Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

7 reviews

wrinnola's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.75

This book is very well written and enjoyable… until it’s not. Worth a read, but the characters’ decisions toward the end made me cringe so hard I stopped reading for a good month. If you like cheesy rom-coms, you’ll like this one. Definitely glad I finished it though. One thing I’ll say that was really refreshing about this book was the lack of homophobia. I don’t think this is a spoiler to say. A lot of queer romance books have a heavy homophobia theme, so having one without that is really nice. Overall, this book is a cute and fun read.

It just could’ve done without the intense sobbing and “you’re better off without me” trope. Those couple chapters soured the whole book. Without them, this book would have been like a 4.5/5 for me. Harsh? Maybe. I’m probably biased because I really can’t stand that specific trope. I genuinely really enjoyed the book outside of that though, so it’s hard to not be disappointed at how that was handled.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Misogyny

Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, and Infidelity

the_lesbrarian's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Bullying

Minor: Misogyny, Gaslighting, Cancer, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

lady_valhella's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Misogyny, Death of parent, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

About the SA content

a 16 year old is taken advantage of after the recent loss of her mother followed by the even more recent loss of her father. She just moved to a new school, her step-sister and step-cousin treat her poorly and a rich senior boy who all the girls swoon over takes an interest in her. Tells her sweet things, takes her to romantic fancy places but says it all must be kept SECRET. After he does all “the work” she trusts him enough to go all the way. He convinces her to let him take pics which he promplty shares with the entire school. The rich white boy succeeds in only getting a slap on the wrist while the grief stricken girl is now labeled all of the horrible things.

frantically's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

This read like a soap opera-script and I LOVED IT. Is it slightly ridiculous and over top? Yes. But it's fun! So much fun! There's no homophobia, guys!! The smut scenes were good!!! 

Jemma & Tamsin were so cute together and I could actually believe them falling for each other (I have very low standards for romance). There was a bit too much of "Oh, you're not really my type but now you suddenly are" from Jemma's side but it stopped after some time and turned into "Hey, let's make this marriage real!!" p quickly.

Also! The embracing of reading romance from both MCs <3 Beautiful.

Would definitely recommend if you're looking for a good, (mostly) lighthearted sapphic fake relationship/marriage.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity and Bullying

heather667's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, Classism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Infidelity, and Ableism

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

I laughed, I cried, I enjoyed the journey. I loved the mix of humor and serious topics. It was a great book with great MCs who I loved. And some easy-to-hate villains, along with some characters in the middle. Overall a great book. I hope Teddy gets his own book as well ;) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Sexual content, Cursing, and Grief

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

decklededgess's review

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

trigger warnings: bullying, sexual harassment, grief, death of parent, anxiety, sexual content, alcohol, emotional abuse, infidelity, toxic friendship

Alexandria Bellefleur writes some of the cutest and softest sapphic romances out there. This is the first marriage/engagement of convenience she has and it is wildly different from the Written in the Stars series yet it holds the same charm and tenderness that all three books in the other series do.

Gemma and Tansy are such polar opposites, a rakish model and heiress versus a soft-spoken wallfower. The magnetism between the two of them from the get go drew me in to root for their fake relationship but the way they learn to care for each other and cherish each others' quirks and passions and past hurts was what made them a solid leading couple in my mind.

I additionally really enjoyed the glimpses of Gemma's queer friend group, her mother, and her non asshole uncle. They really rounded out the story as supporting characters, they added in humour, a support system for the leads, and just more shenanigans to spruce up the story. The timeline of the book was relatively short so I felt like the extra fluff was appropriately added to pad the story in a fun way. Conversely, Tansy's network was rather small but it fit with her characterization and backstory.

I really enjoyed the drama, the antics, and fun of the book. The Taylor Swift references were also fun if corny easter eggs throughout the story but in my books TS is corny on purpose so it was in fact perfect. 

Loved it!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship