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The Partner Plot is a new second-chance romance, with a marriage of convenience holding the leads together. The wonderful team at Penguin Books Australia were kind enough to send me a copy for review.
With the bright pink cover and the Vegas nuptials, you can get the vibe of this one at a glance. Violet’s career as a celebrity stylist is progressing in leaps and bounds, but her love life has stagnated after her ex-fiancee left her for one of her clients in a humiliating public fashion. Xavier’s career is nothing what he expected (his would-be pro-ball career was derailed into a small-town school teaching position), and he’s never quite gotten over his high-school sweetheart Violet.
When they run into each other in Vegas and the drinks are flowing, they naturally end up in a wedding chapel (where else?), and soon they realise that both their careers could get a boost from playing up the newlywed status. It’s the kind of convoluted logic that only (kind-of) works in rom-coms.
The Partner Plot has real entry-level prose, and nothing groundbreaking in the plot or its execution. The most surprising part was the maturity with which the leads addressed conflicts in their relationship and communicated about their issues. On the whole, it’s a simple, inoffensive romance that probably won’t blow any minds.
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