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Swept Away

Beth O'Leary

3.73 AVERAGE

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!!!