Format: ebook
Published: 18th December, 2025
Age: Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 1/5 Stars
If this book wasn’t so short, I would have DNF’d. This is marketed as ‘fun and flirty’ but the characters barely flirted and it wasn’t all that fun. The premise is that April’s sister June is getting married, and invites Matthew, who left her during their engagement seven years ago. Her reasons for doing so are never clear, but April decides she absolutely must speak to Matthew and convince him not to go to the wedding. Oh, and when Matthew and June were dating, April had a crush on him. Because of course.
And for fellow Grey’s Anatomy fans out there, no, I couldn’t stop picturing that April and Matthew, either.
June’s new groom is Michael. We also get a Jason thrown into the mix and another A name and it becomes clear very quickly there are just certain letters the author is very fond of. There’s a tiny bit of flirting between Matthew and April before disaster strikes and April is ‘forced’ to move in with him. Oh, but under the condition that she cooks and cleans for him, and can someone say ‘bangmaid’? All too soon, it seems April doesn’t really care that Matthew (allegedly) left her sister shortly after her sister had a miscarriage! I get that they were young – which quite frankly isn’t referenced enough, especially considering the ‘reveal’ we get regarding June – but they make no attempt to actually discuss it before she jumps into bed with him, and (spoiler) when Matthew gives his perfectly-reasonable-explanation, that’s when April takes a step back and decides she needs time to think about it.
So, essentially – April thinks Matthew left June very close to their wedding, decides sleeping with him is okay, and when Matthew puts forward his own perspective on what happened, then she goes oh, maybe I need to wait. Once things are cleared and the pair actually hook up, they become so codependent on each other so fast. April has a big fashion show coming up but spends most of her time cleaning Matthew’s house, cooking for him, and moping about the fact he’s not there. Matthew runs a business that is about to sign a big contract to provide targeted ads using a tracker in trainers during marathons. Despite the pressure he is under, he spends his days at work moping that April isn’t there and he can’t have sex with her immediately. He also is incapable of committing, and every time they come across the possibility of making their situationship into more of a relationship, he panics and runs.
This isn’t even mentioning how much of a piece of work June is, and how April spends her life running around after her, and when she finally stands up for herself her parents are like “well yeah, duh.” I didn’t find any of the characters likable, I didn’t care about Matthew and April, and the plot felt flimsy at best. Not a romance I’d recommend!
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