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emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
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:
Complicated
“Love’s not supposed to be easy. But if you’re lucky, it’s simple.”
Beatrice barely has enough time to juggle law school, study for the bar, grade student papers, and job hunt. And yet rent is somehow still due, her water heater barely works, and two of her best friends are going through a nasty divorce. As she waltzes into the divorce lawyer’s office to give him a piece of her mind, she expects to never see him again. But of course, when her professor goes on leave, it’s the very same divorce lawyer who takes his place.
Simply put, I absolutely adored this book!!! It’s definitely one of my new favorite romance novels. I loved how realistically Bea’s vulnerabilities were portrayed. She is feisty, stubborn, angry, and anxious—all so relatable—especially when under pressure. I felt for her as she fought for everyone but herself. That loneliness paired with life’s anxieties is so real. Queue totally cool, calm, collected (and totally swoon-worthy) Nathan. Their forced proximity pushes Bea to question what’s right, wrong, and what she really wants. Ahhh, I loved it all.
I stayed up waaaay too late finishing this book. Over the next few days, I whined to my husband about missing the characters and carried the book from room to room rereading my favorite parts. If that doesn’t scream “five star read”, I don’t know what does.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Grief
Minor: Addiction
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Grief
Moderate: Drug abuse
Minor: Infidelity, Grief, Gaslighting
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-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
“Yes, I can, Bea. It’s simple.” lives rent free in my brain now
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Alcohol
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A fun read. Bea has a big heart & a tough shell. Sometimes it was hard to read, how much she lashed out, though. Josh's addiction & struggles to stay/get sober seemed very realistic to me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Addiction
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I get the idea behind Bea's character, but the execution of it makes her really unlikable. We don't really see the moments where she cares about people and softens, we are just told that's what she has done in the past. She mostly expresses her care for others by yelling at them. But this makes her pretty intense and unlikable. I think her character needed a little more variation for her to seem real.
Also as someone who used to work with lawyers, Bea, a law school student, should know better about how lawyers actually work. This really frustrated me. It's called out once in the book, and then not really addressed later.
Also as someone who used to work with lawyers, Bea, a law school student, should know better about how lawyers actually work. This really frustrated me. It's called out once in the book, and then not really addressed later.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse
Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol
Minor: Infidelity, Gaslighting
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Medical content