Gwen and Art Are Not in Love

Maybe more of a 3.5 or a 3.25 if I want to split hairs, but ultimately it was a book I did enjoy. Even if the road was particularly bumpy at times.

I think the important takeaway for me here is to know what the book is before I fall in lust with the title.

I did wind up liking the characters - quite a lot and a lot more than I thought I would. It just took a lot of time for them to grow into characters I actually enjoyed being in the head of. Especially Gwen, because I really had a lot of issues with her to start. My issues with Art came later, as Gwen started to improve - so at least I wasn't finding both of them insufferable at the same time. (And then Art improved and Gwen was the problem again.)

To be fair, though, I got through most of the first third of the book thanks to Gabriel and at least at one point, I thought Bridget and Gabriel could have done much better than either of their love interests. They do both improve (Gwen in fits and starts, honestly, and I still find her somewhat...shrill at times.) But, really, no one is flawless - though Bridget is about as close as possible and still stay likable - and I ultimately enjoyed spending time with these characters - despite them being total messes.

(There's a tiny bit of a plot floating around, but, really, with this title, even I was here for the romance.)