I don't know why I try. I'm really just not a fan of this genre. Full disclaimer I did not finish this one. It was too unrealistic and simple and I just found it very boring and ridiculous. Nothing about it gripped me.
To begin, I don't see the appeal of the green card marriage troupe in romance. How is such a situation at all romantic and not just tragic and complicated? The levity taken in this troupe is absurd and not sexy at all. Because of this, I found most of the plot to be silly and the main characters to be...unintelligent to say the least. I kept finding myself stopping every few pages so my mind could wander and it took me forever to get anywhere in the book. I know Christina Lauren gets a lot of fan love & that's great. Some people need books like this. It's probably a great book for romance readers. It was just soooo troupe(y) you know? Simple plot line, generic female protagonist ("who doesn't understand her own value/worth/talent"), misunderstandings between the two main characters and a guy who's too good to be true, yadda, yadda, yadda. Congrats, all the boxes are checked! It felt like such a formula book. I am not a person for formula books. I was bored and just couldn't wait for it to end. Then I gave up. The best thing I could say about it was that the writing was simple and straightforward. Christina Lauren know how to tell a story and give you a good sense of what's going on. So that's a plus. And that's basically all I can say about it.
To begin, I don't see the appeal of the green card marriage troupe in romance. How is such a situation at all romantic and not just tragic and complicated? The levity taken in this troupe is absurd and not sexy at all. Because of this, I found most of the plot to be silly and the main characters to be...unintelligent to say the least. I kept finding myself stopping every few pages so my mind could wander and it took me forever to get anywhere in the book. I know Christina Lauren gets a lot of fan love & that's great. Some people need books like this. It's probably a great book for romance readers. It was just soooo troupe(y) you know? Simple plot line, generic female protagonist ("who doesn't understand her own value/worth/talent"), misunderstandings between the two main characters and a guy who's too good to be true, yadda, yadda, yadda. Congrats, all the boxes are checked! It felt like such a formula book. I am not a person for formula books. I was bored and just couldn't wait for it to end. Then I gave up. The best thing I could say about it was that the writing was simple and straightforward. Christina Lauren know how to tell a story and give you a good sense of what's going on. So that's a plus. And that's basically all I can say about it.