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A review by jenbsbooks
Let's Pretend This Will Work by Maddie Dawson
3.5
I've read five books by this author, and I had this one on my list (included in KindleUnlimited, for which I have a temporary subscription. Maybe a previous FirstReads offering?) when I saw the physical book in a Little Free Library. It was an ARC (uncorrected proof pre-publication). While I still went with the audio version and referenced the Kindle copy a few times, I loved having a physical copy there to leaf through as well.
Simple chronological chapters. First person. Present tense. I love the cover ... not sure how much I love the title. Does it give too much away? While our MC Mimi is in a relationship right at the start, it's fairly obvious there are some issues and another love interest ... still, it did keep me guessing a little (is this going to be the book where the expected relationship is NOT one that works out?)
The name Mimi was a bit of a struggle for me -- I'd recently watched RENT, and was just picturing Rosario Dawson every time the name was said (and the Mimi character there didn't match Mimi here at all). I DID LOVE the Mimi-Mommy name though, and Daddy-o-Daddy ... Alice had such a cute voice, in the writing and the narration.
Another book read recently was set in the 1980s ... the 80s didn't seem to be essential to the story though (eliminates cell phones and social media and such). I have a "contemporary" and a "historical" label and I don't feel like the 80s fit into either ;)
Content Concerns: some proFanity (x8) and sex (nothing in explicit detail, but mention of it going on). Some dealing with death (little girl has lost her mother) and health issues.
Finding the hard copy pushed this to the top of my TBR, and getting to check out an ARC (even past publication, still cool to come across) was fun. I've switched to digital for years (ebooks and audio) but setting up my own Little Free Library has be collecting physical books again, and while I still default dominantly to audio, it's so nice to have the physical book in front of me, to flip through, and remember the moments as I'd listened to the audio book. I'm a little sentimental about the serendipity of this situation, but I am going to try and "release" this book back into LFL circulation for others to find and enjoy.
Simple chronological chapters. First person. Present tense. I love the cover ... not sure how much I love the title. Does it give too much away? While our MC Mimi is in a relationship right at the start, it's fairly obvious there are some issues and another love interest ... still, it did keep me guessing a little (is this going to be the book where the expected relationship is NOT one that works out?)
The name Mimi was a bit of a struggle for me -- I'd recently watched RENT, and was just picturing Rosario Dawson every time the name was said (and the Mimi character there didn't match Mimi here at all). I DID LOVE the Mimi-Mommy name though, and Daddy-o-Daddy ... Alice had such a cute voice, in the writing and the narration.
Another book read recently was set in the 1980s ... the 80s didn't seem to be essential to the story though (eliminates cell phones and social media and such). I have a "contemporary" and a "historical" label and I don't feel like the 80s fit into either ;)
Content Concerns: some proFanity (x8) and sex (nothing in explicit detail, but mention of it going on). Some dealing with death (little girl has lost her mother) and health issues.
Finding the hard copy pushed this to the top of my TBR, and getting to check out an ARC (even past publication, still cool to come across) was fun. I've switched to digital for years (ebooks and audio) but setting up my own Little Free Library has be collecting physical books again, and while I still default dominantly to audio, it's so nice to have the physical book in front of me, to flip through, and remember the moments as I'd listened to the audio book. I'm a little sentimental about the serendipity of this situation, but I am going to try and "release" this book back into LFL circulation for others to find and enjoy.