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mabellene's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Death
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Classism, and Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy
ambercunningham's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Classism, Confinement, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Death
caitlinemccann's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Gaslighting
vj_thompson's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Cursing, and Classism
Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
Minor: Child death, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Drug use, and Vomit
sirenricobooks's review
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Grief, and Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic friendship and Death of parent
Minor: Toxic relationship
kyrstin_p1989's review
- 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
Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Classism
mhairi_reads's review
- 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
I can be in a room full of people that I know and still not feel like I belong.
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Death
Moderate: Classism, Medical content, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, and Child death
bedtimesandbooks's review
- 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
Graphic: Death, Classism, Death of parent, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, and Grief
cady_sass's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent
Moderate: Classism
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
thatswhatshanread's review
- 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 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.
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