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Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent
Moderate: Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual content, Abandonment
Minor: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent
While the twist was obvious, it was still done well and effectively. I don’t think anyone would actually act this way in real life, but I could be wrong! Not a fan of miscommunication tropes usually, but this felt more than that… I do wish some plot developments were different but that doesn’t mean that they were bad.
The idea of a pen pal turned love interest is very nice, I do love that they were just horrific to each other. Kept it interesting throughout.
Joyful and fuzzy.
Graphic: Cancer, Sexual content, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Abandonment
Contemporary romance
Pen-pals
Dual POV
Friends to lovers
Banter
Dark humor
Secret identity
Travel
Grief
This was such an adorable romance novel. The cover is really cute. I enjoyed every second of it reading the FMC try to find the MMC. I suspected pretty early on what was going on, but I still loved how the plot rolled out.
The characters were really well flushed out. I really enjoyed the side characters and what they added to the plot.
The pacing was steady. I think the dual POV worked out great for this story.
Banter and dialogue was really good. I really enjoyed the almost enemies to friends to lovers pipeline that this book followed. The dark humor involved was right up my alley and made me laugh out loud.
Thank you NetGalley and Harper Collins UK, One More Chapter for an eARC of this book. All opinions are my own
Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent
Minor: Gun violence, Incest, War
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, Stalking, Death of parent
luca and naomi are childhood "penemies" to lovers, as donna marchetti coined the term herself lol. their letters to each other were hilarioussss i was cackling. it was a really interesting weaving of letters, past POV, and present time to figure out their whole story. it was super sweet and funny and even some emotional moments for luca's backstory.
this was one of my fav contemp reads so far this year!
Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Abandonment