Page Count: 120
Published On: December 22, 2015
Published By: Atria Books
Genre(s): New Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Novella
Source: audiobook via public library
Age Rating: Adult NSFW 18+ content
Where To Find It: Amazon // Book Depository
My Rating: no rating - problematic - reread will happen later
Goodreads synopsis:
Colleen Hoover, the New York Times bestselling author of Maybe Someday, brilliantly brings to life the story of the hilarious and charismatic Warren in this new novella.
When Warren has the opportunity to live with a female roommate, he instantly agrees. It could be an exciting change.
Or maybe not.
Especially when that roommate is the cold and seemingly calculating Bridgette. Tensions run high and tempers flare as the two can hardly stand to be in the same room together. But Warren has a theory about Bridgette: anyone who can hate with that much passion should also have the capability to love with that much passion. And he wants to be the one to test this theory.
Will Bridgette find it in herself to warm her heart to Warren and finally learn to love?
Maybe.
Maybe not.
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Hey, guys!
I read this novella via audiobook
and I'm actually kind of a fan, but not a fan. While I kind of love the
characters, their actions really made me angry. I'm not sure if it is because
of their actual actions or if my irritation stems from my dislike for the
audiobook's narrator. Either way, I'll be doing a reread eventually.
This story follows two side
characters from the Maybe duology by Colleen Hoover, Warren and Bridgette.
While their stories are fairly interesting, the execution was not done well at
all. I felt like Bridgette's back story was skimmed over, her feelings and
trauma from former experiences was ignored, and the relationship that developed
was not developed well or realistically.
If I had read this physically, I
would have liked it much more. The narrator was really awkward to listen to, I
didn't like the way she did the dialogue. She often changed tone and diction
randomly and it just really irritated me. It wasn't done well.
While both of the main characters are
really funny and witty, the lack of consent in this book bothered me. I'm not
the biggest fan of Warren. I thought I liked him in Maybe Someday, but I’m just
not a fan of him in Maybe Not. Maybe I just need to do massive reread. I wouldn’t
be surprised. Though I didn’t like Warren, I felt like Bridgette’s character
had promise. I really wish Hoover had focused on her trauma and backstory, but
that didn’t happen. I also really loved the side characters, specifically
Warren’s sister and her family. They were so well written and I just wanted a
full book that centered on them.
While I enjoyed many aspects of
this book – the pacing, (sometimes) the sex scenes, the banter, and the side
characters; I really cannot get passed how problematic the book is. If there
had been trigger warnings or content warnings, I would have probably rated this
book 3 stars, but the content was just too questionable.
Other CoHo Reviews:
- Confess
- Hopeless
- Maybe Someday
- All Your Perfects [coming soon]
- Ugly Love [coming soon]
- It Ends With Us [coming soon]
- November 9 [coming soon]
I hope you enjoyed this review! Happy reading!
Olivia
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