Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Confidence of Wildflowers by Micalea Smeltzer

18 reviews

rshelton's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Violence, Pregnancy, Vomit, Cursing, Physical abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Rape, Child death, Infidelity, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Cancer, and Sexual assault

thebookishdogmom's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A reread for me! This story hits all the emotional feels and has a lot of heavy topics. I love that the book not only has a romantic relationship between Salem and Thayer, but it also explores a self-discovery journey for Salem. There are many sweet moments, and also many that will break your heart. The ending is unconventional and leaves you with a cliffhanger, so be sure to have the next book ready to go! 

Tags: 
-age gap 
-secret romance 
-small town
-single parent 
-self discovery

Spice: 1.5/5 

First person/Single POV

*check trigger warnings*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, and Cancer

Moderate: Sexual assault

chelsearose's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Cancer

Minor: Death of parent

sleeping_unicorn's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Death of parent

sam019's review against another edition

emotional fast-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

4.0

It was a good book! I felt the author was really great at bringing up difficult themes in a very sensitive and raw manner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cancer, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Adult/minor relationship

readingwithlyss's review

dark emotional sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

aliteraryday's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

4.5

Earlier this month I said I would give Micalea another shot and I did. This one was WAY better! I could not put this book down. It's set in a small town and follows Salem, 18, and Thayer, her 30 year old neighbor. To say Salem experienced childhood trauma would be an understatement, but the book doesn't focus solely on that (which was good for me). Thayer becomes Salem's next door neighbor after getting a divorced and moves in with his son Forrest. When Salem first introduces herself to Thayer, it clear to see that it was going to be grumpy-sunshine. From the beginning of the book, Salem really lacks future plans and while she is dating the "golden boy" of her town who has plans to go to Harvard. Salem is perfectly content staying in her small town helping her mom run an antique shop and making candles. Through early morning runs and cookie dough cupcakes, Thayer warms up to Salem and we get to see their relationship start to develop. When Salem starts to lean on Thayer for emotional support, I could tell he was falling for her. I loved seeing them fall into a routine with each other. But I really love how Thayer is willing to do anything to make Salem happy. THE CONCERT. ONE-BED. I would be re-missed if I didn't say that the last 15% of this book did not have me crying because it did. My hope for the second book is that we fix this mess that was made and get Dual POV (finally). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault

zoemain's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

MAKE SURE you read the trigger/content warnings.
Okay, so that was way darker than I thought it would be.
I’ve never read an age gap romance before (apart from, well, Twilight and the like) and I didn’t end up enjoying it. But I won’t criticise his age because I knew what I was in for. So, every time Thayer’s hairyness was described I think a threw up a little. But apart from that the romance was fine. The only reason I was attached to Thayer was because his son Forrest was so adorable. He was my favourite character.

WHY THE EFF DID HE HAVE TO DROWN???

Anyway :)
Didn’t really care about the Mum or the sister but luckily they weren’t too prevalent.
There were lot of dark things in this book

brief mentions of past SA, Salem’s mum getting cancer, and, I can’t forget, FORREST DROWNING!

that felt really random. I don’t know why the author added these things in. They didn’t tie in well.
Anyhow, I’m not a picky reader when it comes to romances so this was fine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

maddie79's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Violence, Cancer, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content