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apolen's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Bullying, Sexism, and War
ellahoward_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Minor: War
hazelgirl21's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: War
Minor: Death of parent
laura_rheads_too_much's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and War
ines_santos13's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Torture, and Abandonment
carly713's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Minor: Abandonment and War
adub345's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism
belle13's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Explicitness: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Tropes/Themes:
❤ Fake Engagement
❤ Small Town Romance
❤ Fun Family Dynamics
❤ Age Gap
❤ No Third Act Break Up (In my opinion)
I stand by what I said all of these books need to be at LEAST 100 pages shorter. I really enjoyed this one but like every other Elsie Silver book I’ve read, it just didn’t quite hit the spot, potentially with the exception of Summer and Rhett who are still my faves. The family dynamics as usual, were great, it was a super easy read and the fake engagement trope always hooks me in. It does have a slightly different vibe to the previous books and was probably most similar to Powerless in my opinion.
I thought it started really well and I liked their dynamic and back and forth but as I read on Bailey began to feel a little juvenile and it made the age gap feel a little icky. It was also so clear that Elsie has clearly done very minimal research on PTSD before writing this because I don’t think I’ve ever seen a psychiatrist prescribe good sex as a treatment for PTSD. I did enjoy the spice more in this book than the previous books. It feels like Elsie got more and more tame with the spice in each book and I kind of liked that (I’m a vanilla gal).
I would recommend this if you love a small town, cutesy, heartwarming romance and a fake engagement trope.
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: War
readingduckling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol
Minor: War
redempta's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I did like the story but that's it.
It was a surface level story. I feel like we never truly get to know the characters. So I didn't get attached to them nor really care about them.
In general, I don't like 3rd act breakups and this one was a strong meh.
Minor: War