Reviews with content warning for Homophobia - Nate Plus One

Nate is living a perfectly okay life. He has his two best friends, a raging case of stage fright, and plans to spend two weeks in South Africa for his cousins wedding. Naturally things start to get complicated. His friendships are great, if you don’t count the small detail that he has a massive crush on his best friend Jai. This massive crush prompts him to come to Jai’s rescue and offer to be the lead singer of their band for an upcoming festival, stage fright be damned. In return Jai offers to come to South Africa as Nate’s plus one, that way he doesn’t have to face seeing his ex alone. Jai might have some anterior motives if his own.

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shania_siobhan's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

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kiki_15's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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therainbowshelf's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny 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

3.0

A cute, fluffy queer high school romance. I loved that Nate got to just impromptu take his best friend/crush to South Africa for his cousin's wedding. All of the characters in this book are delightful, and the story is fun. There is a lot more drama and over reacting than I anticipated going in!

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unwise_samwise's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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alindeman's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I loved this book. The romance was really cute but I think honestly even more enjoyable than that was getting to see Nate reconnect with his fathers home and getting to learn about South Africa along the way with him. This historical/cultural education aspect really adds another dimension and all around makes this a better book. Learning about other cultures is great and to do it as the character themselves learn is so clever. As for the negatives, I definitely rooted for the romance but I don’t think we were given enough of a background on their friendship to be realllyyyy invested in the romance. I was definitely invested in Nate’s happiness tho. Also there’s a third act breakup (they’re so common in romance plots I don’t consider this a spoiler) and I absolutely hate that trope. I think it’s so unnecessary and silly and really just frustrating. It’s so common too, why can’t people fall in love without conflict? I would have much rather had that story space being used to showcase their love instead. It especially sucks when the eventual conflict resolution happens so close to the end, which it did. Those 2 things were really the only reason this book isn’t a 5. Overall a solid 4/5, a very enjoyable read, definitely recommend, would probably read again!

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amberinpieces's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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