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whiskeywoman79's review against another edition
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Mental illness
jennaniho's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Yasmen and Josiah, confront emotional repression, grief, and resilience, as well as the positive effects of therapy and mindfulness. Kennedy Ryan humanizes these characters to the point of making you identify them in people in your life. In Yasmen I saw my mother, my friends, while in Josiah I saw my father, my husband, and my uncle.
Is a truly inspiring story and a must read!
Graphic: Child death, Grief, Death of parent, and Mental illness
Moderate: Pregnancy, Addiction, Miscarriage, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Abandonment
noodlesny'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: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Grief, Mental illness, and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail
sandstonelibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, and Mental illness
oxandco'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: Mental illness
dwinn5'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: Mental illness
Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, and Death
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
ebartsch85'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
This book may be really difficult for people to read because of the traumas within the book, but gosh dang is it beautiful.
Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Mental illness
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Self harm, and Pregnancy
Minor: Death of parent and Dementia
sage_potter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Death
alliross2017'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: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Mental illness, Death, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Stillbirth, pregnancy loss due to traumatic eventspicycronereads'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
5.0
The weight of their grief is so heavy at times, I wasn’t sure I could continue reading. Now, if you are a well-adjusted person who has their head on straight, this probably won’t affect you. But I am going through some things, and so I found it a little harder to bear. I cried a lot while reading this. But I also laughed. And I swooned. And I squirmed in my seat. It unexpectedly had one of my favorite tropes, done with a twist. 💕🥵
Both MCs are smart and likable. They demonstrate strength in different ways. The family dynamics feel familiar yet unique to them. The secondary characters of Soledad and Hendrix are the most well developed - I suspect they will be the subject of subsequent books.
The spice in this one - it is a slow burn. But you burn right alongside them. 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
The MCs are affluent Black business owners, and the community that surrounds them in the Atlanta suburbs is quite diverse - lots of BIPOC characters, and a queer couple next door. I feel like Hendrix could be bi, but that may just be my wishful thinking. 😂 But even without that, there is a fair amount of racial diversity and some queer representation.
About 2/3 of the way into this book, I wasn’t sure I could give it a star rating. It’s so different from what I normally read. And it had my emotions in a chokehold, which made it hard to think about in terms of stars. But with the last third, the character transformations, and just all the feelings the story evoked, I decided it’s a five star read. Just keep your box of tissues nearby!
Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Child death, Death of parent, and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy
Minor: Car accident
Pregnancy loss; depression;