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emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy
Minor: Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
I had to keep on reminding myself this was Emily Henry and not Taylor Jenkins Reid. Not that that was a bad thing.
Loved the final parts with Alice’s parents story and choosing love.
Loved the final parts with Alice’s parents story and choosing love.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy
This is the mix of twisty mystery and romance that my heart has been CRAVING. Even though I saw the first twist coming, the second twist snuck up on me so hard I had to stop reading to take a breather before continuing. My first 5 star read this year was The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year (Ally Carter) and this gave me the same feeling (without being a seasonal read), though it’s less Nancy Drew forward. Conflicts felt mostly reasonable (I haven’t felt like most romance book conflicts have been reasonable in my more recent reads lately so that says a lot) and though it left me wanting to read more about the characters to be able to live in this world a bit longer, it also left the story feeling like it had a sufficient and thoughtful end tied up with a bow. I’d definitely recommend it.
The only thing I think could’ve been improved was thesubplot of Theo. He had no impact on the story and every scene with him on the sidelines felt like a throwaway scene. It felt like he was supposed to be more involved but the editor removed that part and everyone forgot to make him take sense again… but since that didn’t take away from the story for me, I won’t sing the rating. Still STUNNING.
The only thing I think could’ve been improved was the
Content Warnings
Moderate: Miscarriage, Stalking, Pregnancy
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Give me an Emily Henry audiobook narrated by Julia Whelan and I’m a happy girl. OMG this story was just so compelling and fascinating I literally could not put it down until it was finished. The narrative is split into two perspectives and each are equally enthralling - which can be really rare! This is the grumpy/sunshine trope but done in a really unexpected way. I LOVE THIS BOOK AND I LOVE EMILY HENRY.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Pregnancy
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The books tranforms in the final quarter. I found the romance secondary in this book. Margaret's story was all I wanted to know. The twist at the end was wonderful and change the book up a star rating but I wish we had gotten to know more about Margaret and Hayden's relationship. Did Nadine ever forgive her bio mother and let her in? The book build up Margaret's story and I wanted to know this key part.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent
Moderate: Dementia, Car accident
Minor: Terminal illness, Pregnancy
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Minor: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Car accident