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Next to You by Hannah Bonam-Young

taylormichele's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced
  • 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

5.0

Man oh man where do I begin. Honestly I read out on a limb and then became determined to read everything by HBY. But this book now holds a special place in my heart and will probably live rent free in my mind for months. I don’t think an MMC has genuinely made me laugh as hard as MATTHEUS TILO-JONES!!!! Omg he was just so cute, quirky and honestly so hilarious I found myself cackling ALOT 😂 I did also love lane and her mental health journey and her journey to heal things within herself and her family. I loved the little banter between lane and Matt. But I could honestly write a 10 page essay about how Matt has become one of my all time favorite MMCs. The friends to friends with benefits to lovers storyline was honestly so perfect I couldn’t have imagined it any better. And seeing how emotional Mattheus got during conversations with lane was so endearing I was actually tearing up. 10/10 would recommend and I will definitely be reading this over and over again. There were so many favorite quotes (95% of them were from Matt obviously 😂) but this one was my absolute favorite:

“Fuck, I miss you. You’ve ruined me.Do it again” 

lidias_library's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • 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

hkschorr's review against another edition

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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

4.25

efote's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

5.0

paigedoll_3's review against another edition

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4.0

So first of all the mmc is a Samoan sunshine DADDY (not literal sense lmao) so ofc (even though he's Hawaiian) I imagined Jason Momoa

clairefaith01's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced
  • 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

vivianrosereads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

rosariosbooks's review against another edition

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4.0

Matt is the new standard! Loved his and Lanes journey and all of the work they did for each other. I’ll ready anything Hannah writes! “You’ve ruined me. Do it again.”

soph13_'s review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • 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

kittyemma9's review against another edition

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emotional funny medium-paced
  • 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