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Follow the River by CE Ricci

7 reviews

huevo181's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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krhart's review

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challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I am still processing. This book. I'm broken 😭💔Omg. This book. River and Ciarain. Enemies to...what?! Lovers? Hearts? It's not able to be defined. River is the college quarterback. A new receiver comes to the team, and he's a true star. The two of them have instant "love to hate you" energy and it can't be reigned in.

River is outwardly and comfortably bi. Ciarain is not. Ciarain has deep, dark secrets and trauma that molded him into who he is today. No matter how much they fight, their chemistry can't be ignored.

After a major blow up, they are sent to the mountains for a 5 week getaway to force their relationship to mend and become something other than hate. Sparks fly, tears fall, secrets are revealed and things change. But not necessarily for the better.

The book ends on a cliffhanger. Be ready. I am just really really glad the next one (After Rain Falls) is already queued up and ready to go.

High angst
Enemies to lovers (maybe)
Many other triggers

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friends2lovers's review

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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madscientistcat's review

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challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Trigger warnings should be up front in this book. It’s not appropriate to hide them because of “spoilers” especially when they have the magnitude, gravity, and explicitness that these scenes have in here. I don’t read or care personally about CWs for myself, but I know it’s important to many people to include them, and their absence here is unnecessary and, frankly, appalling.

I’m torn on rating the book because of the thoughtlessness of the CW situation, but I decided to rate it as just the contents of the story and settle for leaving appropriate CWs on here and the mini-rant above.

This book ripped my heart right out. Devastating and emotional, full of pain and angst but also discovery and joy. Be prepared to read both books of this duology together as this book ends on a cliffhanger with no HEA/HFN. The next book does pick up right from the scene at the end. The writing is a little odd at times, and learning this was the author’s debut makes that make sense. The vibes are perfect though. For this book. The next one…. well. It’s *weird.* I’ll deal with that later though…

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rachelmaereads's review against another edition

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2.5

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jennasbookarchive's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense

4.0

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cherryblossomreads's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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