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Redeemed by Lauren Asher

18 reviews

valeria_gzz's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

5 MF STARS I KNEW SANTIAGO WAS GOING TO BE MY FAVORITE RACER!!!!
This book was amazing and made me feel like how I felt when I read the heart principle in that I really care and love these characters. Although I don’t relate to them as much I still understand them and absolutely love them individually and together.

I love how Santiago treated Chloe in that he always wanted what was best for her and didn’t like that she had to grow up the way she did. I love how he did things for her because of this too i.e. the mom thing, the dad thing, and even Brooke in the end of the book. I also love how Chloe never pushed Santiago on the subject of racing and his prosthetic. She only ever encouraged him to try to do things that dealt with his last slowly but surely. Also she made sure he was confident, proud, and loved himself before you know because she knew the importance of it like she said.

I love the fake dating trope so I guess that’s just another reason as to why I loved this book.

Lastly, I loved this book because reading it felt safe and like being with someone you love whether familial, friendship, or romantic. It felt safe, comfortable, and sweet even in the third act conflict.

I say even in the third act conflict, because even though it’s a romance novel and I know they’re going to end up together I didn’t feel very anxious like I usually do. You could tell that these characters don’t just love each other but like the book says are IN love with each other. There was never doubt in my mind or theirs that they loved each other even in the conflict which doesn’t happen often in romance novels ESPECIALLY ones with the fake dating trope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and Child abuse

Minor: Miscarriage, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

phoebethrelkeld's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-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

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Drug use

aclisham's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

“hey siri, play ‘this love’ by taylor swift”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Medical trauma

callmeluh's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.25

This whole series officially has my heart, and I'm so sad to say goodbye to these characters.
Redeemed probably is my favorite out of the 4 books. I absolutely adored discovering Santiago, and I fell in love with Chloe. Lauren Asher truly outdid herself with this book; it made me laugh, cry and also smile like an idiot.
Lauren has definitely become one of my favorite romance authors, and you can bet I'll read anything she writes in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Car accident, and Child abuse

Moderate: Addiction and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Drug use

thefatpaperback's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

5.0

This series is incredible. I highly recommend this read, but it’s my advice to read the books in order. Start with Throttled, then Collided, then Wrecked, then Redeemed. I wasn’t expecting to love this book as much as I did. Without spoiling, I will say that my father has the exact same disability as a character in this book so I was nervous. But it was handled with great care, and this book surprisingly became by favorite of the series (closely followed by Collided). The grumpy/sunshine trope is executed great here, and I’m sad the series has come to an end (though I did read we might be getting a 2nd generation series!) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia

chasejoychanise's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Noah is so romantic he’ll make you swoon. The only compliant I have is about the third act conflict, you know the one that leads to the reconciliation at the end. Yeah Chloe pissed me off so badly it messed me up for a couple chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism

izzrose's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-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: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Miscarriage

withmehak's review

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Miscarriage