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Redeemed by Lauren Asher

18 reviews

wannabe_lee's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Addiction, Mental illness, Drug use, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Car accident, Abandonment, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Confinement

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, and Pedophilia

nienke_verhoef's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Cursing

Moderate: Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy, Drug abuse, and Addiction

A physical disability after the car accident

ka_ke's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Meh, after the last book, Redeemed has something missing. Maybe it is just too predictable, or maybe it’s just a lame way to end an otherwise enjoyable series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Cursing, Mental illness, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, and Body shaming

emilyfrenchie's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Child abuse

zayyssa's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Deadnaming, Death, and Grief

Blackmail.

marine2907'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Car accident, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

charlieiniso's review

funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

Tropes/Themes:

fake dating, one bed, spicy bet, redemption, healing from trauma, millionaire, disability rep, and a bit of found family

I liked this book more than I thought I would. And not because I didn't like the others (I obviously wouldn't have made it to book four if I hated them). They were 5☆, 4.25☆, and 5☆. And this is also a 5☆. It's pretty much underheard of for me to have three 5☆ in a series but I loved it.

I bought physical copies of them all before I even got to book three. I'm not usually a sports romance person but it's honestly one of my new favourite series. I haven't even started Dreamland Billionaires but it doesn't matter, Lauren Asher is now an instant buy author for me. 

Onto the book though...like I said, I liked it more than I expected to. I feel like the last book in an interconnected standalone can often be the least favourite or least consequential person in the friend group but that was definitely not the case with Redeemed. Santiago and Chloe's story felt just as fleshed out, if not more so, as the other couples. I loved seeing the disability rep, both the negative and positive moments. The inclusion feels authentic and natural. 

No spoilers of course but...I sobbed like a baby at the end of the book (in a good way). I've often been called overemotional but I think it was totally justified. All in all, if you're in a slump or just want a good cry, this'll be perfect for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Medical content, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Pedophilia

andeng's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Car accident, and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent, Infertility, Medical content, and Miscarriage

nadiaherondale's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

And that's a wrap on the series! I don't know how I'm gonna get over this.
I thought Santiago was great during the first book so I was excited to learn more about his story. Of course the prologue had to be devastating, so cruel of Lauren Asher to make me cry since the start of the book.
I loved Chloe, her strength and positivity were just what Santiago needed and I love me some good old fake dating so everything was set up for me to love the book.
Except.. I kind of missed the Formula 1 setting, which for obvious reasons was not present, and the other protagonists. It's true that Maya and Noah appear, especially at the start of the book, but I definitely missed Liam, Sophie, Jax and even Elena. 
A great ending for the series even if I felt disappointed in some aspects.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use