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Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood | Book Review

Posted August 18, 2022 by Jana in Adult Fiction, Book Review / 8 Comments

Love On the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Series: Love Hypothesis #2
Published by Berkley on August 23, 2022
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Romantic Comedy
Pages: 384
Format: eARC
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis--with explosive results.

Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project--a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia--Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.

Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the lab. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school--archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.

Now, her equipment is missing, the staff is ignoring her, and Bee finds her floundering career in somewhat of a pickle. Perhaps it's her occipital cortex playing tricks on her, but Bee could swear she can see Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas...devouring her with those eyes. And the possibilities have all her neurons firing. But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, there's only one question that matters: What will Bee Königswasser do?

I LOVED The Love Hypothesis (read my review at the link above), so I was incredibly excited to see Love On the Brain pop up on Netgalley and then even more excited when I was quickly approved! I read this 7 months ago, so I literally had no chill about it. I dove in immediately and had so much fun reading this quirky, nerdy romance. As always, my main points are bolded.

1. The first this you should know is that this is not in any shape or form a sequel to The Love Hypothesis. We’ve got completely different characters, a different setting, different science, same quirk. There’s no mention of anyone or anything from The Love Hypothesis so, while this is being marketed as part of the same series, it’s a standalone novel. Science and the author are the only two things that tie these books together.

1. Bee. When I think of Bee, I think of this little slice of puff pastry. She’s pretty adorable and quirky (I think I’m going to use this word to describe a lot about this book). Bee is a neuroscientist, who is on loan to NASA from NIH to collaborate on a project involving developing helmets for astronauts that offer transcranial magnetic stimulation. It sounds like it’s essentially a non-invasive way of stimulating the brain to help control mood? Who knows. The science was way over my head and, at times, made me glaze over and read the words but not actually know what I was reading. Anyway, Bee is very smart and sweet and spirited. she’s frequently underestimated and pushed to the side. She’s relatively fresh off a bad break-up (her ex cheated on her with her best friend), so there’s a lot of insecurity and issues with trust on her end. I felt for her and liked her a lot. Oh, she’s also obsessed with Marie Curie and I now know more about Marie than I ever needed to know. lol.

2. Levi is a major cinnamon roll. He’s the silent brooding type, who doesn’t always know how to process his feelings and act on them correctly and is just so sweet. I wanted to hug him and also give him a pep talk. I love how he treats Bee (he takes her seriously and really respects her), how he feels about her, and how he sticks up for what’s right and fair. Oh my gosh, there’s a scene where he has to go save her from a cemetery that she got locked into because she fell asleep after her run, and I was cracking up. And he loves cats. My goodness.

3. These two… oh my goodness. They are hilarious and frustrating at the same time. Their banter and flirtatious teasing of one another had me smiling a lot. Levi has been in love with Bee for years but has accidentally disguised that love as hate. She is convinced that he hates her, therefore she also hates him and he struggles to convince her otherwise! She jokes with him about it and brings it up all the time, and just when you think they’re turning a corner and she’s beginning to understand how he really feels, she says he hates her again and ahhhhhhhh!! LOL. Seriously, I relate to this part of Bee more than I’d like to admit.

4. There is some major heat in this book. Wow. And the swoons are there, too, OF COURSE. These two have some very sweet, romantic moments.

5. Bee’s co-worker… I cannot remember her name for the life of me. Oh my gosh, she is a dramatic hoot and really grew on me. I was rolling my eyes all over the place at first, but then I loved her. She also has an online friend named Schmac, and I loved her candid conversations with him about her life.

6. I’m not kidding when I say I glazed over the science bits and a lot of the info about Marie Curie’s life. Science and facts are abundant in this book, way more than I remember in The Love Hypothesis, and there were times when I feared I would not survive it.

7. Bee’s monologues include a lot of trademark symbols behind made-up phrases, which was annoying. I searched my eARC by “™” and got 42 results. It was excessive. We have WurstFest™ (aka Meatwave, aka a “dicksplosion in the testosteroven”); Cockcluster™ (meetings with only one woman in the room); Sausage Referencing™ (when a man vouches for a woman’s ideas, therefore making the rest of the men think it’s a better idea); The Cute Guy™, The Handsome Guy™, and The Sexy Guy™ (all of these “guys” are categories that Bee and her friend place guys in, and each category has different qualities); Hostile Companionable Silence™ (how Bee and Levi work), Levi Green™ (as opposed to an actual color), and Uh-Oh™. This was easily my least favorite part of the book. Every time I saw a ™ I wanted to throw my Kindle. I don’t like the use of trademark as a way to place emphasis on something or make it seem special. I see it on social media a lot, and it bugs me because that’s not how trademarks work! It’s like when people speak in hashtags (for example: “Hashtag best. summer. ever!”). Annoying. There’s a time and a place for hashtags, and there’s a time and a place for trademark symbols. This was not the time or the place for trademark symbols. Wow. That was a rant. Moving on.

8. There’s some major “You’ve Got Mail” vibes that I loved.

9. There’s also some drama and career scaries, a mysterious cat, and even a life or death situation and it all combined together to create quite the page-turner!

All in all, I really enjoyed Love On the Brain. The Love Hypothesis is still my favorite of the two stories, but Love On the Brain is filled with quirk, heart, nerdiness, and a heaping spoonful of swoons. If you like science, women in STEM, plucky heroines, and cinnamon roll heroes then I highly recommend this book.

The Attraction Distraction by Jenn McKinlay | Audiobook Review

Posted August 1, 2022 by Jana in Adult Fiction, Book Review / 0 Comments

The Attraction Distraction by Jenn McKinlay
Series: A Museum of Literature Romance #2
Narrator: Sara Young
Published by JMO Ink on June 7, 2022
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance
Length: 3 hours and 20 minutes
Format: Audiobook ARC
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Royal Valentine, a second novella in the Museum of Literature romcom series, in which the only thing standing between a single-minded Classics scholar and the literary discovery of a lifetime is her heart.

There is nothing Sarah Novak loves more than a literary adventure. When the director of the Museum of Literature sends Sarah to an uninhabited island in the Aegean Sea to look for a rare artifact from Ancient Greece, Sarah, an expert on the Classics, is all in.

One problem. Nine other scholars are also on the hunt for the artifact, one of whom is Irishman Liam Maguire, Sarah's ex and the man she beat out for the curator position at the museum seven years ago. Liam wants to form an alliance, but Sarah refuses. He broke her heart once before; she's not giving him the chance to do it again.

When a series of mysterious "accidents" befall the scholars one by one, Sarah is forced to rethink her position on her sworn enemy, particularly when Liam saves her life. She agrees to team up with the swoony Irishman, knowing full well that finding the treasure will likely cost her heart.

I try really hard to not spoil anything, but there’s a chance that some may feel that my review, albeit very vague, might include a small spoiler. Proceed with caution!

I was looking for a fun story to listen to while working on a crochet project, so I jumped on this one when I saw that the audiobook was available for review! I love books that feature some kind of travel, and since the synopsis mentioned a “literary discovery” I was very intrigued and excited to dive in. What I got was a melodramatic, far-fetched, ridiculous storyline. The plot is weak and silly, for lack of a better word. The characters had no substance or real personality. I had to look up their names because I couldn’t remember either of them. Their past break-up is brought up way too many times. We get it. lol. They broke up! The romance was unconvincing and uninteresting, but it was closed-door and sometimes that’s what I’m in the mood for (especially with audiobooks). The “literary discovery” requires the ability to suspend your disbelief and it’s so outlandish that the author has to come up with a special twist to cover it all up. The twist is just the ridiculous cherry on top of the ridiculous sundae. There’s a bit of suspense, but the kind that makes you roll your eyes. Really, The Attraction Distraction read like a parody of something I can’t quite put my finger on and the more I think about it the more annoyed I am I spent the time on it. LOL.

The narration was ok for the most part, except the reader pronounced “parquet” like par-ket, which is wrong. It should be pronounced par-kay. She also said “Mycenaean” like my-seen-ee-un, which is wrong. It’s pronounced my-suh-nee-uhn. I’m pretty sure the copy I received through Netgalley was the finished product but if not, I hope both of these mispronunciations were fixed before it hit retailers! All in all, I’m glad I didn’t pay for this and that it was a quick listen (I sped it up so it went faster than the roughly 3 hours it defaults at).

The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams | Book Review

Posted April 14, 2022 by Jana in Adult Fiction, Book Review / 9 Comments

The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams
Published by Dell on April 26, 2022
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Romantic Comedy
Pages: 306
Format: eARC
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Is it ever too late to leave the friend zone? Discover the heartwarming friends to lovers romance that became a sensation on TikTok—now with a new chapter and a Q&A with the author!

The friend zone is not the end zone for Bree Camden, who is helplessly in love with her longtime best friend and extremely hot NFL legend, Nathan Donelson. The only problem is that she can’t admit her true feelings, because he clearly sees her as a best friend with no romantic potential, and the last thing Bree wants is to ruin their relationship. But those abs . . .

Nope! Nothing but good old-fashioned, no-touching-the-sexiest-man-alive, platonic friendship for Bree. In any case, she has other things to worry about. After a car accident ended her chance at becoming a professional ballerina, Bree changed paths and now owns her own dance studio, with big dreams to expand it. But one more rent increase could mean the end of the studio entirely.

Then, as usual, Nathan comes to the rescue and buys the entire building. A stubborn Bree is not happy about it and decides to rebel with a couple—okay, maybe more than a couple—of tequila shots. Then her plan backfires as she spills her deepest, darkest secret to a TMZ reporter. One viral video later, the world thinks Nathan and Bree are the perfect couple. Before they can really talk about her confession, Nathan’s publicist proposes a big opportunity that could mean financial security for Bree. The catch? They have to pretend to be in love. For three whole weeks.

What will happen when Bree gives in to the feelings she’s been desperately hiding for so long, and could she be imagining that Nathan is actually enjoying it? Sarah Adams scores more than touchdowns in this exciting romantic comedy.

Hello, I am a puddle of goo. I am mush. I have collapsed into a pile of swoons and sighs. The Cheat Sheet is the most adorable and heartwarming swoonfest of a best friends to lovers romance I’ve ever read, and I’m slightly depressed now that it’s over because I miss it and because I want this kind of love story for myself. As always, my main points are bolded.

1. I love Bree and Nathan, so the fact that we get chapters that alternate between each of their POVs was wonderful. Bree is a former ballerina who was injured a few years ago and now owns a dance studio devoted to giving young girls an outlet, whether they can afford tuition or not. She’s barely scraping by, but this studio and these girls mean so much to her that she sacrifices everything to be there for them. She lives in tiny a mold-infested apartment with sticky floors and armpit stench in the air, and she loves her life. I love her! She’s so goofy and spunky and I love that she’s doing good with her life. Oh, and she does this super cute thing where if she’s out shopping and sees a little thing that reminds her of someone she buys it and gives it to them. Her friends and family call them Bree-nkets (like trinkets, but with Bree’s name). Nathan is the star quarterback of an NFL football team that he’s brought to the Super Bowl once and might bring them again! He has a heart of gold. He doesn’t care about the fame or the fortune or anything. He’s down to earth, sweet, loyal, protective, and so loving. He lives in a beautiful, sprawling home, with a gloriously huge kitchen and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the ocean. And no matter what girl is hanging off his arm at the moment, he has a special bedroom in his home for Bree so that she can sleep over if she’s too tired to walk home after and evening of watching movies with him.

2. Bree and Nathan have been best friends for years, and their friendship is the cutest. They run together every Tuesday morning, no matter what else is going on in their lives. They hang out together as often as they can, have keys to each other’s places, and will commit any crime necessary to protect the other. They have been secretly in love with each other since high school, but are too scared to ruin their friendship by talking about it. The pining is real and thick and frustrating to read because I just wanted to smush them together! Nathan’s inner thoughts about Bree are some of the sweetest ever. She can do no wrong, embodies everything that is perfect in this world, and will always be chosen first in his life. He worships her. He wants to spoil her and take care of her at all times, even platonically, but she won’t let him because she doesn’t want to fall even more in love with him then she already is. But does he know this is why she won’t let him? Nope. He thinks she has no interest in her at all, so he plays it cool and acts aloof and dates other women, further sending her the message that he’s also not interested. Ahhhhh the angst!

3. I love fake dating tropes, especially between friends, and The Cheat Sheet does this so well. Bree drunkenly admits her feelings about Nathan to a reporter while sitting on the floor of a public restroom and the video goes viral. The world falls in love with Bree, and Nathan finally has hope that she reciprocates his feelings. They end up agreeing to a fake relationship that will help his career and give her money to support herself. Wow, like it’s going to be hard for either of them to pretend to be in love. Nathan decides to take this opportunity to test the waters of their friendship and see how Bree responds to flirting and physical touch from him. As they make public appearances and stage instagram photos, they each start to wonder if their best friend actually might love them back.

4. There’s an amazing. cast of supporting characters. The friendships in this book warmed my heart so much. We’ve got Bree’s sister, who is so supportive and loving. Then we’ve got Nathan’s teammates, who help him come up with a list of things to do to see if Bree is really into him after all (it’s called a cheat sheet, hence the name of the book). I LOVE his teammates. They’re big, bulky teddy bears who believe in true love and self care. They also all love Bree and the little trinkets she gives them. The same drunken night she spills the beans to the reporter, she asks them all if she can paint their toenails in team colors and they let her. I could just see these men sitting there with tiny Bree bouncing from foot to foot, painting their toes. And what’s even cuter is that they win their next game and are convinced it was because of the nail polish so Nathan and his friends start going out and getting pedicures together. I just loved them all, and I would love it if this book became the first book in a series, and each of Nathan’s friends get their own book. Another supporting character I loved was Bree’s stylist, Dylan. He’s flashy and bubbly and hilarious, making sure Bree always looks great when making public appearances. At one point in the story, he’s not around and tries to coach someone else on how to do Bree’s hair over facetime. When he tells this person to pull back Bree’s hair like a wave rushing over the shore at sunset I literally cackled. I love Dylan.

5. There’s some amazing discussion centered around anxiety and mental health and healing, and I just loved it. Mental health needs to be talked about more, and it was so refreshing to see it handled with such reverence in a light-hearted romantic comedy. I felt very seen and understood.

6. The romance was so sweet and extremely swoony. And there was still steam, even though the big stuff happened behind closed doors. This was different steam. It’s hard to put it into words, but the emotion and the love that was present was more than enough for me. The build-up to the big stuff, like the tension and the wanting and the kisses were so well written, that I didn’t feel disappointed or like I lost anything by not reading an actual sex scene. I loved it, and felt it was perfect.

7. The end of the book was perfect and everything I needed. I actually cried, and I don’t do that!

8. I have also listened to the audio of this book, and I highly recommend it. Teddy Hamilton brought Nathan’s sweetness to life, and Renee Dorian was perfect for Bree. Her voice and humor made for an amazing listening experience.

The Cheat Sheet is my new favorite book, and I will scream about it every chance I get. I’ve already pre-ordered a paperback for my bookshelves!

A Brush With Love by Mazey Eddings | Audiobook Review

Posted April 7, 2022 by Jana in Adult Fiction, Book Review / 1 Comment

A Brush With Love by Mazey Eddings
Narrator: Emily Lawrence, Vikas Adam
Published by St Martin's Griffin on March 1, 2022
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Romantic Comedy
Pages: 336
Format: Audiobook
Source: Publisher (Netgalley)
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Harper is anxiously awaiting placement into a top oral surgery residency program when she crashes (literally) into Dan. Harper would rather endure a Novocaine-free root canal than face any distractions, even one this adorable.

A first-year dental student with a family legacy to contend with, Dan doesn’t have the same passion for pulling teeth that Harper does. Though he finds himself falling for her, he is willing to play by Harper’s rules.

So with the greatest of intentions and the poorest of follow-throughs, the two set out to be “just friends.” But as they get to know each other better, Harper fears that trading fillings for feelings may make her lose control and can't risk her carefully ordered life coming undone, no matter how drool-worthy Dan is.

Blood, gore, and extra-long roots? No problem. The idea of falling in love? Torture.

I’ve been eagerly anticipating the moment I got to read A Brush With Love, and it finally happened! I follow Mazey Eddings on Twitter, and she is so funny and sweet and adorable and relatable, which made me even more excited to read this book. I love a good romcom, and I love it when the characters are in STEM because it always brings interesting discussions. A Brush With Love started off very strong for me, and I was convinced I’d found a new favorite novel. But… things took a turn for me and I’m going to get a little vulnerable in this review. As always, my main points are bolded.

1. I’d like to begin this review with a discussion on the content of A Brush With Love. The book begins with a compassionate note from the author cautioning readers about some of the book’s content, but I didn’t realize what a large role anxiety was going to play in this story. As someone with a diagnosed anxiety disorder, reading this book was hard on me. While there was a lot of humor and lighter moments, I came away emotionally and mentally exhausted. Seeing glimmers of my anxiety in Harper, while also seeing that my anxiety could be even worse than it is was very hard. I’d realize I was in physical pain while reading, and had to try to unclench and relax my muscles multiple times. The author did a great job conveying what anxiety is like and how it feels, but it was too much for me to process. If you are triggered by reading descriptions of panic attacks, fear, negative-self talk, sexism in the workplace, and grief I suggest you pass on this one.

2. Harper’s character was a major struggle for me. In the beginning, I found her to be bubbly, quirky, funny, and dripping with personality. I saw a lot of myself in her and related to her desire to be perfect in all things. She can be very sweet (her meet cute with Dan is adorable proof), but she’s also very frustrating. I didn’t see her act like a good friend or a good partner very often, and kept grappling with my confusion as to how her life is filled with great people when she’s doing nothing to keep them there. She takes Dan for granted and pushes him away at every opportunity while also stringing him along. She tells him they are just friends, but cuddles with him and kisses him before saying it was a mistake and pushing him away. She gets mad at him for being a distraction multiple times, and just isn’t nice. I don’t know how he could handle the whiplash. She takes and takes from her friends while shutting them out and giving them almost nothing in return. Clearly she’s found herself a bunch of very understanding saints, I just can’t picture a world where someone can treat people like this and still have them fall all over themselves to be a part of that person’s life.

3. Dan was the highlight of the story for me. I loved him immediately and never wavered on that. He’s sweet, compassionate, understanding, and accepting. He’s very much aware of the people he cares about, and makes it his job to make sure they are ok. He zeroes in on Harper very quickly, and I felt like he knew how she was doing before she did! I loved that about him. What girl wouldn’t want a guy so in tune with her that he knew how to help and what to do without having to be asked? A dream. He is so unbelievably patient and supportive. I don’t know how he was able to do it, especially since he was going through his own stuff, too. He’s stuck in a life he never wanted to live because he feels too guilty doing anything else. He struggles and hurts and goes through a lot of personal growth and evolution, and I just loved his journey.

4. I LOVED the meet cute. It was so mortifying and hilarious and adorable. I won’t spoil it, but it was a great moment.

5. The romance was not my favorite. Harper is moving in a few months, so she decides they need to quash that instant attraction and desire to be together and remain friends. Except… she rarely treats Dan like a friend. He’s basically her boyfriend without the label, and since he’s not allowed to be her boyfriend things get frustrating. Because of how long this story is and how quickly the leads fall for one another, the bulk of the “romance” is them trying not to be more than friends, slipping up, and then Harper pushing him away and/or lashing out at him. And, of course, everything is about Harper so she’s in charge or everything that happens between them and poor Dan was probably blue for most of the book. I got tired of this push and pull. I wanted a swoony, romantic story filled with scenes that melted my heart and I ended up with a bunch of speed bumps and roadblocks that took away from the romance I signed up for.

6. I loved Dan’s and Harper’s friends. I loved Harper’s mentor, who became a bit of a life coach as well as a professor at one point.

7. I do not recommend the audio. The female narrator for Harper’s voice was mostly ok, if a bit nasally, but the voices she chose for Harper’s friends drove me up the wall. Her voice would also speed up, change pitch, and fill with frustrated/mad passion when Harper was getting upset at someone or experiencing an anxiety flare-up. Tense, angry voices agitate me, so this just didn’t work for me. The vocal choices the male narrator made with Harper’s voice made me cringe, and he didn’t have the voice I wish Dan had had. I’m sure I would have been happier if I’d read this with my eyes instead of my ears.

Regardless of my issues with A Brush With Love, I will be recommending it to others. It was not the right choice for me, but the meet cute is adorable, Dan is a wonderful cinnamon role, and there are some really great moments. The writing is lovely, and I enjoyed a lot of the story (even though Harper frustrated me). Eddings sheds light on issues that real people go through every single day, and that’s important. I know many readers will feel seen in these pages, and I know many readers will learn and maybe even become more understanding of people in their lives who struggle with their mental health. I will definitely be giving her next book, Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake a try. Lizzie is in A Brush With Love, and I really liked her!

The Layover by Lacie Waldon | DNF Book Thoughts

Posted February 17, 2022 by Jana in Adult Fiction, Book Review / 1 Comment

The Layover by Lacie Waldon
Published by Putnam on June 15, 2021
Genres: Contemporary Fiction
Pages: 320
Format: eARC
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After ten years as a flight attendant, Ava Greene is poised to hang up her wings and finally put down roots. She's got one trip left before she bids her old life farewell, and she plans to enjoy every second of it. But then she discovers that former pilot Jack Stone -- the absurdly gorgeous, ridiculously cocky man she's held a secret grudge against for years -- is on her flight. And he has the nerve to flirt with her, as if he doesn't remember the role he played in the most humiliating night of her life. Good thing she never has to see him again after they land....

But when their plane encounters mechanical problems, what should have been a quick stop at the Belize airport suddenly becomes a weekend layover. Getting stuck on a three-hour flight with her nemesis was bad enough. Being stranded with him at a luxury resort in paradise? Even with the sultry breeze and white sand to distract her, it will take all the rum punch in the country to drown out his larger-than-life presence.

Yet the more time Ava spends with him under the hot Caribbean sun, the more she begins to second-guess everything she thought she knew about him... and everything she thought she wanted from her life. And all too soon, she might have to choose between keeping her feet on the ground and her head in the clouds....

An unexpected tropical layover with her nemesis turns a flight attendant's life upside down in this witty, breezy debut romantic comedy about life -- and love -- 30,000 feet above the ground.

I was so, so excited to read The Layover by Lacie Waldon. I love anything that involves travel (especially right now when traveling isn’t very safe), so reading about a flight attendant’s adventures was extremely appealing to me. And I really liked parts of it! The writing is very well done, and I loved the descriptions of the views from the cockpit of the plans and of. the scenery in Belize. The discussions about Ava’s passion for her career were also very nice to read. I made it about halfway through, though, and looked at how far I had come and realized I still had so much left to read. Essentially, I felt as though I had been reading forEVER. The book was seriously dragging for me. For the most part, Ava is extremely rude and judgmental and I decided I was done with her once I realized how much left I had to read. The things she says to Jack and the way she treats him were horrible. I’m assuming there will eventually be some kind of reveal that will try to justify her behavior and her attitude, but I already know it won’t work for me. Ava is an adult, and by this point in her life I’m sure she has learned how to fake being civil to people. I felt really bad for Jack. Plus, at the halfway point there had been no romance and had also only been mildly funny a couple times. So a romantic comedy this is not, just fair warning. The focus is really on the changes in Ava‘s life and her journey to figure out who and what she wants to be. There’s nothing wrong with that, but when I don’t even like her I don’t care to read about her journey. And once the romance begins all I’m going to think is that Jack doesn’t deserve having to put up with someone like Ava. I’m so disappointed.

DNF