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A review by emilyreadthatbook
The Break-Up Pact by Emma Lord
hopeful
3.0
This story was fairly predictable and leaned heavily on some miscommunication/misunderstanding/misheard situation that happened years prior. That along with the sense of responsibility to the dead kinda dragged this story down. It’s hard when the ghost of the dead sibling is dictating how one of the characters lives their life.
In this case June made plans with her sister to run a tea shop on their hometown. The sister dies (tragically young but they really drag out telling us how she died… it wasn’t that dramatic) and June quits adventuring around the world with her lackluster boyfriend turned reality star to take over the tea shop. So much of this story revolves around June feeling a sense of guilt and not changing ANYTHING about the tea shop, which essentially runs the business into the ground. In the midst of guilty business-murders, June’s boyfriend makes her internet famous by breaking up with her on his reality show.
But wait, there’s the dude she needs to break-up pact with. Levi, also recently internet famous after his girlfriend (realtor to the stars or something equivalent) cheats on him with the latest hottest action star guy. Did I mention Levi was also besties with June’s dead sister, grew up with the family, and is the object of June’s longstanding affection since puberty?!?
Yeah it’s a lot.
So obviously June and Levi have to fake date while also (for unclear reasons) planning June’s brother’s wedding to June’s bestie, since the first wedding was postponed due to the dead sister dying (I don’t even remember her name but somehow she ruins EVERYTHING).
This book was approximately 320 pages and it took 3 paragraphs to explain the plot. It’s a little convoluted. Essentially, the relationship drama between Levi and June would not have existed if they had had a simple conversation. The sister would have still died, but it would have been a book about figuring out what was next instead of all the weird internet notoriety.
In summery, this book would best be enjoyed on a beach with a boozy beverage while on vacation.
In this case June made plans with her sister to run a tea shop on their hometown. The sister dies (tragically young but they really drag out telling us how she died… it wasn’t that dramatic) and June quits adventuring around the world with her lackluster boyfriend turned reality star to take over the tea shop. So much of this story revolves around June feeling a sense of guilt and not changing ANYTHING about the tea shop, which essentially runs the business into the ground. In the midst of guilty business-murders, June’s boyfriend makes her internet famous by breaking up with her on his reality show.
But wait, there’s the dude she needs to break-up pact with. Levi, also recently internet famous after his girlfriend (realtor to the stars or something equivalent) cheats on him with the latest hottest action star guy. Did I mention Levi was also besties with June’s dead sister, grew up with the family, and is the object of June’s longstanding affection since puberty?!?
Yeah it’s a lot.
So obviously June and Levi have to fake date while also (for unclear reasons) planning June’s brother’s wedding to June’s bestie, since the first wedding was postponed due to the dead sister dying (I don’t even remember her name but somehow she ruins EVERYTHING).
This book was approximately 320 pages and it took 3 paragraphs to explain the plot. It’s a little convoluted. Essentially, the relationship drama between Levi and June would not have existed if they had had a simple conversation. The sister would have still died, but it would have been a book about figuring out what was next instead of all the weird internet notoriety.
In summery, this book would best be enjoyed on a beach with a boozy beverage while on vacation.