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nillech's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, and Child abuse
Minor: Biphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Classism
sarahna's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Addiction, Biphobia, Death of parent, Classism, and Alcoholism
imstephtacular's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism
Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Cursing, Addiction, Violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Grief, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Medical content, Sexual content, Racism, and Biphobia
analyticalang's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Biphobia, Violence, and Domestic abuse
mel_j's review
- 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
5.0
Wonderfully written enemies-to-lovers storyline, both heartbreaking and hopeful. (Also, Dylan was so caring and Jonah deserves all the hugs and naps.)
Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol
Minor: Classism, Outing, Racism, Transphobia, Vomit, Blood, Hate crime, and Biphobia
betweentheshelves's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I do want to mention that this book is also falling prey to a trend I've been seeing in queer YA in the last year or so in that it's being marketed as a fluffly, cute romance (even down to the cover design), but it's not really that? Yes, you have fake dating and some of the classic fake dating tropes, but both Jonah and Dylan are dealing with some very real trauma, which leads to some really emotional moments in the book. These are all mentioned in the content warnings at the very beginning of the book, but if you go in expecting cute fluffy romance, this isn't what you're going to get.
But I digress! The marketing has nothing to do with the actual writing of the book, which in my opinion, is really well done. As someone who generally reads books for character, I was so invested in both Dylan and Jonah. I read something somewhere that Amanda Woody was influenced by Red, White, and Royal Blue when writing this, and I can truly see this book as a pretty good read-a-like for that, as least in character chemistry. Just not in overall story plotline.
All in all, if you're looking for an emotional, heartfelt queer romance to read this Pride Month, definitely pick this one up!
Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, and Sexual content
Minor: Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Biphobia
analenegrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Addiction
Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual content
Minor: Biphobia and Racism