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edey_books'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
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Infertility
faraway_'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
3.25
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Mental illness
thebruce's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Grief, Pregnancy, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, and Medical content
Minor: Biphobia, Infertility, Cursing, and Racism
suse_'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
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Grief and Sexual content
Minor: Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Alcohol
abby2207's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual content
Minor: Biphobia
mels_reading_log'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? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, and Mental illness
littlespookysmut's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Grief and Mental illness
Minor: Infertility
whatbeccareadnext'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 wish the story had spent a bit more time with the bus, I think it would have been interesting to have some more scenes involving the renovation. I also felt that the first 20-30% of the book moved quite slowly, and I struggled to get into the plot. However, after this, it really picked up, and I whizzed through the last half in less than a day.
** Thank you to the publisher for the eARC of this book. All opinions expressed are my own. **
Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Infertility, Mental illness, Car accident, Classism, and Grief
Moderate: Biphobia and Homophobia
Minor: Pregnancy and Toxic relationship
jillkaarlela'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
5.0
Age rating: 17+ (4 spicy scenes, 1.5/5🌶️)
THIS BOOK OMG. I’m at odds for which is my favorite HBY book between this one and “Out on a limb” because I love them so much!!! This was such a great emotional friends-to-lovers romance with such a good MMC, like I love this man with my whole heart. I love the representation with the FMC being pansexual, agoraphobic, and having anxiety! She is such a relatable character. And BIG dad bod appreciation with Matt, the 6’3” ish Samoan teddy bear. Matt is the definition of he falls first and falls harder like COME ON!!! If you want to read about a man who will live the FMC UNCONDITIONALLY and FIERCELY, read this book!!
I am a sucker for a grumpy FMC X sunshine MMC and this was everything.
There were so many parts in this that made me so emotional (please mind the trigger warnings!) but I loved it so much. It made my heart break and then ten times fuller!! Ugh, I cannot say enough great things about her books, for real!!!
To someone who is not familiar with Samoan culture, it seems like HBY did so much research to make Matt’s character and Matt’s whole family very authentic!
Trigger warnings: Major grief and PTSD discussion, death of parent, commitment issues, emotionally abusive and manipulative family members
Moderate: Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, and Death of parent
dianaschmidty's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Grief and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol