Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

76 reviews

shorthannah's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Outing, Biphobia, and Emotional abuse

mymoonlittbr's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, and Biphobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

shector1's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Outing

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Car accident, Grief, and Cancer

becphe's review

emotional funny hopeful relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

A sweet mature rom-com with loveable characters and relatable struggles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

litstyleguide's review

4.0

Really appreciated reading a romance that had “older” people in it. The MCs are in their late forties, which was nice to see! Also appreciated that our MCs weren’t like ridiculously hot, just average people, and was happy with the Bi/Demi representation included. 

Gaming makes up a lot of this story, and it’s just not something I’m really interested in. I didn’t really feel any connection to it, but overall liked this one, and thought it was cute.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Minor: Death of parent

bookedinsideout's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Outing, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Racism

Acephobia: When the main character tries to explain to a woman that he's not attracted to people in general, she brushes it off by saying he doesn't have to make something up because he doesn't like her.

elfit's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I'm going to reiterate what other reviewers have said, stick with it. It starts out slow, providing a background to understand the characters, what they have been through, what they currently are going through, setting the stage to their inevitable meeting. And once they meet, it's adorable, comforting, and very powerful. The small town growing up Asian-American in a predominantly white area, influenced by old, stale grudges and deciding that you no longer care what others say to you was very powerful, and though Maggie is a bit more hermit than I am I felt that I connected with her very well. There were many times when my heart went out to Aiden, what he was going through, what his mother put him through but his growth and his healing was comforting. 

This cover is very cute, it is part of what drew me to this book, and this arc. I went in thinking I would read a comfy, easy contemporary romance. But don't let this cover fool you. There is growth, a lot of baggage (and some trauma) and a whole lot of don't care/live my life Bogwitch energy.

If you want older romantic leads, Asian-American representation in a small town, LGBTQ+, and a cathartic HEA come find this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Racism, Outing, and Death of parent

sklepia's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Homophobia

lillygabriella's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Deliciously Awkward!  

I had no idea Gamer Geek was a subgenre of Romance now! I'm so glad to find out this exists! I got this as a Kindle First read, and finished in one day. I am really happy it was one of the options. 

So what happens when two introverts get to know each other through an MMO? Misconceptions about identities, and wacky hijinks of course! Small towns, small dating pools, judgy people, family dysfunction, this book has it all. And some spicy romance to boot!

I rate the spice 2/5 chili peppers. The sex scenes are fairly explicit, more R than X rating. So if you like romance but not the sex stuff, it's really a small part of the story, and easily skimmable if it's not your thing. Well worth reading if it is, though.

I am definitely going to have to check out some of Cathy Yardley's other work.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Outing, Bullying, Cursing, and Sexual content

Minor: Violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Cancer, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

crystalisreading's review

funny hopeful reflective relaxing

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

#23for23

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Outing

Minor: Religious bigotry, Dementia, Racism, and Grief