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That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole
DID NOT FINISH: 34%

  • Started on: February 26th, 2024
  • DNF'd on: February 27th, 2024
  • DNF'd at: 34%

I tried reading That Could Be Enough twice and both times it just didn't stick. Unfortunately it's another book to add to the pile of DNF'd sapphic romances. And honestly I can't really pinpoint why this book just didn't work for me. 

There are minor things about this novella I don't love like the absolute reverence this book has for Alexander Hamilton. This probably would have worked for me a bit more when I was in depth of my hamilton fandom around 2016 but that energy honestly doesn't play as well in 2024. The novella also has some Alyssa Cole-isms I've never liked in any of her books namely the way Cole writes sexual attraction between her leads is something I just can't connect to. 

But overall I just wasn't engaged by the story or its characters. I read rave reviews fro other people so it's certainly working for some and hopefully I find an Alyssa Cole story that hits the way that her early Reluctant Royals books did.