Falling For Your Best Friend’s Twin Book Review

Synopsis: Abby is a master computer programmer that’s stuck in a job she hates. Enter Zane, Abby’s best friend & current roommate’s (Zoey) twin brother. Zane’s startup is running into problems before it’s launched. On a recommendation from Zoey, Zane hire’s Abby to fix his problem. On the surface they aren’t compatible at all: Abby is unabashedly herself and Zane is straight-laced and contained. Nonetheless, sparks start to fly as they work closer together. Only Abby starts to find that there’s someone from the inside that’s working against him and there’s the whole issue that Zane is her best friend’s twin.

Review

Falling For My Best Friend’s Twin: 3/5

I think that the best way for me to describe Falling For Your Best Friend’s Twin is a simple, happy read. It’s pure, happy fluff in the kindest of ways. The plot wasn’t dark, the characters weren’t malicious, there were enough sweet moments in it to keep you content. It’s like a LifeTime/Hallmark/Netflix romance movie. There were some great moments in it that I feel takes it a little bit above those movies (discussed below), but this is a novel you could easily read in a couple of hours.

Likes

• Female Computer Programmer!– I love the representation here of a female computer programmer! As one (ish) myself it’s so great have that shown in a novel. Furthermore, she isn’t made a bro by the programming, she has her own interests and reliance on other females without putting them down. Yeah, she has some issues with “girly” things, but she has four awesome female roommates and is feminine in her own way (yay!). I loved that the author actually described some of the programming and the problems within it too. Super win with this one!
• Side Characters– Like I’ve said before, I like well thought out side characters they’re just as important! The side characters in this have their own room to shine. Abby’s bffs/roommates are integral to the plot, they all play a part. Also Charla was so sweet!
• Uplifting Themes– There are several moments in this novel that just sit you back a little and make you smile. There’s girl power among friends and uplifting each other. There are moments of misjudgement among women that are often played into in romance novels (aka sometimes bimbos aren’t) and are corrected. Just all around some nice happy feels that were well placed!

Dislikes

• Pacing– The first half of the novel was great. There was the introduction of everyone, the background on how we got there, and the beginning of the relationship. However, once we passed that halfway mark things got decidedly shorter. I mean simple, stupid communication errors started, the relationship just went quickly, the pieces were “solved” easily. It just felt rushed. Likewise, the big plot issue wasn’t really ever solved. Sure we got a relationship (as one would assume in a romance novel), but the other plot just fell flat.
• Lack of Relationship Depth– To be honest, this felt like a YA novel. I like sweet PG romance novels, but Falling For Your Best Friend’s Twin had the relationship maturity of high school “love”. Not communicating well, not really building the relationship too far, relying heavily on other actors (mainly twin/friend Zoey) to move things along. Of course it had a HEA, but it wasn’t a really rewarding ending. _{I want to put out there that I don’t like grand gestures. I find them awkward and manipulative and this book had one. Not a fan of that…}

Long Story Short

Overall I did enjoy this novel and found it to be a great way to spend a couple of hours reading. I really wanted to love this novel. I LOVE secret romances, longing from a distance, and conflicting loyalty—all of which you would assume would be in this novel. It’s not really. I liked it but it wasn’t a love. I do recommend it to people who like sweet-sugary romance novels are PG romance. The next novel in the story I hope will be just as good and I look forward to reading Zoey’s story (yes it’s going to be a series!).

I borrowed my copy from the KindleUnlimited Library.

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