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Finally Mine

Lucy Score

3.91 AVERAGE

kristyc23's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

kateq624's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Loved everything about Gloria and Aldo’s story, they’re so tender and love able together and there are quotes I highlighted in this book I really took to heart. As always, the characters in Lucy’s books are relatable and their stories of growth and journeys within Benevolence stole my heart!

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cecelia_chavez's review against another edition

4.0

4.25⭐️this was actually so cute i loved aldo and gloria their both such strong characters and seeing how they both healed eachother together actually warmed my heart the third act break up was so frustrating though their relationship was to strong for that but other than that such a warm hearted read

madroreads's review

3.0

Ugh - Like 80% of this story was included in the first book (Pretend You're Mine) and it really did take something away from this story.
Like others, I was disheartened by the lack of support Gloria received over the ten years of her prior relationship. Though, in some ways, it's rather realistic for a lot of women in her situation. I appreciate that Aldo isn't a carbon copy of every other male MC out there (he is awkward sometimes and really corny) and I know Lucy Score knows how to write characters that are different from each other.

Overall, this book wasn't as good as the first one, but I think that's largely due to the fact that there are 5 or more scenes (including the epilogue) that are almost direct copies from the first book. I understood the intentions behind it, but it didn't work for me.

mnm_reads's review against another edition

4.0

Okay, I consider this one to be significantly better than the first one though I still have some issues. I was a little nervous given how frustrating the first book was to then go into the second book which touches on extremely sensitive subjects like interpersonal violence, ptsd, and navigating relationships when you're trying to rebuild a sense of self.

Firstly kudos for focusing on creating a love story centered around two people who consider themselves to be broken and acknowledging the challenges that are personal histories and baggage can have on building new relationships. And again I don't read romance books for the realism, so I can overlook the fact that this is the easiest portrayal of an abuse survivor and PTSD veteran overcoming their problems to come together. It would have been nice if a little more realism of showing them being still works in progress in a bigger way but I'll take what I can get. Though I don't like that the story implied that once they figured out having sex together everything got better. But again I'll take what I can get.

One of my favorite parts though was the tackling of Aldo's masculine pride and the complex feelings he felt of disappointment that he couldn't do more for Gloria and pride for Gloria standing up for herself. I thought that was really interesting dynamic. In the end I appreciate it this book but I can't help but wonder if it's just because the first book was so awful in comparison. I'm hesitating if I should continue and just wrap up with the third book or if I should move on to something else.