Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey
Rating: ✩✩✩✩✩
I really wanted this to be a five-star read because I generally enjoy Tessa Bailey…but I guess occasionally she will miss the mark. Now, I enjoyed reading this book, it had all the high points we expect in a Bailey romance. The characters had chemistry and showed realistic character arcs. The book was sometimes sweet, sometimes scorching and often laugh-out-loud funny. Good times were had by all. However, overall this one just wasn’t as great as Bailey’s other books. For me, this issue lies in our fair protagonists. Hallie AND Julian really skated that line between “hot mess to which we can all relate” and “someone who would be genuinely awful to exist near until they got some therapy,” often falling into the latter classification. Granted, overcoming those issue features in the story, but often I just felt like the main characters leaned a little too heavily into their tropes. This is nitpicky and 100% subjective (I will always recommend Tessa Bailey!), but it did color the whole narrative for me.
Published by: Avon & Harper Voyage Release Date: 07 February 2023
1 comment:
I have this one on my TBR. I'm glad you enjoyed it overall.
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