Reviews with content warning for Addiction - Things We Never Got Over

This book immediately had me hooked. Despite the length, I could not put this down and flew through it. The writing style had me completely intrigued. I loved the diversity of the characters and the close-knit town that looked after their own and strong friendships/found family. I loved how the MCs both had their personal demons to overcome.

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emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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marisabenn's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

My first read of 2023 did not disappoint!!

I was so in love with this book that I continued reading the author's note and bio after the last page. I couldn't get enough.

When I first got this book I was concerned about the length. It seemed pretty hefty for a romance novel, but I didn't even notice. I flew through the pages. None of them felt like filler or dead air. I loved every moment of it.

I feel like this is the most accurate depiction of a "people pleaser" that I have ever read. I know people get annoyed with Naomi, but I saw a lot of myself (a fellow people pleaser) in the way she was written.

Will definitely be reading more of Lucy Score's work. Especially if the covers and stories are as beautiful as this one.

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funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved this book, I stayed up two nights in a row to get it finished because I couldn’t put it down. The small town vibe was adorable, the relationships between the characters felt authentic and lovely and the banter was amazing. It felt rounded off, the ending and epilogue left me satisfied and I was grinning throughout. Add in the drama and you’ve got yourself a brilliant book.
My only critique would be some of the choices of words used in the spicy scenes were definitely not good.
Can’t wait for book 2!

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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ellahoward_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Grumpy small town hero meets runaway bride!

This had all the tropes I love grumpy vs sunshine, ‘touch her and you die’ alpha hero, secret millionaire fake dating, enemies to lovers/frenemies, runaway bride, single parent and found family!

At first I thought the story might be a little far fetched with the whole evil twin… but I ended up devouring this book within a day!

The only reason this book wasn’t 5* was because of the random name choices Waylay/Waylan, Nash (kept thinking of Dennis and gnasher) and the authors obsession with using the word milking.

However I just loved everything else about this book and just was left wanting more!

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

3.75

Naomi and Waylay's relationship is top tier. 🙌

Here are some lines that stood out for me:

What the hell kind of name was that? Was it a hard Knox life? Did he tell a lot of Knox Knox jokes? Was it short for something? Knoxwell? Knoxathan? –Naomi

Romantics were the hardest women to shake loose. The sticky ones. The ones who pretend they could handle the whole "no strings" deal. Meanwhile, they plotted to become "the one", trying to con men into meeting their parents and secretly looking at wedding dresses. –Knox

She was the kind of woman with expectations. With long term plans. With honey-do lists and would you minds and can you pleases. –Knox

"She didn't understand that people could be more than one thing or like more than one thing. You can wear dresses and makeup and build rockets. You can dress in suits and play basketball. You can be a millionaire and work in you pajamas." –Naomi

My voice of reason best friend. No judgments. No second guessing. Just unconditional love and support...and the occasional truth bomb. He was one in a billion. –Naomi

"You get to decide how you show up in this world. No one else gets to you who you are," –Stef

"She'll probably still fuck up now and then, but that's cause she's human, not broken." –Knox

"And I'm not going to let anyone make her feel like she's responsible for the decisions adults make." –Naomi

"Baby, need to stop obsessing about the things you should be doing and make some time for the shit you wanna do." –Knox

"You can't spend your entire life trying to make everyone else happy, Naomi." –Knox

Oh, but you can solve everyone else's? You gotta stop worrying about making everything okay for everyone else and start thinkin' about making it okay for you." –Knox

A man doesn't go all in with a woman, it's for a reason. Maybe he's looking for something better. –Naomi

"That's parenting. We're all doing our best. We're exhausted, confused, and feeling like we're constantly being judged by everyone who looks like they've got it all figured out. But no one does. We're all just making it up as we go." –Yoland Suarez (Caseworker)

"At some point, you have got to stop worrying so much about what everyone else needs and start thinking about what you need." –Yolanda

"There's a difference between taking care of someone because you love them and taking care of someone because you want them to love you." –Yolanda

"Sometimes when you don't know what's possible, you can't hope for it yourself." –Yolanda

Overall, this was such a light and fun read before 2022 ends in 2 days. 💗

Xoxo

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slow-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This story was so well written. The characters feel very stereotypical and for a while I thought the ending of the book was going to be predictable but I was so wrong. The whole book I felt so frustrated for Naomi right up until the very end. The dialog feels like "buzzfeed quiz quirky millennial" humor.
I wish that Knox's character wasn't so toxic masculinity-y. It would've been nice to see him not focus so much on Naomi's sexuality and vague description of how she stuck in his mind and heard him describe a deeper interest in her character and personal attributes. Also, his treatment of her I think is very uncomfortable like calling her pet names outside of the relationship and how he takes a lot of control over her. I can see how it can be seen as sexy but to me it came off very controlling and unsettling.

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