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janin's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
very cute friends-to-lovers.
eve was a bit annoying and i really wish there was more of an established baseline of her and shep's friendship before her pregnancy but the cute parts were really cute and both the boys were also unrealistically perfect.
eve was a bit annoying and i really wish there was more of an established baseline of her and shep's friendship before her pregnancy but the cute parts were really cute and both the boys were also unrealistically perfect.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Infertility
Minor: Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Abortion
hellokaley's review
funny
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
4.25
I really liked this one! And I recently finished a book based on an accidental pregnancy that I disliked and even one chapter into Ready Or Not, I knew I was going to enjoy it.
I liked the characters so much and enjoyed the writing style of their dialogue and even when the main character talks directly to me as a reader.
The story itself wasnโt just based on a pregnancy and the very common pregnancy symptoms that exist, but it focuses on how your relationships change and how you change moving into motherhood. And although the deceased parent figure storyline was sad, it was written well and was emotional and lovely.
Overall, I thought it was a great, light easy read. Recommend!
I liked the characters so much and enjoyed the writing style of their dialogue and even when the main character talks directly to me as a reader.
The story itself wasnโt just based on a pregnancy and the very common pregnancy symptoms that exist, but it focuses on how your relationships change and how you change moving into motherhood. And although the deceased parent figure storyline was sad, it was written well and was emotional and lovely.
Overall, I thought it was a great, light easy read. Recommend!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility and Pregnancy
Moderate: Death of parent and Miscarriage
sglance9's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Miscarriage and Infertility
Minor: Death of parent and Toxic relationship
j0annasolomon's review against another edition
emotional
funny
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Miscarriage
Minor: Abortion
ms3333's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Miscarriage
thespinystacks's review
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Death of parent, Vomit, and Alcohol
Minor: Miscarriage
fictionalwanderer's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Miscarriage
spellbindingtomes's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-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? No
5.0
๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข ๐ด๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ.
Wow....I went on a journey with this book. I went from being iffy on the MCs to not wanting their story to end by the time I finished ๐ฅน I officially think surprise pregnancy is an amazing trope if done right and Cara Bastone did a fantastic job with this book and handled a delicate situationโwhere the baby isn't the MMC'sโperfectly.
Eve's personality and inner dialogue was so fun to listen to. Alex Finke did an amazing job and I highly recommend the audiobook! I loved that we were immersed into her mindset and saw first hand her fears of being alone while raising a baby.
Childhood friends to lovers isn't usually my favorite but I think what made this work was the slow burn aaand, of course, SHEP. BALDER. At first, I just thought of him as the extremely friendly older brother, but he slowly and gradually made me fall for him the same as Eve. What sold it for me was the bike (iykyk). He was such a refreshing character to read. He's a golden retriever and cinnamon roll all in one. He's 'other-centered', doesn't have a selfish or jealous bone in his body and all of his decisions and actions are made with Eve in his mind. He goes above and beyond for her and the baby because he's just the BEST.
If you're like me and can't deal with love triangles, and think this is going to be one, it's NOT! Ethan, the baby daddy, was such a likeable character and I couldn't help but just want him to be happy.
The only con about this book was that I would've really wanted to read an epilogue, or a X years later chapter. I got so sad as I was nearing the end! I just really didn't want to finish this book!
Ready or Not is a story about finding love in the most unexpected places & it's definitely become a new favorite romance of mine.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
Pick this up, if you love:
๐ผsurprise pregnancy
๐ฒchildhood friends to lovers
๐ผslow burn
๐ฒbest friend's brother
๐ผhe falls first
๐ฒthe BEST cinnamon roll/golden retriever MMC
Wow....I went on a journey with this book. I went from being iffy on the MCs to not wanting their story to end by the time I finished ๐ฅน I officially think surprise pregnancy is an amazing trope if done right and Cara Bastone did a fantastic job with this book and handled a delicate situationโwhere the baby isn't the MMC'sโperfectly.
Eve's personality and inner dialogue was so fun to listen to. Alex Finke did an amazing job and I highly recommend the audiobook! I loved that we were immersed into her mindset and saw first hand her fears of being alone while raising a baby.
Childhood friends to lovers isn't usually my favorite but I think what made this work was the slow burn aaand, of course, SHEP. BALDER. At first, I just thought of him as the extremely friendly older brother, but he slowly and gradually made me fall for him the same as Eve. What sold it for me was the bike (iykyk). He was such a refreshing character to read. He's a golden retriever and cinnamon roll all in one. He's 'other-centered', doesn't have a selfish or jealous bone in his body and all of his decisions and actions are made with Eve in his mind. He goes above and beyond for her and the baby because he's just the BEST.
If you're like me and can't deal with love triangles, and think this is going to be one, it's NOT! Ethan, the baby daddy, was such a likeable character and I couldn't help but just want him to be happy.
The only con about this book was that I would've really wanted to read an epilogue, or a X years later chapter. I got so sad as I was nearing the end! I just really didn't want to finish this book!
Ready or Not is a story about finding love in the most unexpected places & it's definitely become a new favorite romance of mine.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
Pick this up, if you love:
๐ผsurprise pregnancy
๐ฒchildhood friends to lovers
๐ผslow burn
๐ฒbest friend's brother
๐ผhe falls first
๐ฒthe BEST cinnamon roll/golden retriever MMC
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Pregnancy
Moderate: Infertility and Miscarriage
deblyn's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
morganewg's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent and Vomit
Minor: Miscarriage and Infertility
A beautiful love letter to the baffling journey that is pregnancy and the ways in which it changes you, your life, and how you view the world. You root for Eve as she grows in character as well as belly size and end up loving everyone in the story.