Reviews

Say You Swear by Meagan Brandy

pandorasboxofbooks's review against another edition

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

5.0

bookedwithbay's review

emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

stuffshayreads's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

A post high school/early college love story where the most ideal assessment of a man falls first and harder. There are several complications in the relationship, but the MMC handles them with a level of selflessness that would occasionally be so unrealistic that it pulled me out of the story. Overall, if he existed, he would be perfect so I still enjoyed the book.

stephcatto's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.5

It’s a cutesy romance with her twin brother’s best friend. They are all going away to their families beach house and spend time together there as a little group. 

It’s got the hint of a football romance as it’s got the mention of football as her twin brother is part of football and she falls for the captain. 

The book also has a storyline of memory loss and what comes with that and what the friends and family go through. It’s hard listening to a couple that everyone routes for going through an experience like that. It’s also interesting as it gives the readers an insight on what it’s like to have short term memory loss where you remember things that happened years ago but still that happened a few months ago is gone from your memory. 

It’s lovely and sweet reading them falling in love all over again ❤️ I can’t lie I had a cheesy smile for the last few chapters. 

bookishmushroom's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

natashadot's review

emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.0

mybookshelfiie's review against another edition

5.0

THIS BOOK. THIS. FREAKING. BOOK. IT WAS AMAZING!

I have heard nothing but amazing things about this book, and I finally understand why. I was not expecting the twists and the turns!? The heartache and the joy ♡. SUCH A WILD RIDE.

I was a little apprehensive in the beginning as I felt I may be a little old for that college-age dramatics, but turns out I was all for it

sulaasg's review

I found this unbearable. I get that it's written from the perspective of a teenager. But it's excruciating, no character was likable, the narration was repetitive and juvenile. I decided not to waste any more time 

whatbettyreads's review

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

samlue's review against another edition

2.0

If you want a chaotic book then this is for you! These characters are dragged through the mud, specially Noah. This book just wasn’t for me, but I do acknowledge it’s potential to be someone else’s fave.

❗️SPOILERS❗️

What bothered me the most about this book was the whole amnesia bit. As if this book wasn’t chaotic enough. There’s already a love triangle, a sick mother who later dies, crazy friends, and family drama.

Ari’s friends and family stood to the side as she got closer to Chase, while her boyfriend Noah watched. Like y’all are all wrong for that. One thing is to protect her from herself and another is to lie.

The love triangle was dragged on. Chase kept saying we need to talk. Like no, y’all already have. No wonder this book was over 500+ pages. Half of it felt like repeated conversations.

This felt like such high school boyfriend drama. Especially when Ari got ran over. She had a miscarriage. I assumed she was just going to have a baby because she said she wanted to be a mother earlier on. Also no details about birth control were mentioned. But no, she miscarried the baby and thought it was Chase’s.

Is this a standalone because Cam and Trey’s relationship was mentioned a lot like they would be getting their own book?

As a whole this was too much with little pay off. I mean did Noah get drafted?

Why didn’t Chase apologize more for leading Ari to believe he was the right guy for her? Everyone knew he wasn’t.

Why did Noah claim to love Ari so much when he walked away several times?