Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Just For the Summer by Abby Jimenez

72 reviews

mybestfriendsarefictional's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Grief, Excrement, and Medical content

mrsd2008's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, and Toxic relationship

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny relaxing 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

3.5

like all of abby jimenez’s books, this was an enjoyable summer read with some serious life undertones. however, in this book the character’s didn’t have a ton of chemistry imo, they just felt like really good friends. but i really liked the plot and how the characters from previous books made an appearance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child abuse, Medical content, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

alissa_the_barista's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Car accident

dogoodwithbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-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? Yes

5.0

Closed Door Mod: Chapter 35 (some parts) 

I’ll admit that I was hesitant to read this book. Not because I don’t Jimenez’s previous works. On the contrary; I absolutely loved Part of Your World and Yours, Truly when I listened to them on audio. My main issue was that I read a book that had a similar plot to this one and I did not like it all. While I didn’t want to be let down, the growing popularity and nationwide attention Just for the Summer is receiving made me to give this book a shot. And I’m glad I did. 

Full of Jimenez’s signature wit and heart, Just for the Summer is an emotional rom-com following two people falling in love over the course of the summer. Both with their own baggage and past traumas, Jimenez writes of making peace with the past and how to move past the hurt. 

I felt so many different emotions over the course of this book. Justin and Emma were both well-crafted characters with their own moments to shine outside of their relationship. I could relate to Emma’s past struggles with mental illness and the situation with Justin’s family broke my heart. But don’t worry, Jimenez gives us that HEA and you’ll keep rooting for them till the very end of the book. 

With a writing style that transports you directly to where the characters are, I cannot recommend any more that you need to read this book. If you’re looking for a new summer read or are looking for a friends-to-lovers with found family and positive mental health rep, keep your eye out for this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident

mdwsn27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Vomit, Abandonment, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

zalouis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, Sexual content, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Car accident

kotahlotah's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-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

4.5

The conflict in this book felt so real and grounded. I really believed that the obstacles facing them could actually keep two people apart, which is pretty rare to find in a romance. I loved the care and thoughtfulness the author handled mental health and how difficult it is to heal from trauma. Abby Jimenez, you have a new fan!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Medical content, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Child abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

_bookstamandy_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

mugsandmanuscripts's review against another edition

emotional funny relaxing sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

I liked this one so much that I've had a hard time sitting down to review it because I just don't know if I can do it justice.

It's hard to find a romance that isn't just fluff, has good character development, a mostly believable storyline, and is, well, enjoyable. This one hits all those markers. Both Justin (MMC) and Emma (FMC) are well-developed and likable characters with more going on than meets the eye. Both are complex characters, and I loved them.

Emma struggles with attachment and "feeling small" after a traumatic childhood with a very unstable mother and years in foster care. I think "feeling small" is how she and her best friend Maddie (who is AMAZING) describe what look to be PTSD episodes. She has to confront her mother (who appears to have undiagnosed borderline personality disorder or possibly bipolar or maybe both) and her understanding of her throughout the novel. Obviously this is a very difficult topic, and Jimenez manages to portray it with surprising sensitivity.

Justin is struggling with complicated grief as he navigates not only his father's death several years ago but also his mother's upcoming several-year jail sentence, which forces him to move back home to become the guardian of his three siblings (from pre-school-aged to teen) to care for while she's gone. He understandably struggles with resentment even as he loves and cares for his siblings. A lot of his story could have been trivialized, but wasn't. Again, well done.

Also, of course—shout out to Maddie, the best friend Emma could ever ask for, and also to Justin's sometimes annoying friends (and his mom's BFF) for supporting the MCs in meaningful ways. This book is a testament to how it takes a village to help people heal from their trauma—and also how those who are hurting really need to accept the help they are offered.

This one was really good. I'm picky about my romances, and this one absolutely deserves all 5 stars. This is one I'd recommend not just to romance readers but also to readers of heavier lit who just want something lighter (but not fluffy) to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Vomit and Alcoholism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury