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pointeshoebookworm's review
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
I genuinely enjoyed this. Possibly more than Out of Character. I especially loved that there was not third act break up between Milo and Jasper. Truly hoping that Annabeth Albert comes out with another contemporary romance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Toxic friendship
foreverinastory's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
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
4.5
Okay ex-best friends to lovers is a new fave!
Rep: white gay male MC, white gay Italian male MC with an injured leg, white female side character with a chronic illness (blood disorder), Latino achillean male side character, white achillean elderly male side character, autistic gay male side character and his boyfriend, various children with chronic illnesses/disabilities in a hospital in-patient ward.
CWs: Homophobia/homomisia, sexual content, injury/injury detail . Moderate: Ableism, past mentions of bullying, mentions of alcoholism/addiction, past death from chronic alcoholism, death of parent, medical content, cancer, chronic illness, past mentions of emotional abuse, grief, past car accident, toxic friendship.
Rep: white gay male MC, white gay Italian male MC with an injured leg, white female side character with a chronic illness (blood disorder), Latino achillean male side character, white achillean elderly male side character, autistic gay male side character and his boyfriend, various children with chronic illnesses/disabilities in a hospital in-patient ward.
CWs: Homophobia/homomisia, sexual content, injury/injury detail . Moderate: Ableism, past mentions of bullying, mentions of alcoholism/addiction, past death from chronic alcoholism, death of parent, medical content, cancer, chronic illness, past mentions of emotional abuse, grief, past car accident, toxic friendship.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Homophobia
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Medical content
cheye13's review against another edition
emotional
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This felt quite a bit removed from the previous book in the series, which threw off my balance; Albert's usually great at ensemble friend-group romance series, so I felt a little let down there. It also felt a smidgen to long to me. But readjusting my perspective, I appreciated the nuance and the romance, as well as the friendship beneath the romance. The characters' plot and personal growth was lovely and made for a great story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Chronic illness, Homophobia, and Medical content
Minor: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail
Though no actual medical content is detailed, a significant portion of the book is set in a children's hospital ward, and a character discusses a car accident and the resulting injury/hospitalization in his past.
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