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Swept Away

Beth O'Leary

3.74 AVERAGE

morenaloves's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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: No

I actually quite liked this! I didn’t fly through it as I was expecting, but it was still fun! Such an interesting premise and in my opinion lovable characters. The plot twist in the third act felt so unnecessary to me though. It really pulled me out of the story and added a layer that really didn’t need to be there.

india_m22's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mikaelabreading's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

feelingmybookshelf's review against another edition

3.5

tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

isaya's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

maryellengreer's review against another edition

5.0

emotional medium-paced

cheypreston's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Content Warnings

jenfwa's review against another edition

4.5

I adored the first 80% of this book! It was magical, I devoured it in a whole evening. But that 3rd act ‘issue’ pulled me up short and took me right out of the story. I thought it was a lazy ‘plot twist’, and the resulting mis/lack of communication was extremely frustrating and felt disingenuous.

I have however discovered I enjoy a good trauma bond!

itschelseaw's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny 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

I enjoyed this more than the past couple O’Leary books, and the premise was fun and unique! I enjoyed the chemistry between the MCs, and the stakes were set and maintained throughout the book. However, the third act breakup (if it can be called that) was… so wild.
I have THOUGHTS about how co-dependent Penny and Lexi were!!! Penny got away with a lot of shit and blaming other people for things that ended up majorly affecting Lexi’s relationships with them but… Penny seemingly suffered no consequences when the truth was revealed? Wild!!!

lanayagraham's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-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: Complicated

This was more intense than expected, but a great listen.

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