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Beach Read felt like a Sarah Dessen book but all grown up.
I like that it wasn't just a fluffy romance. She dived into heavier topics like death, grief, childhood trauma and abandonment issues. The cult storyline/subplot(?) was really interesting and I liked how it tied into
I'm happy we got actual details about the book January was writing instead of a vague sentence or two. It felt like I got to read 3 books (
I enjoyed the slow-ish burn between January and
I would have liked to see more sexually intimate scenes or at least make the existing ones a bit more explicit, but that's just me (a girly who grew up reading smutty fanfics 👀🤭).
I have daddy issues so some of this book wrecked me. Looking at you, chapter
Though I read this book in summer, I didn't have the privilege of reading it on the beach, but I think it would be a perfect beach read. ☀️🏖📖💛 Can't wait for the movie!
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Car accident
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Death of parent
Moderate: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Child abuse, Violence
Graphic: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Classism
Minor: Car accident
Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury
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
Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol
Some things of note:
-Bless her for
-The sarcastic banter. Top notch.
-You could cut the sexual tension with a knife.
-The part where
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-Them finally
-The 'this can't get any worse, then the Labrador farted' bit 😂
- Further to this,
- Is it just me that found the ending really
- Mix that with
When I started the book, I hated it. It was the 'I'm a romance author and just luuuvv talking about my life in third person, oh what am I like!' but at the start that almost did me in but this was thankfully dropped almost immediately.
I almost stopped reading pretty quickly but I'm glad I kept on with it and ultimately, it was a really fun rom-com and exactly what I was in the mood for.
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment
Minor: Drug use