Review: To Get To The Other Side

• Title: To Get To The Other Side

• Author: Megan Van Dyke

• Series: --

• Genre: Contemporary Romance

• Rating: ☆☆☆

**Thank you to NetGalley and Alcove Press for a copy of this ARC. This is my honest review.**

If you're looking for something light-hearted, quirky and easy to read, then this is the book for you. It's a typical rom-com, with the grumpy/sunshine trope and an adorable chicken too! I found the first half of this book cute and endearing. The characters are likable enough and work well together for the most part. Sure, some of the scenes were definitely quirky, but it was enjoyable to watch Bear and Trixie dance around their evident feelings. Their romance wasn't steamy, which suited the pacing and progression of the plot.

Both Bear and Trixie had past trauma that they do work through, but unfortunately, I felt like the angst and attempted resolutions were a little underdeveloped. There is room for fleshing this out more, but the author chose to focus more on the turmoil of how they felt, and it became a little repetitive and flat. The miscommunication trope is a player here, and I got frustrated with both characters for taking so long to resolve things clearly if they each felt as strongly as they did. I feel that Bear is better fleshed out than Trixie is as a character, but I'm glad to see she got there in the end.

For the most part, this book is very wholesome, and I loved that the author attempted to tackle the two themes of happiness and projected masculinity within To Get to the Other Side.