Reviews - Better Than Fiction

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Better Than Fiction

Alexa Martin

3.43 AVERAGE

jenken13's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective relaxing fast-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

kasdaye's review against another edition

3.0

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

audreymaudrey's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

lyssabelle's review

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

whatkpreads's review against another edition

5.0

I really enjoy the banter of Drew with her sister & best friend!

& a charming author coming into a book store, I mean come on.

I love all the adventures they went on! It made me want to get outside!

I think she made her grandma proud!

amy_sutt's review

3.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

I enjoyed the overall story. It was an interesting twist to have the bookstore owner who isn't really a fan of reading (she inherits the store) and her relationship with a romance author. I did find the FMC a bit unlikeable for the early part of the book, although I did like her internal monologue. There is a lot of page devoted to Drew's grief for her Grandmother and how that dictated her actions over the year following her Grandmother's death. I didn't find this unrealistic because their relationship was really important to Drew, but it's good to know going into it.

Content Warnings

lormurenzi's review against another edition

3.0

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

felicia_rose's review against another edition

4.0

This was drenched in sarcasm and I enjoyed that - for the most part lol. It was a cute story and the character felt very real to me. It felt like she was someone I know. I do think at times it leaned heavily into the I'm not like other girls narrative and that made me want to scream a little. I think the conflict was right. I loathe when someone lies to someone but I didn't feel like this was a drastic lie, like it often is in these romance books. So yeah, I had a good time.

jordanbro1993's review

3.0

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tommy_is_reading's review against another edition

1.5

emotional relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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