Format: ebook
Release Date: October 24th, 2023
Age: New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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Rating: 1/5 Stars
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I need to preface this with something: the author of this book is only 16. When I found that out, it meant a lot of the issues with this book made sense. Freeman is clearly a talented writer, and one who I hope keeps pushing forward with her writing, but I (personally!) don’t think this book was of a publishable quality. It needed a lot more editing and work with the author to get it to a better standard.
There are good ideas here. I really look forward to seeing what Kimi Freeman comes out with once she’s had some time to hone her craft, as all writers must do. Unfortunately, ‘Tis the Damn Season was a struggle to read, and there were some topics that were approached in an immature way. It felt like things that deserve a lot of consideration were thrown in with little thought. The majority of characters are undeveloped, there’s no real chemistry between the two romantic leads, and more often than not the male love interest is really not a good guy, and I don’t mean this in a kind of ‘sexy bad boy’ way, but in the way that with some experience, you can identify a huge amount of red flags.
Too much of the book was unrealistic and disjointed. I admit, I didn’t even know there was a Taylor Swift song called this, but I do think the playlist (which is largely Swift) was a cute touch to the novel.
The events are simplistic, the obstacles between the couple are non-existent, and there are some really uncomfortable moments where characters act really over the top. It was a little jarring in parts.
I want to reiterate: Kimi Freeman is a young writer with raw talent that largely just needs to be refined a little to really land something that’ll be an absolute pleasure to read, and I wouldn’t be surprised if, given a few years, she comes out with a book that really catches people’s eyes.
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