2/5 stars
Unfortunately, I couldn’t get behind ‘Light the Way’ as much as I wanted to.
Adam was described as someone who wasn’t personable, who came across as detached, and someone cocky and uninterested in dealing with others. His true crime podcast used to be number one, but Fiona’s podcast knocked his off, and now he’s dangerously close to losing the 5th spot. So, instead of accepting that Fiona wants nothing to do with him since she’s jot returned his calls or emails, he sets out to Magnolia Point to talk her into working with him to boost his podcast.
Then we have Fiona, a kind, sensitive Southern girl who had a bad run-in with Adam several years ago. She met him at a con, and he completely disregarded her before she could even get out her full name. She’s hated his guts ever since and would never in a million years work with him. When he shows up at her door, she meets him for coffee, shows him the error of his ways, and decides to help him even though she hates him and he’s her competition.
Somehow or another, Adam has transformed from a clueless woodblock to a lovesick, emotional man who doesn’t care about his podcast anymore and only wants Fiona. Fiona has conveniently forgotten her hatred and dislike for Adam, too charmed by his looks and compelling personality, and can’t imagine life without him in it. Queue HEA!
These two just don’t make sense to me as a couple. I think if the story was longer, they could’ve really transformed and been good together. But because the story is so short, neither one of them had the time to develop their characters, so it felt like we skipped several steps to get them to the relationship. I just couldn’t get interested in them together whatsoever, compounded with my severe dislike of Adam calling her “little one” very early on. He doesn’t seem the type for that nickname to me, and it didn’t really give me the warm fuzzies.
This one wasn’t for me, but if you’re looking for rivals-to-lovers, opposites-attract, instalove, then it may be for you!
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