A review by bookclubwithakindle
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

emotional
I’m choosing not to give this a rating because I’m too biased by the lack of trigger warnings to do it fairly. This books is Abby’s first book, and follows the typical Abby Jimenez pipeline of emotional rollercoaster. However, even if it was written in 2019, there should still be somewhere easily accessible that states the trigger warnings. I’ll post spoiler thoughts below, but I was extremely frustrated with this whole book. The only positive was that she did do an amazing job portraying the emotions felt by women who walk the same path as the FMC. 

 
Infertility due to menstrual issues that lead to scheduling a hysterectomy are a HUGE part of the plot. The FMC literally spends the book avoiding a real relationship with the MMC because she knows she can’t give him kids. But then *surprise* she’s pregnant? I listened to the author note, so I understand why she wrote it that way. But as someone who had a hysterectomy to increase my quality of life, this whole plot was EXTREMELY disheartening. Not only was there not a TW for infertility, but the infertility ended up being a non issue. Why not allow them to have kids in a non-traditional way so that women walking that path like me can see hope in the story?
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