Reviews

Bachelorette Number Twelve by Jae

smleeth93's review against another edition

Poor writing; character development wasn't believable -- It felt vague and that they just decided to get over their flaws and that was all they needed to do; lack of consent

sookie_2's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-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

4.25

This is a Jae book and Jae is one of the authors of lesbian romance that I like the most! I love how she developed this story, the connection between the characters seemed genuine and the story evolve in a natural way! I really liked that this book was different of the normal romance stories because actually it doesn’t have a problem for them to break up and then realize that they meant to be! They had an issue with dealing with a death but since they start dating, they stayed together!

cellena613's review

emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.75

shpela's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

dcnarvaez's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

willowcat's review

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

lurker_stalker's review against another edition

4.0

I loved this story and Regina's progression. Once I'm done with "Buy Nothing 2024" I'll be buying the ebook so I can reread it.

I borrowed the audiobook from Hoopla because no ebooks or physical copies were available from the library. I knew I'd struggle with Lori Prince's narration. And I did for about the first half of the book. Her secondary character voices tend to be shrill, over-the-top, have weird intonations, or some combination of all of those and make it difficult to stay in the story. But once we get to the parts of the book that are primarily between only Regina and Ellie, her narration shines. She does a great job of acting out the dialogue and bringing the characters to life. Credit where it's due, her performance of scenes containing only our two main characters kept me engaged and helped me to fall in love with them. So if you have the same problems as I do with Ms. Prince's narration work, try to stick it out and you'll feel better about the experience. I promise.

I still have Audible Premium (Audible Plus?) for another week so I'm listening to [b:Not the Marrying Kind|44175490|Not the Marrying Kind|Jae|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551551689l/44175490._SY75_.jpg|68713150] because I couldn't remember anything about it and those characters (along with Leo and Holly) make appearances in this one.

Let me also say how appreciative I am when wlw authors and publishers have their books available in public libraries. It makes my life - and the lives of so many others - more enjoyable to be able to read books that represent our experiences and our community even when we can't always afford to buy books. Thank you!

ieatbooks__'s review

emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.25

guardianrock's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

Regina and Ellie are super cute. Regina is serious and icy, Ellie is sweet and open, and an "accidental" bid sends them into a colliding course. They have fantastic chemistry when they argue and when they share sweet moments. The fact that they are so different but they share a love of medicine or being super competitive really makes them work.

I'm generally not a huge fan of the narrator. She is good, to be fair, but sometimes she over-sells the humor attempts. She was absolutely perfect here. Probably because the story is funny without being too silly and it has plenty of serious moments, where Prince was perfect with her tone.

Highly recommended

extrafolklore's review

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? No

4.0