This was a very cute romance novel.

Lots of slowburn for the second chance romance at it's best.

Tropes in this book: marriage of convenience, second chance romance

What I liked: Elizabeth and Josh, Josh's love for Elizabeth is strong and steady. There's a lot of yearning which I love to see and they have good chemistry between them. I loved seeing Josh fight for her.

My qualms:
1. This was my first book in the Strangers series and even with the explanations given in the beginning, I was overwhelmed by all of the characters. And they kept adding more throughout the book. It was definitely hard for me to keep track who was who for the first part of the book, so it might have been helpful to start from the first book in the series.
2. The book switches between past and present - which got kind of confusing at times (it was hard to remember where we left off in the THEN timeline vs the NOW timeline).
3. I wish the book showed a lot more good moments between Josh and Elizabeth. I feel like most of what we got was when they were in a bad place in their relationship or when they were "broken up." Their on-again/off-again (but not really off because of their arranged marriage) was also frustrating because they had so many miscommunications (one of my least favorite romance tropes) in their relationship that clearly drives them apart...and if they just TALKED about it, it would have all been avoided.
4. This book is basically all in Josh's POV (except one chapter) - I would have loved to get Elizabeth's POV on their relationship.

I will say that I am intrigued about the relationships of the other characters and will have to go back to read the first 2 books in the series. And OOF, what an ENDING! I might have to read the next book in the series just to know what happens.

Thank you to NetGalley and Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op for the ARC.

Es mi primer libro de Jensen y me ha gustado. Lo recomiendo a quienes busquen una lectura telenovelesca, con drama y falta de comunicación.



Elizabeth y Josh están en un matrimonio arreglado, el cual tiene una fecha de término, por lo que ninguno de los dos quiere enamorarse, ya que saben que al final cada uno tomará su propio camino. Sin embargo, a lo largo de 10 años, vivirán muchas experiencias, tanto buenas como malas, que los acercarán y luego los separarán. Cuando llegue el momento de finalizar su matrimonio, ella le pedirá el divorcio, y él se dará cuenta de que, al tratar de demostrar su valía, ha dejado de lado lo más importante. Ahora no sabe si es demasiado tarde para intentar salvar su matrimonio.




¿El siente libro sera de Dean, Alex o Justin??


Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I wanted to like this one so much, but I was sadly disappointed by it. the plot was not very interesting, the characters annoyed me, and the problem was ambiguous and so long winded. one conversation and the whole book wouldn’t need to be written.

This book was OK. It is book 3 out of a three series standalone series. I think it would be nice to read the other two books and see how they connect, but I do not feel as though I was missing a ton of context from not reading the other two books. It was a bit cheesy and cliché.

Thank you to NetGalley, to the author, and to the publisher for this complimentary ARC in exchange for my honest review!!!

Technically I think I’d give this 3.5 stars.

There were parts I really liked. I liked the characters, the whole premise of the contract and how they did in fact love each other (and especially when it unfolds of how long they have loved each other).

What was a bit harder to like was the huge cast of characters. So many people and stories to keep track of. The way the book jumps back and forth in the dual timelines is a lot and all the stories going on while this one is happening is just a lot. Granted this is book 3, I believe, so many of the characters and events are familiar. But it is just lot of people and a lot of other stories other than the main one.