agrippinaes 's review for:

Timid by Devney Perry

4.0

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This was quite an easy read. It was very sweet in a lot of ways but the angst in this was just spot on for me. It was stressful in parts but I just wanted it all to be okay for them.

I really liked Willa’s character - she wasn’t as much of a doormat as I expected her to be, she stood up for herself and I liked the way that she handled Jackson. Jackson wasn’t my favourite kind of character - I liked how he cared for her but I found him very frustrating in parts. They had good chemistry though - it was sweet and sexy, and it worked well with the angsty parts.

I did find some of the external plot a bit underdeveloped; the introduction of Ryder’s character was cute but it felt a bit like an afterthought. I also thought that the

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murder of Jackson’s mother

was very dark and felt very out of place. I didn’t think it worked at all.

The romance though was quite good and the book as a whole was an easy read, it was very engaging, and as a whole I had fun reading it.

Content Notes: Small town, unrequited love.

Warnings:

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Drug use (off-page

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marijuana

, rape (in past, side character), miscarriage (in past, side character), murder, violent death of a parent, death of a parent, childhood neglect, child abuse, child abandonment.

Other:

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On-page sex, virgin FMC, OW stuff

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MMC appears to have spent time with an OW but it turns out it was his mother

, unprotected sex

No condoms, brief discussion of birth control and STI status.

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