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this book changed my hatred for accidental pregnancy trope LOL

the meet cute interaction is quite possibly my favorite one i’ve ever read, the banter throughout the book along with their more serious conversations all were so incredible, win and bo deserve everything. this story had me giggling and kicking my feet for like 95% of the book, and almost exactly the same amount i had tears in my eyes. i loved. one of my top 5 books of this year not even close (if not my favorite of the year so far!)

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funny relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I like Bo. Win, it's complicated.

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kbairbooks's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? No

5.0

Oh my actual goodness. I'm speechless. I don't like knowing about books when I pick them up. All I saw was this book had obvious disability rep so I picked it up. When I read the authors note, despite them blatantly saying this had a heavy pregnancy theme, something about the way they wrote it captured me. And man.... am I so glad I didn't prematurely give up on it. What an absolute freaking delight. I loved everything about this book. Full stop. The perfect cozy romance. The perfect chemistry between love interests. Perfect banter. Perfect storyline. No miscommunication trope. Stunning. Stunning romance novel.

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samikeena's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

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kkpines's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

i usually avoid pregnancy tropes like the plague, but this one was genuinely sweet.

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amy_in_the_city's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

This book was so disappointing. I liked the disability rep and Bo was a pretty great MMC, but that's pretty much all this book had going for it for me. Win and her friends were very immature and annoying. I didn't like that Win said she was on birth control even though she often forgot to take it. I also thought it was incredibly stupid that the main couple didn't consider doing anything else to prevent pregnancy, like pulling out, doing something other than P in V, stopping and going to get condoms, getting Plan B the next day, etc. Then Win was so shocked when she ended up pregnant, repeatedly saying it can't be possible.

The whole book felt very preachy about the joys of motherhood and how becoming parents changes people for the better. It felt like it wasn't an accident that Win's childfree friends were made to act so immature. There were so many cliche, mushy sentiments about their baby and their family that I felt like I might as well have been scrolling through my Facebook feed. Maybe this all comes with the territory for pregnancy trope books and if so, I guess I'll continue to avoid them.

Win decided to keep the baby without any plan for how to provide for it on her minimum wage salary and then whined a lot/resisted whenever Bo wanted to help provide for her and the baby. At one point she even got mad and there was a very long scene where she argued with him because he bought her something. This was incredibly annoying. It also felt like Win only found strength and self worth through her relationship with a man.

I never felt much chemistry between the leads. They felt like friends, not a romantic couple. I think too much time was spent on the pregnancy and baby stuff that there wasn't enough time left for relationship development. The book told us they were in love instead of showing them really falling in love.

Bo was a good character for the most part, but he felt underdeveloped. I think this book would have benefitted from being dual POV. I liked how sweet he seemed and how nerdy he was, but I didn't care for how domineering and possessive he got sometimes.

Overall, I wanted more plot and more romance in this book.

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-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

4.0

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jeaninemarie's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Love the limb difference representation and all of Bo’s green flags. Cute story overall!

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