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ramblingoutloud's review against another edition
I wanted to like this one. I did not. DNF a about 60% and I don’t see myself picking up again. The lack of communication, the constant reminder of Tobin being younger and seen as the kid and the story didn’t grab hold of me at all, especially whenever their work were brought up. Maybe because I didn’t understand anything about it ^^
/ Denise
/ Denise
slimikin's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
arm167's review against another edition
harder for me to read text books than audiobooks
bookarina's review against another edition
4.0
welcome to this blog tour!!
Disclaimer: I received an ARC, but my thoughts are my own.
I ended up giving this a 3-4/5 stars (depending on the aspects I focused on).
So this is a second chance romance between a brother's best friend and best friend's little brother. One of them (the older guy) works for a company that buys companies in a way and the younger is an IT, sort of "fixing the company from a IT business point of view". I did enjoy their relationship and wished we had more romantic instances and conflict resolving scenes as both our MC's are adults, I wanted more realistic conversations in terms of their future and for them to talk about their relationship.
Our younger MC's brother was my least favorite character, he kept treating him as if he was a child and unable to take care of himself, he treats him as if he is his father. The pacing in the line of events does get weird at times, it is somewhat fast while also being simultaneously slow paced. After the main conflict, due to the older brother if we are quite honest (it was predictable), it is never addressed again, it happens because of a lack of communication and meddling from other people whom should have no bearings on the situation as our MCs are both full grown adults and it affects literally no one.
I was super annoyed at how the main conflict was annoyed & how the timeline for the epilogue was set up. We have no clue as when the epilogue is, how long after the main events did the epilogue happen ?
Overall when we let go of the small issue it is a pretty fun read that was floating between a 3 and 4 stars for most of it. In the end a 3.75 rounded up to a 4 stars.
4/5 stars Bookarina.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC, but my thoughts are my own.
I ended up giving this a 3-4/5 stars (depending on the aspects I focused on).
So this is a second chance romance between a brother's best friend and best friend's little brother. One of them (the older guy) works for a company that buys companies in a way and the younger is an IT, sort of "fixing the company from a IT business point of view". I did enjoy their relationship and wished we had more romantic instances and conflict resolving scenes as both our MC's are adults, I wanted more realistic conversations in terms of their future and for them to talk about their relationship.
Our younger MC's brother was my least favorite character, he kept treating him as if he was a child and unable to take care of himself, he treats him as if he is his father. The pacing in the line of events does get weird at times, it is somewhat fast while also being simultaneously slow paced. After the main conflict, due to the older brother if we are quite honest (it was predictable), it is never addressed again, it happens because of a lack of communication and meddling from other people whom should have no bearings on the situation as our MCs are both full grown adults and it affects literally no one.
I was super annoyed at how the main conflict was annoyed & how the timeline for the epilogue was set up. We have no clue as when the epilogue is, how long after the main events did the epilogue happen ?
Overall when we let go of the small issue it is a pretty fun read that was floating between a 3 and 4 stars for most of it. In the end a 3.75 rounded up to a 4 stars.
4/5 stars Bookarina.
nitya's review against another edition
emotional
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I am trash for age gap, don't @ me
This was a really sweet and 🔥🔥 read! The Canadian setting was wonderful too.
And totally checking out Ray's book! The tropes *chef's kiss*
This was a really sweet and 🔥🔥 read! The Canadian setting was wonderful too.
And totally checking out Ray's book! The tropes *chef's kiss*
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Outing, Car accident, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, and Death of parent
Minor: Pedophilia
Pedophilia from minor character, not main pairingemilyrpf's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
peachani's review
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Car accident, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Transphobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Homophobia
jooke's review against another edition
3.0
Overall this was an average M/M-romance read to me.
What did jump out for me were the interactions with Tobin's parents. It was funny, but felt so exaggerated stereotypical. And then I remembered that the author is from Asian decent. So now I'm wondering if this type of conversations and worrying is "normal"...
What did jump out for me were the interactions with Tobin's parents. It was funny, but felt so exaggerated stereotypical. And then I remembered that the author is from Asian decent. So now I'm wondering if this type of conversations and worrying is "normal"...
piperclover's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
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
4.0
This was exactly what I wanted and what I needed. I've been in a bit of a slump but this really turned it around. It's so easy to listen to and I had so much fun. It was the perfect amount and exactly the type of angst that I love. There were a few things that bugged me a bit though.
The narrators volume varies wildly in moments that don't make sense so I was constantly adjusting the volume. I picked up book specifically for the "telling brother" line in summary but it wasn't brought up until like 15% of the way into the book. There's little actual reason to not date since they're both adults and consenting and no one will force the brother to actually talk about his dislike of their relationship? Also we never see the parents reaction to them dating which I would have liked. The only other thing that bothered me enough to note was that sometimes the descriptions or lines were just so tacky I cringed- "you made me realize my hearts desires" or "(talking about a penis) "velvet soft and hard as steel".
That being said, I definitely recommend if you like forbidden romances that aren't truly forbidden, because I love trope but not if it goes too far. I'm starting the sequel immediately and I hope this author has more writing because I really enjoyed
The narrators volume varies wildly in moments that don't make sense so I was constantly adjusting the volume. I picked up book specifically for the "telling brother" line in summary but it wasn't brought up until like 15% of the way into the book. There's little actual reason to not date since they're both adults and consenting and no one will force the brother to actually talk about his dislike of their relationship? Also we never see the parents reaction to them dating which I would have liked. The only other thing that bothered me enough to note was that sometimes the descriptions or lines were just so tacky I cringed- "you made me realize my hearts desires" or "(talking about a penis) "velvet soft and hard as steel".
That being said, I definitely recommend if you like forbidden romances that aren't truly forbidden, because I love trope but not if it goes too far. I'm starting the sequel immediately and I hope this author has more writing because I really enjoyed
megsreads32's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this. It was super hot and trashy in the best way and almost zero white characters for those looking for a diverse romance. Thanks to Edelweiss for the arc.