Reviews

Holding by Alexandria House

tatyana_t's review

emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Death

thisboricuareader's review against another edition

3.5

I'll say this book as an audiobook sometimes made me feel a bit lost with the constant back and forth. I did like the plot, story and couple, but man did the back an forth throw me off. 

kereads's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

3.0

bookjaz's review

funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

gabyd's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.0

anisa_akeya's review

emotional slow-paced

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

2.75

tembami's review

emotional funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

melanted215's review

emotional lighthearted

3.25

feliciasrose's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The only thing it lacked was more on on page time with the leads in their current time period. I loved the banter here. They both felt like people I grew up with so I instantly felt close to them. These were two incredibly interesting characters with depth.

alesiagalati's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

After reading the first book in the series, I was excited to dive back into this book. 

It showed a lot of flashback moments. Usually, that would be difficult for me to navigate, but the author did such a good job of making it clear where we were in their storyline. Like most of Alexandria House's books, there are touches on mental health in a very real way. But that's what I love about her stories. 

Either way, I'm excited to read more from Alexandria.