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Say You Swear

Meagan Brandy

4.19 AVERAGE

readwithr's review against another edition

3.25

emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bookswitholivia's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

rockin_nurse_kay's review against another edition

4.0

This book frustrated me like no other. Don’t get me wrong, I did end up liking the story overall, but COME ON!!

First the book seems a little drawn out like there’s too much filler and it took me FOREVER to get through it. The last 10% of the book was the best.

Second, I know the characters are young, but the narrators just didn’t fit for me. I may have liked it better if I read it instead of listened to it.

Third, there are so many bad things that happen throughout this book. You really go through every emotion multiple times.

*Spoilers* I was so angry after she lost her memory that they didn’t just tell her, show her the texts, and evidence. Poor Noah! Also Chase is an a-hole. How are you going to literally have her yelling “I don’t love you anymore” one second and think the next second that her losing her memory is a “sign” of a second chance. It just lead her down the opposite path that you would want her to take and away from Noah. Uum Hello let’s let her know what was happening right before the accident so she would start down the right path sooner. If I were her friend I would have set that straight from day one and punched Chase in the nose a lot sooner than it actually happened in the story. My heart broke for Noah multiple times.

Like I said I did end up liking this book. It leaves you with a nice HEA that was a LONG time coming!

lottydotty's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional 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: No

I will admit, I was skeptical about the romance in this book because Noah Riley was simply too good to be true. I went into this book with the knowledge that there was an

amnesia

storyline, so I assumed the majority of the time (before the incident) that Noah was being so sweet to her to make up for that and

get Ariana to remember him,

but it turns out, he was just that great.

Actually, the most impressive part of this book is that it made me feel strong emotions about the characters and their actions... specifically hatred.
I have never hated a potential MMC so much.

Every time green eyes were mentioned or Chase appeared in a doorway instead of Noah, I physically yelled at my screen. He had every right to be nervous about the brother's feelings about their relationship, but his treatment of her afterward (not to mention his hypocritical jealousy) was soooo uncalled for.

Regarding Noah, I can't help but feel like he constantly got the short end of the stick in their relationship, not because Ariana did anything wrong, but simply because he was placed into so many difficult situations during his pursuit of her, and he just couldn't catch a break.
I found myself outright bawling when they danced to What Hurts the Most (which was never explicitly named, but was definitely the song that fit their situation) because Noah did everything right and simply had to wait for fate to take action.

This story was stressful, infuriating, and hectic, but it was also sweet, romantic, and healing.
I knew I was going to enjoy this book, but I never knew I would enjoy it as much as I did.

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konadu's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful medium-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: Complicated

freesia_vacadoo's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

itorres_87's review against another edition

5.0

This book will forever have my heart!! ♾️♾️♾️ words cannot describe how much this book meant to me!
Do yourself a favor and read this book it was so much better than I expected!! Highly recommend