Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Vanessa Jared's Got a Man by LaQuette

11 reviews

annavdn's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

Themes: AMBW romance, romance between older adults (40+ divorcée and Michael, whose age I do not remember), insta-lust, insta-love

Pretty cute and enjoyable romance with good spice. My only issue was that Michael is a cop and that he's dutiful to a fault.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

jlaz_13's review

funny lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Grief, and Infidelity

hillysreads's review

emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

cover2covertx's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

I LOVE strong female main characters & Vanessa Jared is definitely it. I loved her character in this book so much because she was a force of nature, but had real flaws & struggles. She felt relatable & memorable.

The chemistry between Vanessa and Michael was AMAZING and filled w/ all of the messy moments of forced proximity in a small town (along with some spice).

This was such a fun read & I can’t wait to read more by this author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent

katebrownreads'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity and Emotional abuse

louisekf's review

emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity, Car accident, and Death of parent

brokenbodybitch's review against another edition

4.0

• I enjoyed their relationship
• I felt like the main conflict with the sister and ex husband was kinda rushed/choppy and felt slightly shoe horned in there which sucks as it’s a very large plot point for this book 
• I really love how this sets up for a possible series and I enjoy the level of detail to the side characters and the relationships between all characters 
• he is irritating at times but it is kinda addressed later on as this does HEAVILY talk about trauma and healing from it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

kiwi_00's review

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

duckyreads's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

In Vanessa Jared's Got a Man, Vanessa Jared is a 40-something divorcee that recently escaped an abusive marriage. She formed a group called The Savvy, Sexy, Singles Club with some other recent divorcees and created a dependent close-knight group. A few years after her divorce, Vanessa is moving on from her past relationship, and an alluring sheriff, Michael Park, shows up on her doorstep trying to convince her to help him keep his little sister from marrying her ex. Of course Vanessa is conflicted, on the one hand she wants nothing to do with her abusive ex, but on the other hand she wants to get back her grandmother's ring, which her ex stole and gave to his new fiancee. 

I love that this is a romance that focuses on an older woman having a second shot at her happy ever after. I really enjoyed Mark and Vanessa's group of friends. They were very supportive and showed that each character had a support network outside of each other. The physical aspect of their relationship was very steamy, but I wish we got more of the emotional growth in their romance. I recommend this to anyone looking for a romance with a heroine in her 40s, with forced proximity. Hopefully Laquette will write a sequal romance with a love story for some of the supporting characters! 

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for a eARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship