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Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score

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amanda_reads13's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Maggie has made a name for herself flipping houses on her YouTube show. She moves to Kinship, Idaho to flip a crumbling Victorian mansion. What she wasn't counting on was the handsome and flirty landscaper, Silas, throwing everything off balance.

Ok, this book had some cute moments, but there were way too many side plots happening, it was too much. I felt that at times it really dragged and was so slow. It was unnecessary long. It was like she felt she had to fill in the space with so many different subplots and characters because there wasn't enough substance to the main plot.

I was conflicted about Maggie. She is headstrong, hardworking, independent, and pretty badass. On the flip side, her inability to make decisions, let others make their own decisions, and form commitments was very frustrating. She is so stuck to her plan that she is completely inflexible.

I got a few good laughs from Silas' antics, but he was a walking red flag (and not the good kind). He is a bit of a love-bomber and pretty immature for his age. His treatment of Maggie gave me the ick. I'm pretty sure she is perfectly capable of making her own decisions, yet he constantly questions her ability to do so. She was very clear and upfront about their relationship from the beginning. He's almost manipulative in the way that he pushes her to make the decision that he wants, not the decision that she wants.

I loved Kevin, Dolly, and Taco. I am a sucker for cute animals in a book and these 3 stole the show.

Also, what was with that weird lack of an epilogue. We get a few sentences wrapping up each couple's story and that's it. Lame.

Tropes: Romantic Comedy, Small Town, He Falls First, Found Family, Forced Proximity, Insta love(for him)

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I wanted to read this book because I am loving Lucy Score’s work, but I am patiently waiting for Things We Left Behind. This book was sweet and fluffy, and a breath of fresh air compared to the storylines in Knockemout.

This book has two points of view. The first is Maggie Nichols, who is a house-flipping sensation and a YouTube star, and she cannot wait to dig into her next challenge. She has arrived in Kinship, Idaho with only a cot and a coffeemaker. Maggie is prepared to restore a crumbling Victorian mansion in four months or less. She has her to-do lists, her blueprints and her team. She is determined to finish this house and get out Kinship as she’s not interested in putting down roots, not when her fans tune in to watch her travel the country turning dilapidated house into dreams homes, what she doesn’t have time for is sexy and laid-back landscaper Silas Wright. This man takes flirting to a new level. And he does it shirtless. He and his service school-dropout dog are persistent. The second point of view is Silas Wright. He has been in Kinship his whole life, everyone in the area knows him and has known him since he was in nappies. When he ends up getting a job working with Maggie, he is determined to give her anything she wants with the house, and he is hoping to win her heart. As their summer gets down and dirty, Silas manages to demolish the emotional walls Maggie has spent years building, sending Maggie into a panic. He is wrench in her carefully constructed plans. With the end of the project looming, she has a decision to make. But how can she stay when her entire career is built on moving on?

I liked the found family aspect from Maggie’s point of view with Silas’s family adopting her from the second they meet her, and that Silas’s family is complicated as hell, but they all still adore one another. Dean is the friend we all want, and I think Maggie sometimes doesn’t appreciate him I.e marrying your gay best friend, so you were not alone – that was a bit weird. Cody was adorable and I'm so glad the town looked after him and that he didn’t seem like some sort of backstabber or using the town. I'm also glad that his mum didn’t come back and start causing trouble. This is the first small town romance where I actually felt the small townness. I feel like with some small town romances, even though it’s a small town they are having like city wide issues and like a massive bank heist even though it’s one local bank. Kevin was adorable and I never want anything to happen to him. He is perfect and he can cause all the trouble he wants.

I disliked Silas’s persistence at some points during this book. Yes, he was described as this sexy, blond, rugged landscaper. But he didn’t understand boundaries and yes he might of spilled his whole damn soul within a month of meeting Maggie, but it didn’t give him the right to be pissed at Maggie for not telling him everything (including her traumas) within 4 months of them meeting. It just irked me a bit. I felt like the ending was a bit rushed with her father showing up, her mum showing signs and the treasure hunt. I feel like some bits like the actual house makeover could have been changed with her traumas. I felt like her sister just arrived for the book to end and be like “let’s play happy family.”

This is the perfect filler whilst I was waiting for the release of Lucy’s next book. I just think reading Things We Never Got Over elevated my standards for Lucy’s writing and this was a good book but it was not as good as Knockemout

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takarakei's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

My first and last Lucy Score (because after reading this there’s no way I’m reading anything even longer). I found Silas to be insufferable and like the kind of jerk who seems nice on the surface but is really just subtly controlling? It’s insta-love in the worst way, Silas literally sees Maggie and immediately starts referring to her as his future wife. I kept reading because of the mystery of the house renovation plot line, and not the romance.

Not enough of the dog (who is described as brindle in the book so…). The best character is a curmudgeonly towns person.

Dual pov but there’s only one narrator 😕
4/5 🌶️

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linnea_tornblom's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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chelle22's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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samchase112's review

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hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

A kind, heartwarming, steamy novel about finding your family, falling in love, and learning to take time for yourself. It certainly wasn’t the fluffy romance I expected, and while I appreciated all the messages this book put across, I have to be true to my own reading experience and say it dragged on wayyy too long. Even taking out 1 or 2 elements (the mystery? Maggie’s sister? Dean x Michael?) would’ve cut out 100 pages or so, and made the book a much more manageable length. It really got to the point where I was skimming chapters just to get to the last page. I enjoyed this one, but I wish I could’ve enjoyed it more.

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kbairbooks's review

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challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

This was a struggle for me. At first I was really excited. Renovation? Interior design? YouTube show? Traveling/wanderlust? Cute small town with an attractive guy who knows what he wants? A pitbull named Kevin? It had all the fixings for a really lovable romance. And then Silas showed his colors, and it was downhill from there. There was the dash of ableism with the ‘gimped’ remark, The first shitty scene with Wallace (but that is just a me problem), and the concepts sprinkled throughout that fighting or putting so much work into a relationship meant it was worth fighting for. That is the most fucked up, toxic, heterosexual bullshit I’ve ever fucking heard. So many people in this book, in this cast, think shitty things are actually good in a relationship and that’s a really harmful thing to be putting out to the public. As well as Silas is the worst boyfriend I’ve ever fucking come across he’s so selfish, he’s not respectful towards women, he was pushy and arrogant and annoying and I really fucking hated his character. He ruined the book for me and I spent a good 30 to 40% in the middle wishing the book was over.

By the end I had really liked how it ended, I thought the wrapups of the characters were cool, I liked Kevin, I liked the kittens, I liked the sister, the dad, Maggie, Cody, and the other people for the most part. Dean was really bitchy, and a downer, and Silas really just fucked everything up but if you take out the dash of ableism, the concept of the really shitty relationships that was a narrative throughout the whole thing, and Silas in his entirety then it would have been an enjoyable read.

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bookwormbullet's review

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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decklededgess's review

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emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

trigger warnings: emotional abuse, abandonment, death of parents, sexual content, alcohol

An incredibly cute small town romance, like tooth achingly sweet. Silas is a shameless flirt who is determined to give Maggie what she needs, whether it be companionship or relationship. His bluntness comes off as more charming than it does pushy and invasive. That can be attributed to the fact that Maggie is the unreliable narrator of the two. So a lot of what Maggie describes to the readers is riddled with half truths. So you learn to love Maggie through Silas which means all the love and affection he lays on her comes from a place of reading her deeply buried needs she refuses to voice.

It's incredibly sweet and has a very pro labour movement ending which was an unexpected bonus.

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