NetGalley Review: Hooked on You by Kathleen Fuller

 Hooked on You by Kathleen Fuller

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Release Date:  May 11th 2021

Rating:   ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

This was an OK romance.  It hits all the tropes that we love: return to a small town, rekindled school crush, nosy group of Aunties, adorable craft shop and protagonists with secret pasts.  These are classics for a reason, and made for an enjoyable read. 

That said, this doesn't exactly stand out as a great contemporary romance.  The protagonists have a very sweet romance, but the “tortured souls” routine is tropey to the point of flirting with triteness.  Eventually it stops being two people healing together and just becomes two people who shouldn't date until the heroine has six months of therapy. There are a few subplots with some promise, but they exist so briefly as plot progression tools that the story feels incomplete in parts.  

Overall, a solid premise with lots of possibility.  I enjoyed reading this book, it's okay to enjoy media that isn’t 100% perfection in a genre, but feel like this needs some polishing for the story to shine. 

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