Small-town romance, rom-coms, makeovers
Review:
I wanted to love this so badly, in fact, as someone with a little bit of a rom-com obsession, I expected this to be a 5-star read. I loved the idea of it - guy gets dumped by the love of his life so his sister and friends rally around him to make him the ideal man of rom-com dreams to help him get her back. An amazing plot that unfortunately fell flat for me.
My list of issues with this book is pretty extensive:
-To start, all of the characters seem extremely one-dimensional. We know nothing about Eli or his friends except for the fact that Eli is in love with Victoria and his friends hate her
-The author seemed to be aiming toward a more YA crowd with the word “woke” being used 5 times in one paragraph
-Eli’s obsession with a girl he dated for less than 6 months who is clearly not interested in him was bizarre
-Eli’s sister and his friends were insufferable. Their insistence on making him an entirely new person to win back a girl they didn’t even like felt gross and just plain mean
-The characters themselves felt like just that - characters. They didn’t feel like real people, they all felt like exaggerated tropes
-Leah’s foster brother was a nightmare
-Leah having a job at every business in town just felt like a convenient way to have her show up in every situation. It felt clumsy and awkward
This book was not for me, but if you are obsessed with 90’s and 00’s rom-coms maybe give this one a shot, you may have a different opinion than me!
Thank you to Netgalley, Dreamscape Media, and Jayne Denker for the opportunity to review this book!
Rating:
2/5 Stars ⭐️⭐️