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chris_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
trips's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
The premise of the story is fun and cute, it reminded me of RomComs I liked growing up. Gemma magically happens to erase her 4-year relationship with her ex from her life but also happens to erase her BFF that she is totally actually in love with from her life too. And then scares the shit out of him and he kinda thinks she is a crazy stalker but don't worry, he gets over it in 2 chapters.
It was very weird how the prose decided to tell me what the people around Gemma are like rather than have the characters actually do or say anything to at least prove this correct. It felt like I didn't really know any of the characters outside of Frank the spider. At lease Frank knew who he was.
A disappointment, but I also can admit a lot of people will like this book more than me.
Graphic: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic
vj_thompson's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol and Grief
Minor: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury
bzliz's review
- 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
3.0
I like Aunt Vivi’s witchy vibes and the little glimpse at her weird book club. Gemma wasn’t my ideal MC. Her choice felt pretty obvious to me. It was interesting that the misguided spell
There is some spice in the book but it wasn’t my favorite. It felt weirdly clinical and then I felt even worse when I saw the author calling out her husband in the acknowledgments for his inspiring genitalia. The steam leading up to the spice was better and I felt the tension building up between them. I wish it had been left at that or that the author had a better editor for those scenes.
Graphic: Alcohol and Sexual content
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Blood
haleysversion'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
3.25
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Sexual content
blewballoon's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I really wasn't vibing with this book until a little after the halfway point, then I started to feel more invested. Gemma and her sister kind of annoyed me in the first half of the story. Gemma's personality traits are basically whiny and quirky, and her sister is just a string of sex jokes. The sister gets some depth much later into the story, and Gemma has some character growth where she begins to consider not being so selfish all the time. (It's not really framed that way, though, the book doesn't necessarily consider her selfish.) I do feel like there's a lot of telling rather than showing throughout the story. Things that I didn't love but may not bother others: there are a couple scenes of somewhat toxic diet culture talk, and there is a lot of alcohol and drunkenness.
I love friends-to-lovers romances, so that aspect worked for me, although I would have appreciated a little more actual friendship being shown. Dax is a good love interest, but his characterization felt a bit flat. I think this book would make for a good Netflix rom-com movie. If you're in the mood for reading something like that, you will probably have a decent time reading this. I listened on audiobook and the narrator was great.
Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Fatphobia and Pandemic/Epidemic
ourhandsfull'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
4.0
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
bookedandbusy'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
Graphic: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content
cgreenstein's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Alcohol
itschelseaw'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
It was fun seeing Gemma and Dax fall in love, with the know.edge that he probably was in love with her in their normal timeline too.
I appreciated how the ripple effect of Stuart and Gemma not meeting was shown in the alternate universe. Lots of little things that added up to more.
I wish there was more exploration of Aunt Livie and how she seemed to know exactly what Gemma needed to hear. V witchy, v fun!
Overall a cute book with lovable characters and a fun plot!
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol