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rachrreads's review against another edition
3.5
Read if you enjoy:
• fake dating
• hockey romance
• dancing
• great banter
• enemies to lovers
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Death of parent, Cancer, and Grief
circe813'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
3.75
Graphic: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, and Mental illness
netaliv3's review
- 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
Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Stalking, Violence, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
lindsaykjones's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.5
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Be prepared for explicit material, language, and content.
Let’s start first with the fact that Elle Kennedy knows how to write them steamy. I didn’t read the first book in the series, but I had read other stories by her so I had a general idea of what genre it was. It’s the story of two seniors in college. One is hockey star, and NHL draftee, Shane, and cheerleading captain Diana. They don’t like each other, and then find each other next door neighbors. And I think you can figure out where it’s going. 🥵🍆💃🏻🕺
Throw in two jealous exes, leading them to fake date, a ballroom dance competition, and family drama and you have the story. I did think it ran a little long, and call me a prude, but the explicit language and descriptions were a little much. (plus, I guess times have changed or I had my head in the sand [more likely], but I don’t remember college being this raunchy.) In the end I liked it, but it’s not something that I would readily recommend to just anyone.
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Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Physical abuse
kristanjenkins's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Mental illness
katharina90's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Did not appreciate all the copaganda or the FMC's emotionally abusive mother and how that was resolved.
Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Classism and Emotional abuse
Minor: Racism
lafe's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Sexual content, Death of parent, Death, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Blood
sarahgee76's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Stalking
Moderate: Violence and Emotional abuse
nicole_defran's review
- 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
1.5
Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death, Cancer, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders
chyvvt's review
- 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: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse