882 reviews for:

Wild Things

Laura Kay

3.71 AVERAGE

jb93reads's review against another edition

2.5

lighthearted slow-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: No

_mikenyikes's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

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• honestly was just massively, massively underwhelmed by this one. It starts out so cute and promising, then turns into a really annoying slow burn friends to lovers pity party. 
• a group of queer friends decide to live the gay commune dream and leave London to move into a country house together to a super cute small town. Eleanor is in love with her best friend Ray for FIVE years and never tells her. 
• I don’t love that romances fade out so quickly after the HEA but this one drug out sooooo much longer than necessary and gave you nothing. Then the epilogue was even more pointless. 
• also closed door/ fade to black so. 

archaeogeek's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful 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: No

bloemr's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

emuhly's review against another edition

5.0

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this was so tender and lovely and sweet. hardly anything happened yet i feel so delighted to have been there with them / 5 stars

mckinlay's review against another edition

5.0

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4.5 stars.

maybe_emma's review against another edition

4.0

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-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

krystalanddogs's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

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This book cold opens with the main character about to have a threesome which is quite jarring but the book is extremely not like that 😂 it's more of her story about changing her life and growing than it is a romance, but there is eventually one. It's a sweet story of friendship and millennial struggles, very hilarious. I always think it's funny listening to or reading stories by British authors/British settings bc wtf is a box room 😂 

ferrot_lectorapromedio's review against another edition

4.0

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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: Complicated

andireadsromance's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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If this was listed as just LGBTQ+ fiction and not romance, I’d say it was a cozy friendship book about 4 people who decide to buy a house together and start a queer commune. Although, very slow at times.  But this was marketed as a romance and it just doesn’t read that way. One of the MCs has a girlfriend until about 50%, romantic feelings aren’t even admitted until 75% and it’s embarrassing for the MC, so she doesn’t even reconnect with her bestie/love interest until 87% and then it’s anticlimactic. 
So, as LGBTQ+ fiction, 4 stars, but as a romance, 3 stars.