Reviews - First Love, Take Two

733 reviews for:

First Love, Take Two

Sajni Patel

3.81 AVERAGE

catkey's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

readsbyrach's review against another edition

2.75

lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Can’t believe I finished this. Terrible dialogue, annoying main character and a very weak plot.

Content Warnings

garcia211's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful 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

kansxlibrary's review against another edition

4.0

lighthearted 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

kristymarie's review against another edition

3.75

lighthearted 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

cklansang's review against another edition

3.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

mklein319's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

ashreads_inherjungle's review against another edition

4.0

Thank you to Forever and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I adored this book. First Love, Take Two is a second chance romance that follows our main character Preeti as she completes her residency & looks to find a permanent position. At the same time she deals with the aftermath of an incident from the first book in this series (which I haven’t read yet) and must find a new place to live all in the matter of a week.

Enter Liya, one of her besties who has an empty apartment for the next few weeks. There is only one catch - she’s already promised the place to Daniel, Preeti’s first love who she maybe hasn’t completely gotten over. They agree to share the apartment for a few weeks, but under the condition that Preeti finally confess to Daniel why she left him and completely broke his heart six years ago.

The romance in First Love, Take Two is super sweet. It’s a slow burn, but believable as these two characters find their way back to each other. Daniel is a caring and attentive love interest who still knows exactly what Preeti needs to take care of herself. And Preeti can give it right back. This book also touches on important issues that our characters must overcome to be together - elitism from Daniels father towards Preeti and her family, racism against Daniel (who is a black man) from Preetis community of aunties, and Preeti learning to stand up for herself and her family/friends against those same aunties and uncles who hold a more traditional view on what makes a good Indian daughter. First Love, Take Two also explores anxiety and the stigma that remains when a doctor may need help with that.

All in all this was a wonderful book. As mentioned I haven't yet read the first book in this series (The Trouble With Hating You), but I definitely think readers may get more from the story if they read that one first. I did have trouble wrapping my head around the events that occurred in the beginning of First Love, Take Two, but that could be prevented had I read The Trouble With Hating You first.