ARC Review: Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey
Romance
Secretly Yours
Book Info
Released Date: February 7th
Publication: Avon Books
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
“felt disappointed after I finished reading”
I really do like some of Tessa Bailey's books. They are cute yet steamy romance books to read. But I felt disappointed after I finished reading her newest book, Secretly Yours. It had the potential of being a cute romance book, but it fell flat. Let me explain.
Secretly Yours has been advertised as a cute yet steamy romance book. And that's what I was expecting to read, and yet, it was totally different. Secretly Yours tried to be a cute romance book, but it had a lot of heavy tones and topics that made the read so much different.
We are reading about Hallie struggling to deal with her grandmother's death and her grief process as she tries to become closer to her childhood crush, Julian. While Hallie is struggling with her grief and her crush, we also dealing Julian, who struggles with his anxiety and panic attacks. It was never mentioned in the beginning of the book about these heavy topics, so I was a bit surprised when I was reading about it.
What I felt so disappointed about this read was the misrepresentation of grief, anxiety, and panic attacks. It was never discussed in the beginning like a content warning. So I was a bit surprised to read about it in this rom-com book. It makes this read not a rom-com.
