i think the basic fact that james and rosie seemed to be hopeless at communicating was just too much for me. they spend most of the novel avoiding each other and talking to others about their lack of relationship. well, no kidding they lacked a relationship, we barely saw them on the page together.
most of the novel things between them are very, very bad. she thinks he isn't interested. he's got his awful baby mama and his business partners think he should put the moves on her to drive her away. they made him promise to stay away from rosie as if she weren't a fully functioning human who could make her own decisions. meanwhile, their significant others convince rosie that she needs to date others and i'm not sure if it's to make him jealous or to get him out of her mind. maybe both? and like that does kind of work, but she's really not into these guys and everyone knows what is happening anyway, so like what's the point?
rosie and james need to stop talking to everyone else and talk to each other. they're total crap at that too, but at least that way you can try to see why these two characters are hard up for each other. sigh.
**a ring for rosie will publish on august 7, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/kensington books (lyrical shine) in exchange for my honest review.
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