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I loved this book! The author of this book also wrote Love hypothesis and I loved that so I decided to read it and I'm so glad I did!!!! It was amazing!

sedwards89's review against another edition

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3.0

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emileers's review against another edition

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4.0

I really liked this! For reasons I don’t fully understand, it seems like this book and the author is getting some hate. Not enough to really impact the goodreads rating, but enough to annoy me. There are some reviews saying this book is the exact same as her last, and tweets angry about an interview where she said that she had help coming up with the ideas for this one. Regarding the criticism on the book, yes it’s similar to her first in certain ways, but not the same book by any means. But romance readers (myself included) spend a lot of time searching for tropes and types of characters they like the most and enjoy reading, and if this is what Ali enjoys reading/writing, then that makes sense to me. No one is making anyone read this book. The other criticism is that, I guess, people think they/their friends/anyone else deserve to be published more than she does since she is not good/doesn’t know what she’s doing/started off writing fanfic (to which I’d say get a life). As if the publishing industry has pledged fairness and representation and inclusion and to publish everyone who wants it? I can’t begin to guess the reasoning, other than the fact that society cannot wholeheartedly love and appreciate a woman for more than just a short period of time before internalized misogyny kicks in and everyone decides she’s annoying (Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Lawrence, Amy schumer, AOC, etc). The downfall is even worse if a woman starts off wholeheartedly celebrated and embraced.

Anyway, I like the book, and I’ll read the next one she publishes, especially if the description of the MMC looks like Adam Driver.

jaja_rous's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing 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

3.75

mcgbreads's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.0

A quick and cute read, but I had a few issues with it.

Sometimes, Bee sounded a lot younger than she was, and that irked me because you don't have to infantilize your adult characters to make them quirky and fun, but whatever. Levi was fine, a typical Ali Hazelwood male character, and I enjoyed the pinning. However, the chemistry just wasn't fully there for me between them and they lacked depth so they didn't feel like real people.

Also, I didn't care about the plot, and the way things came to a head was so strange. I expected drama, but that was so out of place, it kinda threw me off lol. The side characters were fine and I liked Rocio, but I wasn't interested in her little side romance and it felt like filler.

Overall, this was okay and the writing style was fine. I like Ali Hazelwood's voice, she makes me laugh, but this was a bit of a miss for me in terms of how engaged I was. I didn't kick my feet once! :(

catiemcgee's review against another edition

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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? Yes

4.0

mystiquereader's review against another edition

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informative lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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