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anjasfairylights'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
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
takarakei's review against another edition
- 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
4/5 🌶️
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Medical content and Stalking
kendrakeuler'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
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Alcohol
Minor: Misogyny, Violence, Stalking, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
hellowildflower'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: Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual harassment
alclvdl'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
4.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Kidnapping and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual harassment
alexismil's review against another edition
- 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: Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
Minor: Violence
graceev's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
what_karla_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Abandonment
savvyrosereads'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
Jules Ambrose and Josh Chen are sure of one thing—they hate each other. But when they begin an “enemies with benefits” arrangement, they just might realize that fundamental truth isn’t so true after all…
I loved SO MUCH about this book—Jules and Josh are both great MCs and their relationship was surprisingly sweet given that it started as hatred (or at least intense dislike). It was a true enemies-to-lovers romance, which is my absolute favorite trope, so I ate up the banter, tension, and explosiveness with a spoon. And that first date?!?! Let’s just say if someone planned that for me I’d be shopping for wedding dresses immediately.
All of that said, I dropped a star because there was a pair of choices (first an action from Jules and then Josh’s reaction to it) that I could not stand, and while I understand why they ultimately reconciled (that’s not a spoiler, this is a romance novel, come on), I only half forgave Josh myself.
Still, I’m having a BLAST reading this series, and I can’t wait for Stella and Christian’s story in Twisted Lies!
Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: enemies to lovers; bromance moments; slow-ish burn tension
CW: Grief/death of parent; sexual violence; physical violence
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
carlyjb16's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcohol