Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

14 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

andykarnik's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

Cute, light-hearted romcom

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.5

This is one of the first modern day marriage of convenience novel’s I have read, and Bellefuer did an amazing job brining the beloved trope to the contemporary world. There are some aspects that may seem a bit far fetched, but, hey, my hopeless romantic heart is happy. For any fans of the written in the stars trilogy, or romance enthusiasts in general, I would definitely  recommend!

*Imagine The Proposal but with a book store manager and romance cover model/marketing CEO.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Death, and Death of parent

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cursing, Death of parent, and Sexual content

stacy837's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

Narrator is excellent at capturing character's emotions 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Classism, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

kbairbooks's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Are you actually kidding me? I loved this so much! The characters were so funny and witty and the romance was fun and sweet. I gobbled this up and didn’t want the story to be over BUT THE HEA WAS SO CUTE. I loved this. Loved it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Bullying, Classism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Child abuse

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

imds's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Abandonment, and Death of parent

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