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cala_p's review
5.0
This is a beautiful book and one that’s been on my TBR for a long time. I’m such a sucker for the pen pal/falling in love through letters trope. I didn’t think I’d enjoy it as much as I had, but it’s an addictive love story. I enjoyed the depiction of mental health struggles, as someone whose day job is a therapist. Griffin really stole my heart. His emotions, the angst between them, ugh! He’s such a sweetheart and made this entire book. He’s patient with her, and just..I can’t put into words how lovely this relationship was. Good, quick read!
Favourite Quote:“In case I wasn’t clear, love is enough for me, Luca. But you have to let me love you.”
Favourite Quote:“In case I wasn’t clear, love is enough for me, Luca. But you have to let me love you.”
laurelliaa's review
4.0
3.5⭐️
Audibook edition
The story is solid. I love how the author brought up mental illness topics.
Griffin and Luca exchanged letters during their childhood, but Luca stopped replying to his letters after a horrible incident. They once again exchanged letters and rekindled their relationship — without them knowing each others’ identities.
I wouldn’t say that the romance is instalove, because they did have feelings for each other before they rekindled their relationship. The letter, however, is a little bit cringey for adults. I know that they were childhood friends. But asking for an orgasm just after rekindling their relationship…
Audibook edition
The story is solid. I love how the author brought up mental illness topics.
Griffin and Luca exchanged letters during their childhood, but Luca stopped replying to his letters after a horrible incident. They once again exchanged letters and rekindled their relationship — without them knowing each others’ identities.
I wouldn’t say that the romance is instalove, because they did have feelings for each other before they rekindled their relationship. The letter, however, is a little bit cringey for adults. I know that they were childhood friends. But asking for an orgasm just after rekindling their relationship…
blvelances's review
4.0
3.75
so many emotions with this book... i love the plot, i love the relationship, the odd friendship between luca and her therapist, the letters, luca’s strength and her fight and the way everything in that story made sense. i LOVE books which start with letters. i love to read about pen pals meeting
i wasn’t going to stick to it at first because something the MC wrote in a letter towards the beginning was pretty disgusting to me : calling women easy because they sleep with him, implying they weren’t respecting themselves and that he after all was simply a man accepting them all and a few other bullshit sentences -it took a whole page- i didn’t want to read about such a man. in the grand scheme of things it’s only ONE page and one small event, it still remains pretty awful to me that two women came up with this. a woman should dispose of her body the way she chooses and it IS important to point out and not perpetuate this line of thinking.
so many emotions with this book... i love the plot, i love the relationship, the odd friendship between luca and her therapist, the letters, luca’s strength and her fight and the way everything in that story made sense. i LOVE books which start with letters. i love to read about pen pals meeting
i wasn’t going to stick to it at first because something the MC wrote in a letter towards the beginning was pretty disgusting to me : calling women easy because they sleep with him, implying they weren’t respecting themselves and that he after all was simply a man accepting them all and a few other bullshit sentences -it took a whole page- i didn’t want to read about such a man. in the grand scheme of things it’s only ONE page and one small event, it still remains pretty awful to me that two women came up with this. a woman should dispose of her body the way she chooses and it IS important to point out and not perpetuate this line of thinking.
adeselnaferreira's review against another edition
4.0
Meu deus que mundo é este onde as personagens são honestas e comunicam?
irenebiju's review
4.0
If I could give this book a million stars I would. Had me crying and laughing and swooning with every turn of a page. :')
paz_books's review against another edition
3.0
I really enjoyed the premise of this one. The first half of this book was amazing as the letters were so fun to read. It's so much easier to say some things and to be yourself online/through letters which was cute to see, but then when they met up in real life, some of the things they said felt very awkward or too upfront. However, that is me being very picky! I still really enjoyed this book, the romance was adorable, and the anxiety disorder was mostly well dealt with. The second half was what let the book down, as it got really shallow and repetitive, only switching between sex to anxiety attacks to sex again- but the potential of the author shines through in the first half, and I've liked another of their books, so I will be trying more!
kp515's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
fyrefaerye's review against another edition
5.0
Tears
I started this book expecting some regular run of the mill dirty romance. Which there absolutely is- and I loved it. What I wasn’t expecting was finishing the book in tears. I haven’t cried reading a book in… a long time. I love this story. Thank you for this wonderful love story.
I started this book expecting some regular run of the mill dirty romance. Which there absolutely is- and I loved it. What I wasn’t expecting was finishing the book in tears. I haven’t cried reading a book in… a long time. I love this story. Thank you for this wonderful love story.
kb33's review against another edition
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I’m all for diverse books representing characters with mental illnesses, but not when a huge character in the book is a therapist/best friend and the authors have clearly not researched therapy for these conditions or had a therapist read the book and offer advice. He read more like the best girl friend encouraging the mfc to go for it over and over. This book contains advice by a “therapist” character that would be dangerous in real life. PSA: if you think someone might be considering suicide, please ask them about it but don’t ask leading questions like “you’re *not* considering suicide, are you?” In the USA 988 is a free crisis help line that anyone can call or text, 24 hours a day.
In addition, the mmc takes advantage of her anxiety and hesitation and pushes her to do things she’s stated she isn’t comfortable with. She says “no sex, let’s take it slow,” and he fills a bathtub for her and pushes her to let him join her in the bath. Honestly he wasn’t a good character and was written like a teenager might imagine a relationship before they know better.
In addition, the mmc takes advantage of her anxiety and hesitation and pushes her to do things she’s stated she isn’t comfortable with. She says “no sex, let’s take it slow,” and he fills a bathtub for her and pushes her to let him join her in the bath. Honestly he wasn’t a good character and was written like a teenager might imagine a relationship before they know better.
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Abandonment, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Death of parent, Infidelity, and Cancer