Love Is Pink! is one of those examples of a book that that is a good effort, but just falls short.

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First of all, I really disliked the main character, which makes things difficult when you are reading a romance. Michelle is utterly insufferable at the beginning of the book, and while I know that that is part of the point, it was so bad that there were more than a few times where I was tempted to set the book aside entirely to focus on something else. She is selfish and self centered, she's vapid, she's focused on money, she's rude and condescending and arrogant. It made it very difficult to keep reading.

I got the book from Netgalley, though, and I did want to give it a chance. Luckily, there are other redeeming qualities of the book - there's the hero, David, and his adorable daughter Emma. Even the background characters have substance, though Valentin's wife veers into textbook villain a couple of times.

The problem is that it's all told through Michelle's eyes, and to be honest, I'm not entirely sure that I bought her slow transformation throughout the course of the book. It's pretty clear fairly early in what's going to go on - the stuck up, snobby person obsessed with wealth and materialism is going to morph into someone better, and fall in love along with the way.

Note: I don't have an objection to this storyline at all! It's great, I enjoy these sorts of stories. They can be really powerful to read, the emotion can really draw a reader in and it can be a joy and a delight to read.

This book doesn't quite reach that point, though - for me, at least. Michelle is so awful at the beginning of the book that I really struggled to buy the changes I saw throughout the course of the story. That's really what it came down to, and I think the book suffers for the short format - I get it, it's romance and it is holiday romance.

So overall, I'd say that the book was okay - it was cute, and a light read for a Saturday afternoon.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I had some issues with this book at the beginning but I just loved how much Michelle developed over the 5 hours of this audiobook! It's a really cute story, aaw

Love Is Pink! is one of those examples of a book that that is a good effort, but just falls short.

First of all, I really disliked the main character, which makes things difficult when you are reading a romance. Michelle is utterly insufferable at the beginning of the book, and while I know that that is part of the point, it was so bad that there were more than a few times where I was tempted to set the book aside entirely to focus on something else. She is selfish and self centered, she's vapid, she's focused on money, she's rude and condescending and arrogant. It made it very difficult to keep reading.

I got the book from Netgalley, though, and I did want to give it a chance. Luckily, there are other redeeming qualities of the book - there's the hero, David, and his adorable daughter Emma. Even the background characters have substance, though Valentin's wife veers into textbook villain a couple of times.

The problem is that it's all told through Michelle's eyes, and to be honest, I'm not entirely sure that I bought her slow transformation throughout the course of the book. It's pretty clear fairly early in what's going to go on - the stuck up, snobby person obsessed with wealth and materialism is going to morph into someone better, and fall in love along with the way.

Note: I don't have an objection to this storyline at all! It's great, I enjoy these sorts of stories. They can be really powerful to read, the emotion can really draw a reader in and it can be a joy and a delight to read.

This book doesn't quite reach that point, though - for me, at least. Michelle is so awful at the beginning of the book that I really struggled to buy the changes I saw throughout the course of the story. That's really what it came down to, and I think the book suffers for the short format - I get it, it's romance and it is holiday romance.

So overall, I'd say that the book was okay - it was cute, and a light read for a Saturday afternoon.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.