Queen B’s Decree: I’ll take ‘Emotional Childhood Trauma’ for 200, Alex.
While I can commend Chelsea for going to therapy and actively working through her emotionally abusive childhood, she was still a tough character to like. She near purposely self-sabotaged and in doing so, was pretty mean to Bas. Bas was no angel, but he didn’t deserve the treatment that Chelsea gave him.
I enjoyed the story the most as soon as they stopped doing the FWB-romance thing and became friends instead. Their friendship was fun and it seemed to be a true foundation for the start of a real relationship. I enjoyed both characters pushing the other to their fullest potential. Which is why I couldn’t understand Chelsea’s actions at the end—it felt incongruent to everything they’d gone over previously.
Overall, Holding Out for a Gyro had the possibility to be a cute read, but I struggled with some of the characters and their actions. The food descriptions were heavenly, though, and I’m craving some baklava now.
Book: Holding Out for a Gyro by Mary Ann Marlowe
Series: standalone
Genre: RomCom
Hotness: medium salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: friends with benefits