erin
⋆.𐙚 ̊ 3.5★
As much as I loved this book, and it's characters, and the couple overall, there were two main issues that stop this book from being a four star.
The first one is that I got really bored, like, 45% through, and was honestly dreading picking my kindle up a lot of the time. It's disappointing, because I really liked the first 40%, and was even laughing out loud at some moments, but then I suddenly found myself disconnecting from the story, for some reason.
The second one is that I found the conflict to be a bit unbelievable. Like, I know the pregnancy test was quite sudden and all, but, Ryan, babe, you bought her a house. For you and hers' kids. You paid for her fertility treatments. So she could have children. And we know Ryan, he's told to us to be an unimpulsive guy -- if this man was not planning on having kids with her, and is going to freak out the moment he sees a pregnancy test, why even buy her a house? And pay for her fertility treatments? Also, for thirty pages they were having a whole arc about trusting each other, only for him to turn around and basically accuse her of trapping him? I have immense sympathy for the guy, don't get me wrong, and I know it was probably a trauma response, but this just doesn't seem very thought through on Liz Tomforde's part.
Onto the things I liked.
I loved Indy. She was basically an improved Allie Hayes. And she also reminded me a lot of one of my friends, so I think I honestly just kept reading because I loved reading a book where the main character reminded me so much of someone I adored. I enjoyed her whole arc, but I didn't like the part where she was like Oh is it really worth me having kids if I can't have them with Ryan. Look, I've never been in love, so I can't really put myself in her shoes, but I do know that Indy wanted kids her whole life, and it seems ridiculous to me that she was planning to throw away her dreams of having kids just because Ryan didn't want them. Though, it does fit into her character with her catering to everyone else's needs, but I don't think that's what Tomforde meant by this internal monologue.
Despite my rant, I really did like Ryan. While his actions towards the end aggravated me and didn't seem to line up with his actions, I liked him as a character and how protective he was. He did seem really similar to Zanders in that regard (and other traits as well, to be honest) though, so I'm hoping the next MMCs differ a little from them in terms of personality.
Overall, I did like this book, but as I said, I found myself bored and I didn't like the way the conflict between the two characters was crafted. I'm excited to move onto the next books, and I'm excited to learn about Kai.
⋆.𐙚 ̊ 3.5★
As much as I loved this book, and it's characters, and the couple overall, there were two main issues that stop this book from being a four star.
The first one is that I got really bored, like, 45% through, and was honestly dreading picking my kindle up a lot of the time. It's disappointing, because I really liked the first 40%, and was even laughing out loud at some moments, but then I suddenly found myself disconnecting from the story, for some reason.
The second one is that I found the conflict to be a bit unbelievable. Like, I know the pregnancy test was quite sudden and all, but, Ryan, babe, you bought her a house. For you and hers' kids. You paid for her fertility treatments. So she could have children. And we know Ryan, he's told to us to be an unimpulsive guy -- if this man was not planning on having kids with her, and is going to freak out the moment he sees a pregnancy test, why even buy her a house? And pay for her fertility treatments? Also, for thirty pages they were having a whole arc about trusting each other, only for him to turn around and basically accuse her of trapping him? I have immense sympathy for the guy, don't get me wrong, and I know it was probably a trauma response, but this just doesn't seem very thought through on Liz Tomforde's part.
Onto the things I liked.
I loved Indy. She was basically an improved Allie Hayes. And she also reminded me a lot of one of my friends, so I think I honestly just kept reading because I loved reading a book where the main character reminded me so much of someone I adored. I enjoyed her whole arc, but I didn't like the part where she was like Oh is it really worth me having kids if I can't have them with Ryan. Look, I've never been in love, so I can't really put myself in her shoes, but I do know that Indy wanted kids her whole life, and it seems ridiculous to me that she was planning to throw away her dreams of having kids just because Ryan didn't want them. Though, it does fit into her character with her catering to everyone else's needs, but I don't think that's what Tomforde meant by this internal monologue.
Despite my rant, I really did like Ryan. While his actions towards the end aggravated me and didn't seem to line up with his actions, I liked him as a character and how protective he was. He did seem really similar to Zanders in that regard (and other traits as well, to be honest) though, so I'm hoping the next MMCs differ a little from them in terms of personality.
Overall, I did like this book, but as I said, I found myself bored and I didn't like the way the conflict between the two characters was crafted. I'm excited to move onto the next books, and I'm excited to learn about Kai.