Reviews - The Next Best Fling

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The Next Best Fling

Gabriella Gamez

3.71 AVERAGE

mrjln's review

3.5

lighthearted fast-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

Really charming romance, but all the fights or problems they need to solve sometimes didn't make sense or for me Marcellas insecurities got too much in the way and it was too frustrating to me. The fights also felt very forced at times.

The spice was okay. When they kiss it's super steamy but once it gets past that point it fell flat for me.

Love the representation and how much the latinx culture is part of her identity.

alliereadbooks's review against another edition

4.0

These is a lot I really like about this book.

First, you could tell the author is from the place she writing about.

While it doesn't focus on it much, I like the discussion it has on the importance on having diverse books in the library.

Then there is the relationship. It was great. I understand the hesitation, because both characters have harbored feelings for someone else for a long time.

prettypearlprettyworld's review

5.0

oooooo girl this HURT

r_reynolds's review

3.0

emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

seareader425's review

3.0

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

ebert714's review against another edition

2.5

lighthearted

I enjoyed this book to begin with but the last third was a but of a mess and I found myself skimming more and more. Time started moving at a weird pace and the main character spent too much time in her head. I also found Alice’s resolution to be too quick and easy, and it and Ben somewhat underdeveloped.

grace_b_3's review

2.0

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Content Warnings

beckerdoodled's review against another edition

3.0

I really liked this story. It was fun, I was rooting for Marcela and Theo the whole story and was so mad at how Marcela kept self sabotaging throughout the book. But, the book felt like it needed a second or third round of checks and edits. I found myself having to re-read sentences and paragraphs because I constantly felt like I was missing something. At one critical “a-ha” moment Marcela says “I have to go” to end a conversation, and then the next chapter just picks up later in the week with no context of why she would have said that. The spicy scenes also felt forgotten about, there was lots of good tension and then it felt like you were questioning if they actually finished. I’m glad I read it and I will be checking out the authors next release this summer in hopes that she found a better editor.

nellie_downie's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

novelsandnotebooks's review

4.0

I loved this one so much. Actual rating: 4.5

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