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nelumie's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Body shaming, and Drug use
Minor: Pregnancy and Toxic relationship
therealarkee's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
My first read of 2024:
⭐
Boy meets girl: Friends to lovers trope. Boy and girl have famous rock star mothers who used to have a very popular rock band together. The band blew up and the mothers haven’t spoken to each other in 30 years. The boy and girl do a life stream reality show to try and get the band back together: Parent trap- trope.
Her name is Melody and his name is Beat. Don’t even get me started on those names. For the first half of the book I was struggling so hard with the fact he has a dog’s name.
As far as I know this book is being promoted as a Christmas read. Let me tell you now, it is not a Christmas book. The story takes place in December and there is snow. That’s all the Christmas you’re gonna get. It feels like the Christmas part was added later?
The story itself feels like a ok fanfiction for 12 year olds, but then they throw in some seriously bad written “smut”. It felt like I was reading a bad porno written by someone who never even had sex, or a man. For the first half of the book I kept a notepad with all the cringy smut I was reading, I gave up halfway because it was just too much. I will quote you some of the amazingly written smut here:
"She reached down to unzip the sides of her leather ankle boots, trying and failing not to stare at his happy trail while she was down there, but it was so very sexy and unattended Not landscaped, but not abundant. A tease. An amuse-bouche of hair."
" Melody tucked her skirt down to cover her knees and the rasping sound of wool on nylon made Beats mouth go dry."
"Her nipples were slowly drawing into tight points, as if attempting to reach out and brush his chest."
"It was like someone plugged her into a charged outlet and shot every single one of her nerve endings into a chaotic dent."
"Then he made the mistake of looking at her mouth and the zipper of his tuxedo pants turned restrictive. Jesus."
Also, you can not use the word “sex” for intercourse as well as private parts in the same chapter-sentence or book.
If you want a book that makes you laugh and cry (I cried from laughing) and if you like the amazing quotes above this is probably a book for you! I hope you enjoy the read.
⭐
Boy meets girl: Friends to lovers trope. Boy and girl have famous rock star mothers who used to have a very popular rock band together. The band blew up and the mothers haven’t spoken to each other in 30 years. The boy and girl do a life stream reality show to try and get the band back together: Parent trap- trope.
Her name is Melody and his name is Beat. Don’t even get me started on those names. For the first half of the book I was struggling so hard with the fact he has a dog’s name.
As far as I know this book is being promoted as a Christmas read. Let me tell you now, it is not a Christmas book. The story takes place in December and there is snow. That’s all the Christmas you’re gonna get. It feels like the Christmas part was added later?
The story itself feels like a ok fanfiction for 12 year olds, but then they throw in some seriously bad written “smut”. It felt like I was reading a bad porno written by someone who never even had sex, or a man. For the first half of the book I kept a notepad with all the cringy smut I was reading, I gave up halfway because it was just too much. I will quote you some of the amazingly written smut here:
"She reached down to unzip the sides of her leather ankle boots, trying and failing not to stare at his happy trail while she was down there, but it was so very sexy and unattended Not landscaped, but not abundant. A tease. An amuse-bouche of hair."
" Melody tucked her skirt down to cover her knees and the rasping sound of wool on nylon made Beats mouth go dry."
"Her nipples were slowly drawing into tight points, as if attempting to reach out and brush his chest."
"It was like someone plugged her into a charged outlet and shot every single one of her nerve endings into a chaotic dent."
"Then he made the mistake of looking at her mouth and the zipper of his tuxedo pants turned restrictive. Jesus."
Also, you can not use the word “sex” for intercourse as well as private parts in the same chapter-sentence or book.
If you want a book that makes you laugh and cry (I cried from laughing) and if you like the amazing quotes above this is probably a book for you! I hope you enjoy the read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content
ms_elchert's review
emotional
funny
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
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Body shaming
Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, and Alcohol
amyteurhour's review against another edition
1.5
Wild that the whole foundation of this romance is based on how they met one time for a couple minutes and then don't have any interactions with each other for another 14 years. Also the dialogue is wild, e.g., when Melody responds "Gulp," during the initial project conversation with Beat and Danielle. wtf? Who actually says that???
I switched from the audiobook to ebook at chapter 3 because I found Beat's narration to be super grating. And then just started skimming through the rest of the books after ch3 because it was so supremely boring, and the banter is so cringe. The blackmail plot was interesting for about 5 minutes to see what it was actually about, but the flat characters and the absurd setup of the show honestly made me stop caring about anything. I probably would have DNF'd, except I've done that with a few other books recently and didn't want to again.
I switched from the audiobook to ebook at chapter 3 because I found Beat's narration to be super grating. And then just started skimming through the rest of the books after ch3 because it was so supremely boring, and the banter is so cringe. The blackmail plot was interesting for about 5 minutes to see what it was actually about, but the flat characters and the absurd setup of the show honestly made me stop caring about anything. I probably would have DNF'd, except I've done that with a few other books recently and didn't want to again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
hemmyreads's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Infidelity
kshertz's review
hopeful
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
4.5
This is so cute. You immediately fall in love with Melody. Beat is pretty swoon worthy himself. Their mothers are hilarious side characters. I was hooked right away and tore through the book. I couldn’t wait to see how this was all going to shake out! It was entertaining and lots of smut for me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship
annahamburger's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Classism, Cursing, Sexual content, and Abandonment
Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Misogyny, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Drug use, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, and Pregnancy
passionatereader78's review
emotional
lighthearted
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
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Drug use, and Abandonment
macykey's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
For the span of this book taking place in a month, things moved pretty quickly. But typically when that’s the case, it’s not believable to me. However, the shared life that Beat and Melody have makes it make more sense why they’re so drawn together.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Sexual content