Jess K. Hardy

The 7 Rules of Moving On

Emily Cutler

I really wanted to enjoy this book because the cover is super cute and the synopsis sounded like something I’d enjoy. But, it just left me disappointed. 

Most of the way through I thought it was quite good - not brilliant but also not terrible. I loved how the chapters were each named after the 7 rules and that the content of the chapter applied to the rules. I thought the author was very clever with that. 

But then the talking bear made an appearance…

I just don’t understand why that was needed. It suddenly made the book feel really naff and it completely ruined the story for me. 

I’m not sure if the author intended it to be humorous or something else but I just didn’t get it at all. It seems a shame that one tiny scene made my rating, and my enjoyment, go right down. 

As it was a novella, it was very fast paced. It was good in some instances because it prevented me from getting bored. However, in other parts, it felt overly rushed. The romance didn’t really have much detail and the scenes were quite short. Trig was an absolute sweetheart so I really wanted to see more of his romantic side! 

There is some spice but again it happens quite quick and it’s not that explicit. I guess personal preference would decide whether that was good or bad. 

Thank you to NetGalley and Victory Editing for this e-ARC. 

𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸:

𝘛𝘩𝘦 7 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘯 - https://amzn.to/33631cD

𝘈𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘐 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴.