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First-Time Caller
by B.K. Borison
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
Yes
📚 This was a perfect book. No surprise, since B K Borison has written great stuff before this. There was yearning and heat and angst and funny spots. It was an engaging story line and the emotional points hit correctly. Also it did something really hard: incorporated a miscommunication trope that I didn't hate! It actually made sense in context and was only a small part of the plot. Overall this book was just a very cozy (if at times slightly angsty) read. A warm cup of tea of a book. I highly recommend it!
💞 I really liked the emphasis on found families/different family structures. There are two non-conventional (but happy and well functioning) families depicted.
1. FMC's family consists of a bi/pan? (never explicitly defined) baby daddy, the baby daddy's male partner (who their kid also calls Dad), and a female longtime best friend. Both FMC and baby daddy were disowned by their parents when they got pregnant young and chose not to marry, so their family unit is small but mighty.
2. MMC's best friend is the guardian for his two young sisters. I'm looking forward to learning more about them in the next book!
MMC's family is more traditional but there are some road blocks there.
🎧 The dual narration (first person POV, from both MCs' POVs) was great! They both gave great performances and I loved that there were these amusing little interstitials where it was sometimes duet style.
🌶️ 3.5/5 There were only a couple explicit scenes but they were pretty hot! Also there's so much yearning and daydreaming about each other, I feel like that ups the spice factor a little too.
✊🏳️🌈 Non-conventional family structures, non-straight best friends, one POC in the secondary characters, one family member who has struggled with cancer for decades. Also, this is very much a working class story! The FMC is a mechanic and the MMC is a radio show host at a struggling station.
💞 I really liked the emphasis on found families/different family structures. There are two non-conventional (but happy and well functioning) families depicted.
1. FMC's family consists of a bi/pan? (never explicitly defined) baby daddy, the baby daddy's male partner (who their kid also calls Dad), and a female longtime best friend. Both FMC and baby daddy were disowned by their parents when they got pregnant young and chose not to marry, so their family unit is small but mighty.
2. MMC's best friend is the guardian for his two young sisters. I'm looking forward to learning more about them in the next book!
MMC's family is more traditional but there are some road blocks there.
🎧 The dual narration (first person POV, from both MCs' POVs) was great! They both gave great performances and I loved that there were these amusing little interstitials where it was sometimes duet style.
🌶️ 3.5/5 There were only a couple explicit scenes but they were pretty hot! Also there's so much yearning and daydreaming about each other, I feel like that ups the spice factor a little too.
✊🏳️🌈 Non-conventional family structures, non-straight best friends, one POC in the secondary characters, one family member who has struggled with cancer for decades. Also, this is very much a working class story! The FMC is a mechanic and the MMC is a radio show host at a struggling station.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Alcohol
Minor: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Abandonment