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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
I made it until forever by Noah Kahan was mentioned before bursting into tears. Only took some stars away because I felt like it took a REALLY long time for us to get to the point of identifying that Matt was abused by Dr tinley and I wish she had suffered more consequences
this was cute! i really liked matt and ro; they worked well together and had good chemistry. the story just felt a smidge too long, and all the ex drama (on both sides) kind of pulled attention away from the central plot. also, maybe one too many spicy scenes? i appreciated how there wasn’t a huge third act conflict though, it felt very natural. i’ll definitely keep an eye out for more books from peyton corinne!
challenging
emotional
hopeful
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
Aside from all of the toxic relationships including between the main characters (guys, go see a counselor!), it wasn't terrible. This book does imply that a relationship with the right person can heal/fix you, so I definitely think you should have already experienced some heartbreak before reading it. That being said, the general themes especially with the MMC felt fresh and new, and the pacing was pretty good. I'm curious to see where she takes the series.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent
thank you to netgalley and atria books for this arc in exchange for an honest review :)
3.5 ⭐
this was a cute read.
i really enjoyed reading about ro and freddy's friendship, how they started to trust each other and found themselves developing feelings for each other.
i liked reading about how freddy dealt with his grief, because it made him feel real and i saw myself reflected in a lot of thoughts that he had.
ro was one of the sweetes characters that i've read, i just wanted to give her a hug and tell her everything was going to be okay.
SPOILER: i liked seeing how she ended up doing the things that she wanted to accomplish since the beginning.
what i didn't like was that we didn't get to see much of their relationship as a couple, and we saw too much of tyler and ro's previous relationship.
there where a lot of things that were lacking of information that maybe some people may not care but i do and i think that's why i ended up giving this book 3.5 stars.
3.5 ⭐
this was a cute read.
i really enjoyed reading about ro and freddy's friendship, how they started to trust each other and found themselves developing feelings for each other.
i liked reading about how freddy dealt with his grief, because it made him feel real and i saw myself reflected in a lot of thoughts that he had.
ro was one of the sweetes characters that i've read, i just wanted to give her a hug and tell her everything was going to be okay.
SPOILER: i liked seeing how she ended up doing the things that she wanted to accomplish since the beginning.
what i didn't like was that we didn't get to see much of their relationship as a couple, and we saw too much of tyler and ro's previous relationship.
there where a lot of things that were lacking of information that maybe some people may not care but i do and i think that's why i ended up giving this book 3.5 stars.
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
emotional
funny
fast-paced
dark
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I don’t think I’ve ever read a book where as I’ve gotten to know the characters more, they’ve had less personality. But here we areee. In book 1, Freddy was so funny and charismatic. In book 1, Ro was such a strong & great friend. In this book? They regressed. He became every other overprotective frat bro and she became an innocent baby. Bizarre. I was going to power through, but when Freddy was thinking about how good he was at s*x and literally thought about how his d*ck was “perfect”?! I was out. Do irl men think of themselves this way? & do we like them if they do? Ick for me.