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Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
39 reviews
ladythana'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
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Terminal illness
grets_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Homophobia
Minor: Fatphobia, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit
erinoco'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
4.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content
Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Grief
mandaraffe's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Fatphobia, and Cancer
Minor: Death of parent and Mental illness
eamily'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: Infidelity
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
Minor: Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Vomit, Cancer, and Death of parent
torikate7'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
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Cancer
Minor: Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Grief, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders
bookcheshirecat's review against another edition
4.25
“Sexuality is complicated. It’s not static. People change and sexuality can change too.”
➽ Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail takes up back to Bright Falls! This time we follow Delilah's stepsister Astrid and I was so excited to finally get her perspective, especially as we mostly saw her in a negative light before. I have to admit that I liked this even more than the first book. Astrid is such a well-written character. She's got high standards for herself and has worked hard to be a successful designer. After ending things with her toxic fiancé Astrid is ready to move on with her life and stop second-guessing herself. She decides to join the redesign of the Everwood Inn which will be televised for a renovation show! There she has to work together with the owner's granddaughter Jordan Everwood, who has some very different expectations for the Inn!
➽ I loved the characters and romance so much! Astrid and Jordan are such different people and immediately clash. However, they have to work together for the sake of the show and grow closer together despite their differences. I liked that the story explored Astrid discovering her sexuality, it's so important to show Adults unsure about their orientation and taking the time to find out how they are. Astrid has got a great support system with her friends and a rekindled relationship with her stepsister Delilah. It's even more important in the wake of her mother. She's super controlling and constantly obsessed with their image. It feels suffocating to Astrid and she has to find out if her happiness aligns with what her mother wants.
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Cancer
purplepenning's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.25
The Sherwood Inn has been in Jordan's family for generations and in her own heart for decades. She's recovering from heartbreak and grief and can't seem to do anything right anymore, but she can keep the inn from getting modernized into blandness by the predictably uptight Astrid.
A little light sabotage and a few power struggles raise more than the resident ghost at the inn in this enemies-to-lovers romance that features a later-in-life queer awakening and the excellent ride-or-die friends from the first book. Even though it has allllll the right vibes and backstories to appeal to me (historic inn! hot carpenter chick! perfectionist unraveling! implementing healthy boundaries!) the story and development just didn't flow for me. I'll definitely still check out Iris's story coming in book 3, though!
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cancer, Fatphobia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol
Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Death, and Death of parent
decklededgess'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
5.0
I might have to say I love this one more than Delilah Green? And Delilah felt like an AU for my own life so this is a whole other level of OUCH.
I love a good, mean girl gets her backstory and it's actually a valid one trope. Astrid's bitchy demeanor is dismantled so systematically that by the end of the book you're left wondering if they really were one and the same person. Jordan's adorable ass self really was the glue that held Astrid's fracturing sense of self together and I really loved how they built their bond through physical and emotional intimacy. Also the fact that its a grumpy x grumpy-but-so-much-grumpier-that-grumpy-number-1-seems-like-sunshine trope is just chefs kiss.
I literally could not love this book more, it's perfect.
Moderate: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content