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psistillreadyou's review
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Alcoholism
Minor: Infidelity, Death, and Car accident
bkyng313's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
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
4.75
read this book in a day. i was giggling and kicking my feet the whole time ! even if some of the characters made me mad at parts. definitely worth the read for a quick cheesy romance
Content Warnings
Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident
hdunscombe's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment, Cursing, and Sexual content
Minor: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Infidelity, Car accident, and Drug abuse
jennireadsmaybe's review
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
Listen, I love a good epistolary romance and The Neighbor Favor has that! The entire first part is emails between Lily and Strick (Nick's secret author identity); it's 100% delightful! Of course, Nick's secret has to come out at some point, so I just had to know how it happened. A super fun time!
Kristina Forest gave us the book loving mcs we've all been hunting for. Every time a book was mentioned I smiled and the bookstore date had me swooning. Also, I'm a complete sucker for dating lessons and Nick's lessons were so fun! The romance was just so sweet.
There were a few moments that felt a bit slow, but overall I still enjoyed the book. Both Lily and Nick are struggling in their familial relationships. The conversations they had as a result are super relatable. The audio is definitely the way to go because Keylor Leigh and Malik Rashad did a phenomenal job bringing the characters to life.
Kristina Forest gave us the book loving mcs we've all been hunting for. Every time a book was mentioned I smiled and the bookstore date had me swooning. Also, I'm a complete sucker for dating lessons and Nick's lessons were so fun! The romance was just so sweet.
There were a few moments that felt a bit slow, but overall I still enjoyed the book. Both Lily and Nick are struggling in their familial relationships. The conversations they had as a result are super relatable. The audio is definitely the way to go because Keylor Leigh and Malik Rashad did a phenomenal job bringing the characters to life.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity and Car accident
daenerystargaryen's review against another edition
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
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Medical content, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death and Car accident
onewoman_bookclub's review against another edition
emotional
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Car accident
amberinpieces's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
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: Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content and Cursing
Minor: Bullying, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Infidelity, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
ajalexanderreadsromance's review
emotional
funny
informative
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Abandonment
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Car accident and Infidelity
bzliz's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
4.5
Books like this restore my faith in booktok recommendations after being bamboozled by too many authors on the platform. It was so charming and easy to love both lead characters. It’d be a perfect romcom if Hollywood could take a break from rehashing every superhero story ever made.
Lily is an editorial assistant who writes an email to a hidden gem of an author, who starts writing her back. Months of correspondence- sharing every corner of their hearts with one another- comes to a sudden end when Strick aka Nick starts to panic about revealing too much of himself. When the two end up living in the same building and Nick realizes Lily is his Lily, it’s only a matter of time until secrets get spilled.
I don’t normally love the trope where one half of a couple knows a huge secret and we all know things are going to break bad once the secret is revealed but I didn’t mind it in this case. Both Lily and Nick captured my heart so fully that I’ll forgive all their faults. The only real issue I have with this book is how long the email sequence is at the beginning. It’s important to see how deep both characters were in their relationship but it kept going on and on. I think I would’ve enjoyed it more if it had been broken into smaller chunks and sprinkled throughout the book.
Content warnings:
Sexual content (on page):Lily and Nick do have sex and it is explicit. Both scenes are relatively short and they end up feeling a little out of place because it takes so long to get there. They’re easy to skip if you’re not into any spice at all but this is barely one pepper.
Addiction, alcohol (off page):Nick’s dad is a gambling addict who makes a slew of bad choices. This actually occurs off page but learning to cope with his feelings about his dad is a big part of Nick’s arc.
Infidelity (off page):Lily’s future brother in law is discovered 2 weeks before the wedding to have been cheating on her sister for months. Violet throws an anti-wedding party instead.
Child abuse (on/off page):Nick’s father financially abuses him throughout his life. We specifically see a flashback of his dad taking him out of school to be a lookout for him while he breaks into someone’s home to steal money from them. During their getaway, Nick tries and injures himself and is scarred from the fall.
Car accident (off page):Nick’s dad gets in an accident near the end of the book and is hospitalized. Nick visits him and finally tells his parents about his book.
Lily is an editorial assistant who writes an email to a hidden gem of an author, who starts writing her back. Months of correspondence- sharing every corner of their hearts with one another- comes to a sudden end when Strick aka Nick starts to panic about revealing too much of himself. When the two end up living in the same building and Nick realizes Lily is his Lily, it’s only a matter of time until secrets get spilled.
I don’t normally love the trope where one half of a couple knows a huge secret and we all know things are going to break bad once the secret is revealed but I didn’t mind it in this case. Both Lily and Nick captured my heart so fully that I’ll forgive all their faults. The only real issue I have with this book is how long the email sequence is at the beginning. It’s important to see how deep both characters were in their relationship but it kept going on and on. I think I would’ve enjoyed it more if it had been broken into smaller chunks and sprinkled throughout the book.
Content warnings:
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Child abuse (on/off page):
Car accident (off page):
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol and Addiction
Minor: Child abuse, Car accident, and Infidelity
jaz_gets_literary's review
lighthearted
medium-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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism and Infidelity
Moderate: Abandonment, Car accident, Death, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse