A review by liiiiisa
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Under the guise of a light-hearted self-improvement-oriented book lies a kind of uneventful story, driven by a cast of very, VERY heteronormative characters with heteronormative dreams. Basically, the main character is forced to settle down after her party-princess lifestyle derails and finds a good masculine man in the process who awakens her "womanly desires".

It's cute at times, but then she started refering to his hugs as "the recharging station" and WOULDN'T STOP. The smut was also... whatever it was, and placed in really weird parts of the story. Like, I get that you want to but please contain yourselves
while people are literally DYING in the other room
??