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Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment
Minor: Dementia, Death of parent
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Dementia
Minor: Car accident, Death of parent
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, Death of parent
Minor: Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Alcohol
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, Abandonment
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting
Minor: Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury
I listened to the first 90-ish pages on audiobook, then actually DNFed because the fluff factor was real. I had no interest in reading an entire “insta love” book where everyone seemed just within reach of their happily ever afters. Maybe it was the narrators, but the banter made me roll my eyes more than once.
HOWEVER. Weeks (maybe a month?) later, I actually ended up with a physical copy of this story in a “blind date with a book.” Welp, I guess I HAD to finish the story now. I just really wanted to figure out why so many people loved it.
I’m so glad I did. Around the page mark where I picked this back up, the story seemed to gain substance quickly. The fluffy romance took a back seat to fleshed out characters with real lives outside of their dating schemes, and what originally seemed like “just another rom com” took me by surprise—this was actually a riveting story about complicated family dynamics. I fell in love with the characters and their dedication to getting to know one another. I stayed up late two nights in a row on Labor Day weekend to finish this book because I couldn’t put it down.
Five stars, had a great time, and am now buying all other Abby Jimenez books I can get my hands on.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment
Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abandonment
Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Death of parent
Minor: Dementia
Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment
Minor: Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment
Minor: Dementia, Car accident