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A review by pagesplotsandpints
Skip to the End by Molly James
3.0
<b>Read Completed 6/12/24 |</b> 3 stars
This was okay! I love the cute little romance supernatural / sci-fi /fantasy concepts where it's just light enough to have a fun twist to make the romance unique. In SKIP TO THE END, Amy has a premonition of how the relationship will end when she kisses someone new. After kissing three different guys at her friend's wedding, she finds one of them was her true love but she doesn't remember which.
So firstly, the concept of her not remembering which guy is her true love because she was black out drunk.... not a good look. I didn't re-read the synopsis before I read it and just quick-added it to my TBR for the concept alone and good reviews from family/friends. It really kind of bothered me that she kissed three guys and couldn't remember anything because she was so drunk. That's not cute and it's pretty embarrassing. Any time I've gotten that drunk, I didn't want to speak to anyone I saw there ever again because I was embarrassed that happened, so that just wasn't a good match for me, personally. I'm not sure how else to have her not remember something like that, but it could have been a little more romantic another way.
I also had a big issue with how long this book took to get going. The wedding took place for over 20% of the book and there was so much getting ready for it, things that literally didn't matter or have a part in the story at all... Things finally got going at 25% and it was way too late for my tastes. I was annoyed that we already weren't making connections with the true love and having an adorable meet cute. In a romance, I want to already feel *something* by that point.
The romance part was just okay. Because Amy doesn't know which guy it is, she has to go back and figure first who the potential people are and then essentially date them to see if she has connections with any of them. The dating part was kind of cute and I liked seeing how the relationships did or didn't develop, but it also didn't leave us a lot of time with Mr. Right.
It was obvious who Mr. Right was to me, and I didn't mind knowing the whole time, but it does get a little frustrating sometimes when the main character is SO oblivious. I did like Amy as a character, for the most part though. She was a little bland and there wasn't anything that stood out, really, but she was definitely and easy character to follow through this romance quest.
This was okay! I love the cute little romance supernatural / sci-fi /fantasy concepts where it's just light enough to have a fun twist to make the romance unique. In SKIP TO THE END, Amy has a premonition of how the relationship will end when she kisses someone new. After kissing three different guys at her friend's wedding, she finds one of them was her true love but she doesn't remember which.
So firstly, the concept of her not remembering which guy is her true love because she was black out drunk.... not a good look. I didn't re-read the synopsis before I read it and just quick-added it to my TBR for the concept alone and good reviews from family/friends. It really kind of bothered me that she kissed three guys and couldn't remember anything because she was so drunk. That's not cute and it's pretty embarrassing. Any time I've gotten that drunk, I didn't want to speak to anyone I saw there ever again because I was embarrassed that happened, so that just wasn't a good match for me, personally. I'm not sure how else to have her not remember something like that, but it could have been a little more romantic another way.
I also had a big issue with how long this book took to get going. The wedding took place for over 20% of the book and there was so much getting ready for it, things that literally didn't matter or have a part in the story at all... Things finally got going at 25% and it was way too late for my tastes. I was annoyed that we already weren't making connections with the true love and having an adorable meet cute. In a romance, I want to already feel *something* by that point.
The romance part was just okay. Because Amy doesn't know which guy it is, she has to go back and figure first who the potential people are and then essentially date them to see if she has connections with any of them. The dating part was kind of cute and I liked seeing how the relationships did or didn't develop, but it also didn't leave us a lot of time with Mr. Right.
It was obvious who Mr. Right was to me, and I didn't mind knowing the whole time, but it does get a little frustrating sometimes when the main character is SO oblivious. I did like Amy as a character, for the most part though. She was a little bland and there wasn't anything that stood out, really, but she was definitely and easy character to follow through this romance quest.