Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Next of Kin by Hannah Bonam-Young

37 reviews

breathehopebooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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? No

4.0

Very cool rep across the board: deafness, foster care, adoption, fetal alcohol syndrome. Despite the story occuring over the course of a single year, the romantic relationship seemed to develop really fast, but i understand how major life changes—such as raising an infant—can bring people together. I also found Warren’s sweet talking a little weird, but that might just be me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Medical content, Drug abuse, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Death of parent

spellbindingtomes's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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? No

3.5

The premise of Next of Kin tugged at my heartstrings with Willow and Luke 🥹 it was such a unique concept and I enjoyed the family dynamics here. I loved Chloe. She was funny and loving. How she stepped up to take care of Willow was incredibly admirable. I wasn't a super fan of Warren especially with the way he acted towards the end and though the pacing was a bit off, I really enjoyed Hannah's writing in this book.

Read if you like:
🕊️forced proximity
🔧found family
🕊️foster/guardian romance
🔧grumpy x sunshine 
🕊️disability rep

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent

jane1le's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Death of parent

felishacb's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I loved the found family aspect of this romance, including the fact that they talk about foster care. There is also deaf representation, and they practice trauma informed responses.

This is described as a slow burn, but I think they get together after three months? I say this as the same person who was disappointed it took 70% to get to the open door scene. So. I contain multitudes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy

kiskindle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted 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? No

5.0

chloe is randomly contacted by social services one day and finds out her birth mother, a recovering alcoholic, has suddenly given birth to a precious baby girl. in order for willow to not end up in foster care, chloe agrees to take custody of the baby to help give her a better life than she received herself. in order to get accepted, chloe is advised to participate in a pair up program which pairs her up with warren, a mechanic trying to get custody of his teenage brother.

this book is SO cute and honestly felt super refreshing to read. the dynamics between all of the characters were adorable and felt very real and natural and it wasn’t rushed. warren and chloe truly focused on willow and luke above everything else and their love was definitely a side effect of them being parents. i loved warren truly caring for willow and chloe truly caring for luke, they were a package rather than individuals which is super important in found family dynamics.

- roommates 
- friends to lovers
- single pov
- deaf representation
- single parents
- mild spice 🌶️
- found family 
- cute friendships
- great cover!!

also them creating their own last name at the end based on his nickname for her is so fucking cute 🥺

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was really cute! I loved the relationship between Chloe and Warren, which felt really realistic. Maybe it was just the situations that they were in, but they really felt more grown up than many main characters I’ve read before. I thought they had great tension and it was really well paced!

I also really liked the overall plot. I thought that the fostering storyline was both unique and super well done. It was an interesting twist on the usual single parent story and I really enjoyed it! I also think the mentions of addiction and the downsides of adoption were handled very well, which I really appreciated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, and Toxic relationship

ambercunningham's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Addiction, Medical content, Sexual content, Abandonment, Classism, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

alyp's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Child abuse and Alcohol

Chloe's baby sister has FAS from her mom's addiction. Her mom gets sober throughout the book. Warren does have anger issues and punches a wall out of anger near the end of the book. He immediately regrets it. There's no physical violence against anyone though. Warren's younger brother is deaf.

minyoonhwi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Classism, Drug use, and Vomit

condls27's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-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

4.25

This was an incredibly sweet story like cavity inducing levels of sweet. My only complaint is the pacing- it felt just a smidge insta-lovey for me. I just wanted to see more of their back and forth to make the pay off of them coming together that much sweeter. Still adored it and Hannah has become an auto-buy author for me now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent