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teajunki's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Addiction, and Medical content
riverofpages's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Addiction
amybartoli29's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death and Chronic illness
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Dementia
biojesspj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Moderate: Chronic illness, Addiction, Grief, Ableism, and Death
Minor: Abandonment and Death of parent
juanat77'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? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Addiction, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Excrement, Medical content, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Death of parent, Infidelity, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness
amylferg's review against another edition
- 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
You have beautiful, world travel-vlogger superstar, Vanessa Price who has returned home to help her sister with the birth of her new baby - only for her sister to drop off her baby and never come back. This is on par with her families regular antics which Vanessa pretty much single handedly deals with 24/7.
Cue her next door neighbour and the building owner, Adrian Copeland, who is woken up at 3am to the screaming baby next door. He decides to go check on them (to hopefully get some sleep) and finds a very worn out Vanessa in desperate need of a shower. After this random encounter, their friendship really blossoms into something beautiful.
They become each other’s biggest support systems - Vanessa’s contribution is more spiritual & emotional whereas Adrian is like Vanessa’s rock. She’s been strong on her own for so long, Adrian is just there to lend whatever hand he can.
Abby has a great talent in writing very emotional, deep stories and characters and this one was no exception. It covers very heavy and triggering topics such as addiction, terminal illness, child and familial abandonment, mental health struggles - to name a few. But the end result is wonderful story of a family overcoming copious amounts of struggles to become stronger both together and as individuals.
Graphic: Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Addiction
Moderate: Abandonment
sarahallez'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
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Addiction
readingwithmeredith'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? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Medical content, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, and Death of parent
Minor side character with alternative lifestyle, maybe 3 pages total of open doorhopelessromanticbookworm'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? No
5.0
Just WOW! I picked this book up hoping to get out of my reading slump and it was such an emotional rollercoaster.
This book follows a young woman called Vanessa who has the gene of ALS and has been passed down through the women of her family. She basically was living life to the fullest, travelling the world and filling up her travel vlog on YouTube…until a baby literally was left with her and halted all the plans. What’s even more annoying for Vanessa is she has a grumpy, sexy, ‘Jesus abs’ neighbour who wanted her to shut the baby up at 4am…it’s not like that’s what she had been trying to do 😅 before he started knocking on her door.
When reading this book (and unable to put it down), it had humour , moments that was so cute!, times I just wanted to bang the main characters heads together, heartbreak that left me calling them both idiots and of course an emotional and sweet ending.
I loved the emotional storyline that was beautifully represented. The characters were so diverse and had a mixture of real life problems, relationships & families
This book is a Grumpy/Sunshine & Friends to Lovers romance. It shows representation of the struggles with ALS, Drug Addict, Grief, Mental Health Issues & LGBTQ+ x
Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death
Minor: Addiction, Car accident, and Death of parent
mels_reading_log'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
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dementia, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Car accident