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seriously romantic: meant to be different by amelia foster

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meant to be different is a second-chance romance, and the second book in a series of what has up to now been second chance romances. the covers are lovely and the stories are also really great. but both this book and the previous book in the series, meant to be kept, do my least favorite thing that a second chance romance can do. spend 1/2 of the time in the past.

literally, i skimmed through the past parts, i'm not that interested in seeing a relationship that didn't work out for #reasons. and the other issue is that all to often the author correlates whatever happened in the past to whatever is happening in the present. and argh, it's just frustrating because i am only interested in moving forward.

i don't hate second-chance romances, but too often there is so much dwelling on what went wrong before that you don't really have a chance to see what is so different about now. someone is suddenly more steadfast? has changed but also been the same person in love? gah, i don't know. it's hard for these stories to really work for me. i had hopes for this, but honestly, i would have cut half the book out if i'd been editing and focused on who gigi and wyatt are now and why it's meant to be different for them this time.

don't get me wrong, it's an enjoyable read and the characters are richly and emotionally drawn. i just have very high standards for what kind of second-chance romance i want and this didn't quite work for me, but will definitely be someone else's jam.

**meant to be different will publish on july 9, 2019. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/limitless publishing in exchange for my honest review.
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