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Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

177 reviews

sxndaze's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

witty and romantic! the first third was a bit slow but the plot and romance kicked in and made it a page turner in the end. a lovely queer historical romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Misogyny, War, Violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Minor: Grief and Sexism

wildatheart1339's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Alcohol, Grief, and Alcoholism

Minor: Cursing, Slavery, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Vomit, and Medical content

alanahcw's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring tense

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

 Well I am in love. This book is brilliant and hopeful and fun - like a medieval Red, White & Royal Blue

Highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Vomit

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, War, Gore, Medical content, Classism, Death, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Medical trauma

Minor: Stalking, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

Skin picking, quite a few vomit scenes but they didn't trigger my emetophobia.

fernjulep's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Homophobia and Vomit

readwithria's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense 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

4.0

Gwen & Art Are Not In Love is a fun, gay coming of age story with romance, adventure, and intrigue. I had a great time reading it!

Gwen and Arthur are wonderful POV characters, and I really liked getting into their heads and seeing their growth. I was rooting for their friendship, the whole book, and loved seeing it develop.

I also loved the secondary characters! Gabriel, Sidney, Brigit, and Agnes all added to the world and the story in unique ways, and I really enjoyed reading about them. I wish we had spent more time with Agnes and Brigit, but the time we did spend with them was lots of fun.

I do think that the pacing was sometimes a little wonky, especially toward the end, but overall this book was what I wanted it to be in a very good way. 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Lesbophobia, and Biphobia

alexijai98's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

A fun and super cute read! I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump and this was the perfect book to get me out of it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts

aklovekorn's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

sharpwords_softheart's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Loved this book a ton. What a fun setting and it had moments that genuinely made me laugh. Also love the character development.  A really delightful read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Death, War, and Injury/Injury detail

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

♡ Rom Com

♡ Royal Fantasy Vibes

♡ The Lady Gets the Knight (but make it Sapphic)

I loved the humor in this book.  The way the characters interacted was nicely done as well. 

When I read this I wasn’t in much of a mood for it but pushed through and ended up really enjoying it.  The plot wasn’t too confusing as some fantasy books can be, but this kept my interest.  It was such an entertaining read.

And the queer rep was better than I was expecting actually.

Spice Level: n/a

Angst Level: 💧(1/5)

POV: Duel, Third Person

Release Date: 28, November 2023

Rep: Sapphic (Main Couple), Achillean (Main Couple), Thai (Side Character), Biracial Iranian/White (Side Character)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, War, Death of parent, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Blood

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Vomit, Grief, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, Alcohol, and Medical content

Minor: Kidnapping, Animal death, Gaslighting, Biphobia, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Gore, and Outing