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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
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
The best part of this book is, by far, the sex scenes. The plot before the 3rd Act Breakup/Fight was ok, afterwards was pretty bonkers. I liked Ginny’s arc, but Elsie’s “figuring out what she really wanted” arc including doubling down with her involvement with her family who did not respect her choices was insane. In my opinion the way to demonstrate you’re an independent adult with ideas that can be respected is to be independent from your family, especially one as clingy as hers. Instead, she moved back in with them and changed her dad’s mind with a well designed PowerPoint. I think she needed separation from living and working with them.
Sometimes you just need a steamy romance novel to lift your spirits.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
No
Felt like the plot was in service to the spice not the spice in service to the plot.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Transphobia
Thanks to St. Martin’s Griffin and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!
I went into this read excited - I’ve loved Wilsner’s previous books and was thrilled that MBFH had a fat nonbinary lead. However, this was a bit of a disappointment for me - the move from being just friends to what seemed like a book-long sex scene didn’t feel plausible to me.
I disliked Elsie’s character - as a bisexual femme in a relationship with a man, I felt like she was a really bad representation. She hurt her fiancé instead of just being honest with him, and she kind of led Ginny on for years by selfishly keeping her close as a someday option.
The smut was good, and I loved to see different queer sexual acts depicted, but even as someone who loves a smut-heavy book, this felt more smut than the plot. They spent the entire time they were on an all-inclusive exotic honeymoon in the room and barely explored. I also wasn’t a fan of the miscommunication in this one, but I liked how Ginny was able to grow as a character through it.
I’d skip this one and read Mistakes Were Made instead.
I went into this read excited - I’ve loved Wilsner’s previous books and was thrilled that MBFH had a fat nonbinary lead. However, this was a bit of a disappointment for me - the move from being just friends to what seemed like a book-long sex scene didn’t feel plausible to me.
I disliked Elsie’s character - as a bisexual femme in a relationship with a man, I felt like she was a really bad representation. She hurt her fiancé instead of just being honest with him, and she kind of led Ginny on for years by selfishly keeping her close as a someday option.
The smut was good, and I loved to see different queer sexual acts depicted, but even as someone who loves a smut-heavy book, this felt more smut than the plot. They spent the entire time they were on an all-inclusive exotic honeymoon in the room and barely explored. I also wasn’t a fan of the miscommunication in this one, but I liked how Ginny was able to grow as a character through it.
I’d skip this one and read Mistakes Were Made instead.
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
Complicated
funny
lighthearted
reflective
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