Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake

38 reviews

bzliz's review

emotional 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

3.75

After reading Astrid’s book, I had no intention of continuing the series. Iris was by far my least favorite of the friend trio and I didn’t think I’d be able to stand her brash personality. However, I’m glad I read this. I had a good time and I gained a new appreciation for Iris hiding behind bravado and innuendos. Iris and Stevie work through a lot of personal issues to come out on the other side. 

The reason I didn’t rate this higher is because I don’t think the way their loved ones treat them was resolved. Iris really needed to have a sit down with her family and explain to them that being single doesn’t make her less of a person and the way they treated her made her feel. Stevie had some resolution but the way Adri acted was completely out of line. It seems like it was pretty toxic and Adri was very controlling, which she’s continuing with Vanessa. I needed a good confrontation scene so Adri can start to turn her life around. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Sexual content

llams's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I loved this final iteration of the bright falls trilogy! I feel like the characters choices were true to themselves. I loved the honest mental health rep as well as the normalized (albeit brief) normalization of exploring the ace/aro spectrum. Ashley Herring Blake continues to be an auto-read author!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Sexual content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

fleur____'s review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Biphobia, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia and Infidelity

nightworldlove's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing and Alcohol

somelesbianwriter's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

3.0

sweet, hot, but also bored me a little with how cliché and predictable a lot of the plot was. however, that's largely down to me not being so much of a romance-novel person, and for romance fans this book seems pretty perfect!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Toxic relationship

hazel_oat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.0

this one is hard to rate for me b/c it will have the most beautifully written chapter of stevie trying her absolute fucking best followed by iris bumbling around making all the obviously-this-is-the-dumbest-choice choices … so prepare for whiplash? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Body shaming, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse

e_riahh's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

the_lesbrarian's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol

wisewayfarer's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

While I loved the anxiety rep and did still enjoy this one, it was my least favourite of the 3 surprisingly. It was still a good read! Just not my favourite in the series. 
It was great having the friend groups as big parts of it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Vomit, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

Anxiety is heavily featured, internalized trauma from past relationships