NetGalley Review: Holding Out for a Gyro by Mary Ann Marlowe

Holding Out for a Gyro by Mary Ann Marlowe

My Rating: ✩✩✩✩✩

This one was a tough read for me. The premise could have been great as a meet-cute set up, but fell almost instantly flat because the characters didn't really bring anything to the table. What started as (possibly) a coming of age/getting past trauma/he-falls-first story just became tedious.

In short:

• The characters don't really develop and I found what was meant to be quirky allusions to tragic pasts to just be tiresome. That is a shame because books that tackle those issues are much needed.
• I didn't really feel any chemistry between either of the represented couples, an issue exacerbated by the FMCs dedication to not maturing an ounce in how she approaches the idea of even being in a relationship. The lack of chemistry made most of the relationship progression also hard to get into.
• The biggest one for me is that the resolution requires everyone to act "out of character" and by that I mean "do exactly what they claimed they would NEVER do." As a reader, I worked too hard for these two dingbats to just roll over to the exact patterns they were looking to avoid. Maybe I just need more than "true love makes it all fine" from my romances these days.

All this being said, I have written zero books so this being a miss for me doesn't mean it wont be a five-star read for another romance reader.

Published on 11 March 2024 by Entangled Publishing LLC

Book #14 of 2024

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