Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

31 reviews

lizzie_b99's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-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

There some really good laugh-out-loud moments in this novel. I loved Stef and Sloane and their relationship with Naomi. I really enjoyed the development of Waylay/Naomi/Knox's relationships and how they gradually become a family. 

I think there was a lack of character description for Knox. It's pretty clear what Knox loves about Naomi, but I found the reverse rather lacking.

A lot of the focus was on what Knox does for Naomi and how he takes care of her, which is great, but I'm a little concerned that their relationship is based too much on what he can offer her. Given her relationship with her ex, it makes sense that having a partner who is giving and doesn't just take is important, but I would've liked more information on what Naomi likes about Knox as a person, not just what he can offer her (if that makes sense). I just would've liked his character to be a bit more developed beyond how he feels about Naomi and relationships in general.

I also wish that there was more information about Naomi's sister, Tina. The book basically labels her "a bad seed" who hasn't experienced any trauma but goes around destroying everything because it's "fun." I don't think I buy that. Maybe I'm just naive, but I don't think people like Tina just appear out of nowhere. I also would've liked more of an explanation of what exactly Tina had done to get such a bad rap in Knockemout. Why does Knox have such an extreme, negative reaction when he first meets Naomi and believes her to be Tina? what did Tina do to be refused service at the coffee shop? Most of her misdemeanours aren't really explained in as much length as I'd like - especially for such a long novel. I would've liked her to get a redemption arc, but she basically gets represented as a rebellious teen who never grew up.

There were a few sections that I think were unclear and required more editing. Given all the hype on Bookstagram, I'd hoped that I'd like this more, but it was still pretty decent. I had some issues with it (there are a lot of my spicy scene ick words), but it's still a cute novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Child abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Alcoholism, Infertility, Death of parent, Addiction, and Car accident

neliadiedenise's review against another edition

emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment, Cursing, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, and Kidnapping

Minor: Infertility

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Hate crime, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Violence, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Sexism, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Drug use, Abandonment, Blood, and Alcoholism

whosfernn's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

4.5

I don't usually enjoy enemies to lovers but I enjoyed it in this book. Could've been a five star read, but the ending felt a little bit rushed and strange.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Blood, Pregnancy, Addiction, and Misogyny

bxcvi's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Medical content, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, and Addiction

taylorreads19's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Car accident, and Stalking

sebradley29's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Car accident and Infertility

eule's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

Read this book if you want to laugh out loud, chuckle, grin, jump up and down because you are so happy, role your eyes at some miserable character decision, be annoyed how cute and adorable the main characters behave together and experience some spice.

What tropes to expect (the perfect mix):

• grumpy (he is actually a softy inside, what a surprise)/sunshine
• found family (a lot!)
• small town romance
• fake dating (kinda?)
• kinda millionaire vibes??
• overprotective dad (love the family father, softy vibe) and alpha male
• steam and spice

What I loved: 

• the relationship between Waylay and Naomi and OF COURSE between Waylay and Knox (but seriously, who names her kid Waylay)
• the alpha male vibes (aka relationship and sex life between the two love birds)
• the nicknaming and little things Knox did to her (coffee, phone with daisies, cottage, …)
• his demand for the upcoming special day, adore the two
• the message to overcome your fear of loosing someone and just fucking love them

What I kinda disliked:

• the fake dating was unnecessary
• the length (some repetitions)

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• the breakup was unnecessary 
• to much happy couples in the prologue? Like everyone got the perfect match… 
• the drama in the end (even though that was necessary to enlighten Knox. hehe.)
• a little toxic masculinity, referring to him saying: „I’m a man, men don’t cry“ and „I don’t like when others cry“ (even though we are here for some of that and it resolved in the end)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Child abuse, Cursing, Alcohol, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Infertility

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

One of my favourite series ever. I love a grumpy x sunshine and a found family. This was my first Lucy Score, book; it made me fall in love with her writing and these characters. I immediately fell in love with both of the mcs, I loved the introduction to the world, it was entertaining and drama-filled from page 1. I not only fell in love with the mcs but also all the side characters, I could see the setup for future books but I also loved the depth other characters brought, which added depth to the mcs. It was a perfect slow burn that's full of tension, humour, and love. What was perfect was that you got the slow burn in the first half and the spice in the second half; the story had a crime side plot that was well-developed enough to make it a massive part of the story, linked to multiple side characters, and really dragged you in. I also loved the fact that they had real conversations and even though it was a happy ending, the conversations and self-healing to get there were healthy (in the end) and realistic. 6/5 stars! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Sexual content

Moderate: Medical trauma, Violence, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Cursing, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment, Blood, Car accident, Infidelity, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Infertility, Alcoholism, and Sexism