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jillkaarlela's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Age rating: 17+ (3 spicy scenes, 1.5/5🌶️)
This was such an emotionally moving romance!!! HBY really knows how to handle hard/difficult topics with grace!! The conversations around the two main characters’ family trauma and history as well as their current struggles with helping their siblings in the foster care system was so well done!
This book has forced proximity (and they were roommates…) and grumpy MMC X sunshine FMC, but he’s a secret cinnamon roll. Chloe is such a relatable main character because she has been working so hard at pleasing and taking care of everyone else, and I loved her journey of allowing someone else help her, care for her, and love her the way that she deserves!! And I loved seeing Warren show his sensitive and caring side, because he truly is a huge softie and such a sweet man. I definitely did cry at some points, iykyk.
I also was not expecting to be so heart warmed by their relationships with their younger siblings and creating this little found family!! (Usually I hate kids in books, especially babies, but not in this one!)
Overall, highly recommend as long as you check the Trigger warnings!!
Trigger warnings: abandonment, substance abuse, parental neglect, foster care, ableism (characters who are deaf), emotionally manipulative parents
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment
beebowbabe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Death of parent
Minor: Ableism, Violence, Medical content, and Pregnancy
mabellene'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: Alcoholism
Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Ableism and Pregnancy
themargherita_s's review against another edition
5.0
I really loved both Chloe and Warren, but my actual favorite character was Luke. The kid was amazing.
Anyway, all together they make a very cute family.
One thing I did not like: we have the main character mentioning a Harry Potter movie marathon on page. I know this series has been picked up by a publisher, so I checked in the with author and she said they should be able to change it in the republished version.
Content Warnings: foster care and adoption, addiction (parent), dugs, alcohol, removal from parent due to substance abuse and neglect, death of a parent by overdose, anger management issues, strained parent-child relationships, anxiety and panic attacks, ableism.
Representation: former foster kid female mc who becomes a guardian for her newborn sister, baby sister with fetal alcohol syndrome, former foster kid male mc who is the guardian for his little brother, deaf little brother. The brother and the MCs all communicate with ASL.
Moderate: Ableism, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Alcohol
plsnotanotherdamselindistress's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
But it qas a sweet short read with nice tension between the MCs but mainly I just love me a found family.
Spice 1/5
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Ableism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent
bubbasgotbooks's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment
Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent
apolen's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Death of parent
Adoption Foster care Guardianshiprickireadss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Abandonment
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Pregnancy
kerrygetsliterary'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: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol