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Reel

Kennedy Ryan

4.46 AVERAGE

limitlesyeab's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

khadijatouw's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 40%

bored actually.

jamyyc's review against another edition

4.0

this was such an interesting and beautiful story! i loved Neevah's character; i really appreicate how we got to see her grow and become more confident and face all the obstacles in her way. the parallels to the fictional Dessi Blue really added dimension to the world and writing. i didn't connect with the romance as deeply as i wanted to—i feel like we kind of lost the stakes about 70% in—but overall, this book had a great premise and solid execution.

onlychyld's review against another edition

4.75

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: Complicated

bitchburgerbibliophile's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

obstinateheadstrongcurl's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful sad 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

Kennedy Ryan did it again, this was amazing. I loved Neevah, she was so real in her excitement, anxiety and fear as she navigated everything Ryan threw at her. I wish we’d gotten a bit more from Canon, as he pretty quickly moves from a grumpy, doesn’t-believe-in-romance character to a relationship king. But Ryan’s couples are always relationship goals, and these two are no different.

I did think the epilogue was a bit silly, where they get engaged after the movie premier, because shouldn’t they see how things go when they’re not with each other 24/7, i.e. when they’re making films independent of each other? Obviously they’ll go the distance, but still, a little common sense please!