Hannah
The first 50-60% of this was a five star read. The grief and father-son strained relationship was heartbreaking and had me flipping the pages to see both Emmet and our protagonist find their worth. The slow burn gave space for building a deep friendship that made you believe in their ability to join their families. My issue is that we just went on too long and both the plot and the writing loosened up to the point where I grew border and started waiting for the end. Then all of a sudden a bunch of plot is thrown in at the end and I had whiplash as we went from plot to slice of life to PLOT with very little build up before the final conflict. I did still enjoy this and loved all the characters.
The first 50-60% of this was a five star read. The grief and father-son strained relationship was heartbreaking and had me flipping the pages to see both Emmet and our protagonist find their worth. The slow burn gave space for building a deep friendship that made you believe in their ability to join their families. My issue is that we just went on too long and both the plot and the writing loosened up to the point where I grew border and started waiting for the end. Then all of a sudden a bunch of plot is thrown in at the end and I had whiplash as we went from plot to slice of life to PLOT with very little build up before the final conflict. I did still enjoy this and loved all the characters.