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A review by pamalama_k
How Freaking Romantic by Emily Harding
funny
lighthearted
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
2.5
I would have given this 4+ stars except for the repeated and annoying inaccuracies about law school. (See below). If those things weren’t constantly annoying me, I would have truly loved this book. I read it mostly in one sitting. The banter was good for “enemies to lovers”. At first I didn’t get the FMC’s anger but as she looked more at herself it made her make more sense. I liked that her “family” was her friends. I’d give it 2🌶️🌶️ - two scenes relatively short and not very detailed with some use of euphemisms for anatomy.
Okay. The things that are wrong and could have been easily fixed. 1. Third year law students are called 3Ls, not L3s 2. The FMC is often grading “assignments” for for 1L class she TAs - the VAST majority of law school classes and almost certainly all 1L classes are graded solely on the final exam. Is that a good way to grade? Hell no. But it’s the way it’s done. 3. In part of one afternoon in which the FMC does a variety of tasks, she reads the “next 3 weeks” of case law readings. I literally laughed out loud. Three weeks of reading for all of her classes would be at least several hundred pages of dense case law. Unless you have amazing comprehension skills, memory, and speed-reading, you aren’t doing that in a few hours. 4. The FMC reads “The Bar Exam & You”. Seriously. No. And she’s not studying for the Bar during 3rd year. That’s what the time from graduation until the Bar is for. Third year classes are way more intense than the author describes. 5. The MMC is not “her colleague,” he’s the adjunct professor that she is a TA for. I’m not saying relationships don’t happen in that situation, but he’d be fired.
Okay. The things that are wrong and could have been easily fixed. 1. Third year law students are called 3Ls, not L3s 2. The FMC is often grading “assignments” for for 1L class she TAs - the VAST majority of law school classes and almost certainly all 1L classes are graded solely on the final exam. Is that a good way to grade? Hell no. But it’s the way it’s done. 3. In part of one afternoon in which the FMC does a variety of tasks, she reads the “next 3 weeks” of case law readings. I literally laughed out loud. Three weeks of reading for all of her classes would be at least several hundred pages of dense case law. Unless you have amazing comprehension skills, memory, and speed-reading, you aren’t doing that in a few hours. 4. The FMC reads “The Bar Exam & You”. Seriously. No. And she’s not studying for the Bar during 3rd year. That’s what the time from graduation until the Bar is for. Third year classes are way more intense than the author describes. 5. The MMC is not “her colleague,” he’s the adjunct professor that she is a TA for. I’m not saying relationships don’t happen in that situation, but he’d be fired.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual content