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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, military
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