Post by omnivore on Mar 20, 2020 15:25:51 GMT -7
KU. NO CHEATING.
tl;dr:
Plot: He tells her he met someone else. She is devastated. He begs for marriage counseling. She agrees. They work it out (it is a romance after all).
Ok.
So, someone at his office goes through a divorce, he consoles her, lunch, talking etc. He also open up about his feelings on his own marriage to this OW. She tries to kiss him once, he pushes her away and tells her their relationship is not/has never been/will never be like that. Did he do wrong talking to this woman about his marriage? YES. But I can forgive him because, well, I guess he needed a friend as well. And why does he tell her he met someone else? He was feeling invisible and wanted attention. Stupid, I know. He does a few other stupid stuff, like invite this other woman with her kid for a playdate with his kid while heroine is away for the weekend. (He felt sorry for her). I will say that while he might have had only good intentions, the OW did not.
What I liked:
- I liked both MCs.
-Both hero and heroine were mature, as I would expect from a couple who has been married for 10 years with 2 kids.
-She didn't just take him back, she was really angry at him and let him know it. She realizes what she can do to make her marriage better, but she doesn't say "oh, it was all my fault". But at the same time, she didn't hold on to her anger out of stubbornness.
-He acknowledged that what he did was wrong. He realized how much he hurt her. He didn't blame her.
-The only thing I normally wouldn't like was that it was so short. However, if it was longer, it would have become too much angst, either his bad behavior would have been drawn out or she would have had to push him away more. Which would have annoyed me. So the length was good.
What I didn't like:
-I would have like to have hero's POV.
I think this one is a 5 star read for me. I will give it a reread in a few days, my rating might change then.
ETA:
Ok, I gave it a reread, and it's still really good. I think the heroine is a bit know it all, and the husband a bit too apologetic. Ok, he is not too apologetic. What I wanted more of was heroine saying what she would do to keep this from happening again. It takes two to communicate, and as she admitted that she has a real problem talking about her feelings, that puts a lot of what happened on her. Not what the husband did, that was him being stupid. But before he did something stupid, they had to get to the point where he felt the need to something stupid, and she did have a hand in that. He promised he would not do something stupid again. What we got from her was, I know I don't communicate well and maybe I didn't consider how that made you feel. I wanted there to be no maybes.
On the other hand, I figured out that he did not invite the kid and his mom for a playdate, she had to go for mediation with her ex and while she was doing that he had the kid over because he felt sorry for the kid. Phew.