Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

33 reviews

kyrstin_p1989's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

Slow start but so worth it. Such a sweet romance with a good amount of spice thrown in. The major sex scenes are 🔥 I really came to love Piper over the course of the book and I loved Brendan and Hannah from the first page. I can’t wait to read more by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Classism

ameliadidon's review

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

she was everything. he was just ken.

no but seriously, i loved pipers character but i really didn’t like brendan and his possessive nature was such an ick for me. especially how much he sexualised every single interaction with piper. i did enjoy the story overall, though the ending was a bit disjointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

hrtlss_grl's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

3.75

I enjoyed this book way more than I thought I was going to, since the main character is so ditzy at the beginning. But being a product of the 90s, I love Clueless, and this book really gives off those vibes. I did have a few issues with the very NSFW scenes and how most of the last 40% of the book was smut. I enjoy a good scene here or there, but these were graphic cheesy messes that were everywhere. Most of their 4 week relationship is sex, and honestly after thinking about it, there isn't much else to them. Very Insta-Love, and a little bordering on controlling for my tastes, but still fairly enjoyable. I think I'll prefer Hannah and Fox's story. Hopefully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

Minor: Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Death of parent

helloimjacq's review

lighthearted medium-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? Yes

3.5

I loved the first-half of the book, but the second-half was questionable at best. The relationship just developed way too quickly for my liking, and the whole misunderstanding felt incredibly off character and avoidable. I also found several characters to be a bit petty… but I’ll probably read the second since I really liked Hannah. (Also just a side note, but I’m beginning to wonder if pet names just aren’t for me because I wanted to cringe every time ‘baby’ was used)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol and Death

Minor: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

bedtimesandbooks's review

hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Death of parent, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, and Grief

cady_sass's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

Everyone in this book needs t h e r a p y 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

thatswhatshanread's review

funny hopeful 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? Yes

3.5

Well. IT definitely happened.

I was really drawn into this story from the beginning—it seemed like a great, light romcom for the summer, and I loved that the MC is based off of Alexis Rose from Schitt’s Creek. The characters were endearing and fun, the love interest was intense but also adorable and soft at heart, the setting was quaint and cute. In a word, this book is fun.

However. About halfway through, it started to lose its magic for me. I felt the main relationship got too serious too fast, and the (very NSFW) intimate scenes… idk they really made me cringe. And there were multiple. Bailey’s descriptions and dialogue in these parts was just uncomfortable to me and really made it hard for me to get past them. And then the story after that really just centered around sex and lost a lot of its substance to me. There’s a HEA of course, everything in its perfect place.

Piper and Brendan were cute, and I loved Piper’s close relationship with her sister. Idk, maybe it’s the depression speaking since I know this book has such great reviews, but I tried and I just didn’t love it. 

If you’re wanting a summer romcom mainly for the steam, some laughs, and the promise of a ending where everyone is happy, then this one’s for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

kaetheluise_nckl's review

emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

recommended by Laura

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content, Alcohol, and Blood

death of a long term partner (wife, off-page but mentioned frequently)

bearystarry's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.0

I didn't really love the main character so I didn't enjoy it as much as I could have. Still a fun read, though. I'm more excited to follow Hannah in the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and Death of parent

hapalyn's review

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury