Then Came You (Animal Magnetism, #5)

by Jill Shalvis

[nitzan_schwarz]

In all honestly, this is probably one of my least favorite Shalvis books, which is a shame 'cause I was really looking forward to Wyatt and Emily's story after reading Zoe and Darcy's first.

First of all, I'd like to mention that this is still a highly readable novel, as indicated by my finishing it in a day. I love Shalvis's writing and how she makes me forget it's time to sleep and I need to close the book.

BUT, I had some major issues with the book:

1. The will they, won't they dynamics: seriously, cut it out. Pick one, any one, and go with it. It was all giving me whiplash, especially with how both kind of figured it was a bad idea to be with one another on one page, and sleeping together the next because "they can't help it"/"I have no self control when it comes to you" (which btw, are two excuses in literature that kind of piss me off).

2.Emily was all over the place: Despite saying "both" on the aforementioned point... it's mostly Emily. That girl has no idea what she wants from herself and others, and it was annoying. Especially when her complaints about Wyatt not giving her any words was mostly a direct result of her never-ending "I'm going back to L.A"/"I'm not staying here"/"This is not in the plan" etc. Like, stop changing your mind every three seconds. And if after all that crap you want Wyatt? Well, darling, it's you who should say the words because you're the one who basically never gave you two a chance. Yeesh.

3. Too much emphasis on the sex: I feel like Shalvis didn't handle the whole "meeting your one night stand" all too well. First all, we never got the story of how they came to have that one night stand to being with (what attracted them to each, what did they say to lead to it? These are two people who aren't really used to one night stands, etc). Second, it just gave her an excuse for them to have sex from almost the beginning, because they've already had the first taste. I didn't like that, didn't like how much sex came into play and how that was what they were mostly thinking about, and I especially didn't like it combined with points 1 & 2.

I will read more of Shalvis's books, in a heartbeat. I just don't want them like this one haha