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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I really enjoyed this, not just for the writing but the fake relationship and the main characters.
I really sympathised with the fmc and how her family dismisses her. The mmc rediscovering his identity and realising his feelings for his friends little sister while they pretended to be a couple was really sweet.
Alongside this, we also had the two female characters who will get their own stories, both very different and interesting.
Would recommend this. Tessa baileys style is easy to read and engaging
I really sympathised with the fmc and how her family dismisses her. The mmc rediscovering his identity and realising his feelings for his friends little sister while they pretended to be a couple was really sweet.
Alongside this, we also had the two female characters who will get their own stories, both very different and interesting.
Would recommend this. Tessa baileys style is easy to read and engaging
Waaaaaayyyyyy too much sex detail for me--and the sex had a weird overtone to it as they didn't really like it each other, supposedly. . . Nope. Not for me.
I have finally given up. With 1:20 to go I believe I am capable of assessing the quality anyways. This would've been a 2 ⭐ read and honestly it's not worth it.
Let's talk about it: the society, setting and in turn the characters and the plot are sooo deeply entrenched in patriarchy and misogyny that it is downright unpleasant.
An example herewhy is he fingering her while actively talking about how she's so tight that once he takes her virginity he won't be able to look her dad in the eyes anymore. How is the tightness of her pussy something that he takes away from her dad. And like...in the text it's explicitly stated that he's glad it's her mum he runs into afterwards...why is the tightness of her pussy something he can't look her dad in the eyes about but not her mum. it's weird, it's patriarchal.
Next: the "women's club" and the way it's presented as something hysterical women who hate men would create and join... Like the men say that (her brother Stephen the weird wanna be patriarch) and then there's actual women who think that's what it's about. It's very "oohh who knows what ideas these women will get into their silly little heads".
Idk the romance was average at best. I liked the male ego "I want to be the one who builds you stuff" thing. That was entertaining and cute. I did not care for the baseball or family dram. Back to the sexism: I could get into the scene whereTravis gets the job because he's (fake) dating a women who's oh so good at child rearing the single dad bossman's daughter and what that says about the role of women in this book and the role of the fmc in the society of the book but I'm washing my hands of this. The whole cult of virginity thing felt very US American. This might just be my last Tessa Bailey book.
Let's talk about it: the society, setting and in turn the characters and the plot are sooo deeply entrenched in patriarchy and misogyny that it is downright unpleasant.
An example here
Next: the "women's club" and the way it's presented as something hysterical women who hate men would create and join... Like the men say that (her brother Stephen the weird wanna be patriarch) and then there's actual women who think that's what it's about. It's very "oohh who knows what ideas these women will get into their silly little heads".
Idk the romance was average at best. I liked the male ego "I want to be the one who builds you stuff" thing. That was entertaining and cute. I did not care for the baseball or family dram. Back to the sexism: I could get into the scene where
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism
2.5 Stars
And so the mission of finding some more genuinely good romance books continues...
And so the mission of finding some more genuinely good romance books continues...
lighthearted
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
Definitely not Tessa Bailey's best work, and "baby girl" made me want to puke every time. Overall though it was a cute story
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Put it down and didn't pick it up after chapter 22. The ML calling the FL "babygirl" and the FL gushing over it was cringe. ML came off like a horny, immature, hormonal teenager.
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
This was hot… let me just say the dirty talk in this omg 10/10
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
That was… not good. But it was fun enough to be a good palette cleanser which is all I really needed.
Why is no one talking about Georgie being a professional clown?
Also, all the “baby girl”s are too much.
Made it 35% through and couldn’t take it anymore.
Also, all the “baby girl”s are too much.
Made it 35% through and couldn’t take it anymore.