Sarah☀️ Somerville's Reviews > Interference

I liked this book. It was fine. Sweet. Lovely. But there were two things I feel I should mention.

This book was long. I love long books. But if a book is long, stuff has to happen. And it… didn’t. Both characters were in a difficult place at the start of the book, but then throughout the whole book, pretty much only good things happened. I mean, in a short story, that’s acceptable. But if the book is over 500 pages, gotta have some kind of conflict or drama or it’s just… 534 pages of fluff and my teeth are gonna fall out because it was way too sweet.

I loved the themes in this book. The relationship-within-a-sports-team-gone-wrong was fantastic because usually we get the HEA point of view. The homeless and disabled veteran theme was also fantastic, and it was done pretty well EXCEPT that at times it felt very “teachy”, which was not particularly enjoyable. Thinking back, I don’t think it was anything Wyatt said that made it feel teachy; it was more Anthony’s “omg you’re right! I never realised this!” responses to absolutely everything. I also don’t think this response was entirely believable. Anthony was kinda rich and entitled, and I think for some of it a more defensive/unhelpful problem solving response would have been more realistic. I mean, yeah, he would have looked like a bit of a muppet, but that’s the first step towards learning better.

P.S. Characters don’t have to be perfect, even if you love them. They’re more relatable if they make mistakes and develop/grow/learn over time.

And there was one thing I feel I should not mention but I’m gonna anyway. It’s not actually a spoiler, but (view spoiler)[I was a bit weirded out by Anthony’s cats being named Bear and Moose. Is this a pop culture reference I just don’t know? Or are these common North American pet names? (Cause no one calls their pets “Echidna and Wombat” down here, y’know.) Bear and Moose were Morgan’s dogs in Love & Other Inconveniences and I feel like that book has been borrowed from enough lately, seriously. (hide spoiler)]