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Play With Me by Becka Mack

15 reviews

kamreher's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

per my spreadsheet

i cry omg

spice 🌶  - a 5 🌶  spicy (romance.io scale)

length - just right

reading speed - read in 2 days 

did it make me cry? - it seems yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Car accident

Minor: Eating disorder

rustbeltcoastie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

The love story was sweet and the author did a good job to showing, rather than telling, us the friendship and relationship was evolving in the first half. The second half of the book was too long. It leaned too hard into miscommunication and female insecurity tropes. Also really heavy on the lengthy speeches and internal monologue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Minor: Eating disorder and Medical content

linnea_tornblom's review against another edition

funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Car accident, Sexual assault, Grief, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Rape, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Fatphobia

quietmarki's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

God where do I start? First I thought I would enjoy this book bc of the good reviews on this app but boy where they wrong. I almost dnef this book bc of the cringey charachters/conversations. 60% in the book I was like okay this is not that bad, but still. I didn't had a problem with the FL nor the ML (only that the personalities switched up midbook what confused me) i have a problem with the side charachters. I would like to throw Carter from this planet. He just a child, like act you age ! Loved the plot, only cared for princess bubblegum but the story on how she got lost it was just boring. Like give me drama :) This book could be 200 pages shorter in my opinion bc there was a lot of repetition .... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

absolutely_court's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Car accident, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

kat7794's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Car accident, Eating disorder, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, and Death of parent

kaitlynnnng's review

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

I love Garrett and Jennie. So much. Even more than Carter and Olivia.

My only major complaint is that the book should’ve been shorter. While I loved the characters very much, several parts of the story were so slow, and some of the conflict and dialogue were unnecessarily repetitive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Sexual assault, Cursing, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder, Addiction, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

Garrett is one of Carter's best friends and teammates. Everyone knows the rule: Carter's sister is off limits. Carter surprises his sister Jennie with a condo which happens to be 4 floors down from Garrett's. After an awkward interaction (iykyk), they agree to a committed friends with benefits situation. After spending time together they both realize that this is so much more. 

GARRETT. OMG Garrett. He is a cinnamon roll.  He is so patient, supportive, encouraging, understanding, and sweet. At first he is so intimidated by Jennie that he could barely form a coherent sentence, but once he became more comfortable around her.... Wow did he ever gain his confidence. He leaves space for Jennie to be herself and never holds her back. He becomes her support system, her shoulder to cry on, her number 1 fan. He listens to what she needs and never pushes her beyond her comfort level. Plus he isn't intimated by her box of "toys". We all deserve a Garrett. 

Jennie has been through so much. She has lost her father and

her highschool boyfriend betrayed her in a completly unimaginable way. Frankly, he should have been arrested. Plus her dance partner is a total creep.

Her trauma as lead to severe trust issues to the point where she hasn't been intimate with anyone since her highschool boyfriend. She is, understandably, closed off and scared of being hurt. She has always felt like the second Beckett, in the shadow of her brother and that all her friends only were her friends because of him. She suffered from a lack of confidence and withdrew from people. Garrett helped her learn to trust again and let people in. Eventually she realized that being in a relationship with Garrett added to her life, she could still be herself and find love. 

The development of this relationship is so cute and fun. Their friendship slowly progressed as they learn to open up to one another and trust each other. They gradually develop feelings for each other, as Jennie said they didn't really "fall" in love.

Again the supporting characters are so much fun! I LOVE Hank and liked that we got Ollie and Carter throughout the book. Unfortunately, Carter continued to be a controlling  man-child. 

Also NO 3rd act breakup! Win! 

I felt the book, like the last in this series, was a bit too long and repetitive. Also the who Toronto storyline was kinda pointless, she was never going to leave, that could have been taken out. 

Tropes: hockey romance, secret relationship, "friends"with benefits to friends to lovers, found family, brothers best friend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Abandonment, and Car accident

amre23's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Addiction, Sexual content, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Gaslighting, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

Minor: Eating disorder, Medical content, and Vomit

whichdirection's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

Dragged a Lot at the end imo,

it was never super believable to me that she was going to take that job, so the amount of time spent on her going to the interview and questioning everything was just kinda… boring

good chemistry & a very healthy relationship!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Grief, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Body shaming, and Bullying

Minor: Sexual assault

THIS IS ALL GONNA BE SPOILERS SO BE AWARE OF THAT! Sexual Content: They fuck a Lot kids; no condoms here. Body Shaming, Fatphobia & Eating Disorder: Jennie is a professional dancer & both talks abt her past experiences with these things And experiences them on the page. Toxic Friendship & Bullying: Jennie’s dance partner & another student are definitely bullies to her. Death of a Parent, Car Accident, Grief: Jennie’s father died when she was young bc of a drunk driver, it still effects her a lot. Injury/Injury Detail & Medical Content: Garrett gets a concussion in the early part of the novel, Jennie sprains her ankle around this time too; later they are in a hospital and Jennie talks abt her IV. Pregnancy: Jennie’s sister in law Olivia is pregnant through about 95% of the novel. Sexual Harassment: Jennie’s dance partner makes multiple advances despite her repeated no (and is put in his place), including kissing her twice. Sexual Assault: Jennie’s ex boyfriend Kevin, in high school, allowed the football team to record audio of him taking her virginity.