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emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
23/6/2023 edit: was going through my annotations and i remember how much i got enjoyment from my overall reading experience. so I just had to bump my rating to 4.75 ✨
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“...Despite all my rules, that memory just shared itself. I wasn’t a sharer. I didn’t even share things with nonclients. Especially not painful things. But I suddenly understood why people did it. It felt like relief. It felt like dipping your feet in cool water on a hot day.”
Wow. It has been so long since I stayed so late reading a book. Like until 8am lmao
And now I'm running on 6 hours sleep 🥲
I was a bit worried at the first when I started it because I was finding it a little bit hard to engage with the story (my head is full of images of my beloved Nine that when the author described Jack Stapleton having "shaggy hair" and then grinning, I immediately thought of Nine my way to). Thankfully the writing and MC's POV was easy to digest and pretty funny (which is slightly similar to how Rick Riordan wrote PJO/Percy's sarcasm wit). That immersed me quickly to the detriment of my sleeping hours, that is lol.
The last arc conflict felt anticlimactic that's why I took off a few stars from my rating.
4.25 ✨
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“...Despite all my rules, that memory just shared itself. I wasn’t a sharer. I didn’t even share things with nonclients. Especially not painful things. But I suddenly understood why people did it. It felt like relief. It felt like dipping your feet in cool water on a hot day.”
Wow. It has been so long since I stayed so late reading a book. Like until 8am lmao
And now I'm running on 6 hours sleep 🥲
I was a bit worried at the first when I started it because I was finding it a little bit hard to engage with the story (my head is full of images of my beloved Nine that when the author described Jack Stapleton having "shaggy hair" and then grinning, I immediately thought of Nine my way to). Thankfully the writing and MC's POV was easy to digest and pretty funny (which is slightly similar to how Rick Riordan wrote PJO/Percy's sarcasm wit). That immersed me quickly to the detriment of my sleeping hours, that is lol.
The last arc conflict felt anticlimactic that's why I took off a few stars from my rating.
4.25 ✨
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Infidelity
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
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
When his mother is diagnosed with cancer, celebrity Jack Stapleton goes home to his family's Texas ranch. His studio hires security to protect him from a stalker and while most of the team works remotely, Hannah will stay with him 24/7. So as not to worry his mother and cause her undue stress during her treatment, Jack tells his family that Hannah is his girlfriend. Of course, his family loves Hannah and vice versa. The relationship between Jack and his brother is strained due to a tragedy years ago and Hannah helps Jack deal with that. What I didn't like was Hannah's lack of self-esteem, especially considering her career. Yes, there are plenty of details given about her childhood and previous relationships that had a negative impact on her, and she then ends up in the situation of comparing herself to celebrity girlfriends. She also has to deal with a couple of characters who are just downright mean and insulting, but still she does not stand up for herself in most of these situations. I liked the epilogue and I appreciate the author's note as so often this is not included in audiobooks.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Stalking, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gun violence
emotional
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Car accident
Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Sexual content
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
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
Cute and funny
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Stalking, Car accident
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent
Minor: Blood, Vomit
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Stalking
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
This was a cute read and super quick. I had some trouble with the author's writing style though. The constant fragments throughout the book drove me a little crazy sometimes. If there were only one or two back to back as a sort of stream of consciousness thing, that would be fine, but when there are nearly ten all stuck together, it's annoying to read.
I think the author achieved her goal of balancing the dark with the light, and while the scenario was more than a little unbelievable, the characters were relatable and lovable. The story worked, and it was fun!
I think the author achieved her goal of balancing the dark with the light, and while the scenario was more than a little unbelievable, the characters were relatable and lovable. The story worked, and it was fun!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body shaming
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Grief, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Cancer, Car accident
Minor: Cursing
sad
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
1-2 ⭐️
so yes don't get me wrong I really enjoyed the reversal of the bodyguard idea, HOWEVER, this book is filled with lines shaming others appearance for the fmc's self esteem. His ex is a famous like model or something; essentially she was famous for being attractive (or smth) and the plot hinged an uncomfortable amount on shaming her; either negative comments about how she got cosmetic surgery/wore makeup/got dressed up a certain way and she was made into this kinda negative stereotype, then compared against the fmc, who was 'real' according the the LI 🙄 it was like Yes, this was fun at times and had a decent level of emotion but the woman bashing for the sake of the fmc alone was a bit much for me.
Also there is a lot of tragedy in this book it is not really a happy book, fair warning… ‼️ SPOILERS? ‼️ it starts with her mom dying and his brother is also passed and it was just a lot of possible triggers (PLEASE CHECK TW/CW) packed into one book which like is fine but the description doesn’t really prepare you for the way some of these things are handled and it's like not all that light tbh especially towards the end. I think there are some people who will enjoy this book but definitely check tw/cw (especially suicide and such) and be prepared for some women bashing on women and not great stereotyping of the LI’s ex.
I enjoy the idea but this book missed the mark for me and I didn’t even want to re read the parts of it for the review, and doing that made it drop in my enjoyment of it immensely
so yes don't get me wrong I really enjoyed the reversal of the bodyguard idea, HOWEVER, this book is filled with lines shaming others appearance for the fmc's self esteem. His ex is a famous like model or something; essentially she was famous for being attractive (or smth) and the plot hinged an uncomfortable amount on shaming her; either negative comments about how she got cosmetic surgery/wore makeup/got dressed up a certain way and she was made into this kinda negative stereotype, then compared against the fmc, who was 'real' according the the LI 🙄 it was like Yes, this was fun at times and had a decent level of emotion but the woman bashing for the sake of the fmc alone was a bit much for me.
Also there is a lot of tragedy in this book it is not really a happy book, fair warning… ‼️ SPOILERS? ‼️ it starts with her mom dying and his brother is also passed and it was just a lot of possible triggers (PLEASE CHECK TW/CW) packed into one book which like is fine but the description doesn’t really prepare you for the way some of these things are handled and it's like not all that light tbh especially towards the end. I think there are some people who will enjoy this book but definitely check tw/cw (especially suicide and such) and be prepared for some women bashing on women and not great stereotyping of the LI’s ex.
I enjoy the idea but this book missed the mark for me and I didn’t even want to re read the parts of it for the review, and doing that made it drop in my enjoyment of it immensely
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Violence
Character aims to harm others then ‘plot twist’ he was only there to die by suicide and there is a comment about brain matter not being in someone’s skull because of gun violence I’ll say that…