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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
now why did chloe liese have to expand her horizons by writing this mlm-fetishizing, overly-woke, abolish-toxic-masculinity-101, i'm-a-man-with-sisters-so-i'm-a-decent-person-who-knows-shit-about-periods, cheesy ass, cringy ass romance? not that penning stories about lgbt+ characters with chronic pain and anxiety is what authors shouldn't be doing, but this was clearly written for fetshizers, by a fetishizer. oliver is insufferable and both characters' internal monologues made me want to cry. the sex was weird and clearly fed into cishet-womens' fantasies. i wanted to read this as someone with similar struggles to oliver, and who liked two books out of the series this book is in, but am feeling regret rn. can't say i enjoyed myself.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
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
I'd been picturing Gavin as Roy Kent before I got to the acknowledgements bit and saw that was in fact exactly who I was supposed to be picturing, and let me tell you, I would not have guessed what is effectively Ted-Roy fanfiction would land so hard for me, but here we are. Loved this one, and Viggo's antics were much better timed making this overall flow much better during the third act than the rest of the series.
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 rounded up
I was actually pretty pleasantly surprised by this! The pacing was solid and I didn’t feel like I was missing too much context having jumped into the 5th book in this series first.
I could have used a bit more development between the leads; I feel like we jumped into the “I am in love with him but shouldn’t be” right away, and I think we would’ve been better off seeing a bit more of the emotional attraction vs just the physical attraction
I was actually pretty pleasantly surprised by this! The pacing was solid and I didn’t feel like I was missing too much context having jumped into the 5th book in this series first.
I could have used a bit more development between the leads; I feel like we jumped into the “I am in love with him but shouldn’t be” right away, and I think we would’ve been better off seeing a bit more of the emotional attraction vs just the physical attraction
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-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:
Yes
Another contemporary romance with a gaggle of nosy, well-meaning friends, neighbors, and family members inserting themselves into the MCs' love lives. The enmeshment and lack of boundaries is excruciating. I gave it an honest shot but when he shows up to a wedding at the end and the whole family just HAS to be involved - I can't.
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