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challenging
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Vomit
Too sad. I thought it was going to be a lighthearted romance but was actually filled with a lot of hard topics that I just wasn't looking for. A good book I just am not looking for that type of book right now.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent
Abusive neglect, Breakup,
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book felt especially easy to read, maybe it was because I just read a rather sad book about someone with a terminal illness? Or maybe it's just pure beach read. Although there are some pretty high emotional stakes in this book and a large portion of it involves childhood drama and heavy denial. To the point that I found the main female character infuriating most 75% of the time. Her insistence that she is normal and fine? Absurd. Her mother is awful and the family twist that rolls in towards the last third of the novel made my eyes bug out as I read it in public. The repetitive use of choosing empathy over anger felt really overdone and cringy.
Best moment: the drunken Uber ban because of the baby raccoons 🦝
Complaints:
• Every time "docking" is mentioned... I kept taking it literally like parking a boat or plugging in a phone. Why not use "safe harbor" as a metaphor instead?
• I wanted to see Amber go to jail.
• First hookup amid norovirus is brutal & nasty. Like seriously, no thank you.
Waiting for my fellow book club peeps to finish this now LOL. It was fun, light, easy rec to anyone. Nothing too explicit, mostly wholesome & some banter.
Best moment: the drunken Uber ban because of the baby raccoons 🦝
Complaints:
• Every time "docking" is mentioned... I kept taking it literally like parking a boat or plugging in a phone. Why not use "safe harbor" as a metaphor instead?
• I wanted to see Amber go to jail.
• First hookup amid norovirus is brutal & nasty. Like seriously, no thank you.
Waiting for my fellow book club peeps to finish this now LOL. It was fun, light, easy rec to anyone. Nothing too explicit, mostly wholesome & some banter.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, Abandonment
Minor: Grief
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Listen…maybe I need to choose empathy but this book made me hate the FMC. GET OVER YOURSELF OMG
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment
emotional
funny
relaxing
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:
Yes
Such a sweet book with very lovable chracters. Definitely worth the hype. Very dialogue heavy, which isn't my cup of tea, but overall, a really good book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
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
Abby does it again with an amazing 5 star read.
The characters in this book being as connected as they are to the other three books made it that much better for me. I won't tell you how but just know, you should read all three of these books!!
What I want to know is, if you were cursed with never finding your soulmate but then finding it right after you.. would you plot to fake date someone just for the summer too?
The characters in this book being as connected as they are to the other three books made it that much better for me. I won't tell you how but just know, you should read all three of these books!!
What I want to know is, if you were cursed with never finding your soulmate but then finding it right after you.. would you plot to fake date someone just for the summer too?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment
emotional
funny
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
Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Abby Jimenez, I owe you an apology. I was not familiar with your game.
I was deeply impressed with this! The relationship between Emma and Justin develops in such an organic way. I love that Jimenez takes us through this slow growth scene by scene, letting us in on their text messages and phone calls and eventual dates. There are no short cuts, we see how they go from something silly and fun (let’s break a ‘dating curse’) to something profound. I got such giddy ‘kick my feet, twirl my hair’ feelings from the build up to their first kiss! It was cute!
I wasn’t sure how the emotional elements of the story were going to play out but I think Jimenez wrote Emma’s trauma and coping mechanisms really authentically. Her thought process, while flawed and frustrating, seemed accurate to someone with that kind of abusive upbringing.
I was deeply impressed with this! The relationship between Emma and Justin develops in such an organic way. I love that Jimenez takes us through this slow growth scene by scene, letting us in on their text messages and phone calls and eventual dates. There are no short cuts, we see how they go from something silly and fun (let’s break a ‘dating curse’) to something profound. I got such giddy ‘kick my feet, twirl my hair’ feelings from the build up to their first kiss! It was cute!
I wasn’t sure how the emotional elements of the story were going to play out but I think Jimenez wrote Emma’s trauma and coping mechanisms really authentically. Her thought process, while flawed and frustrating, seemed accurate to someone with that kind of abusive upbringing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content
Minor: Grief