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unsweetener's review against another edition
2.75
The last time I read a book about college students, I decided I should not do that again, and those instincts were correct (for me). These people have weird, unconvincing baggage and occasionally concerning behaviors.
To be clear, there is a good amount of front loaded steamy content in this book. Do not be fooled by the cutesy cover. The characters' relationship is very physical and, toward the end, very affectionate, which is nice because I don't really see it in their personalities. Hot, boring party kids deserve love too; I maybe didn't need a whole novel about it. But I did read the book very quickly and somewhat enjoyed it, so joke's on me!
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Eating disorder and Emotional abuse
Minor: Pregnancy
sara33bear's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Pregnancy
wondahwoman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Spoilers for the antagonist/conflict below:
I appreciate that the drama between the two love interests was very minimal (see also: no third act breakup!) but the conflict that was there made it hard to finish near the end. It was worth it for the romance, but I wish the antagonist had been more thought out.
Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Gaslighting
Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy
jreshsingh26's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship
cherry_05's review against another edition
Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy
jaemeappel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Death of parent
paigephillips's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
jessicabearbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
If you love found family, and friendship groups you end up dying to be a part of, then this book is definitely for you. This book was the first time I'd properly experienced the found family trope and I can't describe the level of happiness it brought me! Especially JJ, that man has my absolute heart. These characters are not only hilarious (I'm talking eye wateringly funny) but stupidly romantic too? The sentences that came out of some of these boy's mouths, I was shocked (“Looking at her makes me want to be the funniest guy in the room, so I can be the one to make her laugh.” ...excuse me what do you mean?!) The characters are also mad fuckable but don't tell anyone.
This book has some serious spice (that taxi scene - GIRL.) which I wasn't fully prepared for going in but was definitely a fan. This did mean it took me longer to read though because I felt like I had to really be in the mood to appreciate certain chapters, and ended up not wanting to read them because I knew I had a spice scene coming up. I mean to some it up; “It’s not porn. It’s a romance book that happens to have a little bit of sex in it.”
Aaron is the worst in the world that boy needs to shut up. But apart from him this book is a dream.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy
a_ford1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
moh_reads'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Sex scenes were fine. FMC is able to orgasm just from penetration. The almost cartoony cover combined with how explicit some of the scenes were feels like a disaster waiting to happen (I'm just imagining a preteen picking this up at Target and paging though because it looks cute). Ending was super shifty considering
Read only because a friend lent it to me and I felt obligated to finish it. Read the first 40 pages, put it down for about a month, then finished it in a laborious sitting. Extremely unlikely to read any of the author's other works.
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Vomit, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol