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ka_ke's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-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
4.0
Tessa never fails to keep me entertained and wanting more. Sure its a little cheesy but sometimes thats what you need. Georgie is a beautiful character and one I aspire to be like when I grow up…
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Misogyny
clairew97's review against another edition
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
theverycraftyvegan's review
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
A solid 4 stars for Fix Her Up. A very steamy book about a childhood crushed turned adult reality. Classic fake dating set up filed with lots of spice. I would have given 4.5 stars if Travis hadn’t constantly called Georgie “baby girl”. Made me cringe every time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, Cursing, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Child abuse
Moderate: Body shaming and Alcohol
pandalesque's review
tense
1.5
This is the romance for your "woke republican" in your life...
OMG... I just finished this bcs I paid for it and wanted to have all the information to rant about it.
I thought I get a house makeover romance with smut and interesting family/friend dynamics...
The business/aspekt of flipping houses was so not central or even there it's sad.
The family dynamics are patriarchal, sexist bullshit that wouldn't be a problem if the book didn't try to "fix it" explore it in a even more humiliating way for the women.
+ Talk about being the youngest sibling and wanting to be taken seriously and being noticed positively and working for it
+ Attempt at positive female relationships
- In the first 5-10' mentioning of church and god...
- Characters are so artificially built and the plot so cringy
- 3rd act conflict / misunderstanding makes NO SENSE
- So heteronormative/cis-normative, it seems almost homo-/transphobic
- the smut between the MCs is problematic at best, bcs of the very shakey consent
- Submissive virgin FMC with toxic masc dominant possesif MMC
- Language used to describe body parts during s** was cringy ("(sensitive) flesh"...) to be fair, other authors unfortunately do the same.
- Basically just a story about him getting fixed by a woman and the MMC being/becoming a decent human being for once
- Jealousy and Posessiveness
- performative feminism that made women look annoying, not to be taken serious, .... (Club)
- Second hand talk about why she likes "clowning" but never really shown
- FMC juggling for a kid and it being happy isn't the genius move it's written out to be, in my opinion! All the men impressed because they can't distract a child if their life depended on it???
Problematic representation of wanting children and adult relationships:
- Character (male) not wanting a family and kids, until he falls in love with a woman and she changes his trauma, and insecurities and life... ?
He needs therapy... not her being his therapist, social worker, manager or enabler. Also there are people who don't want kids and don't have to change their minds.
- FMC parents almost neglecting her and never recognizing it
- Her brother *BERRRKKKK*, such a dick toxic masculinity guy adding 0 value to the story. Forcing/Pressuring his wife to have kids?????
- Also brother and MMC have no obvious "best friend" relationship in my opinion
- "she's all that"-moment... Of course she has a beautiful body and just had to wear tighter clothes... cringe
- all the relationships (around them) seem to suck too (brother, Rose's, parents?...)
I "CLIP" in audio books usually for good quotes or insights... this time I clipped bcs I wanted to come with receipts about the cringy, puke-y and misogynistic lines...
OMG... I just finished this bcs I paid for it and wanted to have all the information to rant about it.
I thought I get a house makeover romance with smut and interesting family/friend dynamics...
The business/aspekt of flipping houses was so not central or even there it's sad.
The family dynamics are patriarchal, sexist bullshit that wouldn't be a problem if the book didn't try to "fix it" explore it in a even more humiliating way for the women.
+ Talk about being the youngest sibling and wanting to be taken seriously and being noticed positively and working for it
+ Attempt at positive female relationships
- In the first 5-10' mentioning of church and god...
- Characters are so artificially built and the plot so cringy
- 3rd act conflict / misunderstanding makes NO SENSE
- So heteronormative/cis-normative, it seems almost homo-/transphobic
- the smut between the MCs is problematic at best, bcs of the very shakey consent
- Submissive virgin FMC with toxic masc dominant possesif MMC
- Language used to describe body parts during s** was cringy ("(sensitive) flesh"...) to be fair, other authors unfortunately do the same.
- Basically just a story about him getting fixed by a woman and the MMC being/becoming a decent human being for once
- Jealousy and Posessiveness
- performative feminism that made women look annoying, not to be taken serious, .... (Club)
- Second hand talk about why she likes "clowning" but never really shown
- FMC juggling for a kid and it being happy isn't the genius move it's written out to be, in my opinion! All the men impressed because they can't distract a child if their life depended on it???
Problematic representation of wanting children and adult relationships:
- Character (male) not wanting a family and kids, until he falls in love with a woman and she changes his trauma, and insecurities and life... ?
He needs therapy... not her being his therapist, social worker, manager or enabler. Also there are people who don't want kids and don't have to change their minds.
- FMC parents almost neglecting her and never recognizing it
- Her brother *BERRRKKKK*, such a dick toxic masculinity guy adding 0 value to the story. Forcing/Pressuring his wife to have kids?????
- Also brother and MMC have no obvious "best friend" relationship in my opinion
- "she's all that"-moment... Of course she has a beautiful body and just had to wear tighter clothes... cringe
- all the relationships (around them) seem to suck too (brother, Rose's, parents?...)
I "CLIP" in audio books usually for good quotes or insights... this time I clipped bcs I wanted to come with receipts about the cringy, puke-y and misogynistic lines...
"Her face transformed with "feminine outrage"
"with the hand full of little sister tit."
"And this definitely marked the first time in history he'd been eager to get inside the head of a woman."
"There wasn't the typical feminine urge to squeal to her friends."
"...He kissed her like he was, taking care of her, soothing her, letting her know that he'd stand guard while she wept. And the responsibility made him feel more like a man than he ever had in his life.
"He gave her a look of pure man exasperation. you've got until I say ..."
"A man using her mouth. She never felt more like a woman."
"Sweet girl, so beautiful."...
"Sweet man, ... So strong."
"He never been in this place. torn between aching to f*ck and needing to talk. To just... hold her. "
"You wanna be with me?"
"Want? No. I'm saying I need you. ..."
Also the end... WTF. I think a lot of other low reviews already talked about some points I brought up and had some more good ones.
SMUT 🔥🔥/5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism, Bullying, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Body shaming
kjohnstone62's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Abandonment, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
amanda_reads13's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Sexism
jessgj's review against another edition
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
3.5
3.5 stars. Part of me feels like I set this book up for failure because while I do love fake dating, I'm not much for the Friends-to-lovers or "I've been in love with this person for awhile but never told them" tropes. Okay, the stuff I enjoy
*I really felt for Georgie's struggle. I'm the youngest and there's a 10+ age gap between me and my siblings so I absolutely identified with her desire to be seen as an adult and her fear of stepping her game up.
* Her relationship with her sister and Rose! I was afraid that they'd be jealous/bitter towards each other but I love how quickly that was dismissed and how supportive they were of each other
*Georgie literally being the town clown was great
*The chemistry between her and Travis was amazing and I bought what drew them to each other
*I'm bummed that there's not a Dude-squad but that adds to how Travis is constantly surrounded by people, not many people actually know (Or even talk to) him
Okay, the bad.
*Stephen was the actual worst. I could go into details but no. Just the worst. So is Kirsten
*I'm not a fan of Bailey's voice. While she's good at building tension, there were moments where her references and word choice would take me out of the moment. That's a personal taste thing though
*No one outside of Travis, Georgie and maybe Beth felt like real 3-d characters. They just felt like tropes or NPCs fulfilling their role. Yeah, I understand that not EVERYONE will feel fleshed out but it's 400 pages and the main secondary characters feel like they're just doing a bit. It was off-putting.
Overall, I'm giving it 3.5 stars because I definitely felt the things Bailey was going for and while I adore Rosie, I doubt I'll be continuing with the series.
*I really felt for Georgie's struggle. I'm the youngest and there's a 10+ age gap between me and my siblings so I absolutely identified with her desire to be seen as an adult and her fear of stepping her game up.
* Her relationship with her sister and Rose! I was afraid that they'd be jealous/bitter towards each other but I love how quickly that was dismissed and how supportive they were of each other
*Georgie literally being the town clown was great
*The chemistry between her and Travis was amazing and I bought what drew them to each other
*I'm bummed that there's not a Dude-squad but that adds to how Travis is constantly surrounded by people, not many people actually know (Or even talk to) him
Okay, the bad.
*Stephen was the actual worst. I could go into details but no. Just the worst. So is Kirsten
*I'm not a fan of Bailey's voice. While she's good at building tension, there were moments where her references and word choice would take me out of the moment. That's a personal taste thing though
*No one outside of Travis, Georgie and maybe Beth felt like real 3-d characters. They just felt like tropes or NPCs fulfilling their role. Yeah, I understand that not EVERYONE will feel fleshed out but it's 400 pages and the main secondary characters feel like they're just doing a bit. It was off-putting.
Overall, I'm giving it 3.5 stars because I definitely felt the things Bailey was going for and while I adore Rosie, I doubt I'll be continuing with the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Gaslighting
Moderate: Alcoholism and Child abuse
a_libra_library's review
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I have no idea why I convince myself that I like the brothers best friend- because I don't.
However Georgie's story of wanting to take control of her life and redo her image to her town and family were my favorite parts, if this weren't a romance I would've loved more about Georgie's family and business and friendships (I don't think she has friends other than her sister... and her sisters friend??)
However Georgie's story of wanting to take control of her life and redo her image to her town and family were my favorite parts, if this weren't a romance I would've loved more about Georgie's family and business and friendships (I don't think she has friends other than her sister... and her sisters friend??)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Sexual content
fanboyriot's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I picked this up at random and if it weren’t for the audiobook version of it I would have never pushed through it. While at the beginning I did enjoy the characters, they were funny and seemed realistically written, however, as the story progressed I found myself start to dislike it.
Stereotypes and clichés are a big role in this book. The “good girl” who isn’t like the others fake dates her childhood crush the “bad boy” who is known for being more than a baseball player. They would have made better friends in my opinion, once things started happening with them it was extremely cringey. I mean the amount of times Travis called Georgie “baby girl” was definitely annoying—each time made me question why I was still reading this book.
Then there was the miscommunication near the ending of the book as way too dramatic and overdone—the overall ending was just kinda unsatisfactory. I should just learn to stay away from romance books like this.
Stereotypes and clichés are a big role in this book. The “good girl” who isn’t like the others fake dates her childhood crush the “bad boy” who is known for being more than a baseball player. They would have made better friends in my opinion, once things started happening with them it was extremely cringey. I mean the amount of times Travis called Georgie “baby girl” was definitely annoying—each time made me question why I was still reading this book.
Then there was the miscommunication near the ending of the book as way too dramatic and overdone—the overall ending was just kinda unsatisfactory. I should just learn to stay away from romance books like this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Gaslighting
Minor: Alcohol
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