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Jessica Sherry, 2024

3.75 Stars for Colour in Community

Rowan was a very striking character with so much depth. As Jack uncovers her real passions and vulnerability, I began to care more and more about her. I’m impressed at the story that Jessica Sherry wanted to tell with these community characters, Rowan’s relationship with her sister and mother, the importance of being a foster parent, and how to be a champion for someone with a visible facial scar. This book packs a lot growth between the love interests and all the stories that Jack authored were so creative, I’d like to see each of them in Jessica Sherry’s hands. I’d previously been impressed with Every Chance After and I think she’s a must read for her choices in characters, family and community. 

There were just a few choices I wasn’t fully enamored with: Dean as a love interest felt too much like a villain for the first 70% of the novel, I think he even sneers. In the end she sees reasons she felt in love with him, but it felt like telling vs showing and I wanted more of those memories in the beginning; perhaps if she had re-examined those in the summer between Jack interactions, I’d feel more of a pull for him and his legacy with her. Jack and Rowan are also incredibly mean to one another as they seesaw back and forth with attraction, and some of that went too far. It also felt like this book had a few endings, although I did enjoy spending more time with them as a couple. 

Overall – still very interesting and I’m glad I joined her mailing list to learn about new releases.