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funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Minor: Drug use, Death of parent
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
tense
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
I haven’t read a ton of Ali Hazelwood, but this is definitely my favourite one of hers yet. It’s so fun and summery and it made for an excellent cottage vacation read.
I really enjoyed Maya as a character. She was such a good, self assured, well-rounded FMC who was very self aware of her own flaws and anger issues. She was also hilarious, a girls girl, and confident in herself. She was a great character.
I really enjoyed the slow burn romance and the gaggle of supporting characters causing hijinks throughout the poor cursed wedding.
The age gap relationship trope isn’t my usual cup of tea when it comes to romance reads, but this was an interesting take on it that played with that dynamic and really emphasized the power difference and deconstructed it in a way that worked for these characters. I understood both the characters POVs. The situation seemed so simple in some ways and so complicated in others.
I really wanna read the book prior to this one about Eli and Rue’s story. Sadly I don’t have it with me at the moment, but on the evergrowing TBR it goes!
I really enjoyed Maya as a character. She was such a good, self assured, well-rounded FMC who was very self aware of her own flaws and anger issues. She was also hilarious, a girls girl, and confident in herself. She was a great character.
I really enjoyed the slow burn romance and the gaggle of supporting characters causing hijinks throughout the poor cursed wedding.
The age gap relationship trope isn’t my usual cup of tea when it comes to romance reads, but this was an interesting take on it that played with that dynamic and really emphasized the power difference and deconstructed it in a way that worked for these characters. I understood both the characters POVs. The situation seemed so simple in some ways and so complicated in others.
I really wanna read the book prior to this one about Eli and Rue’s story. Sadly I don’t have it with me at the moment, but on the evergrowing TBR it goes!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Loved the book, but editing to add that like a week later I found out Ali blurbed an HP-fanfic-turned-romance-book! Bummer that going forward I’ll have to skip Ali’s books but she supports transphobia and JKR 🤷🏼♀️ wouldn’t be the first time I stopped reading an author for being problematic.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol
emotional
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Took off a full star due to stilted narration. Elizabeth Lamont gives a valiant effort, bringing warmth and mischief to Maya’s narration, but Eric Nolan is a big miss. (He was so great in the Ruinous Love Trilogy, but here he lacks emotion or vocal variance when voicing other male characters. You can tell in his voice that he’s only reading a few words at a time, with unnatural pauses and phrasings.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, Alcohol
Minor: Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Auf jeden Fall mal ein Romance Buch, das ich im Großen und Ganzen mochte. Der Schreibstil war für mich mal nicht zu ausschweifend und kitschig, wie es bei manchen zeitgenössischen Romanzen so meine Kritik ist.
Dafür, dass die age gap den zentralen Punkt in der Geschichte darstellt, hat sich die Autorin nicht wirklich überlegt, was sie damit macht. Man merkt, dass sie einiges dagegen unternimmt, um das altersbedingtes Machtgefälle abzuschwächen, aber wirklich tiefergehend wird nicht behandelt, ob, inwiefern und weswegen eine Beziehung zwischen den beiden denn problematisch wäre. Mein Bedürfnis nach age gap romance hat es jedoch befriedigt, aber einen philosophischen, durchdachten take zu Machtgefällen in Beziehungen mit starken Altersunterschied sollte man hier nicht erwarten (& habe ich ehrlicherweise auch nicht).
Die love interest mochte ich insgesamt schon, obwohl er mich gegen Ende zeitweise abgefuckt hat - er will sie nicht ausnutzen, aber verletzt sie dennoch (typisch romance). Und sie will ihn überzeugen, dass sie kein Kind ist, aber verhält sich lowkey doch immer wieder so (typisch romance).
Ach, was soll ich sagen, ich bin keine krasse romance Leserin mehr. Aber insgesamt mal eine zeitgenössische Liebesgeschichte, die ich genossen habe und von einer Autorin, bei der ich mir vorstellen kann, weitere Bücher zu lesen. (Außerdem: good for Maya, dass sie so leicht kommen kann; aber vielleicht ist Conor auch einfach n Sexgott. Die Sexszenen waren auf jeden Fall fun.)
Dafür, dass die age gap den zentralen Punkt in der Geschichte darstellt, hat sich die Autorin nicht wirklich überlegt, was sie damit macht. Man merkt, dass sie einiges dagegen unternimmt, um das altersbedingtes Machtgefälle abzuschwächen, aber wirklich tiefergehend wird nicht behandelt, ob, inwiefern und weswegen eine Beziehung zwischen den beiden denn problematisch wäre. Mein Bedürfnis nach age gap romance hat es jedoch befriedigt, aber einen philosophischen, durchdachten take zu Machtgefällen in Beziehungen mit starken Altersunterschied sollte man hier nicht erwarten (& habe ich ehrlicherweise auch nicht).
Die love interest mochte ich insgesamt schon, obwohl er mich gegen Ende zeitweise abgefuckt hat - er will sie nicht ausnutzen, aber verletzt sie dennoch (typisch romance). Und sie will ihn überzeugen, dass sie kein Kind ist, aber verhält sich lowkey doch immer wieder so (typisch romance).
Ach, was soll ich sagen, ich bin keine krasse romance Leserin mehr. Aber insgesamt mal eine zeitgenössische Liebesgeschichte, die ich genossen habe und von einer Autorin, bei der ich mir vorstellen kann, weitere Bücher zu lesen. (Außerdem: good for Maya, dass sie so leicht kommen kann; aber vielleicht ist Conor auch einfach n Sexgott. Die Sexszenen waren auf jeden Fall fun.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent
Minor: Drug use
emotional
funny
sad
tense
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
Another fantastic contemporary romance, this time with an age gap, from one of my fav authors Ali Hazelwood!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent
Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Alcohol
Minor: Drug use, Pregnancy
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
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
Though a bit clunky to start, this is a solid, fun and spicy romance with a winsome heroine (and broody Irishman) at its heart. Do I wish that not every character was extremely wealthy thereby solving 80% of life’s practical problems? Yes. But who wouldn’t love to spend Conor’s money in Italy?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment
Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Stalking, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship