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jillkaarlela's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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
4.25
Taylor Swift Songs: “Glitch”, “Sweet Nothing”, and “Dancing with our hands tied”
Why is this so underrated???? I loved it!!!
This book contains a plus size main character who joins a fitness app NOT TO LOSE WEIGHT, but to introduce a more nutritious diet and exercise to feel healthier and stronger. I love how candidly the main character talks about the struggles of being plus sized and how they can be perceived. I also love how it shows how our health journeys can be easily derailed by one bad person, but how we need to get back up after it and keep going. I loved how fat-positive this book was!!! You are beautiful and deserve to feel great about yourself and your body at any stage of your journey! It healed something inside me, validating and talking about a lot of my own self image issues. There is also some brief mentions of ED, so please keep that in mind and proceed carefully.
There was a really interesting underlying plot, and great character development and growth! I loved both of these main characters!! I think this book was one where I really appreciated having the dual perspectives of the 2 main characters, it really added a lot. But also, a girl and her fitness coach/personal trainer?? Yes please. I loved the instant and intense chemistry that wasn’t based off of looks (because they first only chatted over messages and didn’t know what each other looked like). They literally gave me such warm fluttery feelings in my stomach, like actually giddy!! A smile took over my face pretty much the entire time, but I also wanted to cry happy tears. If you want a guy who is DOWN BAD for her, this is for you!!! This book was such a pleasant surprise!! Loved it. I will definitely be reading more of Denise Williams’ books in the future!! I’m also very excited because these books are all interconnected, with the rest of the books focusing on interconnected casts of characters (ex. Different friend or sibling from the friend group that was mentioned in each book). This book is up there with Emily Henry in my opinion!!
Age rating: 16+, Emily Henry level spice, so about 2/5🌶️
Why is this so underrated???? I loved it!!!
This book contains a plus size main character who joins a fitness app NOT TO LOSE WEIGHT, but to introduce a more nutritious diet and exercise to feel healthier and stronger. I love how candidly the main character talks about the struggles of being plus sized and how they can be perceived. I also love how it shows how our health journeys can be easily derailed by one bad person, but how we need to get back up after it and keep going. I loved how fat-positive this book was!!! You are beautiful and deserve to feel great about yourself and your body at any stage of your journey! It healed something inside me, validating and talking about a lot of my own self image issues. There is also some brief mentions of ED, so please keep that in mind and proceed carefully.
There was a really interesting underlying plot, and great character development and growth! I loved both of these main characters!! I think this book was one where I really appreciated having the dual perspectives of the 2 main characters, it really added a lot. But also, a girl and her fitness coach/personal trainer?? Yes please. I loved the instant and intense chemistry that wasn’t based off of looks (because they first only chatted over messages and didn’t know what each other looked like). They literally gave me such warm fluttery feelings in my stomach, like actually giddy!! A smile took over my face pretty much the entire time, but I also wanted to cry happy tears. If you want a guy who is DOWN BAD for her, this is for you!!! This book was such a pleasant surprise!! Loved it. I will definitely be reading more of Denise Williams’ books in the future!! I’m also very excited because these books are all interconnected, with the rest of the books focusing on interconnected casts of characters (ex. Different friend or sibling from the friend group that was mentioned in each book). This book is up there with Emily Henry in my opinion!!
Age rating: 16+, Emily Henry level spice, so about 2/5🌶️
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Eating disorder and Addiction
thereaderfriend's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Okay I read this with high expectations and was slightly disappointed 😞 I really liked it up until this "fight" between the two mc's bc Wes made a shitty decision that was addressed but not met with any reparations. I do see how it happens but I don't like how it went and how Wes turned out to be. I still love him though. Not enough smut for my taste. Also felt kinda slow.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse
Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
livlamentloathe's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Sweet and romantic. Very candid and body-positive too. I appreciated the darker subjects surrounding the main characters and how they dealt with and learned from them.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Dysphoria, and Sexual content
Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
Minor: Eating disorder
mandaraffe's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content
Moderate: Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Alcohol, and Mental illness
Minor: Toxic relationship, Drug use, Child abuse, and Misogyny
decklededgess's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
trigger warnings: fatphobia, body dysmorphia, eating disorder, injury and medical content, alcohol and drug addition, sexual content, harassment
I liked this book a lot I just got really bored of how much page time was dedicated to talking about the benefits of exercise. Like yeah totally it's super important but my god I'm reading a romance not a self help book I couldn't give less of a shit how good running feels.
Anyways the characters were fun, the romance was sweet, the friendships that unexpectedly developed were adorable, the fat representation and discussion around healthy exercise that doesn't focus on weight loss and diet was super cool.
Overall decent.
I liked this book a lot I just got really bored of how much page time was dedicated to talking about the benefits of exercise. Like yeah totally it's super important but my god I'm reading a romance not a self help book I couldn't give less of a shit how good running feels.
Anyways the characters were fun, the romance was sweet, the friendships that unexpectedly developed were adorable, the fat representation and discussion around healthy exercise that doesn't focus on weight loss and diet was super cool.
Overall decent.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Addiction
michellestoll's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Fatphobia and Eating disorder
novelsistah's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
**SPOILER-ISH**
I fell in love with this book...the characters, the storyline, all of it.
I absolutely hate exercise but I love Britta's story. It was never her being skinny or losing weight. She just wanted to feel good about herself. I love her epiphany about herself and about Wes.
I loved that Wes saw her, big girl curves and all and he loved her...and in spite of.
It was perfect for me. It was what I needed to read right now.
S/N: I listened to this on audio. Note to the publishers. If you have two narrators doing the male and female voices, let them do that in all the chapters. The narrator doing Wes' voice made Britta sound like Tina from Big Mouth and that does not fit her character at all. She is not a whiny woman.
I fell in love with this book...the characters, the storyline, all of it.
I absolutely hate exercise but I love Britta's story. It was never her being skinny or losing weight. She just wanted to feel good about herself. I love her epiphany about herself and about Wes.
I loved that Wes saw her, big girl curves and all and he loved her...and in spite of.
It was perfect for me. It was what I needed to read right now.
S/N: I listened to this on audio. Note to the publishers. If you have two narrators doing the male and female voices, let them do that in all the chapters. The narrator doing Wes' voice made Britta sound like Tina from Big Mouth and that does not fit her character at all. She is not a whiny woman.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Fatphobia
kaseybereading's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, and Fatphobia
Minor: Eating disorder
peachani's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Sexual content
Minor: Bullying, Drug abuse, and Medical content
beccamlvn's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia