Hold Me Today

Can the authors fucking stop having their couples getting engaged after only a month of dating? What the fuck? It's not a historical romance when that shit might have worked, it's MODERN. CONTEMPORARY. I don't care how much you love them, if you want them to end up engaged, you can do it LATER. The plot wouldn't change if Nick proposed to Mina a year later, but my perception of the book would. it took me out, completely, I stopped enjoying the story.

The relationship won't end if the main couple gets engaged a year after they begun dating, and they tie a knot a year after that. What is it with American authors being obsessed with having their couples engaged after a week or a month of dating? It doesn't matter that they've known each other their whole lives. If you think the relationship's going to work after they get engaged a MONTH after officially starting dating, you're delusional.

Those books should come with a warning at the beginning: “Warning: the main couple gets engaged ____ after they oficially started dating. “ Would save my time and energy and I wouldn't be so goddamn annoyed right now.

And I liked this book.
I relaly enjoyed this book, was gonna give it 4.75 stars but the engagement? took it down to 2 stars immediately. Only reason I changed the rating to 3.25 is because I was relieved that Mina found out who her real father was and I liked both Mina and Nick before that. And I really enjoyed the story prior to the engagemnt, damnit!

STOP HAVING YOUR COUPLE GET ENGAGED BEFORE THEY'RE DATING FOR A FULL YEAR, THIS ISN'T A REGENCY ERA WHEN IT WAS COMMON. It's 21st century ffs, PATIENCE (which was a real important fucking theme in this book, ironically), won't kill you.