Reviews - Between Friends & Lovers

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Between Friends & Lovers

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3.98 AVERAGE

bookz_and_hookz's review

4.25

emotional funny reflective sad 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: Yes

lesego_mashego's review

4.5

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted 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

This was a great romance. A lot of secondhand embarrassment (but in a good way; like in I want these people to succeed kind of way), lots of laughs (out loud) and very relatable (stay away if you don't like pop-culture/ Instagram references)

I truly enjoyed the character development. No one is gets left behind. They are all well rounded.
I loved the disjointed writing, especially from Jo's perspective. Past memories often bled into current events. It was a great way of provided context when needed and provided humour in very serious/spicy situations.

erinescobar's review

4.0

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

ellesimonej's review against another edition

2.0

emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hopepost's review

2.0

so sorry i couldnt get into it. in the author’s defense i dont think i like romance books, so if u do maybe u will like it? idk. i just cringed too much…

shanelamari's review

5.0

Wow, what a ride of a read. It wasn’t as messy as I imagined a love triangle to be but I couldn’t put it down. So well written and a beautiful love story with a happy ending. One of my favorite reads, definitely a book I can see as a movie one day (and I don’t say that often). Nothing like I’ve read before