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The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren

10 reviews

vreyna20_2004's review against another edition

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

2.5

On Valentine's Day, Callum sent an email to his professor. The thing is he sends it to a girl named Tara and ever since then they send an email to each other on Valentine’s Day as they slowly fall for each other.

It was okay. I mean it’s a short novella so I don’t expect it to be great but I thought Christina Lauren was a closed door author or at least didn’t talk about sex but I was wrong. Tara just starts thrusting after Callum and I didn’t want to listen to that at the moment. Also, this book makes fun of the whole trope of “they don’t know each other, but do they??” and it just made it more cringey to me.

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bringmybooks's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

5.0

✨Bring✨ | ~~Borrow~~ | ~~Bypass~~

Notes: Freaking ADORABLE - such a quick and fun read! It can be hard for a novella to have full character development and a complete plot, but this one was so cute! Would love a full novel of this someday, it's that good!

Overall Rating: ★★★★★ / 4.88

Rating each element of the book out of 5★
Characters ★★★★
Atmosphere ★★★
Writing ★★★★
Plot ★★★★★
Intrigue ★★★★
Logic ★★★★
Enjoyment ★★★★★
Pacing ★★★★★
Dialogue ★★★★★

★ did not like / ★★ it was okay / ★★★ liked it / ★★★★ really liked it / ★★★★★ loved it

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katelynprice's review against another edition

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funny hopeful fast-paced

Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

So cute! I loved that this was part-epistolary; that's my catnip. Lots of cleverness was packed into 100 pages.

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midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I loved this! Would definitely have loved to have had this as a full length book!

Narrators: Maril Watson, Andrew Gibson

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briana513's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-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

3.5

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marisabenn's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

This was so good!!! Funny, sweet, quick, and easy. I loved it.

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drsuzbark's review against another edition

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fast-paced

Don't recommend due to language and sexual content

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mydiverseshelf's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted 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? N/A

5.0

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avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

A cute novella about an email meet-cute turned into an IRL meet-cute.
This is a good quick read. I just wish it had some spice!

Narrator Rating: 5 stars
Both narrators did an excellent job on this!

Extra ratings: Fluff-5/5 Heartfelt-1/5 Helpful-NA Horror-NA Inspiration-NA Love aka Romance-4/5 Mystery-0/5 Predictability-4/5 Spice-0.5/5 Suspense-0/5 Tear- 1/5 Thrill-0/5 Humor-2.5/5

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thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Is it possible to fall in love with two characters in the span of less than a 100 pages and over a decade of adorable Valentine’s Day messages??

Yes, I think so. This was an incredibly cute and charming short story from the amazing minds of Christina and Lauren. Seeing where Callum and Terra’s accidental email meet cute went was so fun and the conclusion to their story was perfect. A great little romance read!!

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