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Dear Readers, Aliens and Creatures of the Sea (because you just never know who could be here😁 ), I am not much of a lover of contemporary romance, there are several tropes I find highly annoying and overly… hopeful 💁♀️?, but many of the good stories, this one included, seem plausible and I can accept them. Here is my review of ‘Run Away Home’.
▪️BASICS:
Official title: Run Away Home
My title: Dating and Dogs
Author: Mimi Francis
Publisher: @4horsemenpublications
Fav character: Soldier
Type: Book – ARC
4/5
▪️REVIEW:
Van and Serena star in this small town love story where one has lost their peace of mind after losing a loved one and the other, after being abused and stalked. Both, seeking peace and an unknowing second chance, will find themselves in Montana making unlikely friendships and falling into the sway of rekindled opportunities.
It does not take long for their traumas to raise their heads and try to rip them apart again. Luckily for them, Soldier, the fancy dutch understanding doggie, will be there to help move things along and save them in more ways than they could understand.
☀️TRIGGERS: Abuse, Home violence
▪️OBSERVATIONS:
The writing was very fluid, the romance and lovey-doveyness intense (if you are into heavy romance, this is the book for you).
☀️DISCLAIMER:
- I am not much of a dog person, but I love well-behaved and trained dogs. 😍
- PLEASEEE if you are in a physically abusive relationship, get out NOW and also enroll in some form of self defense classes! Your life matters!
- I was provided with a copy of this book in exchange of an honest review. 🙂
▪️CONCLUSION: with minor spoilers☀️
- ▪️I really didn’t like that Serena was so desperate to have OTHERS protect her… including asking Van several times if he promises to protect her. Given the life she has lived over the last two years and the fact that her parents were helping her out, I would have though she would have enrolled in something akin to self defense classes… even if she has to leave them the first few times because Trace shows up.
- ▪️This is my own cynicism speaking…but, hopeful romance makes me teeth grind and makes me cringe. Lol, just an issue I have because I don’t believe in it. 🙈
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Now over to you! How much do you enjoy romantic small town romances?
