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Fly With Me by Andie Burke

3 reviews

mel_j's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

1.25

Both Olive and Stella were a bit bland. A lot of telling instead of showing in this novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Lesbophobia, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Transphobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, and Racism

haileyhardcover's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

It’s not often that a book will genuinely hook me from the first page, but this one did it. I instantly loved Olive and related so strongly with her inner monologue. Both Olive and Stella felt like they could be real people. I appreciated that, while still being a romance, they had other things going on in their lives and legitimate shit to deal with. This is not some fluffy romance novel - it seems like it could be someone’s real life. Ok, maybe without saving Mickey Mouse’s life. (It wasn’t Mickey Mouse, I know, I know!)

Speaking of real life, there are so many random details in this book that aren’t exactly the same as my actual life but absolutely coincide with my life and I just… 👀 Andie Burke, did you write this book just for me? Lol

Anyway, I loved Fly with Me and I highly recommend it. It is romantic, heart wrenching, touching, and even has a little dash of spice. OH! And my favorite thing: SHORT CHAPTERS!! 🙌🏻 Seriously, give it a read. I adored it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Death

Minor: Lesbophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Transphobia, Vomit, Racism, Biphobia, and Dementia

dconlon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

3.5

Overall this book had a cute story, and I appreciated how it talked about discrimination, mental health, and self confidence throughout. I liked how both main characters learned more about themselves and became more confident throughout the story. However, this story felt slow-paced and drawn out, and I thought it could have been shortened in some places. Also a lot of the situations felt over the top and required a suspension of disbelief in a way that felt more extreme than other books in the romance genre.  Thank you to netgalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Car accident, Sexism, Racism, and Sexual harassment