The Perfect Marriage

by Jeneva Rose

I didn’t finish The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose, and frankly, I knew within the first few chapters that I wouldn’t. The writing was clunky and inconsistent, with tense issues that made it hard to stay engaged. The early brand name dropping felt forced and distracting, and the dialogue didn’t help—lines like, “I ran my hand through my sandy hair,” felt especially unnatural; it’s the kind of phrasing that tries too hard to paint the picture but doesn’t reflect how people actually speak or think. An editor should have caught the tense issues, too. The two chapters I read felt more like a rough draft than a polished novel, and I didn’t see any reason to keep going.