Reviews with content warning for Racism - Toi, moi, elles

THE GOOD: This was a pleasant surprise! This is a YA, but it's on the older side of YA, so the writing didn't always feel too young for me. Normally I don't like books by author duos, but this was so good! I have ALL THIS TIME on my TBR and I think I'll be reading that soon!

THE BAD: Some of the writing was a little young and cringy for me.

Favourite quote: "Some things have to fall apart because they don't belong together, but some things belong so much they could never break."

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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

5.0

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lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I wanted to stay up late reading this and had to force myself to go to bed and save more reading for another day! I liked the short chapters and the dual POVs from Molly and Alex. They’re so freaking cute with their banter!!

The novel is marketed as She’s All That meets What if it’s Us but the synopsis made me immediately think of the classic 80s movie Some Kind of Wonderful.

Their characters are so well written and they’re both book lovers, even better 🥰 I also appreciated the anxiety rep, and found myself relating a lot to Molly! Loved the character development throughout the book as well. I laughed, giggled, and cried throughout the book. The romance is a sloooow burn just how I like!

LOVE that the authors are married 😭🥰 Lippincott’s other works are on my TBR and Derrick published Forget Me Not this year which I’ve been seeing rave reviews for (I can’t wait to read more from them both). Honestly so so cute they wrote a book together and dedicated it to their relationship/one another 💗 The book is friends to lovers and that’s also the authors romance story 🥹

The ending was good, if a tiny bit rushed which is why I didn’t give it 5 stars. It’s for sure a favorite and one I’ll be recommending often! A sweet, feel good sapphic romance that doesn’t revolve around coming out which is always a nice change 💗

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (4.5/5)

Tropes: Enemies to friends to lovers, dating/relationship coach, slow burn

Rep: WLW romance with both MCs identifying as lesbian, 1 MC is half-Korean and has social anxiety

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

The bit with Alex at the end felt a little like a bad dramatic movie to me and there were parts of the book where I couldn't bring myself to read more than 2 pages.

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-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

wahhh this was so cute!! i loved how a pretty normal (but clearly personal) setting was enhanced by the characters, i loved molly and alex aswell as their development- which was a bit on the nose and sort of told not shown a bit- but within the perspective of the characters and being in those realization moments makes sense. Highly Recommend

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lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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alvalovesbooks's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

normally i’m not the biggest fan of rom-coms, but this one truly exceeded all of my expectations. it never got boring and was a nice little fluffy book to distract me from my everyday struggles. although i did also love that it dealt with more serious topics like internalised racism and alcohol abuse. it was amazing that alex and molly were able to help eachother deal with those things a little better.

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lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

I definitely hyped this book up way too much before reading it so I'm not super surprised I was a little disappointed. I didn't click with the writing style and Molly took a really long time to grow on me. I also think if I read this book earlier in my college career rather than toward the end of it I would have appreciated it more. It's really sweet, though.

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