258 reviews for:

Napkins and Other Distractions

M.A. Wardell

3.97 AVERAGE

spearl's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted 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: Yes

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Gets more spicy as you keep reading. Cute love story about older men (53 and 40-something) falling in love despite their self-believed shortcomings

eliree's review

3.75

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

rely's review against another edition

1.5

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ultraviolette's review

4.0

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

slprincess's review

3.25

emotional informative lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Ok I struggled with this rating cause I did enjoy the book and I thought the representation at least for the first half was pretty good.

One thing that really really bugged me and is for sure influencing this review was the fact that Kent kept putting Vincent in situations where he was going to be triggered. He practically would insist that Vincent join in on these activities. While Kent does go out of his way to make sure that these events are successful for Vincent there is no communication before or listening to Vincent’s thoughts. And then things that would trigger Vincent would all of a sudden not trigger him anymore which I felt came off a bit too much like “it got better” because of Kent’s pushing.

Like I’m not saying that particular triggers cannot become less triggering but that feels more like something that is done intentionally with healthy communication and a professional and not something done without consent/ open communication from essentially someone you recently started dating.

radmusikitty's review

3.5

emotional funny hopeful 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

katelarsenkeys's review

4.0

funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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The third sweet and 🌶️ MM romance in MA Wardell's wonderful Teachers in Love series.

whatselizabethreading's review

4.5

emotional funny 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: Yes

apcolley's review

4.0

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

jessbookrecs's review against another edition

4.0

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I’m always speechless after a good read or maybe I’m just too lazy to articulate all my thoughts but I adored this.
The best OCD representation with the cutest dynamic ever top it off with all the things I learnt + how filthy this was, it’s safe to say I had FUN. The chemistry in this pages made me think about LOVE in every sense of the word.
It’s a 4.75