Spoiler Alert

This is basically a GOT fanfic. The male lead's name is like ~barely~ changed from the actual actor's name. I don't even really have an opinion about that, just making a statement.

This was ✨ok✨.
I'm annoyed because some parts of it were cute and made me want to like it. Unfortunately, most it was cheesy and cringey and over dramatic. Like, the characters are almost 40 and upset and worried about SILLY things. Adults acting like teenagers. The entire plot could've been avoided with a simple NDA.
And I'm all here for body neutrality and the like, but some of this felt a lot like, as another reviewer mentioned, getting “woke points” online.

It was also one of those books, like most romances to be honest, where you absolutely know exactly how the conflict/climax of the story is going to go. So you're basically just waiting the entire book for it to happen and hoping there's some decent dialogue or spice along the way.

I just wish it was more cute, less try-hard.
I'm not ready to give up on cartoon cover romances entirely yet. It took me too long to force myself to even try one. But I need recommendations for the BEST ones. If I don't like those, I'm just not the intended audience.

★★★★☆✵
Nem vou fingir que não estou 100% apaixonada.

⚠️ Fat shame, self-conscious body, unnecessary drama, problematic parents. Truly problematic.

Resume of what I thought:
That book is one of those which make us believe in strange (or uncommon) love attraction despite social convention.
And everything that resembles, even in the slightest, of You've Got Mail, the chances to become a favourite are high.
And that what happened here. Although I was a little disappointed once I realized that Marcus wasn't following Joe Fox's woo path.

But first of all:
Geology is not a science.


And at some point I was kinda imagining something like this:



With all due love and respect hehehehehehe.

April's nerdness saying things like:
“I can actually feel the Orbiting electrons inside my body” spoke volumes with my chemistry heart.
But not only.
April's open dialogue about fat shaming and all struggles that any “plus-sized” person have to deal every day it's pretty realistic - despite a little too exaggerated or representative and her personality is a little too confident (or pretending to be so, so very well) with herself, being a little off the character, because all reasons - it is hard to explain even in pt.
It has its problems, and it is not a memorable book, however, it is a light and enjoyable romance as it is.

Random comments in PT:
A semelhança com Game of Thrones é de doer o corazón e cair na gargalhada ao mesmo tempo. Muito embora, pelos relatos do elenco, a cagada dos roteiristas foi beeeem pior do que a observada em GoT.
Eles não apenas mudaram o final tragicamente, como também mudaram as personagens, o arc central,
Claro que é um dos romances mais surreais que na vida real daria bem errado e chance de dar certo são quase nulas. Veja bem: voce consegue imaginar um cara padrão Chris Hemsworth com alguém normal tipo Rebel Wilson? É um conto de fada de pequenas proporções no mundo real - por mais que sonhado por todos nós. Como muito bem apontado pela menina na ComiCon que levantou a mão e disse que o relacionamento de April e Marcus significava muito pra ela.
ISSO foi um tapa na realidade depois das 12h30 de livro, porque mostra, claramente, que as pessoas são tomadas pela aparência e é uma barreira gigante que tem que ser atravessada para que a afinidade (mental) se sobressaia, embora todas as variáveis da vida.
Outro ponto perturbador foram os pais do casal principal. Misericórdia.
Sei que sou afortunada por viver numa bolha com pais extremamente compreensivos e supportive. Mas essas duplas de malucos que reproduziram gerando nosso casal principal, só jogando sal e colocando fogo nos corpos depois pra ter certeza que o demônio saiu.
Não tenho reclamações para o Marcus. Ele foi melhor explicado que a April e ficou mais protagonista.

E, por fim:
Se tiver um segundo volume do Alex não vou me importar nada.

Minutos depois....

É OFICIAL. QUERO UM VOLUME DO ALEX (CHAP 19).
De longe, alguém estourado, estupidamente bonito, e amável que merece um volume.

It was ok! Happy with plus size representation but the characters had no depth. All that she is is a 36 year old red head, who writes fan fiction. All that he is is a 40 year old shy actor with dyslexia. I'll admit Marcus was the more interesting of the two but he was still lacking depth.

There was some fan fiction at the end of each chapter that I skipped.... I read the DM conversations between characters but couldn't care less about the random fan fiction.

Like, it had potential for a good concept but I felt it could be executed better.