Just Say

Not bad, but strange pacing issues and also very much the 11th book in a series - I don't think reading all 10 that came before is necessary, but I wish I'd read the Jocelyn/Hugh book ([b:Just Not Mine 22619255 Just Not Mine (Escape to New Zealand, #6) Rosalind James https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405342428l/22619255.SY75.jpg 41345778] and maybe the Kate/Koti one ([b:Just Good Friends 16031899 Just Good Friends (Escape to New Zealand, #2) Rosalind James https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348096163l/16031899.SY75.jpg 21812181]), because those two couples play larger roles in this. Anyway. The MCs in this get together at about the halfway point of the book and there's basically no conflict between them after that, except a little bit when Marko discovers that Nyree is the stepdaughter of his previous coach, who he doesn't seem to be on the best terms with, but maybe that's something that happened in a previous book. The book isn't bad after that, but it's just weird reading a novel without much in the way of tension or conflict. I almost wish this had been about Ella (the “pregnant cousin” mentioned in the blurb), because I loved her as a character and I thought her journey was more interesting than the MCs, neither of which (again) have all that much conflict going on. (2019 summer romance bingo: “tarot”; doesn't fit any others that I can think of.)