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emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another solid JAL book! I didn't feel quite as drawn in to the characters as I have with some of her other books though.
🎧 Dual POV, 3rd person, single narrator (Justine Eyre).
🌶️ 3.5/5 A few explicit scenes
🏳️🌈✊ No diversity
🎧 Dual POV, 3rd person, single narrator (Justine Eyre).
🌶️ 3.5/5 A few explicit scenes
🏳️🌈✊ No diversity
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Classism
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Pretty good and enjoyable. I'm definitely looking forward to the stories of her two sisters now, whenever those might come out.
🎧 Dual (mf) 3rd person POV, only one (female) narrator. I really wish it had been dual narration but the one narrator did a good job.
🌶️ 3/5 Only a couple of explicit encounters but they were hot and well done
🏳️🌈✊ No diversity of note.
🎧 Dual (mf) 3rd person POV, only one (female) narrator. I really wish it had been dual narration but the one narrator did a good job.
🌶️ 3/5 Only a couple of explicit encounters but they were hot and well done
🏳️🌈✊ No diversity of note.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Everyone was awful, lots of infidelity, nothing happened plot wise, lots of random drama with characters that isn't resolved.... There was nothing to like about this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual harassment
Minor: Terminal illness
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
🎧 Dual 3rd person POV. Narrators were John Cho and Philippa Soo, I love both of these actors. They both did a decent job, but they didn't put in that extra oomph to their acting that I think audiobooks require (versus acting on stage or screen).
🌶️ 0/5 This was the most chaste book I've read in a while. There was barely even kissing on the page. The door is fully closed. Sex happens, but it's just alluded to afterwards, nothing on page.
🏳️🌈✊ Both MCs are Asian (one full, one mixed). I appreciated the mixed race representation with a character who is only ambiguously ethnic, and who doesn't have any cultural connection to her heritage. It's a more nuanced diversity that we don't get a lot of but I recognized some of myself in her. FMC's best friend is queer, and another side character is hinted at being queer but we don't know definitively.
🌶️ 0/5 This was the most chaste book I've read in a while. There was barely even kissing on the page. The door is fully closed. Sex happens, but it's just alluded to afterwards, nothing on page.
🏳️🌈✊ Both MCs are Asian (one full, one mixed). I appreciated the mixed race representation with a character who is only ambiguously ethnic, and who doesn't have any cultural connection to her heritage. It's a more nuanced diversity that we don't get a lot of but I recognized some of myself in her. FMC's best friend is queer, and another side character is hinted at being queer but we don't know definitively.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, Stalking
Minor: Death, Racism, Sexual harassment
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This was fine but I like the other KJC books I've read more. I think this one might have been over hyped to me so it was a bit of a let down.
🎧 Dual POV with only one narrator
🌶️ 3/5 for a few explicit encounters
🏳️🌈✊ Diversity will repped in sexuality, race, religion.
🎧 Dual POV with only one narrator
🌶️ 3/5 for a few explicit encounters
🏳️🌈✊ Diversity will repped in sexuality, race, religion.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a really good book! Super emotional at times. Not much plot really but it worked.
🎧 Dual POV, 1st person, two narrators. Excellent work.
🌶️ 3.75/5 Started off with a pretty slow burn but by the end I'd consider it a spice-forward book. Nothing revolutionary but multiple explicit scenes that were well done.
🏳️🌈✊ No diversity really. I did appreciate that this is a fully grown couple--mid 30s, with a grown kid.
🎧 Dual POV, 1st person, two narrators. Excellent work.
🌶️ 3.75/5 Started off with a pretty slow burn but by the end I'd consider it a spice-forward book. Nothing revolutionary but multiple explicit scenes that were well done.
🏳️🌈✊ No diversity really. I did appreciate that this is a fully grown couple--mid 30s, with a grown kid.
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
IDK this was a decent read and I really like JAL but this one just didn't grab me.
🎧 Multi POV, single narrator (Justine Eyre). I think she's done every JAL book I've listened to.
🌶️ 2.5/5 There were a couple of explicit scenes, very vanilla, plus one or two 'sexual tension without sexual action' scenes.
🏳️🌈✊ No diversity here, other than the class difference.
🎧 Multi POV, single narrator (Justine Eyre). I think she's done every JAL book I've listened to.
🌶️ 2.5/5 There were a couple of explicit scenes, very vanilla, plus one or two 'sexual tension without sexual action' scenes.
🏳️🌈✊ No diversity here, other than the class difference.
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was another good one in this series! I liked the MCs and their issues, and of course the larger friend group from book 2. I haven't read Face Off yet but that's the same friend group too.
🎧 Same two narrators for this whole series. I like them. POV is first person dual.
🌶️ 3.75/5 A handful of explicit scenes that were vanilla but hot
🏳️🌈✊ Once again, no real diversity to speak of.
🎧 Same two narrators for this whole series. I like them. POV is first person dual.
🌶️ 3.75/5 A handful of explicit scenes that were vanilla but hot
🏳️🌈✊ Once again, no real diversity to speak of.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
📚 This was a great story and I'm enjoying the series. The characters were well developed and the obstacles made sense, and I loved what I got to see of the side characters too (made me interested in the rest of the series). I love when an MMC reads the FMC's romance novels and this hit the spot for me on that.
🎧 Dual first person POV, two narrators, both were great. They actually both do this thing where they say questions weird? But they both do it, so it was consistent, and I could just pretend that's how the characters talked.
🌶️ 4/5 This book's spice level is actually more in the middle, maybe closer to a 3, but I bumped it up because our boy can deliver the dirty talk 🙌 We love to see a not very experienced man unexpectedly deliver the heat!
🏳️🌈✊ I didn't catch much diversity in this book. I guess there's family structure diversity, and FMC's mom is queer (but she's pretty absent from the story). We don't get physical descriptions for MMC's teammates, so I assume at least some of them are POC because it's football, but it's never explicitly said and the names are ambiguous.
🎧 Dual first person POV, two narrators, both were great. They actually both do this thing where they say questions weird? But they both do it, so it was consistent, and I could just pretend that's how the characters talked.
🌶️ 4/5 This book's spice level is actually more in the middle, maybe closer to a 3, but I bumped it up because our boy can deliver the dirty talk 🙌 We love to see a not very experienced man unexpectedly deliver the heat!
🏳️🌈✊ I didn't catch much diversity in this book. I guess there's family structure diversity, and FMC's mom is queer (but she's pretty absent from the story). We don't get physical descriptions for MMC's teammates, so I assume at least some of them are POC because it's football, but it's never explicitly said and the names are ambiguous.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content
Moderate: Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexism, Excrement, Abandonment, Alcohol