a challenge because they are so different.
I started to feel there connection changing as they both bonded over the veterinarian clinic and helping animals in the town. With that being said, the hostility and animosity between them was so deeply set up and beginning of the book that , by the time we get to 3/4 of the book really at the halfway mark I am not invested enough in their possible romance.
I would preferred them to realize more things on their own rather than coming together and making out and being drawn by there, attraction to each other, because when they are together and moving towards a more intimate stage in the relationship, quite honestly, I was cringing. I didn't understand the back-and-forth type talk when it came to referencing the nickname she gave him on social media and her studying for her nursing exam.
I didn't find it to be dialogue that worked for me as a reader. And I was fine with coming into this book in the full suspension of belief, that these two were going to be forced together due to circumstances, and that there was going to be this romance however, the results that we get in terms of my opinion just did not , meet up with my expectations or surpass them.
I want to really give a huge rant on the issues Amarie has when it comes to her parents and how their actions have impacted her life and actions too but I know that will give more away than I want to right now.
I would say fake it to you make it is a type of romantic comedy book that is for the readers that only read romances and don't have a problem with details not really lining up with character, thoughts and actions. And also romantic readers who prefer the cheesy and more predictable Character and story elements in their books.
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