Reviews with content warning for Toxic friendship - Window shopping

Window shopping was a breezy fun read to get me out of my reading slump. I feel that the pace of the book was too fast however as the main character ends up calling his love interest "sweetheart" on page 42. The author did not give any time for the chemistry to sizzle from a romance standpoint so that was too fast for me. In addition, there's the certain edginess to the female MC portrayed which doesn't reflect her behaviour with the male MC. Homegirl acted tough but was a damsel in distress in half of the book. Not to mention that the character development of the female MC was done very lazily with the central problem being a toxic friend that was dragged out for fucking 50+ pages. . This central problem was solved in one sentence towards the end of book which is very lazy!

However, one redeeming point of the book is the spicy scenes which were well done. If you have a thing for bowties with golden retriever male MCs, you'll enjoy this. From a plot and character development standpoint, this book was average at best. I liked the writing though, and since this is one of the older works of the author, I'd read another recent work by her. But this one was a no for me...

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smithrachaelynn's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

5.0

So cute! This was waaay more emotional than I was expecting, but I really loved seeing Stella start over and make her dreams come true. Aiden was the most adorable hero! I loved how sweet and happy he was. This was just so much fun to read.

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puria's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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hallemcclain's review against another edition

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hopeful slow-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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alana_gf's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

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askirmishofwit's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Listen, I enjoyed the hell out of this, regardless of whether or not you can’t help but hear Ted Lasso when the MMC speaks. I just love me a grumpy/sunshine trope, especially if the grump is the FMC. My one complaint, if I had one, was that I could have done with more of this so that the characters felt more developed and the relationship was less instalove, but it had a lot of heart and touched on some really heavy topics (incarceration and release, familial issues, toxic friendships) which gave it a bit more meat to the story.

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sharlapeggy's review against another edition

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hopeful relaxing 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

3.0

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saraavowlerr's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-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

3.75

I love aiden and I felt like other aspects were tied in well with the romance

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