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A review by ratetheromance
40-Love by Olivia Dade
funny
fast-paced
4.0
Olivia Dade is so damn good at writing plus-size heroines. Nobody does it better, in my opinion.
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The thing that really stands out in 𝟰𝟬-𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 is that the very hot, very much younger hero, Lucas, is that he is insanely attracted to Tess. Full stop. Romance books almost always presenting this attraction as a "despite". I read a book with a plus-size heroine recently in which the hero said he "didn't seem to mind" her weight. WTAF? Am I supposed to swoon at that?
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A lot of romances take a moment to do the hero introspective, "I've always preferred a woman with curves instead of stick-straight female bodies". It's just...ugh. In 𝟰𝟬-𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 this author just allows attraction to be attraction. No qualifiers. No need to put down thin bodies. No explanation needed. And oh. my. god. thank. you.
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I took a star off because the female lead turns 40 in this book and is portrayed as if on death's door in her old age, complete with achy joints and "I just wanna watch Netflix and then go to bed at 9:30pm". And you KNOW how I feel about that (spoiler: I hate it).
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𝟰𝟬-𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 is a swoony story with CRAZY-HOT sex scenes, meaningful female friendships, sex positive women, lots of laughs, and a great hea!
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𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟: Rated R
𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗦: cheating ex, fat-shaming (side character)
𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟𝗦: 2/5 - A bit of drama, but still a pretty light read.
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The thing that really stands out in 𝟰𝟬-𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 is that the very hot, very much younger hero, Lucas, is that he is insanely attracted to Tess. Full stop. Romance books almost always presenting this attraction as a "despite". I read a book with a plus-size heroine recently in which the hero said he "didn't seem to mind" her weight. WTAF? Am I supposed to swoon at that?
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A lot of romances take a moment to do the hero introspective, "I've always preferred a woman with curves instead of stick-straight female bodies". It's just...ugh. In 𝟰𝟬-𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 this author just allows attraction to be attraction. No qualifiers. No need to put down thin bodies. No explanation needed. And oh. my. god. thank. you.
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I took a star off because the female lead turns 40 in this book and is portrayed as if on death's door in her old age, complete with achy joints and "I just wanna watch Netflix and then go to bed at 9:30pm". And you KNOW how I feel about that (spoiler: I hate it).
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𝟰𝟬-𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 is a swoony story with CRAZY-HOT sex scenes, meaningful female friendships, sex positive women, lots of laughs, and a great hea!
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𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟: Rated R
𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗦: cheating ex, fat-shaming (side character)
𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟𝗦: 2/5 - A bit of drama, but still a pretty light read.