Queen B’s Decree: Island Time is categorized as a RomCom, yet I found nothing very funny about it. Or maybe it’s just that my humor doesn’t match that of the characters.
The basic plot is that two families are taking an isolated beach vacation for a late celebration of the marriage of their respective daughters. One family is American and you are led to believe “uptight” while the other is Australian and crude or “funny.” They are then stranded on the island after a long-dormant volcano erupts, so they are unable to get off the island, but the wifi still works??
So I didn’t finish Island Time, and I didn’t get through all the points-of-view, but you get a POV for every stranded person on the island…which is N.I.N.E. And they all read the same, with no chapter headings to give you a head’s up before changing.
I wish I had enjoyed this more, as I was looking forward to the queer romance I could foresee. But I couldn’t get past the annoying characters. The virtue-signaling married Australian sister, who started dating her wife while she was still in a relationship with a man. Or the Australian mother, who fantasizes about her husband’s death while she waits for the right time to divorce.
Hard pass.
Book: Island Time by Georgia Clark
Series: standalone
Genre: RomCom
Hotness: mild salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: forced proximity