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295 pages, ebook
First published June 6, 2022
"Even if we walk away, we’ll still belong to each other..."
I’m lusting after this stranger in the heart of Middle Class Vacationville wondering what her nipples would look like in the sunshine, all licked up in my spit.
“Going to return them. You are giving them back.”
So she can wear them for another man?
Suddenly, my jaw feels like it’s about to snap.
I swear to God if another car comes within ten feet of us, I’m going to go fucking ballistic.
— him getting nervous about taking her on his motorcycle 😌
I have to let go of her hand to reach for my wallet, but I keep an eye on it as I pay for the ice cream, so I can collect it again as soon as possible.
I could love you so easily, too. I already do.
She makes me a better man. A better human. She makes me so much better.
“You’re too sweet between the legs to say please, Taylor. You just ask for Daddy and I’ll do the rest.”
Here's what's difficult: she is getting better and less cringe as time goes by when it comes to romance, but for a muder mystery? This was so so incredibly and torturously:
I fell asleep five times trying to read a 200 page romcom. Something ain't right.
I thought I'd be here writing about how awful her FMC was, and how cringe the relationship was but, not really. She nailed those this time.
These two together were funny, sweet and they had some chemistry.
It gets a little repetitive at the end with the whole: I don't do relationships bit.
He is the NO commitment guy, he calls her bridezilla, but he finds himself deeply and emotionally attracted to her and he tries to avoid those feelings the entire book.
We had some good side characters, like her brother. He was a great non-stereotypical gay character (I hate when authors write a gay character to be extra gay. A guy who knows everything about clothes and nails and uses annoying language.) No, her brother was just a random cool guy who happened to be gay and I respect that.
The relationship was sweet, funny and surprisingly way less cringe than what I expect a Tessa Bailey book to be.
However, I picked this up in the hopes that a murder-mystery romcom was going to be super exciting and hilarious, and it wasn't.
So yeah, 3/5. Didn't hate it, but also not crazy about it either and will probably forget all about this book tomorrow.
NOT GONNA LIE THO: I am happy to see that romcom authors are getting out of their shells and trying to do something different, out of their cookie cutter quirky fmc, broody mmc, small town shabang. Please, keep this up. I am sick and tired of reading the same story packaged in different cartoon covers. So this gets points for creativity.