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marippe's review
4.5
After the dumpster fires that were Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin and Under Locke, I'm so excited to say I enjoyed the book. Diana wasn't really that pick me and a woman hater. When Diana compliments women in her narration, I get so much joy. (suck it Gaby)
Diana and Dallas were cute. The romance didn't completely burn me or leave me longing for more but I did like them.
I really liked the resolution to Josh's storyline with his birth mother, it was very open ended and it allows Josh to figure out what he wants to do. Speaking of Josh, the found family elements was cute af.
Some things in this book was a little bit silly, I didn't mind it too much thought because I did enjoy the book overall.
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Suicide
hapalyn's review against another edition
- 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
Read for:
-Minor character crossovers! (Kulti, The Wall of Winnipeg and Me, and Under Locke) it was cute to see Sal/Reiner, Vanessa/Adrien, and the brief brief mention of Iris/Dex!
-Slowwww burn (of course)
-Single mom
-Mexican rep
Bonuses I loved:
-No 3rd act breakup!!!!!!! Mariana is alwaaaays amazing at having realistic conflict without a ton of miscommunication and ridiculous breakups <33!! Loved the lack of drama in this book.
The relationship between these characters was fleshed out so so well and the kids surprisingly were also super fun and enjoyable to read about (as someone who hates pregnancy tropes and stuff! there's no pregnancy trope aside from epilogue). If you can enjoy a slow 400+ pages of relationship building then this book is 100% for you! If you hate long romances, this isn't going to be for you (and I'd recommend Devney Perry's work instead). However, this book is worth the 400+ :)! So so enjoyable.
Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Death, and Racism
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pregnancy, Bullying, and Physical abuse
eya_b's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death
emilyfrenchie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
apolen's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence
Moderate: Racism, Death, Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Sexual content
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment
hellostellareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death
steelerl828's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Grief
Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Racism, Physical abuse, and Abandonment
michmoo's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Minor: Drug use, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Racism, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
jaimecall20848's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death
Minor: Domestic abuse
venetiana's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
[The author also (afaik) appropriates the term "spirit animal" and I'm not sure how far the lines are blurred concerning colloquialisms. Some expressions rubbed me the wrong way.]
Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment, Excrement, Alcohol, Blood, and Death
Minor: Cursing, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Terminal illness, Misogyny, Stalking, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder