“I… I… I…,” one of them stuttered while the other looked like she was about to crap her leotard and tights. Cheers to the author for showing that so well.įurthermore, I felt like there was a lot of elements to this story that just dragged on or was all together unnecessary. The character development was so strong with Jasmine. I loved Jasmine as a character because even though she was a bitch, and different to any other MC we usually get, she showed how she developed as a person as the story unfolded. The inner monologue felt odd and frankly, a bit too much at times. The narration in this book worked in two ways for me:

Unfortunately, I speak for myself when I say this story just did not do it for me as a romance, but did so much more as a self journey. I really think a lot of people, like me will enjoy this… I also think a lot of people will love this story for what it is – just like I have. It was her story about learning to love herself as she was, forgiving and growing. I was expecting a chemical and passionate story about two people falling for each other, instead I got a fiery little cracker who at first was someone I thought I wouldn’t get along with, but I grew to love Jasmine. “I could have been the bigger person, but fuck it, I was five foot three and I wasn’t built to be that person ever.” Romance wasn’t even an undertone until about the 70% mark. I mean, yes it had romantic elements to it, but this story was revolved around people finding themselves and developing and friendships and family and so so so much more. I will go even farther and just put it out there… I would even go as far as saying that this was more than just a romance novel. Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to one of the slowest slow burns in the history of slow burns. Not to say that this was not a fun read – because it was.

This started off as a solid 4 star read for me, and it all went downhill from there. “If I can’t skate with you, I don’t want to skate with anyone else.”

Dear aaron mariana