Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Right Move by Liz Tomforde

45 reviews

karlapardo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

OK! This book has my heart just like the others in the series. I truly don't think that Liz Tomforde could create a male main character that it's not book boyfriend material. Ryan Shay! What can I say about this man other than I freaking love him and he is just *cheff's kiss*. He is a quiet man that will show his love quietly but so powerfully. His love language it's definitely acts of service and I couldn't love that more. He has a rough back story when it relates to past relationships and it causes him to mistrust people so easily. He tried to not trust Indy, but he was just able to. He is head over heels in love with his girl and I love to see it. Even while he had such a harsh relationships past he was SUCH a wonderful man. He made it his mission to show Indy her worth and how she should be treated every single day of her live (like a queen obviously because hello?? she is a queen) and he gave her everything she could ever want without her even asking. He loved her for her and nothing else and I think that is just beautiful. Indy.... the woman that you are is so beautiful. I love her bubbly and colorful personality but she is still a throughly emotional girl (and will talk and be open about it) and just doesn't care because she unapologetically her and she won't change that for anything. Also, her obsession with the book community and her book boyfriends made me love her more, I am her and she is me, we are the same and I love that for me. The infertility issue representation was also so well done and I loved that story line and it just made my heart break so many times but also heal in so many other ways. The representation was just so well done and I don't think that it is talked about enough or represented enough in other books and I think that it needs to be recognized that it was an amazing and well executed story line. Indy and Ryan's relationship is just so utterly beautiful that there is no way one can hate them together. They are able to balance each other so freaking well! She is able to give his life a little color and excitement but he is able to be her calm. The fact that  they were in love with each other wayyy before they admitted it or said it was so cute. Their communication was also goals. Also, the way we were able to get sneak peaks from Zanders and Stevie!!!! DIED! Honestly I could read this book 4 more times and still love it as much as I love it now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infertility, and Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Infertility

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

chelle22's review against another edition

funny lighthearted

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

kristensreading's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

The book could have ended at 80% and been great. 

I don’t love that the happy ending had to include children. As someone with DOR myself who didn’t get to have kids, I was hoping to see a happy ending without kids because those exist too!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Infertility

Moderate: Pregnancy and Toxic friendship

ladynavalon's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

0.25

🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Stalking

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

n_malin_p's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Infertility

fiwwa's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

indyryan can adopt me as their kids but even if not i'll still call them PARENTS!!! 

ryan shay is the type of man you bring home to your mama and proudly showing him off everywhere. he got that all five languages, and perhaps six if you include sign language to that as well i mean cmon he learns to sign so he can talk to indy's dad while her shitty ex never did it in all the years they were together??? that's a perfect definition of a gentleman. i see myself indy's sentimental self and i love that she could brightens up everyone's days like the sun. my heart is so full it could burst, no words can express enough how much i love indyryan and how perfect they are 🩵

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Pregnancy

calhox's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-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

4.5

The rom-comiest rom-com I’ve read in a long time. All the characters were super lovable and the way their pasts affected their present was really well written. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

frantically's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This was fun! I was a bit hesitant on Ryan at first but he really grew on me <3 Ryan and Indy's relationship is SO tender and really just quiet love and reading about them was so sweet. I think at times the book was too long-winded and couldn't keep my attention as long as the previous one did, which is why it isn't 5 stars but it was always fun when I picked it up again!

rio book when

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Infertility, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity and Medical content