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Bittersweet by Noelle Adams

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I thought the book was sweet with a fair slow burn, but I felt like there wasn’t much depth to either MC besides their shared grief. I knew that the FMC liked fashion and working in retail. That’s it. The rest of her personality was her grief, her child, and the MMC. And that’s all information you get in the 1st chapter. I only knew the MMC was smart, liked history, and had a complex relationship with FMCs husband in life. I needed more of their nuances; personality quirks aside from being stubborn.

lifeand100books's review

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4.0

Really enjoyed this! I think it gives an interesting perspective on what it is to lose a spouse and the difficulty that moving on causes.

The characters are real, the struggles they face as individuals and as a couple are real, and I believed all the emotions they felt.

Definitely my favorite of everything I've read by Adams.

jen286's review against another edition

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2.0

This wasn't the worst book, but the writing felt very stiff. In part there was also more details than necessary, and it was just lacking. It could have been a really great story, but the writing felt off to me.

drealovesbooks's review

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emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

brokenrecord's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5 stars. The romance in this worked so well for me.

Spoiler

It was fairly obvious that Adam had had feelings for her back when he first met her but just moved too slowly and then Zoe meeting Josh and starting to date him made Adam retreat, but it made sense why Zoe wouldn’t realize what had happened since he never showed any signs of being into her.

I really loved how even though things were distant between them at the start, Adam was really the only one who had any idea of what Zoe was going through, so there was as reason for them to start reconnecting. I thought the pacing of this was really good — a lot of time passes over the course of the story, which it needs to before anything can happen between them considering Zoe’s husband just died (although a couple of the time-jumps at the beginning did feel a little abrupt to me). I liked the slow development of them reconstructing their friendship and then Zoe realizing she’s starting to be attracted to Adam and have feelings for him. And everything between Adam and Logan was really cute (Uncle Lala!). And the epilogue was really great. So yeah, I just really enjoyed this!

alymac97's review

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Lacks substance

luetta's review against another edition

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4.0

I just finished this story and have to say I rather enjoyed it.
It's a slow burn, but for good reason.
The relationship that builds between these two has a few obstacles, I guess you could say, that they need to manage properly.
I like Zoe. I feel that she acted how many would after the death of a loved one. And Adam, thought sometimes i feel he could have encouraged more, he did right by her too.
Very happy I found this sweet story.

deamer26's review against another edition

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3.0

This was a sweet romance, loved the story :)

sbauer16's review against another edition

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4.0

I'm continuing my new to me authors with Noelle Adams. I don't typically read third person, but this book was calling to me. Bittersweet was a sweet and emotional story that made me swoon and tear up.