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- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Abandonment and Alcoholism
Minor: Drug use and Animal death
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Classism, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Murder, War, and Grief
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Sexism, Blood, Death, Gore, Child death, Animal death, Murder, and Colonisation
- 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
5.0
Wow....I went on a journey with this book. I went from being iffy on the MCs to not wanting their story to end by the time I finished ๐ฅน I officially think surprise pregnancy is an amazing trope if done right and Cara Bastone did a fantastic job with this book and handled a delicate situationโwhere the baby isn't the MMC'sโperfectly.
Eve's personality and inner dialogue was so fun to listen to. Alex Finke did an amazing job and I highly recommend the audiobook! I loved that we were immersed into her mindset and saw first hand her fears of being alone while raising a baby.
Childhood friends to lovers isn't usually my favorite but I think what made this work was the slow burn aaand, of course, SHEP. BALDER. At first, I just thought of him as the extremely friendly older brother, but he slowly and gradually made me fall for him the same as Eve. What sold it for me was the bike (iykyk). He was such a refreshing character to read. He's a golden retriever and cinnamon roll all in one. He's 'other-centered', doesn't have a selfish or jealous bone in his body and all of his decisions and actions are made with Eve in his mind. He goes above and beyond for her and the baby because he's just the BEST.
If you're like me and can't deal with love triangles, and think this is going to be one, it's NOT! Ethan, the baby daddy, was such a likeable character and I couldn't help but just want him to be happy.
The only con about this book was that I would've really wanted to read an epilogue, or a X years later chapter. I got so sad as I was nearing the end! I just really didn't want to finish this book!
Ready or Not is a story about finding love in the most unexpected places & it's definitely become a new favorite romance of mine.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
Pick this up, if you love:
๐ผsurprise pregnancy
๐ฒchildhood friends to lovers
๐ผslow burn
๐ฒbest friend's brother
๐ผhe falls first
๐ฒthe BEST cinnamon roll/golden retriever MMC
Graphic: Death of parent and Pregnancy
Moderate: Infertility and Miscarriage
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, Murder, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Confinement
Minor: Animal cruelty
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Car accident, Infidelity, and Sexism
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Abandonment and Dementia
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Grief