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111 reviews for:

Keep This Off the Record

Arden Joy

3.15 AVERAGE

crystalleighwrites's review against another edition

4.25

funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

badflowerbee's review

DID NOT FINISH: 47%

I enjoyed the writing and the premise (and the inclusion of a nonbinary character), but so many of the characters are so cringe and cliche I couldn't stand it.

Content Warnings

isabell99's review against another edition

4.5

hopeful lighthearted

Loveable characters: Yes

joneg's review against another edition

1.0

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

makhalaf's review against another edition

5.0

4.5 stars rounded up.
This book lost that half a star cuz it didn’t give me the spice I wanted!! lol too many “and then….” scenes left me wanting more! I do always enjoy a good enemies to lovers and boy did this one deliver on that front! The drama was not exactly easy to guess which I really appreciated! The friendship dynamics were 10/10 and I always love a causal non-binary character in a group of friends! If you want a fun enemies to lovers that’s a little sweet and a little spice I would highly recommend! But if you’re more into the written out spice this one probably won’t be for you.

starlesswdz's review against another edition

3.5

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

andreawest's review against another edition

2.0

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

emo_bmo's review against another edition

5.0

It is so hard to write a modern Shakespeare because there was *so much* going on in his plays, every genre under the sun stuffed into Much Ado, so I approached Arden Joy's debut novel, Keep This Off the Record, with a little trepidation, What makes the romance genre so comforting to me is the familiar beats. But wow, once I let my expectations go, I absolutely loved this book. The friend group reminds me heartily of Casey McQuiston's found family dynamics: fully realized, true to life, and so funny. And the central queer romance was one of the most intense enemies-to-lovers I ever read. Abigail Meyer and Freya Jonsson really, really hate each other. But the second their lips crashed into each other the first time, I felt as relieved and giddy as they did, and by the end, their relationship felt delightfully inevitable. My only wish for this story is that there'd been maybe 25% less friend group and 25% more Abby and Freya. But that might just be because I couldn't get enough of them.

Thank you to Rising Action Publishing Co and NetGalley for allowing me to read this ARC and leave an honest review.

laughter_library's review

2.5

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

laconni4's review

3.75

adventurous funny 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

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