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slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Child abuse, Mental illness
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Medical content, Pregnancy
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Self harm, Death of parent
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-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: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-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
This is a wholesome read about finding your people and your place in the world. I love how the book depicts grief respectfully and shows how new interpersonal relationships – with not just romantic love but all kinds of love – build over time and give you happiness. The main characters Aurora, Rhodes, and his son Amos revolve around each others lives, slowly getting more involved with each other and forming beautiful, meaningful relationships together. The beginning of the book felt s little slow to me, but once I got invested in the main characters' lives, I loved seeing their mundane life changing and intertwining with the others'.
The forming relationships show how the characters get more comfortable with each other, which results into their communication getting from easily misinterpreting the other one to expressing themselves more clearly and being able to read the others' nonverbal communication easily. The result is that the main characters have good communication throughout the rest of the book: even when there are difficulties or disruptions to this, the main characters always follow through with a conversation about the situation.
The bonus epiloque has Aurora and Rhodes discussing the love languages of the important people in their lives while on a hike with Amos, and that shows the best aspects of this book: good, open communication and love that is shown in so many ways in the whole book.
The audiobook has one narrator from the pov of the main character Aurora, but there's another reader voice for the male characters – that works really well and gives those characters added depth, making you immerse yourself into the story more.
The forming relationships show how the characters get more comfortable with each other, which results into their communication getting from easily misinterpreting the other one to expressing themselves more clearly and being able to read the others' nonverbal communication easily. The result is that the main characters have good communication throughout the rest of the book: even when there are difficulties or disruptions to this, the main characters always follow through with a conversation about the situation.
The bonus epiloque has Aurora and Rhodes discussing the love languages of the important people in their lives while on a hike with Amos, and that shows the best aspects of this book: good, open communication and love that is shown in so many ways in the whole book.
The audiobook has one narrator from the pov of the main character Aurora, but there's another reader voice for the male characters – that works really well and gives those characters added depth, making you immerse yourself into the story more.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent
Minor: Classism
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
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:
No
All Rhodes Lead Here follows Aurora who is having to start her life over again and what better than the town she loved as a child. When she gets into a misunderstanding on her first day, she finds herself living next door to a grumpy dad and his teenage son. But she soon finds herself growing closer to this family and might find a family of her own.
I LOVED this book so much. I adored that Aurora was in her 30's and seeing her starting over really gave me some comfort. She has worked her whole life for her ex who is a big piece of trash of a human being. She's starting over and I loved seeing her growing and coming into her own. The relationship between her and Rhodes was so sweet to watch develop and I loved seeing how he really treated her like the queen she should be treated as.
I thought the story was so well written and, while it was a quiet story, I found it to be an impactful one. I really loved Mariana's writing in this and I cannot wait to read more of her books.
I would highly recommend reading this book was it was very much worth the read.
I LOVED this book so much. I adored that Aurora was in her 30's and seeing her starting over really gave me some comfort. She has worked her whole life for her ex who is a big piece of trash of a human being. She's starting over and I loved seeing her growing and coming into her own. The relationship between her and Rhodes was so sweet to watch develop and I loved seeing how he really treated her like the queen she should be treated as.
I thought the story was so well written and, while it was a quiet story, I found it to be an impactful one. I really loved Mariana's writing in this and I cannot wait to read more of her books.
I would highly recommend reading this book was it was very much worth the read.
Content Warnings
Minor: Grief, Death of parent
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Emotional abuse