Reviews - A Girl Like Her: A Small Town Romance

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A Girl Like Her: A Small Town Romance

Talia Hibbert

3.84 AVERAGE

englishcab's review against another edition

3.25

hopeful 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

davita_d's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

downsophialane's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Talia Hibbert's book are so readable, but I think this remains my favourite. Town pariah Ruth is endlessly sympathetic, and romantic hero Evan is an example of a sweet cinnamon roll hero who also has a legitimate character arc (not always a given). While this is a sweet, sexy small town romance, it does involve a coersive relationship (mostly in the heroine's past, but it does rear its ugly head on page too, so readers be aware of that). With consideration of that content warning, I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a sexy small town romance.

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🍎 TO TEACH?
I love Talia Hibbert's narrative voice so much, I wish I could get away with using excerpts in class, but I fear everything is way too sexy to use in a high school!

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madysonreads's review against another edition

2.0

2.5

jersiah_raunelle's review against another edition

3.5

emotional 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: No

katie_konneker's review against another edition

5.0

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

weelasswithabook's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

CW: Racial microaggressions, cancer, palliative care, death of a parent, ableism, slut shaming, grief, implied rape, previous àbúsívé relationship, harassment/stalking

⭐ Friends to lovers
⭐ Cinnamon roll hero
⭐ Interracial romance

🌈 Black FMC
🌈 ASD representation

Oh. My. God. I absolutely adored this 😭 Cinnamon roll heroes and prickly heroines are like catnip. I couldn't get enough of this, genuinely.

This was just so wholesome to watch unfold, although the darker aspects came as a surprise. Ruth is recovering from an abusive relationship, which has led to struggles with trust and the ability to make herself vulnerable.

We see through her flashbacks, racial microaggressions and ableism from others, so people around her (aside from her sister and her mum) have had a hugely negative impact on her sense of self and her self esteem. This is slowly chipped away at throughout the course of the book and we see her defense mechanisms start to falter as she realises that she's actually managed to meet a good person who wants to spend time with her as a person, as opposed to just a potential sexual partner.

Evan is struggling with grief and trauma from his mum passing away, this manifests itself as him wanting to do everything for everyone else, and just being a pure and wholesome angel. We get to see the impact that palliative care can have on the loved ones of those in palliative care and how it can affect their future interpersonal relationships.

I was 100% invested in these two, adored them both. I loved the sisterly bond between Ruth and her sister, especially the protectiveness from her sister which doesn't veer onto controlling, but remains solidly at concern.

I genuinely believe, if you're looking for something sweet, with a sprinkling of spice, then this is 100% the book for you. As far as my experience goes up until this point, Talia Hibbert has never missed yet, so yeah, pick this up.

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