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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
medium-paced
I am the first to say that art is subjective. But this is just bad.
Enemies to lovers// small town romance// grumpyxsunshine// fake dating
“I was still inside her as I plotted how I was going to end it all.” … DIABOLICAL!
The Author using the term “weapon of mass destruction” to describe Knox’s penis, should’ve been my first red flag, honestly. The dialogue is quirky, but it’s also a bit sexist and ignorant, which made me roll my eyes at just about everything.
Someone tell Lucy Score that it’s okay to write a “grumpy x sunshine” trope without making “grumpy” (MMC) a sexist asshole.
The plot lacked some depth, and was super drawn out, but it’s a fun read. It started to pick up about halfway in. The first half was honestly a snooze fest. The book is entirely too long. However, if you take it for what it is and enjoy fluffy reads, then this will be a fun read for you!
“I was still inside her as I plotted how I was going to end it all.” … DIABOLICAL!
The Author using the term “weapon of mass destruction” to describe Knox’s penis, should’ve been my first red flag, honestly. The dialogue is quirky, but it’s also a bit sexist and ignorant, which made me roll my eyes at just about everything.
Someone tell Lucy Score that it’s okay to write a “grumpy x sunshine” trope without making “grumpy” (MMC) a sexist asshole.
The plot lacked some depth, and was super drawn out, but it’s a fun read. It started to pick up about halfway in. The first half was honestly a snooze fest. The book is entirely too long. However, if you take it for what it is and enjoy fluffy reads, then this will be a fun read for you!
3.8
Knox & Naomi
I did enjoy the first book in this series. I did think it was about 200 pages too long. Some details really didn’t need to be included.
Lucy Score has a very descriptive writing style and it’s not for everybody.
Lucian & Solan is my most anticipated read for this series.
Knox & Naomi
I did enjoy the first book in this series. I did think it was about 200 pages too long. Some details really didn’t need to be included.
Lucy Score has a very descriptive writing style and it’s not for everybody.
Lucian & Solan is my most anticipated read for this series.
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
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
This book got me going through a rollercoaster of emotions. Parts that made me so mad and parts that made me cry, either happy or sad tears. It took me a little longer to get into reading this since I didn’t have much free time, but at some point I couldn’t put it down anymore. This story was written so well and focused on so many actual life problems and not just the romance. I loved the small town setting and getting to know so many characters.
Three stars because there were a couple of flaws for me. Felt like the main characters acted much younger than they should in their 30s/40s. And Knox is just a giant red flag for me. Honestly wouldn’t have mind if she had ended up with the better brother. But since this is the literary world I did still like the ending and the growth he made.
Overall really enjoyed this story and just love the story of Naomi and Waylay.
Three stars because there were a couple of flaws for me. Felt like the main characters acted much younger than they should in their 30s/40s. And Knox is just a giant red flag for me. Honestly wouldn’t have mind if she had ended up with the better brother. But since this is the literary world I did still like the ending and the growth he made.
Overall really enjoyed this story and just love the story of Naomi and Waylay.
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really loved Things We Never got over! However, I’m going to attempt (and probably fail) to give an unbiased review.
I’m going to skip the summary because this is goodreads and you’ve probably read that.
Readers should note that this book contains strong language, violence, sexual content and intimate partner violence.
This book is honestly chock full of tropes. We have the alpha hero, enemies to lovers, fake relationship, small town, new girl in town, runaway bride, unexpected parenthood, I’m sure there are a few I didn’t notice. If you notice any others, please let me know!
One of the characters sums up the theme of the book when she says …”if there’s one thing I understand, it’s love and how damn messy it can be”. The story is full of relationships that really show, and not tell, you exactly what that one sentence really means. Lucy Score has written characters who have lost family, are fighting with family, have difficult family, are getting to know family and have family they weren’t born into. She explored the subtleties and difficulties of different family relationships. She showed me just how messy love could be, at the same time, showing me just how worth it it all is.
This book was so easy to read. I think that, apart from the plot, it might have had something to do with the fact that Lucy Score paints images in a way I don’t remember experiencing before. As I read this book, it was very easy for me to imagine each detail in my head. She also has a way of introducing important information in an organic way and not just tacking it on, as if it were an afterthought.
The book is a pretty long book, and I remember hoping before I started that there weren’t sections that dragged, as is common in long books. I was so happy to find out that the book was well paced. I also liked that the book was very realistic in that there were a number of things going on at once. It mimicked life. Lucy Score didn’t introduce the conflicts in the story one at a time. In fact, at a point, it really felt like everything was going to hell all at once.
I enjoyed reading the evolution of both Naomi and Knox. At the beginning of the book, Naomi doesn’t really have a backbone, she’s a people pleaser and to be honest, I didn’t find her to be a very interesting character. As the story progresses, however, we really see her coming into her own. She begins to stand up for herself, and really gets to know who she is. Knox on the other hand, was closed off and distant, but by the time we reached the end of the book, not only do you begin to understand why he is the way he is, you also see that he becomes way warmer and less afraid to commit and love.
While the book is definitely a rom-com, it had me thinking about real life issues. I thought a lot about the impact money has on our lives and relationships. I also thought about how people are just who they are, sometimes it has nothing to do with how they grew up or what they went through. I loved that this book made me sit down and think about these topics on a level I hadn’t really done before.
Waylay might be my absolute favourite character of all time. I mean, she was just a kid who got dealt a shitty hand and was doing all she could to survive. I loved that despite all she’d been through, she could still find her way to being a happy kid at the end. At the beginning of the book, we meet a kid who puts on a tough act, but very much has a marshmallow centre. As we see her interacting with people who love and care about her, she begins to get comfortable sharing her true self with the world.
Speaking of characters, I couldn’t stand Tina but the character I REALLY hated was Warner. He got on my last nerve in every possible way. On the other hand, I was really intrigued by Nash. I can’t wait to read about him. At the beginning, I thought Nash was one of those nice guys who turns out to be a douche, but I was so happy to find out that he was actually a nice guy who turned out to be a nice guy.
While there were so many things I enjoyed about the story, the main one, by far, is how the characters seemed to have a life between the chapters. I didn’t get the feeling that all the characters except the main ones were just there to advance the plot. It really felt to me like they were all living their lives and dealing with their own problems outside the chapters.
To summarize this gush fest, I highly recommend Things We Never Got Over and I really can't wait to read more books in the series.
I’m going to skip the summary because this is goodreads and you’ve probably read that.
Readers should note that this book contains strong language, violence, sexual content and intimate partner violence.
This book is honestly chock full of tropes. We have the alpha hero, enemies to lovers, fake relationship, small town, new girl in town, runaway bride, unexpected parenthood, I’m sure there are a few I didn’t notice. If you notice any others, please let me know!
One of the characters sums up the theme of the book when she says …”if there’s one thing I understand, it’s love and how damn messy it can be”. The story is full of relationships that really show, and not tell, you exactly what that one sentence really means. Lucy Score has written characters who have lost family, are fighting with family, have difficult family, are getting to know family and have family they weren’t born into. She explored the subtleties and difficulties of different family relationships. She showed me just how messy love could be, at the same time, showing me just how worth it it all is.
This book was so easy to read. I think that, apart from the plot, it might have had something to do with the fact that Lucy Score paints images in a way I don’t remember experiencing before. As I read this book, it was very easy for me to imagine each detail in my head. She also has a way of introducing important information in an organic way and not just tacking it on, as if it were an afterthought.
The book is a pretty long book, and I remember hoping before I started that there weren’t sections that dragged, as is common in long books. I was so happy to find out that the book was well paced. I also liked that the book was very realistic in that there were a number of things going on at once. It mimicked life. Lucy Score didn’t introduce the conflicts in the story one at a time. In fact, at a point, it really felt like everything was going to hell all at once.
I enjoyed reading the evolution of both Naomi and Knox. At the beginning of the book, Naomi doesn’t really have a backbone, she’s a people pleaser and to be honest, I didn’t find her to be a very interesting character. As the story progresses, however, we really see her coming into her own. She begins to stand up for herself, and really gets to know who she is. Knox on the other hand, was closed off and distant, but by the time we reached the end of the book, not only do you begin to understand why he is the way he is, you also see that he becomes way warmer and less afraid to commit and love.
While the book is definitely a rom-com, it had me thinking about real life issues. I thought a lot about the impact money has on our lives and relationships. I also thought about how people are just who they are, sometimes it has nothing to do with how they grew up or what they went through. I loved that this book made me sit down and think about these topics on a level I hadn’t really done before.
Waylay might be my absolute favourite character of all time. I mean, she was just a kid who got dealt a shitty hand and was doing all she could to survive. I loved that despite all she’d been through, she could still find her way to being a happy kid at the end. At the beginning of the book, we meet a kid who puts on a tough act, but very much has a marshmallow centre. As we see her interacting with people who love and care about her, she begins to get comfortable sharing her true self with the world.
Speaking of characters, I couldn’t stand Tina but the character I REALLY hated was Warner. He got on my last nerve in every possible way. On the other hand, I was really intrigued by Nash. I can’t wait to read about him. At the beginning, I thought Nash was one of those nice guys who turns out to be a douche, but I was so happy to find out that he was actually a nice guy who turned out to be a nice guy.
While there were so many things I enjoyed about the story, the main one, by far, is how the characters seemed to have a life between the chapters. I didn’t get the feeling that all the characters except the main ones were just there to advance the plot. It really felt to me like they were all living their lives and dealing with their own problems outside the chapters.
To summarize this gush fest, I highly recommend Things We Never Got Over and I really can't wait to read more books in the series.