Bed and Breakup by Susie Dumond

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Bed and Breakup

Susie Dumond

3.7 AVERAGE

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tayberryjelly's review against another edition

4.0
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

zzbop77's review against another edition

3.0
hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

weejane's review against another edition

Audiobook narrators were awful.  

ladylesbrarian's review against another edition

5.0
emotional funny fast-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

brireadssapphic's review against another edition

Thank you PRH Audio and Dial Press Trade Paperback for a copy of this eARC. 

I adored these two together! Even as bitter exes, I really liked the chemistry that brewed beneath the surface. Their pranks cracked me up (even if it is a low blow to use someone’s worst fear against them 😅). Lovers of second chance romances (especially those set in a small town with a sweet side of found family) need to check this one out asap! 

I also really enjoyed and recommend this audiobook! Both narrators did a fantastic job encapsulating their respective characters and their voices blended well together. 
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averyslibrary's review

3.0
lighthearted medium-paced
Robin & Molly were the type of couple that were great in their twenties but weren't meant to last. This was a second chance romance that should have accepted the first chance as their only one & moved on. These two had no chemistry, all they seemed to have was a shared history. I felt no tension or pining between the characters. Every single time they got annoyed or frustrated with the other they would be reminded of something good about the past that would make them ignore what their actual problems were. Robin was so obviously the one "in the wrong" but by the end they were both saying that each of them were "selfish" in their own ways. Did Molly ditch Robin for a bigger and "better" opportunity and end up shacking up with the woman that Robin had already been insecure about?? Of course she didn't. (and how are we not going to get any sort of follow up the fact that Robin left Molly FOR ANOTHER WOMAN AND WAS WITH HER FOR YEARS?? We're just going to brush past that?) As soon as Robin heard that Molly was back at the inn for a studio space she immediately assumed that Molly was a "starving artist type" and didn't even think for a moment that she could have been extremely successful. Robin is not the good guy here. I cannot see her as a good option for Molly, no matter how I swing it. 

There was no groveling, no apologies that didn't hinge on the other person also apologizing, there was just two women in their mid thirties who seemed to be having a bit of a life crisis so they jumped back into a relationship with their estranged spouse. Bed and Breakup had the potential to be great. The setting and side characters are the reason why it is being rated as highly as it is. But the romance felt so unrealistic and I truly cannot see these two lasting long term. They didn't actually work through their issues, they just decided to "move past them."


I really wanted to like this, but for a second-chance romance to make sense I need them to actually fix the things that made them end things in the first place, not ignore them for the sake of plot.
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guybrush's review against another edition

Ran out of time ... but not crazy about characters
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kimadams95's review against another edition

5.0
emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-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
A heartwarming story about two people learning how to heal the past. I enjoyed each character, how communication was used and clarified. This did a great job of staying in the present while explaining the past. This was a good second-chance romance. I only hope I could visit the Hummingbird Inn and meet Molly and Robin. 
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kalaclarke's review against another edition

4.5
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
I typically don't love second-chance, but I ate up this FF romance with a Bed and Breakfast setting in a small town that has become known as a safe place for queer tourists. 

chelford's review

You know, in the first half I was actively rooting for them to stay broken up. I kept reading because the community in Eureka was so cozy and inviting and wondrously queer (please, can I go to Counter Culture, the vegan restaurant run by a trans guy?) By the end, though, they had grown so much that I was here for it. I'm glad I stuck this one out. As a side note, it's interesting to read books set in a timeline where covid happened and had an impact. Also, Arkansas, update your divorce laws!