Queen B’s Decree: Till There Was You had potential, but I didn’t really vibe with it.
Lexi and Jake meet one night at a dive bar where Jake is performing, and they spend one wonderful weekend together. Soon after Jake travels to LA where he is discovered and overnight, he’s a big star. And then he stops returning her calls and texts. Fast forward months later, and he’s back in NYC, trying to win her back.
I think what I’m struggling with the most is that both Lexi and Jake seemed immature and unlikable. Jake essentially expects Lexi to rearrange her life on his timeline to accommodate him, and Lexi does—calling out of work, coming in late, just being a terrible employee at her job as a new chef at an upscale restaurant.
There was a lot about work-life balance—which I am a firm believer of, but it felt like the narrative was forcing Lexi to choose either a career or a relationship and family. ¿Por qué no los dos? It’s definitively untrue that a woman (or anyone, really) in 2024 can’t have both.
At the end of the day, Till There Was You almost worked for me…but not quite there. Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for the review copy.
Book: Till There Was You by Lindsay Hameroff
Series: standalone
Genre: Rock Star
Hotness: mild salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: instalove, second chance