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Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

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vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.75

While this book made me realize I have major distaste for stories that romanticize overachieving teenagers burning themselves out (definitely not because of my own high school experience why would you even say that), Talia Hibbert has made me cry over disability rep once again.

It's also made me realize that British narrators with terrible American accents is my favorite audiobook genre.

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bexi's review against another edition

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funny hopeful 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

3.5

First off, I'm not the target audience for this book since I'm an adult, so keep that in mind.

I thought I'd love this, but it was just fine for me. 😭 It was a bit repetitive and honestly I was kind of bored for half of it. I wish there was more time spent in the woods. Also, I don't think the format worked well for an audiobook.

However, I thought it was cute overall and it seemed appropriate for the audience it was written for. I bumped up my rating a bit for the OCD rep. I thought the author did a good job depicting OCD despite not having it; you can tell she did research and I always appreciate that as an OCD girlie myself.

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lizziaha's review against another edition

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funny

Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

I can see where there might be criticisms of this book (the “enemies” aspect at the beginning was a bit over the top imo—but teenagers can tend to be a bit dramatic) but I was grinning ear to ear for the whole second half of the book. And as someone with OCD, Brad’s internal monologue had me dying the whole time because of how simultaneously accurate and hilarious it was.

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kotahlotah's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-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

I think this a perfect YA romance - if I was 15 when I read it I would have been obsessed.

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discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

I know I say this every time, but I love the way Talia Hibbert writes masculine characters. They’re always so tender-hearted (even when they’re stubborn), and Bradley is no exception. I loved the relationship in this story—the way that Celine and Brad care for one another is so precious. This was just the sweetest

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4.25

talia NEEDS to write more YA because this was amazing!!! i love the brown sisters trilogy, so i didn't doubt i would like this. i loved the representation sooo much - plus size fmc, OCD/mental illness rep, Black romance!!! just so good. also i'm a friends-to-lover WHORE and i ate that part up. the addition of them being friends-to-strangers then lovers was just *chef's kiss* i will say it was missing something that didn't make a 5 star read for me - idk what it was but i still had a great time reading!

⚠️: abandonment, mental illness (OCD), injury/injury detail, medical content, panic attacks/disorders, bullying, alcohol, infidelity (not mcs)

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