zoeegrout 's review for:

Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

4.0

dark emotional hopeful 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

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Ali Hazelwood is allergic to writing a flop!!! I love Rue so much, especially the way we see her through Eli’s eyes. It’s so sweet and makes me love her even more:’) Eli being blond with curly hair/not being an Adam Driver lookalike threw me off but it was the same for Love, Theoretically… I just expect reylo fanfic from Hazelwood (complimentary). Anyway, love this book so much, main complaint is that it just wraps up super neatly and super quickly but that’s true of almost all romance books…. it just disgruntles me. Also love how she takes the miscommunication trope and makes it actually realistic/not insufferable!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content