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Spiral

Bal Khabra

3.81 AVERAGE

pagesandpaces's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 48%

I feel like I've read 200 pages of omg there's a photo of us in the press, what should we do over and over again

meteor_meatier's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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: Yes

readwithvic's review against another edition

5.0

medium-paced

linnea_r's review against another edition

4.0

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

nadiatranquil's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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: Complicated

katiebutterfield's review against another edition

4.25

funny hopeful 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

mnoble32's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tanya_6's review against another edition

3.0

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pmyrn9315's review against another edition

4.5

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

books_bakesandbelle's review against another edition

2.5

hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I love the fake dating trope and I really enjoyed Collide, so I was really looking forward to this one. Unfortunately, I just didn’t feel as hooked with this one. I did like the premise and the characters, but I felt there wasn’t enough emphasis on the fake dating aspect. Like they took a couple of pictures and shared them every now and again, but they didn’t really go on many fake dates and pretty much all the affection was done behind closed doors anyway, so clearly real and not fake. It kind of annoyed me how after all this that was clearly real, that they then went down the “we knew this had an expiration date” route, when it was clearly unnecessary. The whole moving in and sharing a bed thing too - it just seemed pretty unrealistic for two people who’d only just met and only just started fake dating. I also felt a couple of the injuries and potential drama was just added for the sake of it and not really needed. I did like that they both managed to find their place in the world, make each other happy and the found family aspect etc. It was a nice read, but I think I got to the point where I was ready for it to be finished. If you like sports romances though you may still enjoy this 😊

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