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Between Friends & Lovers

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3.98 AVERAGE

michellemybelle's review

4.0

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it was never between lovers and friends, babe. it was always malcolm. and ezra didn’t deserve josephine’s friendship… the amount of disrespect and fuckboism she endured for YEARS?! he should count his lucky stars that she kept him in her life. 🤨

maybe having ezra’s pov could have helped take my rating to five stars 💭

hungry_book_monster's review

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

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One of the best books I've read this year

laur_reads7's review against another edition

3.5

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To her thousands of Instagram followers, Josephine Boateng is the brilliant, dazzling self-love expert, Dr. Jojo. But off-camera, Jo’s grappling with the intense pressures of her career and her love life is nonexistent thanks to an unrequited crush on her best friend, rom-com heartthrob Ezra Adelman. Then Ezra shows up to his thirtieth birthday party with her childhood bully on his arm—and Jo realizes it’s finally time to take her own advice. Enter Malcom Waters, the world’s newest literary darling. An introvert by nature, he would rather be home than trying to impress execs and celebs at a swanky Hollywood party. Until he bumps into Jo, and the two of them quickly realize their chemistry is too good to ignore.  But for all three, the line between private and public is as blurred as the one between friendship and love—especially when Ezra decides he might want something more with Jo. The question is, can any of them risk defining those lines to create something real?

Thoughts

Normally I’m all about a friends to lovers or if there is a love triangle, I’m usually rooting for the one that was their first. But I flipped to being a Malcom fan real fast, and it wasn’t because i didn’t like Ezra, it’s that Jo deserved the love Mal had for her without any hesitation. This dealt with some heavy topics but was still such a breeze to read. Also loved it taking place in Chicago, duh.

deepbluecedar's review

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

wpinello's review

3.25

emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

samlovessleep's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

asmaali's review

4.0

emotional slow-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

nidzi_c's review against another edition

2.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

isasbooks's review

4.0

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4.5

hereforthefunofit's review against another edition

5.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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a romance novel that refused to insult my intelligence