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lexa's review
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Vomit, Drug use, Car accident, and Pregnancy
beccaand's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Sexual content
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Bullying
dearbookboyfriend's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Chronic illness
Moderate: Abandonment, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse
kim03's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
- The autism and casual bi and pan rep
- The dual POV
- The fact that Seb got therapy and "improved"
- Ziggy. Love her.
- Ren and Frankie cameos (love love loved their book, always only you)
- Just in general the mental health portrayal
- The romantic relationship was so very cute
In spite of this, i found myself bored for most of the book and desperate for it to end. But this could've very likely been because of the mood i was in while reading it.
Graphic: Alcoholism and Drug use
Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Sexual content
Minor: Bullying and Vomit
apolen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Drug use, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail
annahamburger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Cursing, Vomit, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Abandonment, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Self harm, Pregnancy, Excrement, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Vomit, and Violence
Features autistic FMC, some autism related Trauma discussed throughout book by autistic character.whatmadsreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Chronic illness, and Mental illness
Moderate: Abandonment, Cursing, and Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy and Vomit
a_rich_read's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Medical content
lennie_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
As the youngest of 7 boisterous Bergmans, Ziggy is fed up of being treated like a baby. She is now 22, living independently and has a promising football (soccer) career ahead of her. To try and get her family and the media to take her more seriously, she devises a plan to ask her brother Ren's notorious hockey team mate, Sebastian, to pretend to be her friend. He needs some good press after a string of bad decisions and she wants to tarnish her golden reputation a little.
I want to say this is a slow burn but it also doesn't feel like it at all. I loved the twist on the fake dating trope; Chloe easily could've just had Ziggy & Seb fake date then fall in love (no shade, I love a fake dating trope) but it felt very refreshing to have a fake friendship situation instead. However don't be fooled, there is still a ridiculous amount of chemistry and sexual tension between them!
I absolutely loved Ziggy & Seb, they were such a fun and sweet couple and we need to protect them at all costs, especially Seb.
Seb is a precious babygirl who deserves all the hugs and love in the world. I also really enjoyed Ziggy having major soft domme energy and Seb absolutely eating it up.
I really enjoyed seeing their growth throughout the book, in both their personal and professional lives, and I was also very glad to see more of Ren & Frankie.
I also appreciated a, seemingly insignificant, part in the book where Ziggy's neice talks about being a witch and casting spells which she learnt from Frankie, but there was thankfully no mention of the transphobe or the franchise.
I related to Ziggy in a lot of ways, firstly being bisexual, but secondly because Ziggy is autistic and the more I read and learn about autism in women, the more I'm convinced I am also autistic. This is why representation in books and the media in general is so important.
I can't believe this series is nearly at an end?! Maybe Chloe will treat us to a book on how Elin & Dr B got together? 👀 We can hope!
Thanks again to Chloe for this ARC and I will definitely be reading this book again.
CW: abandonment, alcohol, drug use, sexual content, abusive parents
Moderate: Sexual content, Drug use, Abandonment, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol