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goldskies7120's review against another edition
3.0
3.5* - comparable to rwrb and the charm offensive for its mildly famous characters but I honestly liked the other two books a lot better. This one was quite messy and it was hard for me to understand the characters dynamic
marthapico3's review against another edition
3.0
Rápido de leer y entretenido. Pero no quita que Lucien hiciera cosas sin sentido y que Oliver haya sido un capullo gilipollas.
jlp75's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
4.25
Best audiobook narration I've listened to this year!
charlotte_50's review against another edition
3.0
Quite funny, quite derivative, quite annoying, meh.
hellobookbird's review against another edition
3.5
"You’re more than a bonus, Lucien. You’re integral."
3.5 stars. I was thinking this would be along the lines of [book:Red White and Royal Blue] but it was actually quite different...in a good way!
"We’ve been fake dating for three days and we’ve already fake broken up once."
"Yes, but we fake resolved our difficulties and fake got back together, and I’m hoping it’s made us fake stronger."
Aside from the witty banter between the two, Luc is an absolute wreck whereas Oliver seems to be all that's successful in the world. At the beginning I was honestly scratching my head at why Oliver would be interested in Luc because Luc was that bad.
But damn if they weren't made for each other.
"You are a terrible fake boyfriend."
"I’m building fake anticipation."
"You’d better be fake worth it."
"I am."
The thing I liked best about this book was that it truly shows you an example of a healthy relationship when you've been stuck in unhealthy habits for too long...and it's messy, and vulnerable, and has boundaries.
Also, by the end, I wanted to hug and smooch both Luc and Oliver and shower them in so much love it wasn't even funny.
"If we let happy things make us unhappy when they stopped, there would be no point having happy things."
beckyraines's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Similar to how I felt about many of Alexis Hall’s other books—he writes about the emotional / mental journey of a character over time, which means the first half of the book is really annoying first person narrative. I haven’t decided yet if the payoff of the narrative becoming less annoying is worth it. It’s certainly unlike anything else I’ve read, though.
And, to be fair, I did laugh out loud several times reading this, so it’s not that I didn’t enjoy I at all.
And, to be fair, I did laugh out loud several times reading this, so it’s not that I didn’t enjoy I at all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Eating disorder
karmascycles's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
It was really cute. Kinda iffy on the ending since it was extremely cliche, but overall it was very funny and loveable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Eating disorder
bibliobaggins_'s review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
gasoline_allie'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Much more touching and sweet than I thought expected it to be. Oliver and Luc were adorable and so much better together than they were apart—relationship goals, right there—and I loved the “found families” aspects.