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emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment
Moderate: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Gaslighting
Minor: Medical content, Death of parent
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book felt especially easy to read, maybe it was because I just read a rather sad book about someone with a terminal illness? Or maybe it's just pure beach read. Although there are some pretty high emotional stakes in this book and a large portion of it involves childhood drama and heavy denial. To the point that I found the main female character infuriating most 75% of the time. Her insistence that she is normal and fine? Absurd. Her mother is awful and the family twist that rolls in towards the last third of the novel made my eyes bug out as I read it in public. The repetitive use of choosing empathy over anger felt really overdone and cringy.
Best moment: the drunken Uber ban because of the baby raccoons 🦝
Complaints:
• Every time "docking" is mentioned... I kept taking it literally like parking a boat or plugging in a phone. Why not use "safe harbor" as a metaphor instead?
• I wanted to see Amber go to jail.
• First hookup amid norovirus is brutal & nasty. Like seriously, no thank you.
Waiting for my fellow book club peeps to finish this now LOL. It was fun, light, easy rec to anyone. Nothing too explicit, mostly wholesome & some banter.
Best moment: the drunken Uber ban because of the baby raccoons 🦝
Complaints:
• Every time "docking" is mentioned... I kept taking it literally like parking a boat or plugging in a phone. Why not use "safe harbor" as a metaphor instead?
• I wanted to see Amber go to jail.
• First hookup amid norovirus is brutal & nasty. Like seriously, no thank you.
Waiting for my fellow book club peeps to finish this now LOL. It was fun, light, easy rec to anyone. Nothing too explicit, mostly wholesome & some banter.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, Abandonment
Minor: Grief
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
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
This book triggered me because of the mom and that’s all I can say
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Listen…maybe I need to choose empathy but this book made me hate the FMC. GET OVER YOURSELF OMG
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment
This was a re-read. And I think I loved it even more. The raccoon story made me laugh so hard I cried. But then I cried for the rest of the book for emotional parts. It's such a good book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
emotional
reflective
sad
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
Justin and Emma have struck up a unique deal. They will date each other enough times to break their curse and find their sole mates. Problem is they develop stronger feelings for each other than either ever expected. They're both in tough spots to create a new relationship.
Justin is about to take guardianship of his siblings and be tied down for awhile. Emma is a travelling nurse. She could get a job in one place, but that would mean she has to quit running.
Emma and Justin both have challenging lives for other reasons as well. Emma's mom doesn't seem to care about Emma at all unless Emma has something to offer her. Emma has always been trying to fill the void and find a way to get her mom to just stay and want to be her mom. Justin is dealing with the grief of losing his father and helping his mom who crumbled under the pressure.
Emma is definitely the more problematic one in this book and I could see why some people might not like her. She is very much a people-pleaser, but mainly to strangers. She doesn't let anyone close enough to become attached to. She switches jobs every 6 weeks and just picks up and moves. It's very clear that she has some underlying mental health issues that need to be resolved. But it's easier to just keep moving.
Justin is about to take guardianship of his siblings and be tied down for awhile. Emma is a travelling nurse. She could get a job in one place, but that would mean she has to quit running.
Emma and Justin both have challenging lives for other reasons as well. Emma's mom doesn't seem to care about Emma at all unless Emma has something to offer her. Emma has always been trying to fill the void and find a way to get her mom to just stay and want to be her mom. Justin is dealing with the grief of losing his father and helping his mom who crumbled under the pressure.
Emma is definitely the more problematic one in this book and I could see why some people might not like her. She is very much a people-pleaser, but mainly to strangers. She doesn't let anyone close enough to become attached to. She switches jobs every 6 weeks and just picks up and moves. It's very clear that she has some underlying mental health issues that need to be resolved. But it's easier to just keep moving.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Abandonment
Moderate: Mental illness
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
I really enjoyed this book. It was both charming and refreshing, and I was surprised by how much depth it had for a modern rom-com type book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Abandonment
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
I almost NEVER give a 5⭐ review but gosh dang if the plot twists weren't 🔥 in this! I kept getting sucked into the story and then there Abby goes dropping a bomb of a plot twist I wasn't expecting OR an Easter egg tied to other books (and sometimes both). I even laughed so loud my kids demanded to know why I was gasping for air. Full disclosure this one was especially sad in its own way and my heart broke for the main character, but maybe because her plot felt familiar to the true lived experience of people I know and love. As always, the author handled the heartbreak with grace. Time to wait for her other books, the newest in this series and the 3 in her other series, to become available from my small town library!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment
Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders