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smithrachaelynn's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
Why did I put off reading this for so long?? This was so much fun. It had the humor and heart that I enjoyed in the first two books. Something about these characters really resonated with me. Jay was one that grew on me the more I read. I loved how chaotic and confident Zara was. They had such a beautiful relationship.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness
Moderate: Cancer and Car accident
booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
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? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing
Moderate: Alcohol and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: War, Cancer, and Injury/Injury detail
le3713's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Cancer
mybookishlife2'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
If it wasn’t for the fact that I read this after work and it’s been hectic there, I would have finished this so much faster.
I love love loved the characters in the book!
We have Zara who is always surrounded by her family and they’re always up in her business and pushing her to get married. After all, what else are auntie’s going to do during wedding season, right? She is a whirlwind. She has an energy off 1000 suns, she loves her life too The fullest, she also just got a job where it feels like home and most importantly doesn’t want love because love will eventually die.
Jay, Jay is too busy expanding his business for love. He also has to take care of his mom and make sure she is okay. After all, it’s what he’s always done. He was in charge of watching out for his men, he took care of his mom when she was sick, he takes care that his business has no issues and can grow. If he were to find love, he needed someone who was calm, successful, and not clingy.
These two were on their separate paths. That is until Zara’s cousin, Jay’s best friend is getting married and they go to paintball for their bachelorette/bachelor party. That’s when Zara shoots him in the ass and he can’t get her off his mind. For Zara, anytime she even thinks about another woman being around Jay drive her crazy.
And then their wonderful story begins to come together.
The way Sara put this together and showed how both of them had their own struggles that they had to come to term with, her with her traumatic past being a divorcee kid and him with his PTSD, It came so beautifully together. I also love love love Parvati. She’s such an amazing best friend.
The way that she chased him instead of him chasing her in the end? Incredible!!!!!
I will say though, it was a very fast ending.
I love love loved the characters in the book!
We have Zara who is always surrounded by her family and they’re always up in her business and pushing her to get married. After all, what else are auntie’s going to do during wedding season, right? She is a whirlwind. She has an energy off 1000 suns, she loves her life too The fullest, she also just got a job where it feels like home and most importantly doesn’t want love because love will eventually die.
Jay, Jay is too busy expanding his business for love. He also has to take care of his mom and make sure she is okay. After all, it’s what he’s always done. He was in charge of watching out for his men, he took care of his mom when she was sick, he takes care that his business has no issues and can grow. If he were to find love, he needed someone who was calm, successful, and not clingy.
These two were on their separate paths. That is until Zara’s cousin, Jay’s best friend is getting married and they go to paintball for their bachelorette/bachelor party. That’s when Zara shoots him in the ass and he can’t get her off his mind. For Zara, anytime she even thinks about another woman being around Jay drive her crazy.
And then their wonderful story begins to come together.
The way Sara put this together and showed how both of them had their own struggles that they had to come to term with, her with her traumatic past being a divorcee kid and him with his PTSD, It came so beautifully together. I also love love love Parvati. She’s such an amazing best friend.
The way that she chased him instead of him chasing her in the end? Incredible!!!!!
I will say though, it was a very fast ending.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness
Minor: Car accident
sharebear431's review
adventurous
emotional
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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Car accident, War, Death, and Medical content
Minor: Sexual harassment
eddaccine_alfredo's review
funny
lighthearted
reflective
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
4.0
This was the best book in the series in my opinion! The love interests’ chemistry was off the charts and made for such a page turner. I would give this a higher rating, but the ending felt a little rushed? Either way, this is totally worth a read!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: War
blackveilbeccy's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-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
4.0
This wasn’t as strong as the first two. Ex-military alpha male falls in love with manic pixie dream girl in an opposites attract romance. At the beginning, neither main character really appealed to me but by the end I really loved the male love interest. The female lead straddled the line between quirky and annoying. As usual, the diverse ensemble cast was great. The depiction of mental illness was sensitive and well-handled. The “spicy” scenes were cringe - aside from the fact I generally don’t like them, there’s only so many times you can talk about “lush” curves or the “crescents” of the female lead’s cleavage and I just couldn’t even after 3 books of that kind of phrasing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Death, Car accident, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Drug use
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, and Vomit
PTSD, toxic family situations, militarykfmcf's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
After the first two books were cute and the characters were loveable I thought "this book's gotta be similar, right?"
Nope. Skip this one. It doesn't even feel like its in the same series (which is fine, but also makes skipping easier).
First of all- can we stop with the paintball scene in rom come? I know The Hating Game had one and it's alright but that's like the only one. I've read at least 5 books in the past year that have a paintball scene. I want to skip them _every time_.
The FL lead in this book is a terrible person and she's annoying. The ML is fine, maybe could have used more depth but compared to the FL, he is immaculate. She made me want to DNF this book - I honestly don't remember why I didn't.
Also ALSO the epilogue of this book was d u m b. I'll add the spoiler tag but if you know me you know I *love* epilogues and rarely critique a book for having one. This one? Makes the book worse. WHY WOULD YOU BRING A BABY TO A PAINTBALL FIELD?! Like, I'm not a huge fan of the fact that they have a baby to begin with (definitely never wanted to imagine the FL as a mom) but big OOF that made me so uncomfortable
I don't think this book is going to deter me from reading more of what this author writes, but I'm definitely going to have more trepidations.
Nope. Skip this one. It doesn't even feel like its in the same series (which is fine, but also makes skipping easier).
First of all- can we stop with the paintball scene in rom come? I know The Hating Game had one and it's alright but that's like the only one. I've read at least 5 books in the past year that have a paintball scene. I want to skip them _every time_.
The FL lead in this book is a terrible person and she's annoying. The ML is fine, maybe could have used more depth but compared to the FL, he is immaculate. She made me want to DNF this book - I honestly don't remember why I didn't.
Also ALSO the epilogue of this book was d u m b. I'll add the spoiler tag but if you know me you know I *love* epilogues and rarely critique a book for having one. This one? Makes the book worse.
I don't think this book is going to deter me from reading more of what this author writes, but I'm definitely going to have more trepidations.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
jadatrack'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, and Drug use
isthereanebook99's review
liked it. FMC was a bit over the top but still really likable, MMC had good characterization as well. has steam. epilogue spoiler: has surprise baby
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Car accident