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A review by vic_dnnll
Friends with Benefits by Marisa Kanter
3.0
Evie and Theo. Their romance left me wanting more. I wanted to love this book so much, unfortunately it left me a little disappointed. I am all for romance with some substance, but this felt a lot like real life which is not the reason I read. Dead parents, neglectful parents, medical and emotional problems, medical insurance fights and not being able to get over past traumas; make it feel too much like real life that I forgot at times I was reading a romance. There is so much going on in their lives that the romance gets lost. It is also an extremely slow burn and when they do get together it’s short lived by everything going on in their lives. The ending I would say is what can qualify it as a romance, as it’s as expected cute and sappy. Overall Its a well written story that can speak to a certain audience.
As far as the audio part of it, both narrators do a great job. If it had not been in an audiobook I think I would have just stopped reading it. I did like the double POV and also the chapters that had flashbacks. There is a lot of repetition though and I think it could have been shorter. For a hopeless romantic such as me, there was just not enough of the romance part. However, If you want your romance to be entangled with a touch of real life and real problems then this is the read for you.
As far as the audio part of it, both narrators do a great job. If it had not been in an audiobook I think I would have just stopped reading it. I did like the double POV and also the chapters that had flashbacks. There is a lot of repetition though and I think it could have been shorter. For a hopeless romantic such as me, there was just not enough of the romance part. However, If you want your romance to be entangled with a touch of real life and real problems then this is the read for you.