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Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

30 reviews

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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

3.5

I came in ready for the drunk Vegas marriage romance, I was not expecting such a real and kinda heavy look at how lost you can feel after graduation. Working so hard towards something, having clear cut steps the whole way, and then being thrown out into the professional field is petrifying. Grace was putting up with much more than I would ever have to, so it's no wonder she needed a serious break. Though, if my friend dropped out of contact for a month or more, I would also be angry and worried. This writer has such a beautiful poetic style it really lends itself to Yuki's storytelling, but almost made the relationship feel more scripted than I would expect.

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megelizabeth's review

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
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4.0

"...the person she looked up to as God for so many years is just a man. He is just her father."

This is a brilliant book in many ways. It deftly and movingly explores mental health and burnout, parental and societal expectations, friendship and love, and the experience of being in your twenties not knowing what you should do with your life. I really liked Grace's character and a lot of the side characters are fabulous too. There's more romance than I was expecting, but that wasn't a bad thing as I loved seeing Grace and Yuki connect and come together. It's also very unapologetically queer and we always love to see that!

The main thing I didn't like - or which I at least which had been properly explored - was the ethically questionable relationship between two characters. The writing style is also a bit pretentious and is overly saccharine at times, and it's very millennial (but it is literally mentioned on the blurb that the author writes for millennials and so I suppose I can't really complain about that!). As I've said, I did really appreciate this book overall and did find it to have a lot of great things to say, and despite the writing style grating on me at times, I'm still interested to see if Morgan Rogers comes out with anything else in the future.

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catch__up's review against another edition

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

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strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

This book starts off with a drunken marriage in vegas. That alone was enough to pull me in, especially because it was with two women. 

I enjoyed the book and I’m very happy that Grace (the main character) was able to work through her problems
with a therapist. However, by the end of the book she still hadn’t told her father about her wife. Wack! 

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chasingpages1's review

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emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

3.0


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readingwithkaitlyn's review

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hopeful 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

3.5


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thatenbyisisreads's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

3.5

In a world where two beautiful women wake up to find out that they had gotten drunkenly married in Las Vegas, while only having met the night before! This was such a thrill to read!

Overall, this is a super cute, sapphic read! Definitely, such a great way to kick off this year's pride!!

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narbine's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I feel like this was a book saying “this is why arranged marriages can work” without actually saying that 

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matheo's review

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challenging emotional reflective
  • 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


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anniereads221's review

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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