Book Review #98: The Couple by Helly Acton
I had been looking forward to reading this book for quite a while. It was a recommendation from Carrie Hope Fletcher, and I thought that the premise sounded really interesting. Plus I loved Acton's first book, The Shelf, so much that I definitely wanted to read this one. In a world where being in a couple is out of the ordinary (because who would rely on someone else for their own happiness?), Millie is happily single and focused on her career. In fact, she can't imagine ever being in a couple. So when she is tasked with working on the world's first antidote to falling in love, she sees the antidote as a chance for her to get the promotion of her dreams. That is, until she starts working with Ben, and finds herself strangely drawn to him. Will Millie sacrifice everything she believes in, and has worked so hard for, for love? I felt a bit disappointed with this book all in all. I loved the characters of Millie and Ben went they are first introduced. I didn't really '