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mdavis26's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Classism, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Grief
lleland'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: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Classism
Moderate: Grief, Death, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Alcohol
mighty_lizard_queen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Ableism, and Car accident
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Grief, Racism, and Death
zadsavage's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, and Sexual content
Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Grief, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
ashlikes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, and Sexual content
Moderate: Grief, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Car accident, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma
mel_j's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and Body shaming
fanboyriot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Plus Sized MC
Switching POV
Chronically ill MC
Light Enemies to Lovers
Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Cursing, and Classism
Moderate: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Gaslighting, Ableism, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Body shaming
Minor: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Drug use, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
amre23's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Ableism, and Abandonment
Moderate: Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Fatphobia, and Misogyny
Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Drug use, and Violence
divine529's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
This follows our main protagonist Chloe Brown, who has fibromyalgia, who almost gets hit by a car and uses that as a wake up call to "get a life" and she creates a list and enlists her lovely superintendent Red to help her with her list and things go from there.
I absolutely loved the chronic pain/illness and healing from a toxic relationship representation in this. As someone who can relate to both of those things, I really loved both Chloe and Red and saw myself in both of them.
I also loved the ending of this book. I know a lot of people really struggle with the miscommunication trope, but I thought it fit really well with the characters and their experiences and it was done well. Plus miscommunication is something that's pretty common in real life too.
As for the romance, overall I liked it, since it shows a healthier relationship and promotes loving people as they are without wanting someone to change, and all kinds of body positivity and all of that was great, however, there were some things that I felt like were just a bit much (for me personally). I don't mind smut in books, but I'm not a huge fan of public sex and lust at all times. It just makes me feel a bit uncomfortable. I also wish that things between Red and Chloe were a bit more fleshed out as the pacing felt off at times (I particularly would've loved to hear more about when they first met and what it was that made them dislike each other so much, we got a little, but I needed just a little more)
I also wish we got to spend more time with Chloe's family (I know Dani and Eve get their own books, but I wanted more of their interactions with each other) and with Red's family and with Annie and Vik. I really enjoyed all of the interactions we got, but I would've loved for more.
All in all, I really enjoyed this (and honestly read this at exactly the right time) and I'm looking forward to picking up the others!
Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Classism, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse
Minor: Grief, Car accident, Sexism, and Ableism
meeklovestoread'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
These two definitely give me soulmate energy. The way they cared for each other touched my heart especially seeing how attentive Red always was to her pain. He always made their accommodations fit within the range of what she could handle and the amount of care he had for her warmed my heart. He would cook for her, made sure she slept, listened to her, simply was there when she needed him same as vice versa. Also, the way Chloe was so affirming to him. Just like he took care of her she made sure the he was given the same care by her in return. It's obvious they were very smitten with each other.🥰
Also their banter was gold! They just seem to fit each other and every possible way; like they were made for each other. It was such a lovely experience watching them grown with one another.
Now I do have to note that this book can get pretty steamy. And although I don't prefer spicy scenes in books this one I feel like had a decent amount and a good amount to where it wasn't uncomfortable to read. But if smut isn't your thing at all I just recommend skipping over those scenes there aren't too many. Because this book was honestly too cute not read. I'll definitely be reading the other books in the series. The Family dynamic in this book was so good!
Graphic: Chronic illness
Moderate: Classism, Sexual content, and Cursing
Minor: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse