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4.46 AVERAGE
4.46 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
No
What’s a great book. Neevah and Canon’s characters are well written.
Canon might be one of my favorite MMC
The plot was enjoyable with good pacing.
I look forward to my next Kennedy Ryan book.
Canon might be one of my favorite MMC
The plot was enjoyable with good pacing.
I look forward to my next Kennedy Ryan book.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I loveddddd this book. So many important life lessons were portrayed. Grieve. Healing. Coping. Forgiveness. Perseverance. It was kind of slow in the beginning but I’m so glad I kept reading. My heart smiled the entire read.
I don’t know how Kennedy Ryan does it, but her stories just work for me I felt so seen as a woman who lives with a chronic illness, discoid lupus, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis. I just felt so seen! Neenah and Cannon are my favorite couple! The way they love one another is so beautiful. I’m so happy with this story it will be one that I know I’ll revisit from time to time. Kennedy Ryan, we need to have a conversation! Reel is that deal and I’m so glad I finally read it but so sad it’s over.
Between the buildup of their relationship and the chronic illness rep, this story felt so real and raw.
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
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
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
emotional
informative
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
I think Kennedy Ryan consistently writes some of the best black love stories.
She writes real love stories. Like there’s romance and all that but there’s also real life situations and circumstances that the characters have to deal with while navigating falling and staying in love.
This book came on my radar when she spoke about the relaunch with an added bonus epilogue and I’m like that sounds like fun!
I decided to read this with my eyes instead of audio, which is how I’ve consumed most of her books. It hits the same and maybe even more??!
I was a bit worried about the power dynamic between Canon and Neevah but oh they handled it so well. And their chemistry??? Off the charts I tell you.
It would be so pleasing to see this as a movie because it felt like a movie in a movie. Like to see Neevah and Canon together and to see my girl bring Dessi Blue to life??!!
But then again, I feel like film might not capture the magic of this book.
I liked both characters as individuals and together. I enjoyed how the relationship progressed, no third act break up!!!
I was rooting for Neevah’s success so much. Her friendship with Takira was so so precious to me
Terry and Brandon can however go straight to hell. Neevah may have forgiven her and that slut of a man but I do not.
The epilogue? Delicious.
I’m going to start predicting if couples will remain in love after the end of the book and they definitely will. That man will move mountains for her and that’s what my queen deserves 🙂↕️🙂↕️
She writes real love stories. Like there’s romance and all that but there’s also real life situations and circumstances that the characters have to deal with while navigating falling and staying in love.
This book came on my radar when she spoke about the relaunch with an added bonus epilogue and I’m like that sounds like fun!
I decided to read this with my eyes instead of audio, which is how I’ve consumed most of her books. It hits the same and maybe even more??!
I was a bit worried about the power dynamic between Canon and Neevah but oh they handled it so well. And their chemistry??? Off the charts I tell you.
It would be so pleasing to see this as a movie because it felt like a movie in a movie. Like to see Neevah and Canon together and to see my girl bring Dessi Blue to life??!!
But then again, I feel like film might not capture the magic of this book.
I liked both characters as individuals and together. I enjoyed how the relationship progressed, no third act break up!!!
I was rooting for Neevah’s success so much. Her friendship with Takira was so so precious to me
Terry and Brandon can however go straight to hell. Neevah may have forgiven her and that slut of a man but I do not.
The epilogue? Delicious.
I’m going to start predicting if couples will remain in love after the end of the book and they definitely will. That man will move mountains for her and that’s what my queen deserves 🙂↕️🙂↕️
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
slow-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:
Complicated
This is my second time reading this after about two years of having read it for the first time! Honestly I hadn't realized how much smut there was until this go around lol, but I did enjoy the writing and the way the characters developed throughout the novel. The biggest reason why I docked my first review down was because I felt like so much of the novel was them sometimes spending good quality time working or being together, but I felt like for two people who were "in love" with each other, they damn near had sex with each other almost every other scene they were together?!?! Even when she was anxious about how he'd felt about seeing her body with her lupus scars, I felt like it wasn't an appropriate time to go full fledged towards sexual attraction. I personally felt like he could've done better with showing his lover for her without it being primarily sexual if that makes sense. I know it's a big part of the relationship and is important to a few people, but I felt a bit uncomfortable when there were more scenes when they'd confess their love for each other primarily when they were sleeping with each other or were physically intimate. Don't get me wrong there were parts where you could feel their energy and I do completely understand it's an adult novel, but I feel like their sex life was such an adamant part of their relationship in the novel, there wasn't enough scenes of pure romance to convince me their relationship wasn't just a sex thing imo but I digress since I know that's some people's cup of tea..... not saying you need to keep the smut out but god they hunched A LOT for them to get engaged only right after the premiere without really going deeper into their relationship and the connection. <\spoiler>I also didn't realize Canon was named after the camera (goodness that's so cheesy) but I feel like this was an emotionally feel good book that even though you'd expect everything that had happened, it still was a good novel. I hadn't read the epilogue (why the heck did he put the ring IN THE CHAMPAGNE HELLO?!?!) and it was a good read to conclude the novel, even though I thought their relationship needed a lot more time before engagement but comme-ci comme-ça. I listened to the audiobook and sometimes the narrator for Canon's voice was so....ehhhhh like I'd laugh at certain scenes just because of the way it was narrated lol. The voice actress for Neevah was great though! The dialogue and certain scenes were pretty cheesy and a tiny bit cringy but mind you I'm a Gen Z lesbian so not everything that is romantic to them is to me and the dialect for millennials is a bit different than us lol. This would be a good book for a first time Kennedy Ryan reader even though it is a bit longer than some of her other books, but it's still good!