Next To You by Hannah Bonam-Young

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Next To You

Hannah Bonam-Young

4.12 AVERAGE

olaalah's profile picture

olaalah's review against another edition

4.0
A sweet geeky romance story with good character development and importance of communication and therapy after impactful situations. Their romance made my heart sing and the pureness of Matt was the cherry on top for this whole book.

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alltoorachel's review against another edition

4.0
emotional hopeful 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

nikkitaylor19's review against another edition

5.0
emotional hopeful inspiring 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

rorlav22's review against another edition

3.5
emotional funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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katies_bibliotherapy's review against another edition

3.0
hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
While this book is part of the NEXT series, the books are interconnected standalones. The MCs of the first book are mentioned in this book, but you don't need to read it to read this.

While I loved NEXT OF KIN, this book, unfortunately, fell flat for me. I listened to the audiobook and I didn't like the narrator. The FMC is the best friend of the FMC in the first book, but the voice of the FMC in this sounds much older, which threw me off because there isn't supposed to be an age gap. 

I also felt that Matt and Lane didn't have the easy banter and chemistry of people who are attracted to each other. It felt like there was lusty tension between them rather than genuine chemistry, and I didn't buy it.

I'm curious for the third book, but will be going in with slightly lower expectations.
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nina_louwen's review against another edition

3.0
funny hopeful slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emreviews's review against another edition

4.5
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sci_fi_bi's review against another edition

1.0
Gave up around 30% of the way in

booksbeneathmybed's review against another edition

5.0
so much representation in this book, it was amazing. i loved seeing my own experience with anxiety and with grief reflected in lane, and i loved seeing how patient matt was with her and just reading his swoon-worthy character in general. 11/10 will be reading more hannah bonam-young books!
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clara_lunar's review against another edition

3.0
funny lighthearted fast-paced