A review by jkreads
Mortgage of Convenience by Dani McLean

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

I wanted to love this book so badly. I love a forced proximity, second chance romance but I feel like for both of those tropes to work well there needs to be angst, and there was just none of that here. When the first smut scene hit at 40%, I honestly struggled to keep pushing through. The smut was not great, and because it hit so early on it made the rest of the book feel so long. As this was an e-arc it didn’t have page numbers so I was shocked when I looked this up and found out it was only 390 pages because it genuinely felt like at least 500 while I was reading it. 

I also cringed whenever the FMC was describing the MMC because she’d always act like he was some huge tough alpha dude (his last name is Wolfe, dontcha know!) but he just…wasn’t that. And that’s okay! He was a sweet, caring guy. I don’t understand the obsession with making every romantic love interest some big possessive alpha male. It’s one of my biggest icks in contemporary romance!

I think I would have given this book a higher rating if it were 100 pages shorter, long romances (anything over 350 pages generally) are not for me. If you are a fan of them though, don’t let my low rating put you off! You may love it.

{ARC review - thank you to NetGalley for the early copy in exchange for my honest review}