Kate Stayman-London
Autor de One to Watch
Obras de Kate Stayman-London
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Agente
- Julia Masnik (Watkins Loomis Agency)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Miembros
- 954
- Popularidad
- #27,000
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 71
- ISBNs
- 11
- Idiomas
- 1
What was good:
- The author was able to explore Bea's uncertainty and insecurities without the writing being overindulgent or tiresome. I loved being in Bea's head. This makes the story's attempts at exploring topics like fatphobia and body image that much more impactful.
- Perfect balance of MESS and romance. When watching the Bachelorette in real life, I'm only there for the contestant on contestant drama because the way they portray romantic connections on the show feels either saccharine or contrived (except for Tayshia and any of her final 4, but I stand by this for every Bachelor). Bea and her final pick, despite their differences, was a couple easy to root for.
- Men who made to the final 4 or 5 perfectly teetered between "shippable" without the reader being completely sure. Love triangles (or hexagons in this case) are hard to get right for exactly this reason: how well can the author get the reader to be equally invested in each choice. Despite not reading a ton of romance books, I know this is hard to achieve.
- I really enjoyed how reading about Bea's history with Ray. From the beginning of their friendship to the moment she finally garnered the courage and confidence to confront that bitch in France. That was the moment that it become abundantly clear Bea wasn't the same girl we met in Chapter 1.
What wasn't (nitpicking):
Luc blaming his ho behaviour on Bea had somehow missing the fact that their relationship was mutually polyamorous?? Which would be totally fair, but this is something they never discussed. Bea was openly and very publicly seeing other men on the show, Luc was sleeping with the producer with the door locked in a dank room. And her forgiving him in a day?? And her being angrier at Lauren???? And Lauren not getting reprimanded because none of her male predecessors were??? Is the solution to stopping abusive power dynamics and sexual relationships in the workplace letting female leadership do it as well??
Luc had me for at least 50 pages tho. I thought they were something. :(… (más)