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cjconway2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Grief
m_a_j's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Ableism, Sexual content, and Grief
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Pregnancy
ghostsversion's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Sexual content
shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Grief and Sexual content
Moderate: Vomit, Abandonment, Classism, and Death
Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Self harm
modryzamek's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Grief, Death, and Car accident
felishacb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Child death, Sexual content, and Death
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Deportation
overthinkereading's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I adored this romance highlighting Khai, who we briefly met in The Kiss Quotient (where we learned he is autistic), and My/Esme, who travels from Vietnam to the U.S. to become his spouse.
While the story has some of my favorite tropes (fake relationship, forced proximity, one bed), it simply became a favorite as we witness deep, accepting love blossom between these two people who are each struggling in their own way. The representation of Khai’s challenges with identifying emotion and Esme’s struggles as an immigrant woman from difficult circumstances were especially moving.
Recommend to readers looking for: open door romance, Own Voices representation (neurodivergence and AAPI), and HEA
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Car accident and Grief
0live_tr33's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Abandonment
Minor: Ableism, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
tiredfangirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I also don’t for the life of me understand why My has a daughter. She could be removed from the narrative with only the slightest modifications. Any narrative function she serves could be equally well played by My’s mom/grandma, and she wasn’t a fleshed out/important character. It just seemed like a really big thing to add to the character for how little it impacted her/the story.
Graphic: Grief
isfantasi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Classism, Body shaming, Car accident, Death, Grief, Racism, Sexual content, and Xenophobia