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Hard Drive by Shae Connor

hachimitsu's review

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4.0

This was an enjoyable read.
I like stories like these because they provide LGBTQI representation that's breezy and blends in with all the other books in its category.

I held my breath for most of the book because I was terrified that Eve might be trying to play a cruel joke on Annie, but instead I got a cute romance with great sex.

Some room for improvement, but not a bad book at all.

annalenawrites's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.75

rainbowsandbookshelves's review

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emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

Thank you Pride Book Tours and Netgalley for gifting me the ebook.
This is an LGBTQ+ book with a bisexual main character and sapphic female love interest. It also touches on mental health as the main character has anxiety so how if affects her and how she deals with it is explored.
Hard Drive is book two in The University of Atlanta series but can be read as a standalone - the first book Rough and Tumble is a standalone with gay love interests and the main characters are present in Hard Drive.
Hard Drive is a really fun and easy romance, with lots of LGBTQ+ representation. It comes across as a bit like a sports romance, with the main love interest playing softball, but a lot of the problems the characters deal with go deeper than that. Discussions of anxiety, grief and previous toxic relationships are all mentioned between the main characters but also the side characters, too.
Hard Drive is told by the POV of Annie, and I really enjoyed seeing her relationship with her brother as well as meeting him as a character. The relationship between Annie and Eve is also fun to see develop and I liked to see how much they grew as characters.

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foreverinastory's review

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emotional hopeful 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

This was super cute, a little bit smutty and super sapphic!

Rep: Bisexual female MC with anxiety, sapphic female love interest, BIPOC lesbian female side character, MLM side couple.

CWs: Alcohol consumption, grief, mental illness (anxiety), outing, panic attacks, sexual content. Moderate: fatphobia, bullying, past mentions of abandonment, addiction, alcoholism, child abuse, and drug use.
 

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