Publication date:
September 13, 2022
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St Martin’s Press
Fiction, women’s contemporary, romance
ISBN:9781250837868
332 pages
Kejana Ayala (she/her)| St. Martin's Publishing Group
3.5-4 rounded up
10/31/22-11/1/22
Thank you NetGalley and St Martin's Press for sending this book for review
consideration. All opinions are my own.
Allison Avery is elated to learn she had been accepted into the PhD program at Claymore University to study medieval literature under a professor she's admired for years. Much to her disappointment, she discovers that her ex-boyfriend, Collin Benjamin has been accepted into the same program. Just as she is trying to balance other areas of her life helping her ailing father, the last thing she wanted was to compete with Colin again. The competition to impress their instructor becomes just as challenging as graduate school itself. Their competitive nature is put to the test when they learn there is only one spot for a coveted research trip opportunity overseas.
This was a nice debut into the rom-com genre but did lack a bit of both. The romantic aspect struggled as the relationship between Allison and Collin took a painfully long road to reconciliation of any kind just to work together let alone reunite what "may have been" from their undergrad days at Brown University. The story between Allison and her father, Jed, fat-shaming her was uncomfortable and seemed almost like an unnecessary side note. It seems that Allison has accepted her full-figure and has the confidence to succeed that her weight barely needs any focus.
I rounded up this novel for its earnest attempt as it might be appealing to some people. It just didn't impress me.
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