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plumpaperbacks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I wasn’t expecting such a focus on Luc’s and Oliver’s complicated family dynamics. The former’s father has been diagnosed with cancer and wants to fix their poor relationship, whereas the latter has emotionally abusive parents. I sympathize with both guys—I wanna give Oliver a hug—and I can especially relate to Luc’s situation, as sans cancer, I have a similar relationship with my own father. However, some of Luc’s comments regarding his father’s diagnosis seemed insensitive, and it rubbed me the wrong way. That is, until
The way Luc and Oliver supported each other warmed my heart. Theirs was a bit of a messy romance, since both of them are the epitome of gay disasters, but I loved it nonetheless. Recently I’ve realized that fake dating is one of my favorite tropes because I love seeing characters’ dynamics shift from an arrangement to real affection, so of course I loved these two, loved their story. And, as an added bonus, they teased each other frequently, which was quite amusing.
This would’ve been a five star read if not for the events of the last hundred pages. Everything seemed to be going well. I was grinning and laughing at almost every page. And then everything went so wildly wrong.
Overall, this wasn’t a bad book. It was mostly enjoyable, and quite entertaining. I’d recommend to those looking for a quick romance read, so long as you don’t go in with extremely high expectations.
Representation
- gay protagonist and love interest
- achillean romance (m/m)
- queer side characters (includes gay, bisexual, and lesbian rep; one achillean couple and one sapphic couple (f/f))
Graphic: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Body shaming
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Grief
melizto's review against another edition
- 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
there was a lot of drama due to miscommunication and the relationship was a little toxic but overall i really liked it, also the writing was too british for me haha so i only understood like 75% of the book. ALSO i didnt like that everything got resolved at the end, i wish we could have seen more of their future relationship :(
Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Eating disorder
violet_pages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, Sexual content, and Vomit
meganelise's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia
alisonvh'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? Yes
5.0
Minor: Alcoholism and Emotional abuse
sentcinematic'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? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia
Minor: Eating disorder
water_violin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Body shaming
Minor: Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse
ramunepocky'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? Yes
5.0
I listened to the audio book of this whilst working, and oh my god, the audiobook is amazing !!!
also, I really just genuinely thoroughly enjoyed this book; it was hilarious, the fake-dating trope is my literal favourite, and it was handled incredible well, the slow burn pining and the “oh god, I have genuine feelings but don’t want to admit it was”👌🏻👌🏻 I loved so many of the characters, especially Oliver, Lucien’s mum and Alex!! Obviously, it generally focuses the most on Luc and Oliver, but there were a plethora of other LGBT characters too!!
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder
a lot of the minor warnings are more mentioned rather than detailedcovermore's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Eating disorder, and Homophobia
joyeousness's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Alcoholism