Alex

Y'all. I just could NOT get past the miscommunication. I ended up getting to halfway through but I could not get into it. It was sooooo much slower than Fourth Wing. Fourth Wing was a fun read, but this was not fun at all to me. I caught myself dreading picking it back up. Maybe I'll pick it back up at some point but I think I'm done with the Yarros hype after this flop.

As someone who is trying to get more into romance, this book was unfortunately just not it. There are quite a few plot holes and unrealistic situations throughout the entirety of the book. I don't want to give any spoilers, but if you know, they you truly know. I expected a lot out of this.

We follow Merry, she is hopelessly in unrequited love with her best friend Leo. Leo has fallen for her beautiful and talented sister. The two get engaged rather quickly (within a week quickly) and Merry is the maid of honor. At the wedding she meets Noah, the charming, good looking and successful other best friend of Leo. Noah and Merry hate one another. This is all too much for poor Merry and at the wedding she talks to her Godmother about needing to leave town ASAP. Just so happens that Merry's Godmother purchased a chateau in France and offers it to Merry. She packs her things and leaves as soon as she can for a well rested sabbatical. When she arrives she notices that there is someone else at the chateau. Who is that someone you ask? None other than Noah.

I feel like this story so much opportunity to be a good one. I am a little frustrated at the lack of character development and essentially y the suspended reality that Ready makes us wade through in an attempt to tell this romance. Without saying too much there is a bit of a twist and the way Merry reacts is not of a person who cares about their life. Too much suspended reality has to take place for me to get into this story and there wasn't much depth.

I really enjoyed this book and so did my children. The illustrations are beautiful and the moral of the story was wonderful.