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cmab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Death of parent, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death
Moderate: Addiction, Infertility, and Gun violence
sami_leigh's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
🌶️🌶️🌶️.5/5
It was strange, having a secret with the boy I’d once loved and now sharing it with the man I couldn’t stand.
I should be the one sitting across the table from her. I should be the one taking her home, waking up next to her. Reading what she was reading. Yelling at the evil cat. It should be me in her life.
And for the first time in my life, I felt like the hero instead of the villain.
“Loving you has been a touchstone for more than half my life.”
🌸 First person dual POV
🌸 Enemies to lovers
🌸 Second chance / childhood friends
🌸 Both have secrets & stories behind their mutual hatred
🌸 Representation of working through trauma and anxiety associated growing up in domestic abuse
🌸 Nickname 🥹
🌸 Found family
🌸 Banter 👌🏻
🌸 Tension & spice 🥵
🌸 Small town vibes
🌸 ‘Touch her and I’ll kill you’ vibes
🌸 He. Falls. HARD.
🌸 Well established secondary characters; Knox & Daisy (Book 1), Waylay (Book 1), Nash & Lina (Book 2), Stef & Jeremiah, Emry, Maeve.
🌸 MC growth; overcoming past trauma, trust, risking a relationships & family, priorities, communication, self worth.
🌸 Epilogue
🌸 Bonus epilogue 10 years later
Available in audiobook, ebook and paperback.
⚠️ Violence (moderate), gun violence (explicit), death of a parent (past), death, blood (minor), parental abandonment, medical trauma (moderate), cancer (past, not MC), domestic abuse (past).
Graphic: Gun violence and Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Violence
Minor: Cancer and Blood
worldofv33's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Deadnaming, Pregnancy, Cursing, Grief, and Blood
xomandymoo's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Alcoholism
allforevermore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Death, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Cancer, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Infertility, Religious bigotry, and Medical content
bergha1998's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Dark Romance, Friends to Enemies to Lovers, Lots of Trauma, 3 3/4 🔥
“You can’t just keep putting your emotions in a box with a lid and expecting them to stay there. That’s not what feelings do.”
Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Cancer, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content
sdupont's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse
Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, and Death of parent
Minor: Cancer, Murder, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Blood
zoevjester's review against another edition
- 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
I whole-heartedly believe their story, their romance and their past trauma and trust issues. They both hurt each other and they emotionally have their journey together throughout the book - it's not rushed, it's not forced, it's very layered and detailed and it all makes sense to me.
Their love story? It went neighbours-childhood friends-bestfriends-enemies-archenemies-nemesis-enemies-neighbours-friends-lovers and it was delicious!
The only thing that was a let down for me was the main plot thread of Anthony Hugo. I thought it would be more threatening, more tension, more compelling,
Overall, really enjoyed this whole series. It's very rereadable and I'll find physical copies down the line. I love the Knockemout trilogy. Well done, Lucy Score.
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Addiction, and Physical abuse
Minor: Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Medical content