Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Right Move by Liz Tomforde

29 reviews

crinkledmochi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

Again I do be skipping some of the sport related scenes cause I’m just not a fan but the romance is absolutely phenomenal! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

kat7794's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

katherinesreadingalot's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

oh dear sweet Ryan and Blue

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, and Alcohol

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

For readers who like:

• Sports romance
• Fake dating
• Forced proximity
• Opposites attract
• Grumpy x sunshine
• Only one bed

Representation:

• POC love interest
• CODA FMC
• FMC with fertility issues/chronic illness

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Infertility and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

rimalex's review against another edition

funny relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness

sami_leigh's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

“with you, I can be myself, and that might seem like nothing to anyone else, but to me, it’s everything.”

‘I refuse to stay in a space that isn’t meant for me, just like I stayed in a relationship that was no longer my future.’

‘And not in the way I’ve felt loneliness before by simply not having others around, but by being without the one person who makes me feel valued and worthy of the space I’m occupying. That my voice is worth hearing.’

“Do you know how to growl?” 
“What?” 
“Yeah, I don’t really know what that’s supposed to sound like, but every one of my book boyfriends is big into growling. Oh! And can you darken your eyes?”

“Sometimes the quietest love is the loudest,” 

🏀 First person dual POV

🏀 Best friend’s brother

🏀 Fake dating

🏀 Forced proximity; roommates

🏀 NBA captain / NHL flight attendant

🏀 ‘Touch her & I’ll kill you’ vibes

🏀 He falls first 🥹

🏀 CIN-NA-MON ROLLLLL (I cried); the love languages! 😍

🏀 Nickname 🙌🏻

🏀 Representation via a secondary character who is deaf; the discussion of assigning sign names is a tearjerker 🥹

🏀 Infertility representation

🏀 Banter 👌🏻

🏀 Well established secondary characters; Dom, Rio, Ethan, Stevie & Zanders (Book 1) 😍

🏀 Vee & Indy’s friendship journey is beautiful & the ‘Daily Updates’ had me snort-laughing

🏀 MC Growth; trauma from past relationships, self worth, risking a relationship, trust, people pleasing, authentic self, outgrowing friendships, healthy communication.

🏀 Sex positivity & consent culture

🏀 Epilogue

🏀 On my comfort read list 

Available on Kindle Unlimited

⚠️ Infertility, injury/injury detail (sport related), toxic relationship (past), gaslighting, sexism/misogyny, infidelity (past relationship), mental illness/depression, pregnancy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

sdupont'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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book! I loved Ryan and Indy as individuals but even more what they brought out in each other. I enjoyed the progression of their relationship- roommates to fake dating to a full on relationship. Ryan and Indy love each other so deeply and really are so tender with their care. I couldn’t put this book down. It made me smile and laugh along with the characters one moment and fanning myself from the spice the next. Honorable mention to getting to see more of Zanders, Stevie, and Rio. I definitely recommend this book (and Mike High). I can’t wait to continue on with the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Infidelity

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Miscarriage

kuroko's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Toxic relationship and Pregnancy

kyeruhh's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

While I think I liked Mile High slightly better (I love a man with daddy issues, sue me), I really enjoyed The Right Move! There was a bit of insta-love, which isn’t my favorite, but I still really liked Indy and Ryan together. I appreciate how Tomforde gets into heavier topics, in this case infidelity (off screen) and infertility, without it being trauma porn. It adds depth to the characters but still keeps the book an overall fun read. My main gripe is how long it is. It could get a bit repetitive at times and is just a bit too long for a contemporary romance at over 500 pages. That said, I’m still looking forward to the third (and hopefully fourth bc Rio needs his own hook) installments in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness