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valpuri'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: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Racism
thebookraiders's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Blir ändå 3,5 stjärnor eftersom den var både mysig och rolig + otroligt bra inläst!
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Cursing and Homophobia
Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Classism
_bobatea_'s review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Classism
_bobatea_'s review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Classism
annahamburger'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
4.5
Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, and Classism
Minor: Death and Death of parent
angelfireeast24's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, and Classism
jjjreads's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual content
merah's review against another edition
- 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: Cancer, Cursing, Terminal illness, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, and Classism
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
diana_raquel'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
3.5
I didn't know what to expect from this book. Looking at the synopsis it looked like something that I would like, but then, I started seeing this book recommended more and more, and I got suspicions. Every time a book that I'm interested in gets some hype, I become suspicious because hyped books are always 50/50 to me.
But I really like it! It's cute. I certainly have read better romance books, but this one was close to being a solid 4-star read. It just fell a little short, but that's definitely a "me thing" rather than a "book thing". My guess is, because I didn't understand some references to British culture, I was out of the loop and didn't understand the setting of some situations. And that affected my reading experience.
However, what absolutely won me in this book was the character development. To be honest I didn't like Luc at first. I thought that at some times he has whiny and unreasonable, without having a real reason to be it, but, for some reason, I kept rooting for him and Oliver. And, with time, I started to like its development of Luc.
Furthermore, another positive point is that this book was able to surprise me since some plot twists were completely unexpected.
Overall, I quite liked this book. It's a cute romance story that I recommend. I can't wait for the sequel.
Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment
Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Minor: Cancer and Classism
savvyrosereads'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
5.0
Luc O’Donnell is the mildly famous son of an aging rock star, in need of serious reputation rehabilitation in order to save his job. Enter perfect (fake) boyfriend Oliver Blackwood.
This book was made for me and that is all. I genuinely can’t remember the last time I felt like a book was so utterly and perfectly *me* in terms of sense of humor and writing style, but this one landed in every possible way. I also craved French toast a lot. The romance is adorable and sweet and genuine, every page is more hilarious than the next, and the plot is simple but with a lot of depth and heart.
I want to have more eloquent words to explain in detail why this book is such a delight, but I honestly don’t—I just adored it. One of my toxic reader traits is that I don’t always love a book when I’m in it—I’d rather “have read” a book than “be reading it.” But with this book I loved every moment I spent with it, and never wanted it to end, and honestly that’s the highest praise I can give. Alexis Hall can have all my money because his books have my entire heart.
Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: LGBTQ rom-coms; British humor; French toast.
CW: Homophobia; emotional abuse; cancer; abandonment; brief discussion of eating disorder.
Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism