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Raleigh McKean has borne witness to every conceivable way one person can take advantage of another. He sees it all the time in his job as a book publicist, especially working alongside his boss’s daughter. Everley Shannon would be amazing.When I started reading I couldn't put it down. Holley Trent is magnifysent and amazing writer.I cannot wait to read more of there books.Keep up the great work.You should definitely read this book.Can't wait for the next book.
I really enjoyed Three Part Harmony. Menage isn't really my interest in romance. I have a hard enough time believing two people can make it work, anything beyond that strains credulity. Holley Trent really makes it work in this book. I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
The cover of this book is a lie. None of these characters are babies. They are each adults struggling with the stuff that adults struggle with - success, failure, motivation, and still trying to figure out their relationships with their families.
The threesome is Raleigh, Bruce and Everley. Raleigh and Everley work together, but Everley's position as the boss's daughter doesn't endear her to Raleigh. Bruce is a rock star trying not to be a rock star who ends up in relationships with both Raleigh and Everley. I appreciated that the three each had separate relationships developed independently before they came together.
There are some difficult things that Holley Trent makes work in Three Part Harmony. Raleigh is a dick to Everley for a good portion of the book. He's a dick to Bruce too, but that comes from an explainable misunderstanding. Bruce is used to not being understood, because he is neuroatypical. Instead of trying to correct the misunderstanding, Bruce lets it go and lets bad feelings simmer between them for most of the book. Trent has worked some kind of magic to keep me rooting for Raleigh to get past his shit and be the excellent boyfriend that Everley and Bruce deserve. Everley and Bruce are great together and yet Trent still manages to create this space in their relationship that you just know needs Raleigh to fill.
This is a slow, slow burn of a romance, and honestly, I could have done with more of the three of them together and not fighting. That said, this is a pretty perfect romance. I knew how the protagonists would fit together, and I was waiting for them to work through their issues to get to the place where they could be together. It will be released August 27.
I received this ARC from Netgalley in return for an honest review.
I really enjoyed this book! Bruce's atypical-ness, Everly's struggles with a job she hates, and Raleigh's inability to trust worked together really well.. Threesomes can be super hard to write but Holley Trent did a great job of it. This was the first of Trent's that I've ever read and I enjoyed the heck out of it.
I empathised with Everly's desire to leave her job and also her terror at taking a step into the unknown. I loved reading the sections from Bruce's points of view because they were so distinctive. I winced along with Raleigh when his inability to trust came to bite him in the arse. The characters felt unique and real, and were some of the best parts of the novel.
The plot was predictable but not in a way that detracts from it. In fact, I found myself excited to see how Trent would pull off the scene I knew was coming.