The characters inhabiting Willows Creek work to serve not only the plot but Emily herself. The town has this amazing sense of community. It’s the perfect place for Emily to lick her wounds and get her shit together. Well Met takes place in the sleepy small town of Willows Creek, Maryland. Speaking of women helping women, I have to talk about the setting. Also, kudos to Jen DeLuca because Well Met is very much a story about women helping other women which is something we don’t see a lot of. It’s a charmingly wholesome story about home, family and finding your feet. Underneath the romance aspect, Emily is very much a young woman struggling with trust issues, hot off the heels of an abusive relationship.
Okay, yes it’s sinfully addictive and more than a little steamy but Well Met has substance and layers. Why aren’t Renaissance Faires a thing? Who do I need to sell my soul to in order to make this happen? I mean, we’re talking the whole medieval ambiance here with jousts, merchants, lively taverns and of course, turkey legs.īasically, Well Met made me want to pack my bags and run away to Maryland to join the Renaissance Faire. To me, the whole premise of an enemies-to-lovers affair in-character at a Renaissance Faire was the epitome of cool. I think that’s why I was so drawn to Jen DeLuca’s swoony Rom-Com debut. I know – talk about a missed opportunity. Instead, we have what they call a “medieval fair” which is basically a no-frills version that honestly, couldn’t hope to hold a candle to the real deal. Renaissance Faires really aren’t a thing in Australia. I didn’t choose to wench life – the wench life chose me. This summer was only ever supposed to be a pit stop on the way to somewhere else for Emily, but soon she can’t seem to shake the fantasy of establishing something more with Simon, or a permanent home of her own in Willow Creek. But is this attraction real, or just part of the characters they’re portraying? Yet on the faire grounds he becomes a different person, flirting freely with Emily when she’s in her revealing wench’s costume.
The faire is Simon’s family legacy and from the start he makes clear he doesn’t have time for Emily’s lighthearted approach to life, her oddball Shakespeare conspiracy theories, or her endless suggestions for new acts to shake things up.
Emily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek, Maryland, for the summer to help her sister recover from an accident, but who could anticipate getting roped into volunteering for the local Renaissance Faire alongside her teenaged niece? Or that the irritating and inscrutable schoolteacher in charge of the volunteers would be so annoying that she finds it impossible to stop thinking about him?
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