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Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Vomit
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Child death
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Murder
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse
Minor: Alcohol
This was a fine read and there were elements of it I definitely enjoyed, but the FMC got under my skin quite a bit. I do think this book could have benefited from a split perspective because the MMC seemed to be dealing with a ton of emotional baggage that we only really get to see at a distance. The miscommunication trope was too heavy at times and the FMC’s assumptions on what the MMC was thinking were frustrating.
I did love the story being set in West Michigan, it’s a beautiful area that could use some more love in fiction!
I also loved Pete, Maggie, and Shadi. I now desperately want to own a coffee/bookshop in a coastal town in Michigan (with better espresso, of course).
Overall I’d recommend to anyone who wants a quick romance read, or, you know, a good beach read.
Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment
Minor: Child abuse
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Vomit, Car accident
Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Grief, Abandonment
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting