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A review by lisaluvsliterature
ONE KISS: Riverbend Lighter One by Aleatha Romig
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
If you are looking for a light, drama free romance, this is the read for you. While I’ve really enjoyed the two others that I’ve read in this lighter romance series by Aleatha Romig, unfortunately I didn’t really enjoy this one as much. It had all the standard complications, age-gap being an issue, older brother maybe not being happy with the relationship, is there an ulterior motive for him to be with her. But all of those things were very simple and while I know I always say I don’t like drama for drama’s sake, this was a little too easy for how everything just worked itself out. Yeah, I feel that is more real life in some ways, but in fiction, I need a little bit of a reason why the couple has to work for it to work out. I need something to make me want to keep reading to see if things will work out. Instead I was kind of bored and never really wondered if they would work out. I know a romance will have an HEA, it’s the definition of the genre, but again, I need a tiny bit of angst or wondering to keep me turning pages. This one I skimmed through the last 50% just to be able to finish to review, and hoping for something that would make me surprised.
As I said at first though, if you want a very easy, very light read, with some steamy bits, this would be a good read for you.