romance
Part of Your World was an adorable romance between two people “from different worlds” who met by chance. Alexis was a successful doctor, raised by an extremely wealthy family with high expectations, and coming out of an abusive relationship. Daniel was a small-town younger man carrying on his family traditions of caring for the townspeople and struggling to make ends meet. They met by chance and hadn’t expected to form a serious relationship, but were continually pulled toward each other.
I found their situations to be realistic and the romance was a lot of fun. It was exactly the uncomplicated palate cleanser I needed. It was so refreshing that the reader did not have to suffer through an engineered conflict, forcing the couple to split, for most of the novel. Rather, we rode along with the characters’ worries that their relationship could not continue forever. But they were good communicators with each other and actually handled their doomed future together maturely. You might think that wouldn’t make for a good story, but it was exactly the opposite. I loved seeing a healthy relationship overcome obstacles and bloom. And while it wasn’t overt, there was even a small bit of magical realism which gave this novel a little bonus sparkle for me. The only thing I didn’t love about this one was that the solution to their issue was so obvious to the reader but not the characters. It took a very long time for Alexis to get there. I’d never read anything else by Abby Jimenez but I’m now going to definitely seek out another of her novels to try.
Both audiobook narrators were familiar to me and they always do a great job: Julia Whelan and Zachary Webber. I thought they were perfect for this one and give them an A!
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