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Flirting With Disaster
by Naina Kumar
DID NOT FINISH: 10%
Soft DNF. This is a repackaged Sweet Home Alabama. The prologue gave nothing, and I will 99% of the time defend prologues. Referring to the unknown person as him *dramatically* after we know y’all got married in Ch 1 made me eyeroll a lil.
A couple annoying continuity or clarity issues this early on?
A couple annoying continuity or clarity issues this early on?
- First, and this could be me not having the requisite mathematical knowledge, we start Ch 1 with “Seven years later.” And then “it’s been six years.” Since? I thought we said seven. Did y'all try to make it work for a year? The burden of clarity is not on the reader and this just took me out of the story so I could do some quick finger math.
- Second, talking about how the subdivision you lived in had saplings that needed supports when you moved in because things were new (seven years ago). It was a whole paragraph about the baby trees. Then mentioning that the backyard had a big, mature tree (also seven years ago). Could make sense? But I was just kinda confused.
Look, I just finished a PenDoug book that was entertaining-as-heck hot garbage she self published. I’m sorry but I am gonna have to hold a trad pub contemporary romance to higher standards. Things are allowed to not make sense in PenDoug land, where there is a Divorced Dad Rock soundtrack gently playing in the background and the teenagers run wild and free committing crimes without consequences. Things should probably make more sense in a book published in 2025 by Penguin Random House. Don’t make me work to understand basic facts.