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Mistakes We Never Made by Hannah Brown Published by Grand Central Publishing on May 7, 2024
Genres: Fiction / Friendship, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy, Fiction / Women
Pages: 400
Format: eARC, Hardcover
Source: Library, Publisher
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
Bachelorette fan-favorite and New York Times bestselling author Hannah Brown delivers the perfect beach read with her fiction debut—“a fun, fast, epic rom-com" (Abby Jimenez, #1 New York Times bestselling author).
Emma Townsend can sum up her situationship with hot-as-hell romantic red flag Finn Hughes in one word: almost. They almost dated in high school. They almost hooked up after college. They almost took things too far one magical night. Their whole story is one series of “almosts” and “nearlys,” and now they just kind of can’t stand each other. Like, at all.
But this weekend, one of their mutuals is getting married . . . and Emma and Finn will have to pretend they don’t remember how disastrous it was the last time they were in a room together.
Emma’s doing a stellar job of playing it cool—until the bride goes missing. Now, with two days before the wedding, Emma and Finn are hitting the road in a sweet vintage sports car in hopes of salvaging someone else’s happily-ever-after.
Yet somewhere between Emma’s breakfast burrito throw down, a high-stakes kayak chase (it can happen), and an outrageous Vegas detour, these sworn enemies are crossing more than just state lines. As old feelings spark once more, Emma begins to question whether risking your heart is ever really a mistake.
I really just love the book cover for Mistakes We Never Made by Hannah Brown. And you know I love a good reality TV show and reality star. Plus add in a contemporary romance and I am so on board. However, it turns out Mistakes We Never Made just did not land the way I had hoped it would.
Mistakes We Never Made opens with Emma helping her best friend celebrate her upcoming wedding with a bachelorette weekend prior to getting married. As it turns out, Emma’s ex shows up at the resort they are at. And the two keep meeting. Finn is the one who the timing was never quite right and well, Emma doesn’t like Finn. However, the bride runs away and it is up to Emma to save the day so her and Finn go on a road trip to try and get the bride back -spanning from Vegas and going beyond. Along the way we learn about Finn and Emma’s shared history as well as how they got to this strange point they are at today. Oh and we learn about Emma’s family history and how she struggles with the fact that her dad walked out on her family many years ago.
I felt while reading this that I was arms length from the characters and truly knowing them. I know that Emma is type A and feels responsible for everyone. I know that she has strong feelings for Finn. However, I just never felt very connected with her. It read like a lot of telling and not showing. So, there wasn’t really any emotional punches packed. I also didn’t entirely get the appeal of Finn. Why does she even like him besides being on debate team together? Overall, this was not the book for me, but I think if you are just making your entry into checking out romance books and testing the waters, you might really enjoy this one.
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