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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
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
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was everything my teenaged self wanted in fanfiction, but adult me wanted a little more. Still really good though, ngl. Michael is perfect in a way I'm not sure exists and Stella was such a good romance protag. The main thing that kept this from getting 5 stars was the heavily used cliche of not communicating their feelings and just having sex about it instead.
I liked that this explored an autistic character and their experience with romantic and sexual relationships. The writing itself was fine and the story was pretty predictable. Honestly I found the writing of the spicy scenes to be better than the rest of the book. I don’t love when characters assume there’s no way the other character could like them for xyz reason when in real life it would be so obvious that these two characters are in love with one another. I can maybe believe that due to Stella’s autism she misreads the situation. But for Michael to believe he’s the only one falling in love? Come on!
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
This one is really hard to rate for me! Parts of it I loved: The representation of Stella with Asperger's syndrome and Michael as Vietnamese both felt very natural and were woven into their character traits throughout the book, not just mentioned at the beginning and forgotten. The steamy scenes were very good (and very smutty) and I enjoyed the overall premise of the reverse Pretty Woman situation. But there were also parts that fell really flat for me: Michael was extremely possessive (I find a bit of possessiveness hot, but he tipped over into thinking he knew what was best for Stella too often for my liking.) There was also a strong case of insta-love from both characters and I thought the end conflict came about and wrapped up in a really odd way. I think I'm going to settle on a 3.5 and round up to a 4.
Overall I'd recommend this to anyone looking for some good steam and an (overall) sweet story. I'd definitely read something from Helen Hoang in the future!
Overall I'd recommend this to anyone looking for some good steam and an (overall) sweet story. I'd definitely read something from Helen Hoang in the future!
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Never read books recommended on tiktok.
Possibly the worst book I've ever read.
Just no.
Possibly the worst book I've ever read.
Just no.
cant decide if its a 5 or a 4.75 but ill round it up cause i had a good time <3
also i have my igcse's coming up and i feel like absolute shit :)
also i have my igcse's coming up and i feel like absolute shit :)
emotional
funny
inspiring
fast-paced