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this fluffy Renaissance Faireinspired contemporary romance, Emily, fresh off a painful breakup with her longterm boyfriend she dropped out of college to put him through law school, spoiler: BIG MISTAKE temporarily moves to the small town of Willow Creek in Maryland to help out her older sister April, who's laid up from a severe car accident, and April'syear old daughter Caitlin.
Right after she gets to town Emily finds out that Cait is dead set on participating in the town's amateur, sixweekendlong Renaissance Faire as a performer and lucky Emily a parent or guardian is required to participate as well.
Which Emily wouldn't mind so much if the high school English teacher in charge of the fair, Simon, weren't such a critical, annoying stick in the mud, Maybe she's more interested in Mitch, the hot blond gym teacher "Gaston mixed with Captain America"
The weird thing to Emily is that when Simon starts dressing up as a pirate for the fair, it's like he gets a total personality transplant.
What gives
Well Met is a cute, sexy read, There's not too much really unusual going on here, as compared to other contemporary romance novels, other than the Ren Faire setting, and maybe Simon's struggles to deal with a tragedy in his past.
But if you like the idea of the main couple acting like a pirate and a bartending tavern wench yay during their spare time while they work out their lovehate relationship.
. . this should fit the bill,
I'm trying to figure out now what inspired me to ask for this on NetGalley Probably one of my GR friends reviewed this and it just sounded cute.
Recommended if you're a fan of light contemporary romances,
Thanks to the publisher, Berkley/Jove, and NetGalley for the ARC!
Content note: Fbombs and an explicit sex scene, This book was fine. I have nothing majorly for or against it it just struck the middle of the road for me, Initially, I really liked that the main character is a college dropout and it focuses on her selfconsciousness about that because I've never seen that trait in a romance before.
Also, I thought the writing style was funny and I would have tabbed it up had I gotten my own copy rather than a library book,
But then, the writing style became more of a hindrance than something I enjoyed, This is set at a Renaissance Faire, which I have never been to, but I didn't really feel immersed in the environment, It glossed over a lot of descriptions of the characters and scenery in lieu of Emily's inner monologue, which I felt was very unsubtle and ruined a lot of the angst and buildup.
She overstated a lot of things and just made the book very surface level
and explainy, and it didn't serve the relationship between the two main characters well.
I'll be first to say that I love the enemies to lovers trope, but this book just felt like it used that plot as a selling point.
This book didn't give us angsty moments between the two characters or any sorts of pining, They were annoyed with one another in the beginning, but as soon as the main character sees the love interest in leather pants, all hard feelings melt away.
I mean, relatable, but not great for apage book where the characters go from hating each other to loving each other in a snap, In general, the relationship was just really convenient and low stakes, and I didn't feel any chemistry between them other than knowing they would eventually end up together because it's a romance book.
The author didn't give me any believable tension or emotions, All that being said, I didn't mind them being together, I just didn't quite believe it,
I still gave this book three because several aspects of it are different to anything I've ever read, but the writing really undersold the story and the romance to me.
I would probably read more by this author, but it'd probably have to be a book as short as this one to keep my interest, stars
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This was the sweetest and most delightful romance! I'm a sucker for a good enemies to lovers story, Add in the fact that this takes place at a Renaissance Faire and I was sold, Just seeing the cover and reading the blurb, I knew I would love this book, and I wasright,
Emily isn't much of a small town girl, but when her sister gets in an accident and needs help with her teenage niece, Emily moves to Willow Creek to be there for them.
When her niece wants to join the Renn Faire for the summer, Emily is fine with being her ride, What she's not anticipating is having to volunteer herself, But she does it. For her niece. She commits to being a tavern wench for every weekend in the summer, It wouldn't be so bad, except that the guy running the show seems to have it out for her,
“Ugh. ” I turned to Stacey. “Is he always that unpleasant”
“No, you seem to bring it out in him, Good going. ” She watched him walk away, “The thing about Simon is that Faires just its his thing, Hes very protective of it, Everything has to go right, ”
Simon's brother used to run Faire, but now it's left to him, Everything has to go perfectly, He's rather particular about the details, As soon as the Faire starts, Simon the uptight English teacher becomes Captain Blackthorne, the fun loving pirate who Emily or Emma the tavern wench, loves to banter with.
I loved the back and forth these two had, Their sexual tension was off the charts,
As Emily gets to know Simon, she understand why he is the way he is, And she starts to fall for him, Not only Captain Blackthorne, but Simon the person, No one is more surprised about this than her,
Id known Simon for months now, and Id seen different sides of him, Uptight rulefollower. Easygoing pirate. Both of those personas were stripped away now and Id found a new Simon underneath, The real Simon. I liked him. A lot.
As Emily decides what to do with her life, whether she'll stay in Willow Creek once her sister gets better, or move on, Simon factors into that choice.
I adored both Simon and Emily, Simon is my favorite kind of character, He was a bit high strung and Type A, but he has his reasons, I loved that Emily got to the root of who he truly was and loved him for it,
Well Met is a fantastic debut novel, I seriously will be reading anything and everything else this author writes, I hope we get some more from this world, . . maybe a Mitch book The writing was great, the banter between the two characters perfect, and the ending was swoony, This charming read was a gem of a book and I highly recommend it to all lovers of romance!,/
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swoons into a puddle of cuteness
stops swooning
Ah, damn, I loved this so much!
starts swooning some more
And no kidding.
From the first few chapters, I was sure I was going to love this,
I mean, it had everything the atmosphere was really great, the story was going nicely and the characters were portrayed so well,
And on top of that I really liked the MC, Emily, She was really cool.
Oh, and of course the love interest wasnt the hot hunk taking the spotlight but the pompous arse in the background who apparently irritates the shit out of Emily aka the female MC.
That was the code for the bloody prick is a damn annoying bastard but I cannot get over him, ugh,
The title of the book is pretty clever, Ill have to say, It connected perfectly with the Elizabethan theme of the Faire/book, with some nice Shakespearean elements that were very nicely introduced,
The most common way to greet someone in that period Well met!
The way those two get to be together Well met!
The title of the book Well Met!
So bloody well connected, I loved it.
Very well met.
Now, back to our nice little lovebird characters, they just got better and better, Simon, who at first was such a cold little prick, becomes the epitome of perfect homemade bread hard, crusty exterior and soft, delicious and warm interior.
Also, bonus points for him he can pull off a decent hot and evil pirate I mean exposed chest, leather pants and a silver hoop earring Well ahoy there, sexy Captain Hook!.
Mix that with a sad past, some personal issues he needs to work on and the fact that he is actually a great guy and bam! Youve got yourself a new book boyfriend!
And also, if you arent already convinced: he is a damn smooth hand kisser.
melts
And Emily was exactly what he needed to discover all that about himself too,
There are some pretty sweet scenes in there, ready to make you swoon out of your mind,
This was, in fact, the first book in so long that made me wonder how in the hell could a chaste and pure scene be so hot and slightly dirty at the same time.
No clue, but I bloody loved it nonetheless,
Of course, at some point, there was going to be some annoying trouble in paradise, but , of course, , the pair was going to get past them as they should because let me tell you something: Emily and Simon are perfect for each other.
I couldnt get over the fact that they were so sweet and gentle and loving with each other and that aspect made my heart burst into unicorns and rainbows and made me feel so warm and fuzzy inside!
Ah, I love them so much!
I dont even know what I was expecting from this book probably not much given the fact that I managed to fall in love with it so hard.
But oh well, thats more than a generous bonus for me, And I took it with both hands and hang on to it as if it were my precious,
I simply loved this cute, fluffy and cosy little romance novel!
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