Name: issa's review of Passion Project by London Sperry
Item: Passion Project
Rating: 4.5
Author: issa

London Sperry

A compassionate and hopeful romantic comedy, Passion Project is a reminder that love is waiting for us to let it in

If your twenties are supposed to be the best years of your life, Bennet Taylor is failing miserably . . . with a big emphasis on the miserable. Where’s that zest she keeps hearing about? She’s a temp worker in New York City with no direction, no future, and no social life. And at the painful center of this listlessness is grief over the death of her first love.

When Bennet runs into Henry Adams just hours after standing him up for a first date, she makes an alcohol-fueled confession: She’s not ready to date. In fact, it’s been years since she felt passion for something. Not even pottery, or organized sports—not anything. Rather than leaving her to ruminate, Henry jumps at the opportunity for adventure: Bennet needs to find a passion for life, and Henry will help her find it. Every Saturday, they’ll try something new in New York City. As friends, of course. 

As their “passion project” continues, the pair tackle everything from carpentry to tattooing to rappelling off skyscrapers, and Bennet feels her guarded exterior ebbing away. But as secrets surface, Bennet has to decide what she wants, and if she’s truly ready to move on. With emotional resonance and sparkling banter, Passion Project is a fun, flirty, thoughtful story of finding a spark—and igniting happiness.

Passion Project

issa

really was loving this until the last 25%. the conflicts pissed me off so bad. i really didn’t like how the mmc was treated after all he did for the fmc. i was just so disappointed with her behavior the last few chapters. like i guess i get what she was doing and why she was acting that way but it still made me so mad. overall, i did enjoy reading about the adventures they went on, how their relationship developed and the fmc’s healing journey. 

millie

4.25 ⭐️

really was loving this until the last 25%. the conflicts pissed me off so bad. i really didn’t like how the mmc was treated after all he did for the fmc. i was just so disappointed with her behavior the last few chapters. like i guess i get what she was doing and why she was acting that way but it still made me so mad. overall, i did enjoy reading about the adventures they went on, how their relationship developed and the fmc’s healing journey. 

It started out so strong for me, I enjoyed both main characters, especially Henry. He's patient and kind while Bennet works through a really tough grief journey that she's apparently been on for years. She's anxious and depressed, so much so that while she seems to have supportive friends (at least her best friend that she lives with) and family (? they're not mentioned much), it's a bit shocking to me that none of them have encouraged her to see a therapist.

I loved all of Henry and Bennet's adventures together, and their relationship for the most part including some of the bumps in the road. But, I feel like he really handles her with care, and she doesn't realize or appreciate that. He's understanding of what she's going through, and willing to wait for her to be ready, and when she finally is, she flips her mind again in the third act in a pretty cruel, devastating interaction.

As far as the setting goes, as a native NYer, I love a story set in NYC. 🗽🍎🚕

The writing itself is great and doesn't read like a debut. I think my main issue is that it was marketed as a rom com, and while it does have comedic bits, it leans more into the grief/depression/anxiety Bennet is going through and it's affect on a relationship, which is valid, just not what I was anticipating going into it. 

Megan Murray 

It started out so strong for me, I enjoyed both main characters, especially Henry. He's patient and kind while Bennet works through a really tough grief journey that she's apparently been on for years. She's anxious and depressed, so much so that while she seems to have supportive friends (at least her best friend that she lives with) and family (? they're not mentioned much), it's a bit shocking to me that none of them have encouraged her to see a therapist.

I loved all of Henry and Bennet's adventures together, and their relationship for the most part including some of the bumps in the road. But, I feel like he really handles her with care, and she doesn't realize or appreciate that. He's understanding of what she's going through, and willing to wait for her to be ready, and when she finally is, she flips her mind again in the third act in a pretty cruel, devastating interaction.

As far as the setting goes, as a native NYer, I love a story set in NYC. 🗽🍎🚕

The writing itself is great and doesn't read like a debut. I think my main issue is that it was marketed as a rom com, and while it does have comedic bits, it leans more into the grief/depression/anxiety Bennet is going through and it's affect on a relationship, which is valid, just not what I was anticipating going into it. 

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