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zias's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
I usually foam at the mouth for second chance trope but this book, not so much. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the story and it was a good read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
lily_jasmine's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Domestic abuse
cortanasreadingnook's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This is possibly the lowest I gave to an Ana Huang book and it’s justifiable by how rushed Dominic and Alessandra’s story was. This book wasn’t entirely terrible, but the amount of marketing that this was a marriage in crisis, second chance romance did not fully live up to the content to read here. This is because it never fully explored how it is to fix a broken marriage individually. It was clear Dominic and Alessandra both had their issues and insecurities to fix, but it happened so fast and it never gave us good character development. I didn’t feel much reading this and it was so disappointing. It deserved better writing but we got a rushed, messy version that Roman’s appearance was more interesting than the most vanilla sex I’ve ever read in my entire life because no way in hell this is a book from the woman who wrote Twisted Hate. The dantevivian and kaisabella cameos were more entertaining to me than the grovelling. To me, it was just dominic following her around with alessandra falling back into this cycle with her ex-husband so there wasn’t much to work with; a 10-year marriage is not easy to get over with, but I wish we could’ve gotten them working more on their individual selves before fixing their relationship. It felt so underwhelming due to the amount of issues swept under the rug. Also, the flashbacks were so randomly placed throughout the book I felt they could’ve had their very own instead. These are just my honest opinions because her books are great comfort to me and I will eat up possessive billionnaire clichés all the goddamn time so I expected a lot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse
kat7794's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
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
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol