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The Only Game in Town
by Lacie Waldon
Read Completed 4/8/23 | Well, this was disappointing.
For starters, this is NOT really a romance. I eagerly picked this up because I loved Lacie Waldon's debut THE LAYOVER and liked her other romcom as well, but this is not a romcom. There are some romance elements but we skip over a lot of the cute getting-to-know-you stuff, flirting, and although Lacie Waldon's other books weren't steamy, there's like a complete skip over anything romantic besides a kiss here. So yeah... don't go into this thinking you're reading a romcom.
This was supposed to be a cute, heart-warming story about a small town that's reunited after an eccentric billionaire hosts a series of competitions to win $10 million. Even all of that was just too quirky to type out. This would never happen and I did not like the game idea or witnessing any of the games. Yes, I knew this was a part of the plot before reading BUT I had hoping with the cuteness of a romance (that I did not get) that I'd warm up to it. I just really didn't like the writing and the way this was put together and I thought Lacie Waldon's plotting was much better with her other two books. This book sort of seemed like a book that somebody wants to write for themselves for fun, but it was just too silly and far-fetched for me. It didn't become believable and everyone was paired with their town rival (that magically everyone has) in order to bring them together again. Ugh. Cheesy. I'm all for heart-warming but way too cheesy. And I kind of hated Jess as a main character. She was too perfect and oh so quirky with her flashy, bright, eccentric clothes (but that was the only way she was quirky? And she literally has never heard of Phoebe from Friends?).
I can keep complaining about this book, but I'll keep it short and just sum it up with, this was so not my taste. It was cutesy like cozy mysteries are, but obviously it wasn't a mystery. I guess it was kind of more chick lit than romance, but even then, I don't know. I hated how easily everyone forgave everyone in this book after having like, lifelong grudges. This competition magically fixed everyone and everything. Ugh ugh ugh. I didn't want to DNF it because I liked her other books so much but this was pure corny from start to finish. Me and my black heart need a wild thriller now.
For starters, this is NOT really a romance. I eagerly picked this up because I loved Lacie Waldon's debut THE LAYOVER and liked her other romcom as well, but this is not a romcom. There are some romance elements but we skip over a lot of the cute getting-to-know-you stuff, flirting, and although Lacie Waldon's other books weren't steamy, there's like a complete skip over anything romantic besides a kiss here. So yeah... don't go into this thinking you're reading a romcom.
This was supposed to be a cute, heart-warming story about a small town that's reunited after an eccentric billionaire hosts a series of competitions to win $10 million. Even all of that was just too quirky to type out. This would never happen and I did not like the game idea or witnessing any of the games. Yes, I knew this was a part of the plot before reading BUT I had hoping with the cuteness of a romance (that I did not get) that I'd warm up to it. I just really didn't like the writing and the way this was put together and I thought Lacie Waldon's plotting was much better with her other two books. This book sort of seemed like a book that somebody wants to write for themselves for fun, but it was just too silly and far-fetched for me. It didn't become believable and everyone was paired with their town rival (that magically everyone has) in order to bring them together again. Ugh. Cheesy. I'm all for heart-warming but way too cheesy. And I kind of hated Jess as a main character. She was too perfect and oh so quirky with her flashy, bright, eccentric clothes (but that was the only way she was quirky? And she literally has never heard of Phoebe from Friends?).
I can keep complaining about this book, but I'll keep it short and just sum it up with, this was so not my taste. It was cutesy like cozy mysteries are, but obviously it wasn't a mystery. I guess it was kind of more chick lit than romance, but even then, I don't know. I hated how easily everyone forgave everyone in this book after having like, lifelong grudges. This competition magically fixed everyone and everything. Ugh ugh ugh. I didn't want to DNF it because I liked her other books so much but this was pure corny from start to finish. Me and my black heart need a wild thriller now.