I found the narration wasn't that engaging and I was more listening because I didn't have anything else to listen to rather than actually being interested in what was going on

I was enjoying this until

Remy and Hale have the Fated mates revelation and there is not a sentence that goes by without mentioning being 'Fated'.

It had been pretty readable until this and I enjoyed the plot, but this plus the fact I knew the series didn't follow the same central characters made me decide to cut my losses.

Very slow and too on the nose for my taste at the moment

Nearly 100 pages in and so many different things have happened without being connected yet and it's a little frustrating. On top of that, the fact this is written by a man and the female main character seemingly randomly decides to comment on her body without it being necessary makes me feel a bit gross.

I am really enjoying almost everything about this book: the aunties, the humour, the fact I know where it's going re: the second chance romance. I can even imagine it as an excellent adaptation! But the suspension of disbelief required is too much for me at the moment it seems. Really fun, and I can see why people love it so much, but a bit too absurd for me to be totally onboard.

At first I found this to be really slow and far less engaging than Legends and Lattes, but I thought that might just be down to my reading mood, so I put down and returned to it a bit later. Now though, at 50% through, I've found myself struggling to pick it up again and I'm calling it as a DNF. Whilst I appreciate the cosiness and character-driven nature of the story, the fact I know where Viv ends up (thanks to this being a prequel to Legends and Lattes) makes it hard to feel invested in all the goings-on. I think I would be getting on with this far better if it had been published first, as part of a series about Viv's life and adventures. As it stands, it feels like a book rushed out to capitalised on the success of Legends and Lattes, and given that L&L feels like a nice wrapped up ending, the only place to go was a prequel.

Whilst the premise of this study is very interesting, the writing style makes the authors' points nigh on impenetrable. Every so often there is a kernel of analysis that really struck a chord with me or got me thinking, but I think it would be an error for me to continue reading on the hope of finding these occasional jewels. The bibliography looks like it has a lot of interesting literature that I would prefer to read more than the actual book...

Something about me and this book aren't connecting. I really like the premise and still want to see the adaptation, but perhaps at the moment it's just the wrong time for me to be reading it.