Rating: 3.5 Stars
Release Date: July 11, 2023
Format: Audiobook
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
From the Publisher:
Love isn’t blind, it’s just a little blurry.
Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Literally! One minute she’s celebrating the biggest achievement of her life—placing as a finalist in the North American Portrait Society competition—the next she’s lying in a hospital bed diagnosed with a “probably temporary” condition known as face blindness. She can see, but every face she looks at is now a jumbled puzzle of disconnected features. Imagine trying to read a book upside down and in another language. This is Sadie’s new reality.
But, as she struggles to cope, hang on to her artistic dream, work through major family issues, and take care of her beloved dog, Peanut, she falls in love—not with one man but two. The timing couldn’t be worse.
Making judgment calls on anything right now is a nightmare. If only her life were a little more in focus, Sadie might be able to have it all.
Review:
Sadie is going through a lot when we first meet her. She has a seizure, learn she has a tumor passed down from her dead mother, has a nonexistent relationship with her dad and step-mom, has no career progress in the past 10 years, has recently been dumped and finally she is living in a hovel. Rough times all around. Then it seems things might turn around but when she has life-saving surgery she can no longer see people’s faces. This is a big problem because she is a portrait painter (because of course she is 🙄) and has just been accepted into the North American Portrait Society competition, the same one her mom competed in when she died.
Out of all the tropes in the romance genre, the one that annoys me the most is miscommunication. There were so many times when Sadie could have easily fixed a relationship, problem or career if she had just spoken to someone or asked a question.
Why did she not ask Joe where he worked? Why did she not talk to Mister Kim about a place to live? Why not speak to the competition organizers and let them know what's going on? Why not talk to her dad about the surgery? It just got frustrating seeing Sadie miss everything that was going on right in front of her and her being too stubborn to ASK QUESTIONS!
The story also fell a little short for me with how repetitive some of it was. And while I enjoyed the happily ever after, everything was just a bit too predictable and I know what was going to happen by the 60% mark.
Im not going to say everything was bad though, I loved the MMC and her friendship with the other characters there were just some parts I could not get past. The audiobook narrator did a wonderful job of keeping my interest and making me want to continue with the story.
🌶️ Spice Meter 🌶️ : 1 out of 5 Peppers
Final Thoughts: The idea is cute and unique and I did laugh out loud a couple of times, but I struggled with the main character’s behavior and wanted her to just be more inquisitive.
Disclaimer: Thank you Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
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