Andres
This is the first rom-com book I've read in a long time that I can honestly say is great.
I think what sold this story for me was the fact that we are in a “mature” setting and that we are dealing with legitimate young adults. Therefore, we get to experience their successes/failures in their professional lives while also contrasting it with their personal ones, and the way the characters are handled to contrast one another gave way to a lot of effective humor as well as (putting it in simple words) “Awwww” moments.
Also, the fact that the author is incredibly self-aware of the usual rom-com tropes as well as including inconspicuous pop culture references made this a joy to read.
It feels weird to say, but I actually found the “romance” aspect of the book to be very...healthy. What I mean by this is that, especially in recent books/movies of this kind (looking at you Twilight, 50 Shades, To All The Boys, Kissing Booth and the rest of Pandora's Box Demons), the romantic aspects always thread the line between toxic/abusive/manipulative or you at least could get aspects of a relationship that are really negative but that was “romanticized”.
I don't really like that current trend, which most [YA] authors follow, so I was incredibly surprised that the relationship between the two protagonists was actually healthy, mature, and supportive.
You know, a “normal” relationship.
Also, since we're being adults here, the sex scenes are done better than the average standard or “frame of reference” a.k.a they are displayed in a positive and realistic light that is not often seen in similar books a.k.a hot shit.
Overall, I really liked this book and it definitely set a positive bar for romance novels in my regard. If it gets adapted to a movie, I hope it'll be done by a director and writer that actually values the essence of the story (weird opinion, but this would be an amazing 13-ep anime given the right animation studio).
This is the first rom-com book I've read in a long time that I can honestly say is great.
I think what sold this story for me was the fact that we are in a “mature” setting and that we are dealing with legitimate young adults. Therefore, we get to experience their successes/failures in their professional lives while also contrasting it with their personal ones, and the way the characters are handled to contrast one another gave way to a lot of effective humor as well as (putting it in simple words) “Awwww” moments.
Also, the fact that the author is incredibly self-aware of the usual rom-com tropes as well as including inconspicuous pop culture references made this a joy to read.
It feels weird to say, but I actually found the “romance” aspect of the book to be very...healthy. What I mean by this is that, especially in recent books/movies of this kind (looking at you Twilight, 50 Shades, To All The Boys, Kissing Booth and the rest of Pandora's Box Demons), the romantic aspects always thread the line between toxic/abusive/manipulative or you at least could get aspects of a relationship that are really negative but that was “romanticized”.
I don't really like that current trend, which most [YA] authors follow, so I was incredibly surprised that the relationship between the two protagonists was actually healthy, mature, and supportive.
You know, a “normal” relationship.
Also, since we're being adults here, the sex scenes are done better than the average standard or “frame of reference” a.k.a they are displayed in a positive and realistic light that is not often seen in similar books a.k.a hot shit.
Overall, I really liked this book and it definitely set a positive bar for romance novels in my regard. If it gets adapted to a movie, I hope it'll be done by a director and writer that actually values the essence of the story (weird opinion, but this would be an amazing 13-ep anime given the right animation studio).