Skip to main content

People Watching by Hannah Bonam Young Review

 Hi ForeverBookers, 


How are you all? I hope you’re well! 


I’ve got a cold but I’ve just finished “People Watching” by Hannah Bonam Young and I bloody well LOVED it! 


5 Stars! 


“People Watching” tells the story of Milo, a guy that’s moving to help his brother and sister run their family brewery. He pulls up in front of the town’s shop before he gets to his family’s house where there are many children! At Welch’s Gas and Grocer, he meets Mr Welch and his daughter, Prue. He falls for Prue straight away! Like literally straight away. I really enjoyed this story. Yes, it’s instalove to its maximum, I’d say. But I love those sort of stories. The rest of the plot is about Milo and Prue learning to accept one another and Milo helping Prue accept life how it is, through love and sex. Prue’s mother suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. This plays a huge part in the plot. There’s also mention of cancer, although not as big. 


I read “People Watching” for a few readathons. They were: 


Reading Rivalry - 


I enjoyed how People Watching was told in duel POV from both Milo and Prue’s perspectives. I love reading love stories from 1st person POV. 


There’s a LOT of spice in “People Watching” so if that’s not for you, maybe don’t pick this up. Also the Alzheimer’s and cancer could be triggering for some. 


Spoilers below…


“Seriously, he warns. “From what Sef has told me, the Welches’ daughter seems to be the town’s darling. Do not hurt her.”

       Killer suits my mystery girl a lot better than the nickname darling.

      “Scout’s honor,” I say, holding up a salute.

       He smacking his head into the door frame, laughing. “Please don’t make me regret inviting you here.” - 50


This is Milo’s brother, Nik asking him to play it cool with Prudence. Of course, Milo doesn’t do this! I thought the nickname “killer” was a little weird/intense at first, but Milo keeps using it to refer to Prue so I just got used to it! Nik doesn’t think that Milo is a good fit for Prue, I don’t think.  However we don’t see much of Nik or Sef, Nik’s wife, in the plot at all. They’re very much on the sidelines as is Nadia, Milo’s sister. I liked how the plot was focused solely on Milo and Prue and their love story. 


“I don’t look like a virgin?” She scoffs, tucking her hand away. “Tell me, Milo, what does a virgin look like exactly?”

      Not someone who licks their lips like you did the other day when I knelt beside you. Not someone who practically purred when I brushed my nose against their temple. Not someone who looks at me like I’m their next meal and then coyly, casually tosses me aside. Not . . . you.” - 135


From about the 135 page mark Prue and Milo make a deal. They’ll be each other’s first times, Milo will be Prue’s first lover sexually and Prue will be Milo’s first lover mentally, although she doesn’t learn this until the end of the novel. 


Overall, I adored this story! It was sooooo cute and warm and fuzzy but with serious topics at its heart. That’s why I’m giving “People Watching” 5 Stars!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

American Royals (#1 American Royals) by Katharine McGee review

Hey ForeverBookers,   I’ve just finished American Royals by Katherine McGee and I LOVED it! If you love scandal and complicated love stories in a contemporary setting, then you will love it as well! Think a royal version of Gossip Girl and you have this book in a nutshell. American Royals follows six characters, all of the new adult age range that come together to create a story of intrigue and romance. There isn’t high action or really a plot outside of the romance which was fine with me as I really enjoy stories just focused on the romance. I appreciated how “American Royals” only focused on the six different characters. There weren’t loads of personalities to get to know, and they all followed the same pattern as they’re all from or have grown up around a certain standing in society. This made the characters easy to follow and understand. It is a character led story, without as I said, much plot.  What there is of a plot of American Royals is taken up with the ascension of ...
2 comments
Read more

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Review

Hi ForeverBookers,  How are you all today? I've just finished a great contemporary book! 4 Stars! NOTE: There are scenes of abuse and bullying in Big Little Lies so if you're sensitive about either of those topics this book maybe isn't for you.  Big Little Lies tells several stories at once. There's the story about the trivia night that runs throughout, the story of who one of the main character's father is, the story of an abuse victim, a story of a teenage girl putting her virginity up for sail in the internet and the main story for most of the book, little children lying about who bullied another child. All these stories were handled well.  We see the characters, both major and minor be interviewed throughout because of the murder that happened on trivia night. I'll be honest in saying that at the beginning of the book I thought that another character had been killed so it was a surprise to read what actually had happened.  Spoilers belo...
Post a Comment
Read more

City Of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments Book 2) by Cassandra Clare Review

Hi ForeverBookers,  I've just finished reading City Of Ashes and it was really good! I've read this book before again and I didn't think it was very good last time but now I think differently. It had everything from fighting demons, to laugh out loud parts, to heartfelt moments. The story starts from where City Of Bones finished so there will be minor spoilers below.  The characters continue developing in this second book. For example, Clary's best friend, Simon really takes on a new role as a vampire, as well as the other characters maturing too. This was good to see as it gave the story different levels that we haven't seen before. I especially enjoyed reading about Simon's transformations. There's a new character called Maia, who is a werewolf. There's some antagonism between Simon and her as in this series vampires and werewolves don't get on.   We meet Alec and Isabelle's parents here. Maryse, their mother is a strong character, who is angry...
Post a Comment
Read more