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funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Rating: 3/5 stars
Police academy recruit Charlie Burns thinks he’s won the lottery when he enters a no-strings relationship with Ever Carmichael. But when she decides she wants a real relationship after all, Charlie engages in increasingly desperate antics to get her back.
This book is honestly so dumb, and yet I was here for it most of the time? I wanted a quick and mindless read and this delivered on that in spades—my friend Hannah called it a junk food book and I totally agree. If you’re looking for literature with a capital-L, you will not find it here, but if you want an escapist and over-the-top rom-com, I actually can’t recommend it enough.
The only reason I didn’t break down and rate this higher was because Charlie’s behavior REALLY annoyed me for a chunk of the book, and the conflict basically boiled down to “they just won’t admit they love each other” which isn’t my favorite. Still, I’m definitely going to read the rest of the series, and I genuinely don’t regret a minute spent consuming this one.
CW: Very mild mentions of a toxic/abusive relationship; parental abandonment
Police academy recruit Charlie Burns thinks he’s won the lottery when he enters a no-strings relationship with Ever Carmichael. But when she decides she wants a real relationship after all, Charlie engages in increasingly desperate antics to get her back.
This book is honestly so dumb, and yet I was here for it most of the time? I wanted a quick and mindless read and this delivered on that in spades—my friend Hannah called it a junk food book and I totally agree. If you’re looking for literature with a capital-L, you will not find it here, but if you want an escapist and over-the-top rom-com, I actually can’t recommend it enough.
The only reason I didn’t break down and rate this higher was because Charlie’s behavior REALLY annoyed me for a chunk of the book, and the conflict basically boiled down to “they just won’t admit they love each other” which isn’t my favorite. Still, I’m definitely going to read the rest of the series, and I genuinely don’t regret a minute spent consuming this one.
CW: Very mild mentions of a toxic/abusive relationship; parental abandonment
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment and Medical content
Minor: Physical abuse
kb33's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I found it hard to like Charlie, and Ever was a bit of an idiot, too, with a dumb name. Charlie is so bent on keeping his fuck buddy he tries over and over to prevent her from finding someone to have a happy relationship with.... shitty. Later he realizes he’s in love with her. Doesn’t really excuse what he did when he just wanted in her pants, but the author really tries to twist it to make it romantic.
Both Ever and Charlie were raised by idiots who teach them some really toxic and harmful lifestyle choices, and somehow they both make it to the age of 23 without confiding this horseshit to a friend or somehow discovering it’s dumb, and they really don’t seem to know any better. This book just wasn’t for me.
Both Ever and Charlie were raised by idiots who teach them some really toxic and harmful lifestyle choices, and somehow they both make it to the age of 23 without confiding this horseshit to a friend or somehow discovering it’s dumb, and they really don’t seem to know any better. This book just wasn’t for me.
Content Warnings
Minor: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Violence
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