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coralie_michon's review
4.5
this book was so close to perfect but some elements were missing and the beginning was a little too slow so i couldn’t give it a perfect score.
this book was truly impactful. it was complex and raw. it examined many important and hard themes in such an intense and personal way. this book was so realistic, the writing was beautiful and engaging. the characters were imperfect and authentic and so endearing. i just wish we could’ve seen a little more of their past to understand more their behaviours (also kinda wish audre was acting more of her age sometimes i couldn’t understand how she wasn’t 16?!?).
tropes: second chance romance, bookish setting
this book was truly impactful. it was complex and raw. it examined many important and hard themes in such an intense and personal way. this book was so realistic, the writing was beautiful and engaging. the characters were imperfect and authentic and so endearing. i just wish we could’ve seen a little more of their past to understand more their behaviours (also kinda wish audre was acting more of her age sometimes i couldn’t understand how she wasn’t 16?!?).
tropes: second chance romance, bookish setting
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Addiction, and Self harm
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Rape, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Colonisation
mikah_wazowski's review
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
For someone who typically doesn't enjoy romance, I really enjoyed this. I also really loved the characters which made it even more enjoyable. At times I didn't enjoy the writing style as much as I wanted to, and I did not like the ending at all where the epilogue completely rewrites the end of the story. Overall a solid read and probably a five-star for anyone who enjoys romance more than I do.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Colonisation, Drug use, and Self harm
paperindy's review
dark
emotional
funny
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
3.0
I think I met this book at the wrong time, I just didn’t love this as much as I expected I would!
Don’t get me wrong, I can see why people adore this book. I did really liked the romance between Eva and Shane, they were totally believable and sparky and great. And I liked the flickering between the past and the future, though I was disappointed that didn’t carry through the whole book. I thought Eva’s representation as a woman with an invisible disability was awesome, and showing a positive view of recovery from addiction and male vulnerability was great.
But it felt like we didn’t get enough of a beat with what happened to Ty, which deserved way more space in the novel than it was given. The steamy scenes were also a bit so-so for me and the packaging around it all was just not clicking. I was frustrated especially at the end by so much of the plot happening literally in the epilogue. It was like “7 Days In June and then 6 weeks in the epilogue.” I almost wished they’d left it more open at the end of the book and only hinted at what happened in the epilogue, rather than having that entire second arc happen in a single tacked-on chapter.
Overall, I did enjoy this and the romance at the heart of it all was genuinely gorgeous and believable, but a few key things really brought it down for me. Would definitely recommend to romance readers (after checking the content warnings, some of this is a bit heavy).
Don’t get me wrong, I can see why people adore this book. I did really liked the romance between Eva and Shane, they were totally believable and sparky and great. And I liked the flickering between the past and the future, though I was disappointed that didn’t carry through the whole book. I thought Eva’s representation as a woman with an invisible disability was awesome, and showing a positive view of recovery from addiction and male vulnerability was great.
But it felt like we didn’t get enough of a beat with what happened to Ty, which deserved way more space in the novel than it was given. The steamy scenes were also a bit so-so for me and the packaging around it all was just not clicking. I was frustrated especially at the end by so much of the plot happening literally in the epilogue. It was like “7 Days In June and then 6 weeks in the epilogue.” I almost wished they’d left it more open at the end of the book and only hinted at what happened in the epilogue, rather than having that entire second arc happen in a single tacked-on chapter.
Overall, I did enjoy this and the romance at the heart of it all was genuinely gorgeous and believable, but a few key things really brought it down for me. Would definitely recommend to romance readers (after checking the content warnings, some of this is a bit heavy).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Self harm
Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, and Gun violence
Minor: Racism, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Colonisation
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