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People Watching by Hannah Bonam-Young

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

Review

I saw many readers complaining about this being too insta-lust for them, but I didn’t feel that way. Yes, their physical attraction to each other was instant, but I feel like their emotional connection was slower to form, which balanced that out. The flirty banter between them was fun and had me grinning a lot. The family dynamics was also so precious. And the emotional part of the story was deep. 

However, I missed some sparkles in the writing sometimes and some fire between the characters. Also, the third act conflict shouldn’t have been a conflict at all. Milo did what he should’ve done. Prue was immature and overreacted. He did nothing wrong. 

Overall, this was a fun and surprisingly touching story! I enjoyed it. 

❝ I am here,” he interrupts… “My thoughts are with you and only you. Only here.” He brushes the backs of his fingers down the side of my arm. “Be here with me now, Prue. It’s just us. I only want us.❞

❝I spent so much of my life watching other people live, believing I was meant to observe from the other side of the door. Milo is the first person who has made that door open for me. Who has made me feel as if I am worth seeing too. To him, l am a special, watchable, fascinating, beautiful thing worth creating art about.❞

Blurb

In this sexy and emotional romance from the acclaimed author of Out of the Woods and Out on a Limb, a small-town woman’s journey to spread her wings intertwines with the arrival of an adventurous newcomer who brings out the best in her.

Prudence Welch has found solace in her introverted life in Baysville, a charming tourist town in Northern Ontario. Despite once dreaming of a life beyond its borders, she now finds contentment in her working at her father’s gas station, writing poetry, and caring for her mother, who was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer’s shortly after Prue’s nineteenth birthday. But as her mother’s condition worsens and her father’s concerns about her future intensify, Prue feels her world slipping further out of control.

Enter Milo Kablukov, an enigmatic wanderer whose beat-up van covered with ill-advised bumper stickers rolls into town just when Prue needs a change. It’s all too easy to let go with him, and Prue can’t help but strike up an unlikely friendship with Milo, which leads to a wild and sexy agreement between them.

Milo, a man of many adventures and countless stories, is not one to settle down. However, his brother’s urgent need for help has brought him to Baysville, and now the intriguing Prue has given him more reason to stay. Especially once they start spending more time together, their chemistry intensifying, and casual-sex lessons start at Prue’s request.

But as their temporary arrangement blossoms into something deeper, Prue and Milo discover that getting out of their comfort zones is one thing . . . taking that leap together is something else entirely.

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