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mlglenn's review against another edition
4.5
4.5 rounded up. I think this is my new favorite of the Bromance Book Club!!
Friends to lovers is such an elite trope and I love how being best friends was never something that changed even as Alexis and Noah became something more. Their friendship stayed super important to both of them, which is absolutely adorable. I spent a lot of the book as frustrated with Alexis’ new family as Noah but I still respect the way she handled it with grace - truly not how everyone would have reacted! Can’t wait for more meddling book club antics in the next book!
POV: dual third person omniscient
You can expect: friends to lovers, he falls first, sexual assault survivors and healing, business owner FMC, hacker/computer security business owner MMC, newly discovered family, secrets, meddling friend group.
Rep: anxiety, kidney failure, transplant, grief
Audio rec?: yes, always supportive of Andrew Eiden
Spice: 2/5
CW: past sexual assault/harassment, nearby business owner with victim blaming mentality, discussion of kidney failure and kidney transplant (non graphic), death of a parent in the military, death of a parent from cancer.
Friends to lovers is such an elite trope and I love how being best friends was never something that changed even as Alexis and Noah became something more. Their friendship stayed super important to both of them, which is absolutely adorable. I spent a lot of the book as frustrated with Alexis’ new family as Noah but I still respect the way she handled it with grace - truly not how everyone would have reacted! Can’t wait for more meddling book club antics in the next book!
POV: dual third person omniscient
You can expect: friends to lovers, he falls first, sexual assault survivors and healing, business owner FMC, hacker/computer security business owner MMC, newly discovered family, secrets, meddling friend group.
Rep: anxiety, kidney failure, transplant, grief
Audio rec?: yes, always supportive of Andrew Eiden
Spice: 2/5
CW: past sexual assault/harassment, nearby business owner with victim blaming mentality, discussion of kidney failure and kidney transplant (non graphic), death of a parent in the military, death of a parent from cancer.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Chronic illness
Minor: Sexual harassment
books_after_bedtime's review against another edition
emotional
funny
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? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, Grief, and Medical content
Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Medical content, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, and War
hal2499's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent
loquitacass's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Sexism, War, Abandonment, Medical content, and Grief
mraddd's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Sexual content
Moderate: Medical content and Cancer
Minor: Infidelity
clareasday's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Grief
Minor: Violence
fernandes's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death of parent
whatkateeread's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent
jessversteeg's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
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
One of my favs of this series!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent
Minor: War
duarshe's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
tense
slow-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
2.25
I was dreading finishing this book because it was getting too long to my liking. For starters, I felt there were many plots going on, between Noah's family, Alexis' family, their love story AND, ON TOP OF THAT, the meeting thing with the zoning board. Like, give me a break. I was happy I was finally finishing the book until I remembered there was this other plot we still had to close and I just thought the end was never coming. Furthermore, I didn't quite connect with Noah and Alexis' relationship. They sold this as a "friends to lovers" story, but at the same time this is the third book of the Bromance Book Club series, so I would've preferred if the characters were presented as FRIENDS in the previous books. I mean, I would've liked for Alexis and Noah to be shown as a possible "thing" in the previous books, or at least that they had met in the previous books. Not in a time gap between the second in this third book in which they became wonderful friends. I WANT TO SEE THEM BECOME FRIENDS because I just don't buy the "they're really good friends now, although they met right after what happened in the second book and we didn't show you". Well, boomer, because I wanted to see that dammit. Another option would've been to show flashbacks or something about what happened in that time gap, I don't know.
Between that and the all the drama that I didn't really care about anymore towards the end, I'm giving this 2.25⭐, because at least I get to see the Bromance Book Club being chaotic once again.
Between that and the all the drama that I didn't really care about anymore towards the end, I'm giving this 2.25⭐, because at least I get to see the Bromance Book Club being chaotic once again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Medical content