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The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

40 reviews

books_hello's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Overall the book was good. The two main characters were cute. Personally found it to spicy. But I liked to banter and emotional parts.

Warnings
There is mention of:

• greif
• alcoholism
• domestic violence <a boyfriend hits his girlfriend, a child here's it> 
• Violence
• Fake relationship
• Cursing (F bombs, sh*t, among others)

Spice warning

• No sex scene, <but implied once>
• Making out <the main characters make out twice with detail>
• <Two characters sleep in the same bed. Nothing happens>
• The main character slightly implies some things in conversation 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

isabellgilfoil's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol

juliette_95's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Murder

Minor: Blood

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

Such a fun concept. Overall a delightful and unique romantic comedy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Toxic friendship

There are a lot of content warnings for this book. I'll try and break them down into certain spoilers. To begin, some general non-spoiler comments. At the very start of the book, MC's mom died. I don't know if I'd call it an illness or a condition, but it was terminal. Second, as a bodyguard, the MC deals with issues of kidnapping, stalking, attempted violence, etc. They have to protect their charges sometimes which can also require violence. Spoilers related to MC:

MC's boyfriend dumps her right after her mom's funeral and ends up dating her best friend.

. Spoiler related to MC's love interest:

Their mom is diagnosed with cancer in the beginning of the book which is why they return home. This requires time in the hospital. Later in the book they do get kidnapped and threatened at gunpoint. They also struggle with recurring nightmares because they feel responsible for the death of their brother after he drowned when their car went off a bridge into the water

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milcahh's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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? No

3.75

It was cute, sweet, short, and a funny read. I was looking for something easy to read after the last book I read took a little more effort, and this delivered. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, and Death of parent

burkiewiczs's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

xiggy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Suicide attempt near the end of the book when Jack is taken hostage and held at gun point (after he tells Hannah he never liked her) suicide is not successful but it wasn’t hinted at So it comes up pretty quickly without a lot of warning. all the warnings I gave I felt were mild depictions.

itschelseaw's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

A cute, average romance. A fun twist on the famous/not famous trope, and on the live saver/life saved trope (is that a trope?). Overall I could’ve done without some of the key drama points like

Robby and Taylor because that’s such a cliche

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Also… like all of these people could stand to be in therapy rather than be healed by the magical power of love but idk just a thought!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Car accident

Moderate: Cancer and Violence

Minor: Vomit

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail