Review: There are not enough stars for how amazing this novella is! 

 

“The Exception to the Rule” follows T and C, two strangers who, after an accidental email, make it a friendly annual tradition to wish each other a happy Valentine’s Day—with rules: no pics, no real names, nothing too personal. As the years pass, it becomes harder and harder to abide by the rules for their email “dates” and they begin to question what would happen if they actually met. 

 

This story gave me all the warm, fuzzy feelings! The first half or so consists of email exchanges between T and C and the fun formatting only heightened my excitement as I watched their relationship develop. Though years pass before they decide to act on their feelings for each other, the passage of time felt so natural and the pacing was deliciously slow. With each chapter, T and C share more and more about each other and because it is dual pov, the reader gets to see how their feelings for each other grow from both of their perspectives. This is one of those novellas that I wish was a full-length novel because of how much I adored T and C’s chemistry, but all in all, the epilogue left me feeling satisfied!