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I am so disappointed this wasn’t better. Brooks tries for a second chance romance and just flubs it in my opinion.
Yvonne is newly engaged to Nathan a man she met on the set of a show where she did design work and he did contracting/building. The two have become really popular and there are discussions of them getting their own design show. Yvonne is grateful for Nathan and sees him as a perfect guy and wonderful father for her 5 year old son whose name I forget.
Things come to a head when Yvonne's ex and father of her son, Richard, returns offering to finance her show and demands to meet and know his son.
There are a lot of accusations about who did what to who and lied and it was exhausting. The main issue was that’s Brooks never had me care about anyone. She also didn’t do a good job showing why Richard of Nathan was great. Every character is a blank slate and Yvonne is a mess with having feelings for Richard and denying it. Her trying to force everyone together got old quick.
Yvonne rarely interacts with Nathan due to him traveling to do work and she’s constantly describing how Richard makes her feel. Eyeroll.
Brooks also doesn’t do a great job with having me believe that Yvonne is a designer. She goes to a client’s house once and that’s about it. She has zero personality so I don’t get why anyone wants to give her a design show.
The flow was off off from beginning to end and the writing just felt flat. Brooks isn’t able to make what she’s writing to read a story believable. This felt like a very rough draft that needed a lot more context and nuance.
The ending was weird and I cannot get into it without spoilers.