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When Sparks Fly by Helena Hunting

5 reviews

khloereads86's review against another edition

medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

If I wasn’t listening to the audiobook this definitely would’ve been a dnf for me. I feel like there was no character development early on, all we learned about them was that Avery is ‘one of the guys’ and decklan has daddy&commitment issues. It feels like the author tried to make cute moments but I never felt smiley or giggly reading it, never really felt the connection between the characters. The end was so drawn out, obviously they needed it but it was a very annoying conflict and the book felt repetitive brining up the same problems over and over again. It annoyed me how introspective they all of a sudden we’re at the end. Glad it’s over

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iamamyyyyy's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I found this book to be a bit boring. I was mostly ambivalent about both the main characters. I appreciated that

after the breakup Declan truly focused on therapy and working on himself before they got back together, instead of the much more typical all is immediately forgiven situation. However I was very upset that Avery going to see an ex for a business opportunity (when we were repeatedly told the company was in a tight financial place and needed the deal) without asking for permission first was equated with Declan's off the handle jealousy, accusations, and aggressive yelling. Those things are not equal and the amount of apologizing Avery did really rubbed me the wrong way.

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missjoni's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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decklededgess's review

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emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

2.0

trigger warnings: car accident, hospitalization and medical content, injury detail, alcohol, sexual content, toxic relationship, depression

Bro I fucking hated this booooook. The second i realised they were live in best friends and this was a hurt comfort book I was waving the red flags. Lo and behold, this turns into the weirdest relationship ever where the lines of caretaker to boyfriend get blurred so fast. The guy gets clingy as shit because as she starts to regain her freedom and mobility as she heals, he's unable to contend with the fact that she wont be completely reliant on him anymore. And that's not addressed. What is addressed are his relationship issues due to being the middle man of his parents' divorce but legit nothing else. All the rest is justttttt bullshit.

I used to trust Helena Hunting with at least a couple solid sex scenes. The singular one we got was SO MEDIOCRE.

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travelthrupages's review

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emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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