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hellowildflower's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, and Car accident
Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail
femmenova's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
I enjoyed this book way more than the first book in the series! To start off, the tension between Lia and Grace was interesting to read. I did like the angsty, commitmentphobe meets direct-sunshine dynamic between the two of them. Grace is, however, singlehandedly so traumatized by her life, but the author kept trying to maintain the light-hearted tone of a fluffy romance novel by moving along from her issues relatively quickly.. that it comes off very awkward. The conflict in Act 3 felt like it purposefully pushed forward Grace's whole character arc of trying to overcome her avoidant conflict response - and it felt flat. This is my personal pet peeve (both in real life and in fiction) when someone basically speedruns through their emotional growth because something tragic happened to someone they love. The sex and romantic scenes in this book was way better than the first book itself! I did like that fake dating turned road trip!
Just a question for an audience that cannot answer: how many times must I read a lesbian romance sex scene that is just finger and hip thrusting? What happened to good old eating out the pussy section? Or is that too... lewd for a mainstream romance book? I really do wonder because I guess I don't see a blow job scene either before in a mainstream trad published book...
Just a question for an audience that cannot answer: how many times must I read a lesbian romance sex scene that is just finger and hip thrusting? What happened to good old eating out the pussy section? Or is that too... lewd for a mainstream romance book? I really do wonder because I guess I don't see a blow job scene either before in a mainstream trad published book...
Content Warnings
Moderate: Biphobia
Minor: Car accident
fake dating trope, one-bed trope, road trip, angsty yearning, grumpy and sunshine tropesiob___'s review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident and Death of parent
queergoth_reads's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I really enjoyed the first book and I was super excited for to get my hands on this one. I feel like this was a lot less cluncky that the first one. It flowed a lot better.
It was cute and fun. I did find the main character interactions a bit frustrating at various points. They were both so rigid and it got frustrating but I got over that quickly.
One thing that annoyed me was that there was repeated mentions of a character only feeling sexual attraction when they form an emotional bond but not once was the word demisexual used. I think it would have been amazing to have that very clear representation.
It was cute and fun. I did find the main character interactions a bit frustrating at various points. They were both so rigid and it got frustrating but I got over that quickly.
One thing that annoyed me was that there was repeated mentions of a character only feeling sexual attraction when they form an emotional bond but not once was the word demisexual used. I think it would have been amazing to have that very clear representation.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Car accident, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Biphobia
marylinaris's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia and Sexual content
Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Infertility
themixedpages's review against another edition
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Car accident
Moderate: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Infertility
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