And it just *really* threw me off that with that pretty pink cover and a blurb all about falling for a musician - hunting of wild animals ends up having quite a few pages dedicated within. I'd say it's not to majority of Australians. And I get that in America hunting generally is maybe more. It didn't help that I read this coinciding with duck-hunting season starting up again in Victoria, when it really should be banned because it's dangerous and cruel. It's actually a minor plot-point in the book that Sloan's deceased fiancee was a hunter, the new guy she's falling for is from Minnesota and is big into hunting and she herself used to run a food blog called 'The Huntsman's Wife' which is all about cooking game. the first thing that put me off 'Playlist' was a really early reference to duck-hunting, and game-hunting generally. So I was invested in this follow-up because the set-up in the first book had been so gut-wrenching and I really wanted closure. 'The Friend Zone' also set-up the premise for 'The Happy Ever After Playlist' by depicting the death of a character - Sloan's fiancee. I thought it had a really progressive message and portrayal of a heroine with chronic-pain and fertility issues, and even though that book let down the bulk of its messaging by instigating a convenient "barefoot and pregnant" twist at the very end - I still enjoyed the ride and kept thinking about it long after I'd finished. I'd been excited for this book because I loved last year's 'The Friend Zone' so much. and in my heart of hearts it's a 1.5/5 rating.
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