Oh dear. How shall I start on this one? This is only my second review for Netgalley and I feel like I’m letting them (and the author) down by saying I didn’t actually enjoy the book? If I reveal too much about the reasons why, it could be a bit spoilery. The truth is, this one should come with a trigger warning. I came in expecting a feel-good story about romance and time travel but I got something else instead.
I was enjoying it, actually, as an easy to read novel, about young people in love and having really taxing jobs and revelling about having to work almost 24/7. Except for the unnecessary name-dropping for 1) every brand in existence in corporate (North) America and 2) every stylish place ever in New York when I haven’t been and know nothing about, you know. I felt a bit left out for not knowing them, or even heard about them. And then, whoosh comes the trigger and, yeah, I wasn’t pleased.
The characters also aren’t really relatable, to me anyway. In comes Danielle, or Dannie, corporate lawyer, workaholic, likes having no time off and simply sleeping at the office for days at a time (what?? the strangest concept to me), makes a ton of money out of it; David, her boyfriend, also rich, less workaholic, is tall and lanky, as per usual; Bella, Dannie’s best friend, REALLY RICH, is a jetsetter, can’t seem to settle down with anyone; and then Aaron Gregory, Bella’s boyfriend, no idea who he is except that he’s an architect and likes tennis.
Anyway. If you don’t mind stories like these, go for it. Who am I to keep people away from books, right? But, on the other hand, if you do… well, see for yourself?
if music be the food of love, play on 