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bbygirl21's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
This was a good book. I had issues getting through it. But I think that was just me not being in the mood for this type of book.
I love sweet romance books. But I think I was just in the mood for something a little more spicy and dark and this book is obviously not that.
I think if I had read this at another time when I was more in the mood for it, I would have loved it more, but at this point in time it just wasn't for me.
I would still recommend it. It's absolutely a good book. I just wasn't in the mood for it at this point in time. I may reread it at some point in the future and see if my rating changes. But for now, I'm giving this a 3 out of 5.
I love sweet romance books. But I think I was just in the mood for something a little more spicy and dark and this book is obviously not that.
I think if I had read this at another time when I was more in the mood for it, I would have loved it more, but at this point in time it just wasn't for me.
I would still recommend it. It's absolutely a good book. I just wasn't in the mood for it at this point in time. I may reread it at some point in the future and see if my rating changes. But for now, I'm giving this a 3 out of 5.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Outing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Biphobia
sage_alexandra's review
funny
lighthearted
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Toxic relationship and Abortion
danileah07's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Outing and Sexual content
Moderate: Abortion and Toxic relationship
Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia
stacy837's review against another edition
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Homophobia, Outing, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Abortion
biblio_gabriella's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
5.0
OMG, yes!!! Yes!! This perfect sapphic NA romance was such an auspicious start to Pride Month! I loved this book so much and I’m swimming in fluffy happy feels after reading it. Throw lovable main/side characters, double-crush-to-lovers, forbidden love, lough-out-loud humor, and intense early-20’s soul-searching into a blender and you’ll get this refreshing, delicious smoothie. It’s also written in double-first-person POV, which I always love if it’s done well (spoiler alert: it's done well here).
Hope Hastings (20, bisexual, dyslexia), economics major and standout lacrosse player for the UNS Lobsters, is an absolute joy from the very first page. She’s full of fun, harebrained ideas, but she’s also hardworking and responsible. She’s been underestimated in the past due to her dyslexia, and when she has to sift through the messages she’s received, it’s painful and realistic. She’s one of those people who’s so joyous and lovely that she seems to attract people who also have that energy: namely, her roommates and fellow Lobsters, Iz (nonbinary), Jane, and Paulina. The four of them together are just magical and chaotic and had me laughing out loud multiple times. Becca Moore (lesbian), kinesiology major and lacrosse captain, is as stoic as Hope is bubbly and gives off serious no-nonsense vibes. Underneath that facade, though, is a woman with lots of emotional baggage who doesn’t know what she wants to do with her life after college. She’s pigeonholed herself for years and now that she’s starting to think beyond her self-imposed constraints, she’s in for an existential freak-out (sooo relatable). She also seems to struggle with anxiety, though the word isn’t explicitly stated in the book.
Hope and Becca are so mind-bogglingly adorable together that I wanted to throw my Kindle across the room multiple times! There’s something so satisfying and beautiful about a sunshine character and a grumpier character who yearn for each other in equal measures. The way they actively listen to each other is so wonderful and left me with a lump in my throat during a lot of their scenes (I will likely never shed a tear over a romance novel, so this is a big deal for me). There are also discussions of acceptance surrounding varying levels of sexual experience, which is absolutely important. While there is some miscommunication in this book, it didn’t annoy me because it didn’t come out of nowhere and there was a lot of baggage for the main characters to unpack. They’re also in college and have a lot on their plates, which also helped to contextualize the decisions they made.
I highlighted so many passages that, instead of the romance, were about internal soul-searching. This is why I think we need more NA books: it’s so beautiful being an early 20-something and reading about characters going through similar quarter-life crises. I’m looking forward to reading more NA romance from Katia Rose, because damn does she write it well!
For those wanting more of the Lobsters, there’s also a spinoff f/nb novella called Stop and Stare featuring Iz, which is free if you join Katia’s newsletter! And since I’ll definitely be wanting more of this crew even after reading Stop and Stare, I’m hoping we get even more books featuring this lacrosse team (Paulina’s story, perhaps?) .
other content warnings: alcohol (recreational), divorce (past), guilt, manipulation
I received an ARC from Katia Rose in exchange for an honest review.
Hope Hastings (20, bisexual, dyslexia), economics major and standout lacrosse player for the UNS Lobsters, is an absolute joy from the very first page. She’s full of fun, harebrained ideas, but she’s also hardworking and responsible. She’s been underestimated in the past due to her dyslexia, and when she has to sift through the messages she’s received, it’s painful and realistic. She’s one of those people who’s so joyous and lovely that she seems to attract people who also have that energy: namely, her roommates and fellow Lobsters, Iz (nonbinary), Jane, and Paulina. The four of them together are just magical and chaotic and had me laughing out loud multiple times. Becca Moore (lesbian), kinesiology major and lacrosse captain, is as stoic as Hope is bubbly and gives off serious no-nonsense vibes. Underneath that facade, though, is a woman with lots of emotional baggage who doesn’t know what she wants to do with her life after college. She’s pigeonholed herself for years and now that she’s starting to think beyond her self-imposed constraints, she’s in for an existential freak-out (sooo relatable). She also seems to struggle with anxiety, though the word isn’t explicitly stated in the book.
Hope and Becca are so mind-bogglingly adorable together that I wanted to throw my Kindle across the room multiple times! There’s something so satisfying and beautiful about a sunshine character and a grumpier character who yearn for each other in equal measures. The way they actively listen to each other is so wonderful and left me with a lump in my throat during a lot of their scenes (I will likely never shed a tear over a romance novel, so this is a big deal for me). There are also discussions of acceptance surrounding varying levels of sexual experience, which is absolutely important. While there is some miscommunication in this book, it didn’t annoy me because it didn’t come out of nowhere and there was a lot of baggage for the main characters to unpack. They’re also in college and have a lot on their plates, which also helped to contextualize the decisions they made.
I highlighted so many passages that, instead of the romance, were about internal soul-searching. This is why I think we need more NA books: it’s so beautiful being an early 20-something and reading about characters going through similar quarter-life crises. I’m looking forward to reading more NA romance from Katia Rose, because damn does she write it well!
For those wanting more of the Lobsters, there’s also a spinoff f/nb novella called Stop and Stare featuring Iz, which is free if you join Katia’s newsletter! And since I’ll definitely be wanting more of this crew even after reading Stop and Stare, I’m hoping we get even more books featuring this lacrosse team (Paulina’s story, perhaps?) .
other content warnings: alcohol (recreational), divorce (past), guilt, manipulation
I received an ARC from Katia Rose in exchange for an honest review.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Abortion
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