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A review by betwixt_the_pages
The Edwards by Katie Night
3.0
Rating: 2.75/5 Penguins (rounded up)
Quick Reasons: true to life, realistic; steamy romance; adult dynamics; complex, flawed characters; not the book for me; lots of tell, little show; lots of repetition; difficult characters to "connect" with; slow storytelling
HUGE thanks to Katie Night for the ARC copy of this title! My review of this book is voluntarily written and in no way altered or impacted by this gesture.
This just was not the read for me, Penguins. Katie Night wove a terrific story of redeeming relationships and love above all struggles. There was steam, there was doubt, there were flawed and human characters. The read was quick and it was fairly easy to fall into the story. The motivations were realistic and the timing was believable. There wasn't anything wrong, per se, with the story itself.
BUT. There was a lot of awkward, stilted writing. There were a lot of cut-off sentences and a lot of weird grammatical quirks that made reading this feel more like I was reading a series of texts. The characters were hard to connect with, and the story felt slow despite the pace and timing. While the story was about the redemption of a relationship, the reconnection of souls, and the rediscovery of...uh...each other, I just couldn't get INTO this story, and that's on me. I think a lot of it was likely just that I could not make that connection...and I rely on that connection a LOT when reading. So don't hold that against this book!
While this wasn't the read for me, that doesn't mean that it's not the read for any of you, Penguins. The characters are believable, the steam is pretty high up there, and the redemption arc is well-done. If you like fast-paced romance and empty-nester parent reconnection journeys, definitely check this one out!
Quick Reasons: true to life, realistic; steamy romance; adult dynamics; complex, flawed characters; not the book for me; lots of tell, little show; lots of repetition; difficult characters to "connect" with; slow storytelling
HUGE thanks to Katie Night for the ARC copy of this title! My review of this book is voluntarily written and in no way altered or impacted by this gesture.
This just was not the read for me, Penguins. Katie Night wove a terrific story of redeeming relationships and love above all struggles. There was steam, there was doubt, there were flawed and human characters. The read was quick and it was fairly easy to fall into the story. The motivations were realistic and the timing was believable. There wasn't anything wrong, per se, with the story itself.
BUT. There was a lot of awkward, stilted writing. There were a lot of cut-off sentences and a lot of weird grammatical quirks that made reading this feel more like I was reading a series of texts. The characters were hard to connect with, and the story felt slow despite the pace and timing. While the story was about the redemption of a relationship, the reconnection of souls, and the rediscovery of...uh...each other, I just couldn't get INTO this story, and that's on me. I think a lot of it was likely just that I could not make that connection...and I rely on that connection a LOT when reading. So don't hold that against this book!
While this wasn't the read for me, that doesn't mean that it's not the read for any of you, Penguins. The characters are believable, the steam is pretty high up there, and the redemption arc is well-done. If you like fast-paced romance and empty-nester parent reconnection journeys, definitely check this one out!