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arthur_ant18's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Gun violence
asparagusisreading's review
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
*Spoilers in this Review*
Meg Cabot is one of the few authors that I've been reading and following for majority of my life so when I saw they' were continuing with their contemporary fiction/romance series Little Bridge Island, I was ready to pick it up. I unfortunately did not enjoy book one, DNFing (did not finish) it when I found myself bored and more interested in other stories. This book however, sounded more up my alley.
I really enjoyed the premise: a bunch of authors are invited out to the first book festival on Little Bridge Island but two of the most popular authors, Will and Jo, don't exactly get along after a previous heated Twitter exchange and some negative comments made about a certain book genre. One of my favorite parts was the fact that it's author centered and readers are given an inside view of what happens at these events behind the scenes, even if it's fictional. I was excited for this and anticipating an enemies-to-lovers, possibly slow burn, and forced close proximity romance. Unfortunately, I was disappointed by the execution of the story and my own expectations. <First, the main characters had spoken maybe 3 sentences total by the 40-ish% mark and it felt like the 'pining' was Jo obsessing over Will and being angry at what he had said about her years prior. The enemies-to-lovers plot line ended very quickly once the characters started having conversations because Will repeatedly apologized for her and made it clear quite a bit of the event was to apologize to her. From that point on, it became a mutual and flirty relationship between them, strengthening with the more time they were forced to spend together. Then the story took a turn. Suddenly, we were following a bit of a mystery about another author going missing. Even though this plotline was enjoyable, I felt like it could've been a separate book (No Words being an author romance and the missing author being a mystery/thriller.)>
Meg Cabot is one of the few authors that I've been reading and following for majority of my life so when I saw they' were continuing with their contemporary fiction/romance series Little Bridge Island, I was ready to pick it up. I unfortunately did not enjoy book one, DNFing (did not finish) it when I found myself bored and more interested in other stories. This book however, sounded more up my alley.
I really enjoyed the premise: a bunch of authors are invited out to the first book festival on Little Bridge Island but two of the most popular authors, Will and Jo, don't exactly get along after a previous heated Twitter exchange and some negative comments made about a certain book genre. One of my favorite parts was the fact that it's author centered and readers are given an inside view of what happens at these events behind the scenes, even if it's fictional. I was excited for this and anticipating an enemies-to-lovers, possibly slow burn, and forced close proximity romance. Unfortunately, I was disappointed by the execution of the story and my own expectations. <First, the main characters had spoken maybe 3 sentences total by the 40-ish% mark and it felt like the 'pining' was Jo obsessing over Will and being angry at what he had said about her years prior. The enemies-to-lovers plot line ended very quickly once the characters started having conversations because Will repeatedly apologized for her and made it clear quite a bit of the event was to apologize to her. From that point on, it became a mutual and flirty relationship between them, strengthening with the more time they were forced to spend together. Then the story took a turn. Suddenly, we were following a bit of a mystery about another author going missing. Even though this plotline was enjoyable, I felt like it could've been a separate book (No Words being an author romance and the missing author being a mystery/thriller.)>
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent and Grief
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