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kickitupanotch7's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual content
Minor: Biphobia
khakipantsofsex's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Biphobia and Cancer
uranaishi'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Vomit, Death of parent, Outing, and Gaslighting
bookedandbusy's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Biphobia and Abandonment
Minor: Transphobia
katelynprice's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment
Minor: Biphobia and Transphobia
dojipengin's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, and Drug use
Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia
taynicole2698's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Biphobia, Bullying, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment
olivianw'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? No
3.5
As is common with the genre, parts of the story were a bit predictable. And I found myself getting a bit annoyed at the continuation of the lie when it seemed unnecessary to me by around 2/3 of the way through. Having said that, I know this is just down to personal preference.
Overall, I really liked this book. I warmed really quickly to most of the characters, and the story provided the exact amount of escapism I was looking for.
Extra points for the demisexual representation, which was a lovely surprise for me!
Moderate: Biphobia and Infidelity
readandfindout's review against another edition
3.5
Themes: 4 stars
Characters: 4 stars
Plot: 2.5 stars
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Classism
Moderate: Biphobia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment
Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, and Gaslighting
haileyhardcover'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
5.0
I loved this book. It was everything I wanted in a sapphic Christmas romcom. Ellie and Jack were both delightful and seemed to be fully fleshed out characters. Even when Ellie was thinking completely illogically, I still fully understood her thought process and how she could feel and respond the way she did. The characters made SENSE, even when they weren’t making sense. Fully developed characters are my favorite. Also, Meemaw and Lovey? Iconic. I’m obsessed.
Though the premise of this story isn’t unique (why are there SO MANY sapphic holiday books that involve fake-dating the brother of the girl the MC ends up falling for??), this was well executed. The characters were all so easy to love, the pace was perfect, the spice (though brief) was good, and it made me both laugh and cry. The one thing I would’ve loved was for the bits of Ellie’s webcomic “Snow Day” to have actually included the art. It was very cool to read Ellie & Jack’s origin story through her eyes in that way, woven throughout the rest of the story, but it would’ve been so cool for the book to be part graphic novel in that way. I would love to see a special edition come out that included the webcomic as Ellie would’ve published it.
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, and Bullying