Overdue

Ingrid Dahl is a librarian who has been with her college boyfriend, Cory for eleven comfortable years. They have never discussed marriage or the future. After Ingrid’s sister gets engaged to her girlfriend after two years of dating, Ingrid and Cory feel the pressure to re-examine their relationship. They decide to take a month off to date other people before getting back together and getting married. Because nothing says I want to spend the rest of my life with you than taking a breather to sow some wild oats, but I digress.

Overdue is a slow burn romance and you all know that I struggle with slow burns. I am not fond of them to say the least. Had I know this would be a slow burn I would not have selected this book to read, but I hung in there as I enjoyed Ingrid’s character. This book is a friends to lovers’ romance but it is also about Ingrid and her desire to own a bookstore. With romance books it is all about the journey for me and I did enjoy Ingrid’s journey of going after her goals, taking chances, and putting herself out there. Along the way she opens up to her friends, finds a connection to Macon her grumpy but charming co-worker at the library where she works in the beginning of the book.

I did enjoy how the author had her characters dealing with real life issues, they were mature and handled things that came their way in realistic ways. I enjoyed how Ingrid grew in this book, and I enjoyed the community of friends that she had to lean on and to commiserate with. For me, the romance was nice, and I was happy that it wasn’t rushed.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press | Saturday Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.