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Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert

14 reviews

imds's review

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Outing

jessiiiru's review

funny inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Outing and Death of parent

fanboyriot's review against another edition

funny 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

5.0

📍Roadtrip

💕 Found Family

👍 Rivals to Lovers

Conrad and Alden have such a good rivals to lovers relationship.  They both play the card game Odyssey and have the opportunity to play in tournaments, something that is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of trip.  If they win it would help solve some of the problems in their lives.

The queer rep in this book was so nicely written, I loved how it was all normalized, and how there were so many queer characters.  The found family was everything.  And I have to mention how much I loved all the artwork throughout this book!

I love how well the characters worked together how the rivals became friends and then boyfriends.  The grumpy x sunshine trope fit their personalities so well.

Spice Level: 🌶️ (1/5)

Release Date: 02, June 2020

POV: Switching, First Person

Rep: Gay (MCs), LGBTQIA+ (SCs), Mental Health, Neurodivergent characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Cursing

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Outing

3readingcircus's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Outing

Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Death of parent

angelfireeast24's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

zefancifulreader's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.75

This was a delightful read! 
I was looking for some escape with this read and I really loved diving into Conrad and Alden’s world.
The slow burn was superb and the pacing and tension was just right. Often with road trip stories, it seems to rush in the middle to get to the climax but this took it’s time and built masterfully. 
I definitely will be rereading this again. It was a joy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing

Minor: Mental illness and Death of parent

linnea1801's review

emotional inspiring lighthearted fast-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

4.0

This book is sooo cute <3 Alden and Conrad are both so sweet but also very relatable. I LOVE IT!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

bookcaptivated's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

Moderate: Outing, Ableism, and Bullying

Minor: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Cursing, Medical content, and Mental illness

sam_rami's review

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

REREAD: 4 stars
cute comforting why did my ass think this was like spicy the red tabs were unnecessary for fade to black my ass needs belp now ym anyway i love them they’re so cute i’m totally reading the sequel.
I stopped trying ti be a fancy ass reviewer (i’m not being paid)

First read: 3.75 stars!! (i rounded up lol)
So this book was a ride at first I was sorta scared getting into it but the plot and the road trip and just everything was amazing! There was beautiful character development in this book and the story was great. The romance was beautiful it definitely pulled at my heart strings! The fact that they had a neuro-divergent MC is great and the non-binary rep was an added touch. I genuinely enjoyed both characters as they were both well written and just wonderful, though Conrad did get on my nerves in the beginning i do not know why.

This is a story about two enemies who play Odyssey a fantasy card game and stream it with their other friends, they have to go on a road trip together to a convention to play at a tournament filming content and falling in love along the way, they both need to win this tournament badly but when they start to fall how will they accept defeat?

When reading this it felt pretty medium paced with it going fast in some parts and a good pace in others, for example the falling was pretty quick, in the sense that you as the reader are made aware of the characters feelings for each other pretty early on. But it made sense in this plot line though I’m not sure many people would enjoy that. I genuinely enjoyed the gaming parts and enjoyed this book, i skipped out on doing math to read sooo yeah anyway this book is great!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Cursing, and Outing

Minor: Death, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

nutm3g's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

I had such a wonderful time reading Conventionally Yours. It was a fun and nerdy queer romcom that had so many favorite tropes within it. The characters have various backgrounds (we only get a good look at the romantic couple this time around, but the others will be explored in the next ones in the series) such as two mothers with successful careers vs bigoted conservative parents. It touches nicely on how regardless of an upbringing, everyone struggles with something. There is a neurodivergent main character as well as a nonbinary secondary character (will get their own spotlight in another book in this series). Overall, Conventionally Yours was simply a fun romantic queer read with a core in nerd/fandom culture.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Death, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Mental illness