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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
4⭐️
Tropes;
Brothers Best Friend
Reverse Grumpy/Sunshine
Neighbours to Lovers
Disability Rep - hero has dyslexia
Insta Love
Dual POV
TW - domestic violence, gun violence
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. This was pretty insta love but it was written very well that it didn’t actually feel that rushed if that makes sense lol.
I loved the connection between both characters and I’m glad our heroine finally got a happy ending!!
Tropes;
Brothers Best Friend
Reverse Grumpy/Sunshine
Neighbours to Lovers
Disability Rep - hero has dyslexia
Insta Love
Dual POV
TW - domestic violence, gun violence
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. This was pretty insta love but it was written very well that it didn’t actually feel that rushed if that makes sense lol.
I loved the connection between both characters and I’m glad our heroine finally got a happy ending!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Stalking
Moderate: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury
The story made me think a lot about the movie Safe Haven, even though it's not quite the same. It was pretty good.
This sounded like something that would be right up my alley, but it just felt really underdeveloped. The only thing that existed in the relationship was the protection element, but I couldn't actually articulate in any way why the two main characters were together or good together. Plus, it felt pretty disjointed. There were time jumps that didn't feel natural and the ending felt really abrupt and out of place, even though there was technically a lot of lead up to it.
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Netgalley but all opinions provided are my own.
Zoey dreams of a time when she can do what she wants, be who she wants, but that’s an impossibility right now: she’s got her siblings and mother to care for & her abusive father to worry about. The latter becomes an even more pressing worry when Zoey’s car explodes outside of their apartment & she learns that her formerly imprisoned father has been released. An abusive man before he was imprisoned, his rage has become directed even more toward Zoey whom he blames for his imprisonment.
Out of options, Zoey and her family turn to her brother’s best friend for help.
Tristan’s long known about Zoey’s abusive father and wants to do anything he can to help, including getting her a job and an apartment where he lives. Before he knows it, his initial attraction toward Zoey, the girl he’s known for years, becomes irresistible, & neither he nor Zoey feels like trying to play it safe anymore.
But their relationship is up against some pretty big odds: her father, whose harassment escalates to dangerous levels, & Zoey’s own feelings of obligation toward her family.
Watch Over Me is a New Adult, sibling’s best friend romance where the stakes are much bigger than Zoey’s brother learning about her relationship with his best friend. Zoey’s father is dangerous & violent, willing to go to any lengths to punish his family. From a plot perspective, the book is dramatic & unpredictable from the first pages, & it’s a tension that Gray maintains & finally brings to a satisfying climax. And from a characterization perspective, I appreciated how sensitively Gray writes about his effect on their family, and how Zoey, her mother, and her siblings, grow throughout Watch Over Me and meet the challenges they’re confronted with.
Most impressive is Zoey herself, who learns to follow her own path & cast off what others have to say. She’s helped by her relationship with Tristan, a lovely hero who makes mistakes but owns up to them, her family’s encouragement, & her own burgeoning sense of self-worth.
The content warnings definitely need to be heeded here (past physical & emotional abuse, harassment, attempted murder), but I think that many readers will find a lot of value in Zoey and Tristan’s story—not to mention a lovely romance between two characters who deserve happiness.
Zoey dreams of a time when she can do what she wants, be who she wants, but that’s an impossibility right now: she’s got her siblings and mother to care for & her abusive father to worry about. The latter becomes an even more pressing worry when Zoey’s car explodes outside of their apartment & she learns that her formerly imprisoned father has been released. An abusive man before he was imprisoned, his rage has become directed even more toward Zoey whom he blames for his imprisonment.
Out of options, Zoey and her family turn to her brother’s best friend for help.
Tristan’s long known about Zoey’s abusive father and wants to do anything he can to help, including getting her a job and an apartment where he lives. Before he knows it, his initial attraction toward Zoey, the girl he’s known for years, becomes irresistible, & neither he nor Zoey feels like trying to play it safe anymore.
But their relationship is up against some pretty big odds: her father, whose harassment escalates to dangerous levels, & Zoey’s own feelings of obligation toward her family.
Watch Over Me is a New Adult, sibling’s best friend romance where the stakes are much bigger than Zoey’s brother learning about her relationship with his best friend. Zoey’s father is dangerous & violent, willing to go to any lengths to punish his family. From a plot perspective, the book is dramatic & unpredictable from the first pages, & it’s a tension that Gray maintains & finally brings to a satisfying climax. And from a characterization perspective, I appreciated how sensitively Gray writes about his effect on their family, and how Zoey, her mother, and her siblings, grow throughout Watch Over Me and meet the challenges they’re confronted with.
Most impressive is Zoey herself, who learns to follow her own path & cast off what others have to say. She’s helped by her relationship with Tristan, a lovely hero who makes mistakes but owns up to them, her family’s encouragement, & her own burgeoning sense of self-worth.
The content warnings definitely need to be heeded here (past physical & emotional abuse, harassment, attempted murder), but I think that many readers will find a lot of value in Zoey and Tristan’s story—not to mention a lovely romance between two characters who deserve happiness.
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
In doubt between 3 or 4 stars, I liked it but it also felt flat sometimes and a little rushed