Review: When We're Thirty

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Two friends. One pact. The performance of their lives. Hannah Abbott is stuck in a dead-end relationship and at a job she loves but that barely pays the bills. The four walls of her tiny New York City apartment have never seemed so small. She’s barely toasted her thirtieth birthday when her old college friend Will knocks on her door with an unexpected proposal.

Will Thorne never forgot the marriage pact he made with Hannah, but he also never imagined he’d be the one to initiate it. One ex-fiancée and an almost-career-ending mistake later, however, he finds himself outside Hannah’s door, on bended knee, to collect on their graduation-night pinky promise.

With both of their futures at stake, Hannah and Will take a leap of faith. Now, all they have to do is convince their friends and family that they’re madly in love. As long as they follow the list of rules they’ve drafted, everything should go smoothly. Except Will has never been good with rules, and Hannah can’t stop overthinking the sleeping arrangements. Turning thirty has never been so promising.

Genre: contemporary romance

Publication date: April 2021

Mature content: yes, but nothing too explicit

Review: When We're Thirty is a light and fun book, even if somewhat predictable, and it makes a great beach or poolside read. I liked both Hannah and Will as characters, although at times I would just have preferred having them come clean to each other instead of harboring all those secrets.

 

There's a section of the book that I found more confusing and maybe slightly less realistic - the one that featured Will's family. There are a lot of stereotypes there, and frankly some of those bits moved way too slowly. Also, Will's ex-fiancée (and soon to be sister-in-law) is either bi-polar or an accomplished actress, as she manages to trick everyone into believing she's the innocent party in all the family drama, and there are a few loose ends around her that I felt should have been better explained. 

But overall, When We're Thirty is a nice story of (old) friends falling in love and of start-overs and second chances, and if you like the genre you shouldn't miss it.

Happy readings!

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