Reviews with content warning for Biphobia - No Rings Attached

trigger warnings: infidelity mention, homophobia, death of parents

Bro this book was so stinking cute. Idk there's something about a character who is an emotional flight risk and the love interest who is eternally placid and ready to talk that just has me on my knees. I love this shit. We've got 50% fake dating 50% road trip and 100% forced proximity that is just TOO CUTE TO HANDLE. Loved this one more than the first ngl.

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femmenova's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective medium-paced

3.5

I enjoyed this book way more than the first book in the series! To start off, the tension between Lia and Grace was interesting to read. I did like the angsty, commitmentphobe meets direct-sunshine dynamic between the two of them. Grace is, however, singlehandedly so traumatized by her life, but the author kept trying to maintain the light-hearted tone of a fluffy romance novel by moving along from her issues relatively quickly.. that it comes off very awkward. The conflict in Act 3 felt like it purposefully pushed forward Grace's whole character arc of trying to overcome her avoidant conflict response - and it felt flat. This is my personal pet peeve (both in real life and in fiction) when someone basically speedruns through their emotional growth because something tragic happened to someone they love. The sex and romantic scenes in this book was way better than the first book itself! I did like that fake dating turned road trip!

Just a question for an audience that cannot answer: how many times must I read a lesbian romance sex scene that is just finger and hip thrusting? What happened to good old eating out the pussy section? Or is that too... lewd for a mainstream romance book? I really do wonder because I guess I don't see a blow job scene either before in a mainstream trad published book...

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queergoth_reads's review

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funny lighthearted fast-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

4.0

I really enjoyed the first book and I was super excited for to get my hands on this one. I feel like this was a lot less cluncky that the first one. It flowed a lot better.

It was cute and fun. I did find the main character interactions a bit frustrating at various points. They were both so rigid and it got frustrating but I got over that quickly.

One thing that annoyed me was that there was repeated mentions of a character only feeling sexual attraction when they form an emotional bond but not once was the word demisexual used. I think it would have been amazing to have that very clear representation.

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marylinaris's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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