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makayla_radford's review against another edition
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Child abuse
dmcdade's review against another edition
DNF after consent wasn’t requested or discussed for sodomy. Then the MMC was too gruff and off putting after the assault acting as if it was her fault and he didn’t want to be there. Blech.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Sexism
frantically's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Once you get over your initial shock over the clown part, this turns into such a good read!! Idk if it's Tessa Bailey or the people who narrate her books but whenever I listen to one, I'm so hooked, it really becomes my nr. 1 priority.
This is brother's best friend at its finest especially because Travis quickly realizes how much cooler Georgie is than her brother 🤭
These two had the absolute cutest relationship and it was so hot at the same time 🥵 You should've seen my face during some of those lines haha
As another woman in her 20s who'll tell everyone how excited she is to have kids, I loved seeing that displayed in Georgie! So often we get kids in epilogues without the characters having exchanged one word about it but here it was an actual topic.
I couldn't really get on board with their girls club just yet because in the book they're constantly like "it's not just for hating men!!" but then they do do a lot of men hating there 😂 But we've got two more books about it so I'm hoping to love it more by the end!
Such a great series opener and looking forward to continuing <3
This is brother's best friend at its finest especially because Travis quickly realizes how much cooler Georgie is than her brother 🤭
These two had the absolute cutest relationship and it was so hot at the same time 🥵 You should've seen my face during some of those lines haha
As another woman in her 20s who'll tell everyone how excited she is to have kids, I loved seeing that displayed in Georgie! So often we get kids in epilogues without the characters having exchanged one word about it but here it was an actual topic.
I couldn't really get on board with their girls club just yet because in the book they're constantly like "it's not just for hating men!!" but then they do do a lot of men hating there 😂 But we've got two more books about it so I'm hoping to love it more by the end!
Such a great series opener and looking forward to continuing <3
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Abandonment
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Alcoholism and Injury/Injury detail
ka_ke's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Tessa never fails to keep me entertained and wanting more. Sure its a little cheesy but sometimes thats what you need. Georgie is a beautiful character and one I aspire to be like when I grow up…
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Misogyny
clairew97's review against another edition
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
pandalesque's review against another edition
tense
1.5
This is the romance for your "woke republican" in your life...
OMG... I just finished this bcs I paid for it and wanted to have all the information to rant about it.
I thought I get a house makeover romance with smut and interesting family/friend dynamics...
The business/aspekt of flipping houses was so not central or even there it's sad.
The family dynamics are patriarchal, sexist bullshit that wouldn't be a problem if the book didn't try to "fix it" explore it in a even more humiliating way for the women.
+ Talk about being the youngest sibling and wanting to be taken seriously and being noticed positively and working for it
+ Attempt at positive female relationships
- In the first 5-10' mentioning of church and god...
- Characters are so artificially built and the plot so cringy
- 3rd act conflict / misunderstanding makes NO SENSE
- So heteronormative/cis-normative, it seems almost homo-/transphobic
- the smut between the MCs is problematic at best, bcs of the very shakey consent
- Submissive virgin FMC with toxic masc dominant possesif MMC
- Language used to describe body parts during s** was cringy ("(sensitive) flesh"...) to be fair, other authors unfortunately do the same.
- Basically just a story about him getting fixed by a woman and the MMC being/becoming a decent human being for once
- Jealousy and Posessiveness
- performative feminism that made women look annoying, not to be taken serious, .... (Club)
- Second hand talk about why she likes "clowning" but never really shown
- FMC juggling for a kid and it being happy isn't the genius move it's written out to be, in my opinion! All the men impressed because they can't distract a child if their life depended on it???
Problematic representation of wanting children and adult relationships:
- Character (male) not wanting a family and kids, until he falls in love with a woman and she changes his trauma, and insecurities and life... ?
He needs therapy... not her being his therapist, social worker, manager or enabler. Also there are people who don't want kids and don't have to change their minds.
- FMC parents almost neglecting her and never recognizing it
- Her brother *BERRRKKKK*, such a dick toxic masculinity guy adding 0 value to the story. Forcing/Pressuring his wife to have kids?????
- Also brother and MMC have no obvious "best friend" relationship in my opinion
- "she's all that"-moment... Of course she has a beautiful body and just had to wear tighter clothes... cringe
- all the relationships (around them) seem to suck too (brother, Rose's, parents?...)
I "CLIP" in audio books usually for good quotes or insights... this time I clipped bcs I wanted to come with receipts about the cringy, puke-y and misogynistic lines...
OMG... I just finished this bcs I paid for it and wanted to have all the information to rant about it.
I thought I get a house makeover romance with smut and interesting family/friend dynamics...
The business/aspekt of flipping houses was so not central or even there it's sad.
The family dynamics are patriarchal, sexist bullshit that wouldn't be a problem if the book didn't try to "fix it" explore it in a even more humiliating way for the women.
+ Talk about being the youngest sibling and wanting to be taken seriously and being noticed positively and working for it
+ Attempt at positive female relationships
- In the first 5-10' mentioning of church and god...
- Characters are so artificially built and the plot so cringy
- 3rd act conflict / misunderstanding makes NO SENSE
- So heteronormative/cis-normative, it seems almost homo-/transphobic
- the smut between the MCs is problematic at best, bcs of the very shakey consent
- Submissive virgin FMC with toxic masc dominant possesif MMC
- Language used to describe body parts during s** was cringy ("(sensitive) flesh"...) to be fair, other authors unfortunately do the same.
- Basically just a story about him getting fixed by a woman and the MMC being/becoming a decent human being for once
- Jealousy and Posessiveness
- performative feminism that made women look annoying, not to be taken serious, .... (Club)
- Second hand talk about why she likes "clowning" but never really shown
- FMC juggling for a kid and it being happy isn't the genius move it's written out to be, in my opinion! All the men impressed because they can't distract a child if their life depended on it???
Problematic representation of wanting children and adult relationships:
- Character (male) not wanting a family and kids, until he falls in love with a woman and she changes his trauma, and insecurities and life... ?
He needs therapy... not her being his therapist, social worker, manager or enabler. Also there are people who don't want kids and don't have to change their minds.
- FMC parents almost neglecting her and never recognizing it
- Her brother *BERRRKKKK*, such a dick toxic masculinity guy adding 0 value to the story. Forcing/Pressuring his wife to have kids?????
- Also brother and MMC have no obvious "best friend" relationship in my opinion
- "she's all that"-moment... Of course she has a beautiful body and just had to wear tighter clothes... cringe
- all the relationships (around them) seem to suck too (brother, Rose's, parents?...)
I "CLIP" in audio books usually for good quotes or insights... this time I clipped bcs I wanted to come with receipts about the cringy, puke-y and misogynistic lines...
"Her face transformed with "feminine outrage"
"with the hand full of little sister tit."
"And this definitely marked the first time in history he'd been eager to get inside the head of a woman."
"There wasn't the typical feminine urge to squeal to her friends."
"...He kissed her like he was, taking care of her, soothing her, letting her know that he'd stand guard while she wept. And the responsibility made him feel more like a man than he ever had in his life.
"He gave her a look of pure man exasperation. you've got until I say ..."
"A man using her mouth. She never felt more like a woman."
"Sweet girl, so beautiful."...
"Sweet man, ... So strong."
"He never been in this place. torn between aching to f*ck and needing to talk. To just... hold her. "
"You wanna be with me?"
"Want? No. I'm saying I need you. ..."
Also the end... WTF. I think a lot of other low reviews already talked about some points I brought up and had some more good ones.
SMUT 🔥🔥/5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism, Bullying, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Body shaming
stupidcat's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
alexisgarcia's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
I loved Tessa Bailey’s Bellinger Sister Series so i decided to pick this up and i was so confused. i thought this was pretty bad unfortunately. i didn’t like any of the characters, the plot was bad, and it was just overall cheap and cheesy.
also the ending was so bad. the fact that he proposed??? it was so early and weird
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Grief, and Sexual content
dianaschmidty's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Great chemistry and a great ending, but a weird plot. Also, I hate the nickname “baby girl”! Especially since he said it like 50 times.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, and Toxic relationship
ecravens's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship