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joscelin's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
fast-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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy
Minor: Violence
rachaelmboyer's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
4.75
I am not the type of person to re-read books; I would rather just read a new one, BUT I had to re-read this one! One hundred percent reccomend this book for anyone in a reading slump.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
honeybeewitched87's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
mrsmonty503's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
slow-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
4.5
I just love Nathan Hawkins so much. I held off on reading this for so long and I am kind of mad at myself for waiting to read this. He is one of the best MMC i’ve ever read. He fell so hard for Anastasia and I loved the way that their relationship evolved!
My god.. Aaron can go suck a big one. He is one of the most sleazy characters I have ever read.
Anastasia was holding onto a relationship that no longer served her. She gave numerous outs for Aaron and he never deserved any of them. Aaron is such an egotistical douche canoe. The why that he treated Anastasia, was so horrible. Controlling and he almost had her fooled. He had everyone fooled especially her and Coach Brady.
My god.. Aaron can go suck a big one. He is one of the most sleazy characters I have ever read.
Anastasia was holding onto a relationship that no longer served her. She gave numerous outs for Aaron and he never deserved any of them. Aaron is such an egotistical douche canoe. The why that he treated Anastasia, was so horrible. Controlling and he almost had her fooled. He had everyone fooled especially her and Coach Brady.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
emmarose1989's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
3.0
This book was seriously unhinged wow. I read this book out of pure curiosity and because it was tending on TikTok.
I liked the characters except for Aaron he was awful, and I liked the enemies to lovers trope with Nate and Anastasia. Now I like some romance in books and I don’t mind some mild spice but oh my! This book had SO much spice. It was a little too much for my liking personally. There were some things I could do without knowing. It’s probably a 4/5 in spice level with 5 being spice on every page.
I also found myself having second hand embarrassment while reading some of the scenes in this book (for example the car scene).
I did like the romance between Nate and Anastasia but I couldn’t help but think how they didn’t really have much in common except for constantly hooking up with each other, at least until Nate stepped in to help Anastasia.
Now let’s talk about Nate. I think he was my favorite character in this book. I loved how he constantly looked out for Anastasia and only wanted the best for her. He was so sweet to her and he always showed how much he loved her. Despite him having a terrible father he recognized that he didn’t want to be like him which I liked.
This book also advocates for therapy which I loved. It also talks about eating disorders so be aware if that triggers you. Overall, didn’t hate it completely but if it wasn’t so unhinged I’d have liked it more.
I liked the characters except for Aaron he was awful, and I liked the enemies to lovers trope with Nate and Anastasia. Now I like some romance in books and I don’t mind some mild spice but oh my! This book had SO much spice. It was a little too much for my liking personally. There were some things I could do without knowing. It’s probably a 4/5 in spice level with 5 being spice on every page.
I also found myself having second hand embarrassment while reading some of the scenes in this book (for example the car scene).
I did like the romance between Nate and Anastasia but I couldn’t help but think how they didn’t really have much in common except for constantly hooking up with each other, at least until Nate stepped in to help Anastasia.
Now let’s talk about Nate. I think he was my favorite character in this book. I loved how he constantly looked out for Anastasia and only wanted the best for her. He was so sweet to her and he always showed how much he loved her. Despite him having a terrible father he recognized that he didn’t want to be like him which I liked.
This book also advocates for therapy which I loved. It also talks about eating disorders so be aware if that triggers you. Overall, didn’t hate it completely but if it wasn’t so unhinged I’d have liked it more.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship
tbr_withmaya's review against another edition
emotional
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? It's complicated
4.0
I liked this book. It had some suspenseful plot points at times. Overall the friend group in this book was solid. Please do not let the cartoon characters on the cover fool you. This one has some spice.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming and Eating disorder
sillyduckie's review against another edition
I tried.
The main character has an eating disorder that is fueled by her skating partner constantly telling her she’s too heavy for lifts and needs to eat less. And the two guys she’s hooking up with are constantly feeding or trying to feed her. It was exhausting. The sex scenes (“spice”) were laughable. They just didn’t make sense to me and yet there are so many. They feel so medical and clinical? Also completely unrealistic. I was very puzzled by her having mind blowing orgasms and then being able to walk immediately after. Also the fact that after the first time the main characters have sex they get up and shower. He goes to his housemate’s room to get “girl stuff” which includes shampoo and conditioner??? And he insists on washing her hair but he doesn’t know what conditioner is?
There is so much needless drama. If this was set in high school and everyone was about sixteen then the drama and emotional stakes would make sense. But for twenty something year olds?? Nah.
I usually listen to audiobooks on 1x. With this I kept upping the speed to make it go faster. I got to 2x (at which this book still felt slow and natural??) and then finally gave up.
This is the first booktok rec I’ve given a chance and never again tbh.
Also holy exposition and repetition back man! We learn so much about every single background character for reasons I can’t fathom. And every time the main characters are in the same scene and the POV switches we get to read the scene through both. Honestly if one POV was taken out, the book would’ve been much shorter and the quality would’ve stayed the same.
There is so much needless drama. If this was set in high school and everyone was about sixteen then the drama and emotional stakes would make sense. But for twenty something year olds?? Nah.
I usually listen to audiobooks on 1x. With this I kept upping the speed to make it go faster. I got to 2x (at which this book still felt slow and natural??) and then finally gave up.
This is the first booktok rec I’ve given a chance and never again tbh.
Also holy exposition and repetition back man! We learn so much about every single background character for reasons I can’t fathom. And every time the main characters are in the same scene and the POV switches we get to read the scene through both. Honestly if one POV was taken out, the book would’ve been much shorter and the quality would’ve stayed the same.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
ob_liv_ious's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Sexual assault
marsxbarz's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-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? No
4.5
It was an easy read. I fell in love with the characters and honestly couldn’t have picked a better book to kick start my reading obsession. It was my first book with spicy scenes. I couldn’t put the book down! Anastasia and Nate are so cute!!!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship
h_andreanne's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual content, Vomit, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Eating disorder and Emotional abuse
Minor: Death of parent