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tragicgloom's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
relaxing
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
Once again Elle Kennedy gives us offensive portrayal of queer women and people of color + a solid dose of sexism and reinforcing stupid gender norms.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Vomit, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Classism, Alcoholism, Abortion, and Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Fatphobia
fremzz's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Grief, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol and Domestic abuse
Minor: Abortion
kb33's review
tense
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This was not the lighthearted, accidental pregnancy trope read that I expected. It highlighted a lot of the negative things that women experience with an accidental pregnancy, especially doubt, accusations, and cruelty from friends and her boyfriend’s mom.
Another thing that bothered me was that while Sabrina is very intelligent and hard working, and Tucker is smart enough to take her history of family trauma into account during their relationship, neither of them is smart enough to think that maybe therapy would benefit her, and by extension, their family?? Really?? So many romance tropes include characters with extraordinarily traumatic pasts, and very few of them ever go to therapy to find healthy ways to heal and move on. Please normalize therapy for traumatized characters.
That said, I liked Tucker and Sabrina. They both cared about each other and only wanted the best for the other, even if they weren’t sure how to get there and weren’t willing to go to therapy, meaning they took the entire novel to admit they love each other.
Another thing that bothered me was that while Sabrina is very intelligent and hard working, and Tucker is smart enough to take her history of family trauma into account during their relationship, neither of them is smart enough to think that maybe therapy would benefit her, and by extension, their family?? Really?? So many romance tropes include characters with extraordinarily traumatic pasts, and very few of them ever go to therapy to find healthy ways to heal and move on. Please normalize therapy for traumatized characters.
That said, I liked Tucker and Sabrina. They both cared about each other and only wanted the best for the other, even if they weren’t sure how to get there and weren’t willing to go to therapy, meaning they took the entire novel to admit they love each other.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexism, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, and Medical content
Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Incest, Car accident, and Death
TW/CW: entire pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding.kaltenmark24's review
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
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
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Pregnancy, Car accident, Grief, and Addiction
wildaboutbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Alcohol, Car accident, Body shaming, Abortion, Cursing, and Vomit
v1l25's review
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Death, Misogyny, Vomit, Cursing, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Abortion
tayloraddison's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Grief, Abortion, and Death of parent
dlrosebyh's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Grief, Vomit, and Death
Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Homophobia
mybookishdelights's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Heat Level: High graphic sex scenes
CW:minor violence, creepy stepfather, talk of abortion, death of a friend, childbirth description, breastfeeding shaming, shaming of anything other than natural childbirth (minor, but still disturbing)
Well this was a bummer. I've given all three previous books in this series a 5 star rating and adored them. I loved the world and the characters. That was the only thing I loved about this one: was seeing the characters from the previous books.
I could not figure out what it was that I wasn't enjoying until I finished the book and then started looking at reviews to try and figure it out. Unfortunately, it was the romance. And that's the main point of this book.
I didn't dislike the two main characters, but I certainly didn't love them. Even Tucker that everyone was drooling over. He just seemed "too perfect." It was boring. Sabrina was kind of interesting, but her character growth felt weird and unearned. I don't know... something was missing there.
The plot was fine... nothing special. It's a surprise pregnancy trope, which isn't a spoiler. It's in the synopsis. This trope doesn't bother me and I actually enjoy it more times than not. I don't know though... again, something was missing. I did like how it was aligned with the events of Dean's story. That was interesting to see it from someone else's perspective.
After reading some reviews, I feel like what this book was missing that was crucial to my enjoyment was the romance. I didn't feel any romantic tension.The whole book was Tucker chasing after Sabrina. Like he just "knew" right off the bat and was so calm and like "that's my girl." Maybe there are people out there like that, but reading it in a romance is boring. She spent the whole book acting not interested. Until like the very end. The whole plot was kind of bizarre. Tucker's mom acting like a total bitch felt like it came out of nowhere. Then their big "I love you" moment was meh. Basically Tucker was perfect and had zero character growth and Sabrina was imperfect and her growth was too little, too late.
A note on the pregnancy and childbirth: There is talk of abortion in this one and there's a lot of people weighing in on what should be done. This is realistic because it seems that as soon as you become pregnant, everyone and their mother thinks they should give you their opinion. However, I wanted to touch on some things that I found weird and disturbing:they go to a breathing class, but it's not called Lamaze, and the instructor basically shames the women and says they're failing their jobs as women if they do anything but a natural childbirth. The graphic videos they watch are described and it's never addressed that this viewpoint is wrong. There is shaming about breastfeeding from several older women in Sabrina's life, which is bizarre to me. Sabrina gets shamed by Tucker's mom basically calling her a bad mom/girlfriend for staying in school and studying with men. It was so weird. The stepfather makes disgusting comments about Sabrina's breasts while she's feeding her baby. Maybe none of this will effect anyone, but I wanted to put it out there anyway. Moms have enough guilt and maybe this will trigger something for someone.
I 100% recommend the first three books in this series, but I can't say I would recommend this one.
CAWPILE Score: 5.29 = 3.25 stars
Characters: 6
Atmosphere: 6
Writing: 6
Plot/Romance: 5
Intrigue: 4
Logic: 6
Enjoyment: 4
CW:
Well this was a bummer. I've given all three previous books in this series a 5 star rating and adored them. I loved the world and the characters. That was the only thing I loved about this one: was seeing the characters from the previous books.
I could not figure out what it was that I wasn't enjoying until I finished the book and then started looking at reviews to try and figure it out. Unfortunately, it was the romance. And that's the main point of this book.
I didn't dislike the two main characters, but I certainly didn't love them. Even Tucker that everyone was drooling over. He just seemed "too perfect." It was boring. Sabrina was kind of interesting, but her character growth felt weird and unearned. I don't know... something was missing there.
The plot was fine... nothing special. It's a surprise pregnancy trope, which isn't a spoiler. It's in the synopsis. This trope doesn't bother me and I actually enjoy it more times than not. I don't know though... again, something was missing. I did like how it was aligned with the events of Dean's story. That was interesting to see it from someone else's perspective.
After reading some reviews, I feel like what this book was missing that was crucial to my enjoyment was the romance. I didn't feel any romantic tension.
A note on the pregnancy and childbirth: There is talk of abortion in this one and there's a lot of people weighing in on what should be done. This is realistic because it seems that as soon as you become pregnant, everyone and their mother thinks they should give you their opinion. However, I wanted to touch on some things that I found weird and disturbing:
I 100% recommend the first three books in this series, but I can't say I would recommend this one.
CAWPILE Score: 5.29 = 3.25 stars
Characters: 6
Atmosphere: 6
Writing: 6
Plot/Romance: 5
Intrigue: 4
Logic: 6
Enjoyment: 4
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Death
Minor: Grief, Vomit, and Violence
lilypilly's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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
4.75
You're the only one for me
My sun rises and sets on your smile
My heart beats because yours does
Tucker surprised me honestly, I wasn't expecting him to have it in him yk being the quiet friend and practically never seeing him throughout the other stories. But holy moly, he was a definite fave, higher than Dean (but let's be real anyone is higher than Dean).
Sabrina was so different from the other girls that we have experienced in the Off-Campus series, she came from a different area, she had a tough life, but she was so inspiring she made the most of it and had dreams and goals and ambitions.
Because love is the ultimate goal. It's not the one I had strived for, but I was lucky enough, so damn lucky, to achieve it.
And Tucker was just such a perfect dad, he never gave up on his family once, he was always there for them and I admire that so much. Unlike most of the other books, there was no break between Tuck and Sabrina, they stuck together through the whole thing, and I think that really shows their characters and who they are.
I'm actually so excited to read The Legacy, and then order the Briar U series, sign me up for more Elle Kenndey content :)
You're the one, Sabrina. There's no one else for me in this world, nobody but you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Cursing
Moderate: Death and Sexual harassment
Minor: Abortion, Grief, and Vomit