Reviews tagging 'Grief'

It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

137 reviews

sebradley29's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

sirenricobooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship

cactus_kerry's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief

skyeuqx's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity, Death of parent, Sexism, and Abandonment

frantically's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

So so good and definitely one of my 2023 highlights!

I'd started this once before and was so annoyed at Piper that I just stopped not even halfway through the first chapter but I saw the reviews and decided to give her second chance and now I absolutely love her ❤

Piper & Brendan are the epitome of the sunshine x grumpy trope and all of their scenes just gave me allll the gushy feelings. They try to fight against their attraction at first but it's soon clear that there's really no stopping it.

I loved how upfront Piper is about hating manual labor & loving shopping (a girl after my own heart), it's really the opposite of all the pick-me girls we have to suffer through. And Brendan's so happy to spoil her, ugh I just love these two!

The ending did feel a bit rushed and I would've loved a few more chapters of them together but I hope the second book will deliver on that!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Grief

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Slow start but so worth it. Such a sweet romance with a good amount of spice thrown in. The major sex scenes are 🔥 I really came to love Piper over the course of the book and I loved Brendan and Hannah from the first page. I can’t wait to read more by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Classism

thebookaddict's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

🇬🇧: I loved this book and it kept me reading but the dirty talk did ruin it for me. the language was rough and not appealing... it made me feel weird. Beside that the book is amazing tho and i would totally recommend it to someone because the chemistry between the characters is great! I just felt a connection with the characters throughout the book. A typical example of a grumpy VS sunshine trope

🇳🇱: ik vond dit boek echt GEWELDIG het Las ook vrij snel weg. Het enige nadeel was het dirty talk gedeelte. De woordkeuze was gwn niets voor mij, veel te grof en niet aantrekkelijk. Buiten dat om was het boek echt top. De karakters hebben een hele leuke connectie en het zoog me echt in het verhaal. Een typisch  voorbeeld van een grumpy VS sunshine trope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Sexual content

Minor: Blood and Death

smvm_18's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

it’s such a cute story! Predictable? Yeah! But it doesn’t make it less interesting to read. 
Beautiful characters, specially Brendan. It’s making my standards go to the sky… everyone needs a man like him!! Decided, that since the beginning clarifies what he wants, caring, protective and great in bed. It’s a healthy relationship where both characters grow together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Grief

gracemullender's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol

kespittia's review

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief