Reading while waiting for class.
Reading while waiting for class.
Jess Everlee‘s second book is a quieter story about two BFFs who finally admit they‘re in love, and I‘m sorry to say it never sparked for me. While I can appreciate how Everlee disrupts some of the expectations readers have for the friends-to-lovers trajectory, I felt like the plot kept destroying its own momentum and the emotional payoff was too understated to compensate for the lack of dramatic tension. I‘m disappointed. ⬇️
Doing some outdoor reading with little miss Penny (who‘s mostly interested in napping, but whatevs). I‘m glad I had an ARC of Jess Everlee‘s second novel on hand; AN ISLAND PRINCESS STARTS A SCANDAL by Adriana Herrera left me with a terrible craving for queer historical romance, and I can satisfy it right away! I adored Everlee‘s first novel, THE GENTLEMEN‘S BOOK OF VICES, so I‘ve got high hopes for A RULEBOOK FOR RESTLESS ROGUES.