The first, like, quarter to a third of this book is GREAT. I love the meet cute, how they meet while stuck inside and elevator and just get to talking, which leads to a fake relationship for a wedding trope. Adore it, love it, serve it to me on a plate and let me gobble it up.
But then the entire book (all the good bits, anyway) take place before the book is even halfway through, and then it sort of dissolves into this boring long-distance quasi-drama that was really unnecessary if they'd just, y'know, communicated with each other like normal humans would.
Also, I am SO TIRED of books being advertised as rom-coms when THEY AREN'T ROM-COMS AT ALL! What is up with that? Do publishers/publicists think non-romance readers are more likely to pick up a "rom-com" or something? The premise sounds like a rom-com, but once you actually read the book it's just... not a rom-com. Stop calling things rom-coms when they're not, y'all.
But then the entire book (all the good bits, anyway) take place before the book is even halfway through, and then it sort of dissolves into this boring long-distance quasi-drama that was really unnecessary if they'd just, y'know, communicated with each other like normal humans would.
Also, I am SO TIRED of books being advertised as rom-coms when THEY AREN'T ROM-COMS AT ALL! What is up with that? Do publishers/publicists think non-romance readers are more likely to pick up a "rom-com" or something? The premise sounds like a rom-com, but once you actually read the book it's just... not a rom-com. Stop calling things rom-coms when they're not, y'all.