Reviews

Better Than Fiction by Alexa Martin

jburinga's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-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

3.5

divsies's review

2.0

They should rename this Worse Than Stock-Market-Based-Non-Fiction because oh my god I'm so BORED

readerofbooks321's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

entertaining voice but a little predictable near the end. not expecting a romcom to have life changing plot beats though. funny!

xasdfxas's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

t_kay's review

emotional 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

3.75

ratkowe's review

adventurous emotional 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

3.25

The premise was really fun however, too much time was spent commenting on how hot the love interest. Jasper was also not explored at all so it felt like he had no personality or depth. 

antonia_reads7's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

3.25

katgent's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

rileythereader's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

2.75

bella613's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

The blurb is basically the entire plot of the book, but it's cute and funny. Loved the narrator for the audiobook.
Tbf I don't really like reading super  graphic sex scenes, plus I listen to most of my audio books at work, so I skipped some brief parts of the book. But if you're into "steamy" romance this is definitely the book for you. 

I loved the detail in Drew's love of photography, nature, and hiking. She's a wonderfully, and heartbreakingly, self sufficient character. I think the author did a really good job of writing an interesting and believable FL. But it would have been nice to have literally anything plot-wise for Jasper. He was a supporting character, not a ML. Because of that, I didn't find the main relationship very believable, or the conflict and resolution all that compelling. 
I would have appreciated a little more depth about Drew's relationship with her sister, and definitely felt that her dad and grandma were too "good guy/bad guy" flat characters for them to have any effect on the reader.
Overall, the story was nice. Cute, and an easy listen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Grief, and Death