BreatheSunshine

Good Book, Predictable

Reviewed: 12-06-21

Good book but predictable. The narration was beyond terrible. Overall cute story to listen to while passing the time.

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A Definite No Go

Reviewed: 04-30-21

I love this series and I love Penny Reid’s books however this entire book from the story to the politics to the performance was a huge disappointment. If you are reading through the series like me, feel free to skip through this one, you won’t be missing out on anything except that Rosco finds his lady love. What you will get out of this book is irritation with mispronounced words that have no reason to be, as they are typical everyday words... and politics about being anti cop... that incessantly long tirade about cops hating black people and being afraid was just a bit much and went on forever.. and there were 2 separate items in the book this happened! As someone who is married to a white man that works in law enforcement it was incredibly offensive. If the author wanted to make a statement about being black in today’s world I think she could have been much more constructive about it. I didn’t even realize that the main character was black until she was pulled over by the cop- I feel like with how much her side of the story went on and on she could have mentioned some positive things about her culture and not just how she lived her life in fear of white people... it was obvious to me the author is not black and had nothing about “black family life” to actually draw from. And also, in the Sienna Diaz books the narrator has an accent that perpetuates her ethnicity but they didn’t feel that was necessary to do for Simone in this book? There was also very little about the other family members in this book which I have come to love reading through the series. And Jennifer’s mom killed her father?! What?! Don’t just throw that in there without any explanation. Also, Billy is engaged to a girl we’ve never heard about and not Claire? And that girl is cheating on him?! And then you leave us hanging on that with nothing more? Dont even get me started on why this book is all of a sudden several years ahead of the other books, especially since the last two happened concurrently. Between the huge time jump with crazy things that occurred during that time going unexplained , and Rosco’s “memory flashbacks” it was so confusing.

This book was such a let down and I am really hoping the next book is better. They say you don’t have to read these in order and mostly and I agree, but if this had been the only one I read I wouldn’t have bothered with the rest which would be a huge loss.

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LOVED IT

Reviewed: 04-15-21

LOVED IT! The characters were all dynamic and interesting. There was a great story line and mix of suspense, action, romance, comedy.. just all the things! I absolutely fell into the world of Jessica, Duwayne and everyone! I can’t wait for the next book!

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Good Story

Reviewed: 01-18-21

Good Story, overall pleased with this book but I really had trouble hearing Josh’s narrations in two different voices on ad off throughout the book. I felt like if they were going to have two narrators anyway then why not have the male do the male voices and the female do the female voices? It was so hard thinking of him as this sexy hunk when he sounded like he had adenoids when it was narrated by the female. Also weird that him and the dad had the same exact voice, which in my opinion was just the female narrator plugging her nose when she spoke). Big oversight in my opinion.

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Tough Read, but Worth It?

Reviewed: 01-13-21

This was a tough read- I choked through it. That being said, the story was amazing. Ended up being exactly what I look for in a rom com where there is a good amount of predictable but still exciting and surprising where i had some good laughs and cries. However it was so tough to get through! The writer was constantly changing how she wrote each chapter and it was so hard to keep up with that to keep moving along with the story. Constantly changing from first person to third person and wondering why the whole book then realizing some parts were written like a script and some written like a book should be. Then having entire segments written like an email or a group text- the different contexts were just too much and so confusing. It might have been less confusing having the book in front of me, but as an audiobook it just didn’t work. The whole book I was constantly thinking- why does she keep saying interior, exterior? Why is she all of a sudden back to third person? The book is about a script writer, so I think the author was trying to make a play on that, but it just didn’t work.

I think maybe if I expected these odd writing changes before getting into the book I might have enjoyed it more because the story really was good, but I truly felt like I choked through getting it finished because it was so confusing!

The end is cute and I really did love Ben and his daughter Annette- they’re the ones that made me read til the end.

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