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sare1125's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content and Sexism
reading_withphoebe's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism and Death of parent
Minor: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Vomit
divine529's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I'm obsessed with this book. Everything about this resonated with me and I loved every second of it. It's been a long time since I read a book I didn't want to put down, and this book fit that bill perfectly.
As much as I love romance plots, I don't read many books from that genre and I find that I can be picky. This book checked every box for me.
This follows our main protagonist, Henley Rose Evans, a 20 year-old who works for a cruise company in the marketing department. She's incredibly driven and eternally stressed out and is up for a promotion. The problem? Her incredibly irritating and good-looking co-worker Graeme is also up for promotion, and Henley will do everything she can to beat him. In the meantime, Henley's sister Walsh is also in town unexpectedly. They all end up going on a cruse to the Galapagos and things kind of go from there.
I couldn't put this book down. From the writing, fun plot and fantastic and relatable characters, it just really resonated with me. Henley and Graeme's whole relationship arc was fantastic and I can see myself in both of the characters in various ways. I adore them both so much. The backdrop of the cruise was also delightful and I loved getting to visit the Galapagos in this. The themes and topics explored were also great: climate change, ecotourism, sexism in the corporate world, harsh judgement when you don't know a person, abusive relationships...all explored in a very poignant way.
All in all, a fantastic read and one I'll definitely reread in the future.
As much as I love romance plots, I don't read many books from that genre and I find that I can be picky. This book checked every box for me.
This follows our main protagonist, Henley Rose Evans, a 20 year-old who works for a cruise company in the marketing department. She's incredibly driven and eternally stressed out and is up for a promotion. The problem? Her incredibly irritating and good-looking co-worker Graeme is also up for promotion, and Henley will do everything she can to beat him. In the meantime, Henley's sister Walsh is also in town unexpectedly. They all end up going on a cruse to the Galapagos and things kind of go from there.
I couldn't put this book down. From the writing, fun plot and fantastic and relatable characters, it just really resonated with me. Henley and Graeme's whole relationship arc was fantastic and I can see myself in both of the characters in various ways. I adore them both so much. The backdrop of the cruise was also delightful and I loved getting to visit the Galapagos in this. The themes and topics explored were also great: climate change, ecotourism, sexism in the corporate world, harsh judgement when you don't know a person, abusive relationships...all explored in a very poignant way.
All in all, a fantastic read and one I'll definitely reread in the future.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
Minor: Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Cursing
apolen's review against another edition
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny
Moderate: Grief, Terminal illness, and Vomit
Minor: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders
vj_thompson's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- 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
3.5
Overall I really enjoy the story, the plot, and longing romance. I did feel like the author focused a lot on the cruise portion; the Galapagos facts and such. The characters fell flat. The romance portion seemed normal, like the beginning of a relationship. The third act conflict was normal and the ending of the book was cute. This is also a clean romance; no sex scenes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Grief
Minor: Vomit and Animal death
mghrt06's review
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse
deetabz's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny
Minor: Sexual harassment, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Death of parent
luisamw's review
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- 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
5.0
It's such a good book! 😄
It was so funny and I really enjoyed reading it 😄
The book was in every second so so good and there are so many plots. These plots make just so much sense and then you totally understand, why a character was this way, in that situation and that way, in this situation.
In this book there are some sad parts, but these parts are very short and normally I don't like sad parts in books, but somehow Angie Hockman managed to make me like even that moments.
(The following paragraph maybe has a little spoiler... 😬)
I also really enjoyed their connection between Henley and Graeme and that their connection has some time to build up.
The whole book was just a feelgood book and I really really liked it 😄
I definitely will reread this book several times and want to read more of Angie Hockman's books.
Btw: I would be so so happy, if there would be a sequel to this book, that's maybe about Walsh, Christina or Tory 😅 I would buy it immediately
It was so funny and I really enjoyed reading it 😄
The book was in every second so so good and there are so many plots. These plots make just so much sense and then you totally understand, why a character was this way, in that situation and that way, in this situation.
In this book there are some sad parts, but these parts are very short and normally I don't like sad parts in books, but somehow Angie Hockman managed to make me like even that moments.
(The following paragraph maybe has a little spoiler... 😬)
I also really enjoyed their connection between Henley and Graeme and that their connection has some time to build up.
The whole book was just a feelgood book and I really really liked it 😄
I definitely will reread this book several times and want to read more of Angie Hockman's books.
Btw: I would be so so happy, if there would be a sequel to this book, that's maybe about Walsh, Christina or Tory 😅 I would buy it immediately
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit
Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Chronic illness
Minor: Sexism and Emotional abuse
jenna36's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was much better than I expected going in. It felt like a complete, fully fleshed out story. Sure, it may have gotten a little fluffy with the HEA at the end, but the enemies to lovers dynamic was fantastic, and the fluff was not so unrealistic as to bother me. I will definitely try more of this author's work in the future.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism
cozyduck's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Kind of cheesy writing. In spite of them talking about issues she's dealt with I didn't feel super connected to the main character. It felt like they were trying hard to give her a 3 dimensional character but it wasn't very believable. She and he felt kind of stereotypical to me. She, quirky but not quirky. Him, handsome as a god yet ~mysteriously single and only into her~. They kind of build up for a sex scene and then just skip over it when it happens lol. The ending was a little cheesy for me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse