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xandadu's review
4.0
Super adorable and fun. This was wonderfully predictable but I loved it for that. Reagan and Charlie were great characters, but I wanted to strangle Jamie through a lot of it.
weelasswithabook's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Outing
colossal's review
4.0
Reagan Cooper is an out lesbian who lives with her gay best friend Jamie Miller. Jamie has invited Reagan to go to his weeks-long family reunion, but leaves it until the last minute to reveal that he's not out to his family and that his family thinks that she's his girlfriend. In fact, they've thought that for literally years. Not willing to leave him in the lurch, Reagan plays along, all of which becomes really hard when she starts sparking off of Jamie's twin sister Charlie. Who turns out to to also not be out to her parents.
Either a long novella or an extremely short novel, this one feels like teetering on the edge of disaster for the majority of it. Half the interest is in seeing just how the house of cards is going to come crashing down, and whether all the relationships at risk are going to survive the fallout.
Either a long novella or an extremely short novel, this one feels like teetering on the edge of disaster for the majority of it. Half the interest is in seeing just how the house of cards is going to come crashing down, and whether all the relationships at risk are going to survive the fallout.
tyrostone's review
3.0
This was a cute, fluffy romance with a fake dating scenario I haven't seen before. Not a ton of substance, the characters weren't super well distinguished (and honestly a little stereotypically "white jock lesbian" for my taste), and the writing was decent but nothing to write home about.
Still, it made me laugh and smile quite a few times - I enjoyed it.
Still, it made me laugh and smile quite a few times - I enjoyed it.
marisinterlude's review
3.0
This was a cute and fast read! Nothing extraordinary in terms of storyline or characters - the plot was fairly simple and I did not really care for the characters that much, nor connected with them on any kind of deep level - but it was definitely a fun read, as it was supposed to be I'm guessing. I do believe there were scenes that could have been executed much better, but I still enjoyed my time with it for what it was. Anyone But Her is a depiction of a 3-star book for me.
genej101's review
3.0
Three stars only because I liked it more than the first two of hers I read, incidentally, this is the last time I buy more than one book from any author until I've read at least one book from that author. I won't be going back for others.
The fake dating trope is so overused that it didn't even interest me in this circumstance of the unwitting gay twins - I mean really? Neither tipped at ALL during their entire 26 years of life? I suppose that's possible, given the uber religious family history, but both having been living out and proud since high school and never had a conversation, a real conversation? Then big brother refuses to believe his own twin when SHE tells him flat out? There's just so much wrong in this family dynamic, the only one I really liked was Nana.
I did like that this time the relationship didn't take until the last chapter to take off. But then the usual trope of x gets x, x loses x, x gets x back again reared its head and that bit was more than silly. Both feel a lifelong kind of love and one of them cuts that off because she's friends with her beloved's brother? That's just so wrong on so many levels. I just have had it with this formula no matter how it gets dressed up, it never varies and is always annoying in fiction. In real life, people work things out, or try to, they don't just quit, then eventually see the light as so often happens in fiction.
I really liked Charlie and Reagan together, that was a sweet a love story and may continue being one. I do like that Jamie finally pulls his head out of his rear and helps the women get together. I don't like, but am not surprised by, the parents being as unyielding as they are, though it was very nice to see other members of that family reach out in comfort and acceptance. After 26 years of being deathly afraid of their parents, Jamie and Charlie don't go home for Christmas and their parents are surprised, though still unyielding in their homophobia. I know family dynamics are complicated and that this is the experience of many young gay people, some of those families willing accept them, reluctantly come to accept them, and a few just excommunicate their own children. Having lost two children that will never not grate on me.
So, there's an almost happy ending. The women want FOUR kids, so the unyielding parents will finally get their grandchildren but will never see them? That's the implication and that is incredibly sad, not happy. And, I'm finished with Ms. Lee. At last. So, I'm happy even if almost no one else is.
The fake dating trope is so overused that it didn't even interest me in this circumstance of the unwitting gay twins - I mean really? Neither tipped at ALL during their entire 26 years of life? I suppose that's possible, given the uber religious family history, but both having been living out and proud since high school and never had a conversation, a real conversation? Then big brother refuses to believe his own twin when SHE tells him flat out? There's just so much wrong in this family dynamic, the only one I really liked was Nana.
I did like that this time the relationship didn't take until the last chapter to take off. But then the usual trope of x gets x, x loses x, x gets x back again reared its head and that bit was more than silly. Both feel a lifelong kind of love and one of them cuts that off because she's friends with her beloved's brother? That's just so wrong on so many levels. I just have had it with this formula no matter how it gets dressed up, it never varies and is always annoying in fiction. In real life, people work things out, or try to, they don't just quit, then eventually see the light as so often happens in fiction.
I really liked Charlie and Reagan together, that was a sweet a love story and may continue being one. I do like that Jamie finally pulls his head out of his rear and helps the women get together. I don't like, but am not surprised by, the parents being as unyielding as they are, though it was very nice to see other members of that family reach out in comfort and acceptance. After 26 years of being deathly afraid of their parents, Jamie and Charlie don't go home for Christmas and their parents are surprised, though still unyielding in their homophobia. I know family dynamics are complicated and that this is the experience of many young gay people, some of those families willing accept them, reluctantly come to accept them, and a few just excommunicate their own children. Having lost two children that will never not grate on me.
So, there's an almost happy ending. The women want FOUR kids, so the unyielding parents will finally get their grandchildren but will never see them? That's the implication and that is incredibly sad, not happy. And, I'm finished with Ms. Lee. At last. So, I'm happy even if almost no one else is.
sailorscooby's review
5.0
You get a trope, and you get a trope
Oh, “Anyone But Her”, how can I count the ways in which I love you?
Twins, fake dating, secret dating, sharing a room and bed, the twelfth night of it all! Great sex scenes, great romance, great setting, a must read.
Oh, “Anyone But Her”, how can I count the ways in which I love you?
Twins, fake dating, secret dating, sharing a room and bed, the twelfth night of it all! Great sex scenes, great romance, great setting, a must read.
lsnack's review
5.0
I know you may say it doesn’t happen but I think it does and this story tells me I’m right. You also need to to true to yourself if you ever want to be happy. Great main characters. Erica wrote a great story and Stephanie was outstanding reading it. Charlie and Reagen also has a Christmas story that I plan to read
make_believer's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexism, and Sexual content