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A review by minnaper
So Not My Type by Dana Hawkins
4.0
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing ARC of the book. Minor spoilers below.
So Not My Type is third novel I've read by Dana Hawkins. It's also the third part in the Seattle series. I think it's the best novel by the author so far.
I've struggled to like the main characters of the books and the stories have been lacking something to really appeal to me. Maybe the characters are too urban, young and cool for me to really relate.
The main characters of So Not My Type gave me really hard time, too. I found them childish, naive, bratty and insecure, especially in the beginning. They are both 24 so I tried to understand. As a 40yo mom of two, their world is very different from mine. But that's why books and stories are great. They tell stories of variety of people.
I found it difficult to get into the story of So Not My Type in the beginning (because of the main characters) but after about 20-25 percent I got sucked into it and ended up liking the romance novel. I also found it nice to have the outwardly edgier MC to be the more sensitive and softer of the two.
The main romance trope is enemies to lovers. They really dislike each other in the beginning and both are stubborn to really try to understand the other person's side. But once they start talking, they quickly find they fit together well.
There's a 3rd act breakup which I'm not a fan of but sometimes it complements the story and gives a bit more insight to the characters. It's the case in So Not My Type. It fits with what we know of the characters until that point.
The novel is quite light (although there are also heavier topics) and mostly also silly. The professional part of the plot took a lot of page space and I could have lived with less. It's also the reason I find the book a bit silly. I've worked in digital marketing for over a decade (as a customer and as a service provider) and the whole plot with the marketing campaign and agency life felt very over the top and unrealistic. I ended up just not giving that part of the story a lot of weight and let it be what it is.
Overall, So Not My Type is light and steamy enemies to lovers romance. It was fun to get to read it in advance.
(I don't know what the author has planned for the series but there's definitely a clear option for a main character for a future book in So Not My Type.)
So Not My Type is third novel I've read by Dana Hawkins. It's also the third part in the Seattle series. I think it's the best novel by the author so far.
I've struggled to like the main characters of the books and the stories have been lacking something to really appeal to me. Maybe the characters are too urban, young and cool for me to really relate.
The main characters of So Not My Type gave me really hard time, too. I found them childish, naive, bratty and insecure, especially in the beginning. They are both 24 so I tried to understand. As a 40yo mom of two, their world is very different from mine. But that's why books and stories are great. They tell stories of variety of people.
I found it difficult to get into the story of So Not My Type in the beginning (because of the main characters) but after about 20-25 percent I got sucked into it and ended up liking the romance novel. I also found it nice to have the outwardly edgier MC to be the more sensitive and softer of the two.
The main romance trope is enemies to lovers. They really dislike each other in the beginning and both are stubborn to really try to understand the other person's side. But once they start talking, they quickly find they fit together well.
There's a 3rd act breakup which I'm not a fan of but sometimes it complements the story and gives a bit more insight to the characters. It's the case in So Not My Type. It fits with what we know of the characters until that point.
The novel is quite light (although there are also heavier topics) and mostly also silly. The professional part of the plot took a lot of page space and I could have lived with less. It's also the reason I find the book a bit silly. I've worked in digital marketing for over a decade (as a customer and as a service provider) and the whole plot with the marketing campaign and agency life felt very over the top and unrealistic. I ended up just not giving that part of the story a lot of weight and let it be what it is.
Overall, So Not My Type is light and steamy enemies to lovers romance. It was fun to get to read it in advance.
(I don't know what the author has planned for the series but there's definitely a clear option for a main character for a future book in So Not My Type.)