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Sinking Ships
by Tami Fischer
And just like that I finished the second novel set in the Fletcher University trilogy by Tami Fischer, and just like with the first, I adored it. I might have even adored this one a little more.
What seems to be very common in the NA romance genre is the need of stereotypical couples. We had them with Ella & Ches as the good girl and bad, mysterious and dangerous guy in Burning Bridges , and the opposite in Sinking Ships where Carla is the one who hides secrets, is tough and doesn't let anyone near here and Mitch represents everything you need in a good guy. Literally.
So while I'm nowhere near a fan of such stereotypical representation in books, I just ignore that fact about this genre whenever my mood decides it's time to read such books. And most of the times, I get attracted to option A because after all, bad boys just have a different thing about them - in books.
This is why I didn't have many high hopes of liking the pairing in this book. We had similiar stereotypical pairings in Mona Kasten's Again books, and I never seemed to fall for the nice guys as much, even if I enjoyed the stories over all.
However, this book proved me that good guys are very much capable of raising my inner banana rating (which we use as a official romance rating for #booktalkwithwifey, ha!), and I came to adore Carla & Mitch way more as a couple than I did with Ella & Ches in the first book.
Is this story overall better than the first book? I dare say "yes"! Is it perfect? No. However, as it always is with this genre, you shouldn't take things and aspects way too seriously in order to be able to enjoy the story. As always, the drama is there to increase the tension, and if one thing was constantly there it was this: THE TENSION. And I was more than willing to read all about that.
To say it in the words of my friend who is responsible that I picked up these books: Shower ... hot.
That's all you need to know. Really.
Now I can't wait to read the last book as it seems to be the first without a stereotypical pairing, and much much darker than the first book. I CAN'T WAIT.
What seems to be very common in the NA romance genre is the need of stereotypical couples. We had them with Ella & Ches as the good girl and bad, mysterious and dangerous guy in Burning Bridges , and the opposite in Sinking Ships where Carla is the one who hides secrets, is tough and doesn't let anyone near here and Mitch represents everything you need in a good guy. Literally.
So while I'm nowhere near a fan of such stereotypical representation in books, I just ignore that fact about this genre whenever my mood decides it's time to read such books. And most of the times, I get attracted to option A because after all, bad boys just have a different thing about them - in books.
This is why I didn't have many high hopes of liking the pairing in this book. We had similiar stereotypical pairings in Mona Kasten's Again books, and I never seemed to fall for the nice guys as much, even if I enjoyed the stories over all.
However, this book proved me that good guys are very much capable of raising my inner banana rating (which we use as a official romance rating for #booktalkwithwifey, ha!), and I came to adore Carla & Mitch way more as a couple than I did with Ella & Ches in the first book.
Is this story overall better than the first book? I dare say "yes"! Is it perfect? No. However, as it always is with this genre, you shouldn't take things and aspects way too seriously in order to be able to enjoy the story. As always, the drama is there to increase the tension, and if one thing was constantly there it was this: THE TENSION. And I was more than willing to read all about that.
To say it in the words of my friend who is responsible that I picked up these books: Shower ... hot.
That's all you need to know. Really.
Now I can't wait to read the last book as it seems to be the first without a stereotypical pairing, and much much darker than the first book. I CAN'T WAIT.