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350 pages, Paperback
First published January 10, 2022
Well, I…uh…” Damn, this wasn’t easy to explain. “I guess you could say I’m in an open relationship.”
Max’s brows rose. “You guess?”
“Sorry…no.” I nodded. “I am. I’m in an open relationship.”
“Why does it sound like there’s more to it than just you’re dating someone without a commitment?”
I chewed on my bottom lip. “We were actually engaged.”
🗑️ ditched her the moment things got hard
🗑️ took a job across the ocean not only w/o factoring her into that decision, but just telling her at the very last moment
🗑️ took this as a chance to sleep with other people
🗑️ had a view of an "open" relationship which was basically him sleeping and dating whoever he wants, and Georgia passively and politely waiting until he's done
🗑️ made a 180 turn on their relationship AGAIN the moment Georgia also started to date - and only then suddenly he wanted to be together again
🤡 tortured past which is a source of unsubstantiated self guilt-trip and is supposed to explain his commitment issues
🤡 low-key emotional gaslighting
🤡 making a Noble Great Sacrifice for heroine's own good, which in fact is just him withholding important information from the heroine and then making a decision for her, leaving her in a WTF-level of emotional turmoil
🙄 from the moment that first Max flashback chapter came in, I KNEW what would happen from there to the very end - and not in a "this storyline feels organic" way, but in a "been there, done that 48 925 times before" way
🙄 like I mentioned before, I liked Max - at least for most of the story, but then he really dared to be mildly surprised when Georgia told him she wanted more...DUDE, sure you said it's a no-strings relationship with a timeline but then you: 1) took her to meet your family 2) invited her along to check out your new city of residence and asked her to go house-hunting with you 3) got incredibly jealous of her open-relationship partner 4) "joked" about marriage too many times for it to be a joke
And THEN when Georgia is all "I want to try", Max goes (of course all the while not telling her about his life-threatening condition aka withholding vital info from her): bUT iT waS sUPpoSed tO Be nO-stRinGS wHY dID yOU gET aTTaCheD
🙄 after all the emotional shit Max pulled Georgia at the end, it was all without any consequence, because OF COURSE since the dude almost died, Georgia just shrugged it all off with one "I'm so mad at you"
🙄 this is not really an annoyance (it kind of is tho), it's a personal preference, but I am SO TIRED of authors using illness as plot device for angst when it's done on a surface level of a kiddie pool
“I just…I saw you sitting at the bar through the window when I was passing by, and you had such a pretty smile. I came over to introduce myself, and it was clear you were here to meet someone else. I guess I sort of panicked that you weren’t going to talk to me since I wasn’t Adam. So I went with it.”
“If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it’s yours. If not, go fuck yourself because you were an idiot for letting it go in the first place.”
“If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it’s yours. If not, go fuck yourself because you were an idiot for letting it go in the first place.”
“How do you think it would make me feel? I haven’t slept for a week, ever since I heard you were dating someone. It fucking sucks. I love you, and you’re with another man.”
“But you don’t love me enough to be faithful while you’re gone. You do know we could have visited each other and made it work long distance.”
“None of this is your fault, Georgia. I’m not trying to make you feel bad. But you asked how I could let you go, and it was never because I didn’t love you enough, it was because I do love you enough to let go so I can try to fix me. I want to be the man you deserve.”
“He wants to close our open relationship.”
Maggie rolled her eyes. “Of course he does. Because open relationship meant other women opened their legs for him, but you kept yours closed.”
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