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autumnwitch14's review
emotional
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content and Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual harassment, Drug use, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol
Adult/minor relationship depending on your country's laws (she's 19)faith99's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Medical content
hotmessmamareads's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The Doctor was a steamy read featuring an age-gap romance with the slightly taboo/forbidden relationship trope of ex-boyfriend's father/son's ex-girlfriend. At the start of the book, the FMC is in an unsatisfying/unfulfilling relationship and admires her boyfriend's father's appearance. Once the relationship comes to an end, however, she almost immediately pivots to exploring the forbidden fruit of her attraction to his dad who's feeling her just as much as she feels him. Their initial physical attraction does carry the first half of the novel (with a pretty lengthy first-time hook-up scene between them), but the emotional connection didn't successfully build enough for me throughout the rest of the story. Beyond that, as their characters continued to develop, I found myself struggling to root for them as individuals and as a couple.
This ultimately made me feel as if the promise of romance didn't fully deliver an emotionally satisfying conclusion. Don't get me wrong--the physical connection between the two character is fire and most of the scenes are great. But without the added layer of emotional heart-to-hearts, it was hard to fully understand/envision why these two work well together. At times, I felt the MMC didn't really come across as being as "adult" as he should've been, considering the repeated references to his 40-year-old-ness. In some ways, this could potentially lend itself to explaining why their relationship works, but it was hard for me to buy into. Maybe what made it hard for me to see him as a great, heroic MMC was that he didn't come across as a particularly good father to his son and occasionally, things he said to the FMC felt manipulative--combined with a few other things, it made it even harder for me to root for him.
The writing was strong, and the spicy scenes were spicy. I enjoyed the nosy neighbor playing a part in complicating things, but did find the resolution a little... too convenient and also, awkwardly forced.
Still, it was a quick and pleasant read with plenty of spice. I just wish it'd delivered more heart or more angst. If I were to try to recommend books along this same theme/trope to another reader, I'd have to say that I enjoyed Katee Robert's "Your Dad Will Do" and Sara Cate's "Praise" above this one.
This ultimately made me feel as if the promise of romance didn't fully deliver an emotionally satisfying conclusion. Don't get me wrong--the physical connection between the two character is fire and most of the scenes are great. But without the added layer of emotional heart-to-hearts, it was hard to fully understand/envision why these two work well together. At times, I felt the MMC didn't really come across as being as "adult" as he should've been, considering the repeated references to his 40-year-old-ness. In some ways, this could potentially lend itself to explaining why their relationship works, but it was hard for me to buy into. Maybe what made it hard for me to see him as a great, heroic MMC was that he didn't come across as a particularly good father to his son and occasionally, things he said to the FMC felt manipulative--combined with a few other things, it made it even harder for me to root for him.
The writing was strong, and the spicy scenes were spicy. I enjoyed the nosy neighbor playing a part in complicating things, but did find the resolution a little... too convenient and also, awkwardly forced.
Still, it was a quick and pleasant read with plenty of spice. I just wish it'd delivered more heart or more angst. If I were to try to recommend books along this same theme/trope to another reader, I'd have to say that I enjoyed Katee Robert's "Your Dad Will Do" and Sara Cate's "Praise" above this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Abandonment and Infidelity
shaykay's review
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.5
I've been seeing the series appear quite a bit. Still, I've never picked any of them up before because I never read anything from Sloane, and they aren't part of KU, so I'm a little picky over which books I spend money on. However, once Sweetgrass announced that she would be one of the authors, I finally took the plunge and picked up this book. It was so good, and honestly, I loved that there was an actual story underneath all of the steam. This book focuses on Greg and Cassidy, who end up having a relationship. It's on the taboo side because of the age gap and the fact that Cassidy is Preston's ex and Preston is Greg's son! So things were super messy and hard for Greg and Cass from the beginning, and although it had a ton of drama, I wish there was a little more. I think it would've been interesting to see Preston's mom appear. She and Greg separated when they were young, and Greg had a strained relationship with Preston. Still, it would've added a dramatic new level to the story. We got some chaos with the neighbor, but it fizzled out really fast. I got the rest of the series, so I can't wait to see what happens next and discover how these books are connected! I hope we still get to see Cass and Greg, though!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment
Minor: Infidelity
onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity and Abandonment
ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Infidelity, Medical content, and Death
loisbredemeijer's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
I don't think the storyline is well written. It's mostly just super horny smut. Which is nice, but it kinda never stops. And it's pretty unrealistic.Like she and Greg literally kissed MINUTS after she broke up with Preston. And her mother is so fine with the relationship in the end like wtf my mom would not support that in any way. But because they mentioned "Top Gun" i gave it an extra star.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment
frantically's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
daddy issues go brrr
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Medical content
Moderate: Infidelity and Alcohol
Minor: Abandonment
ashley_1206's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
2.5⭐️
it was all smutt don’t expect any type of plot. the ending was rushed. we could’ve built the storyline more. and the epilogue wasn’t even an epilogue because it took place 4 months later
i wasn’t satisfied but you know who was? cassidy abs greg
if you want pure smutt to get you out of a slump? read this for sure
it was all smutt don’t expect any type of plot. the ending was rushed. we could’ve built the storyline more. and the epilogue wasn’t even an epilogue because it took place 4 months later
i wasn’t satisfied but you know who was? cassidy abs greg
if you want pure smutt to get you out of a slump? read this for sure
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Medical content, and Toxic relationship
bbygirl21's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This ended up being a meh read. It wasn't horrible, just not my favorite. I found myself skimming through a page here and there. Despite that I found it enjoyable for the most part.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Infidelity, Abandonment, and Medical content