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bookwyrm25's Reviews (219)
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is the first book I have re-read in over a decade. Many books I’ve loved, but there is nothing like settling yourself into this world and richly told story all over again. Something tells me this is a book I’ll come back to a third (and on) time.
Maybe I listen to too much true crime, but I found parts of this to be way more predictable than I was lead to believe by all the amazing reviews...
Still, it was a fast-paced read (which I love), still made me question what would really happen at some points, had me interested enough to read within two days, and had a very satisfying ending. For that, it gets 3.5 stars and I'll be reading the 2nd in the series just to see what happens.
Still, it was a fast-paced read (which I love), still made me question what would really happen at some points, had me interested enough to read within two days, and had a very satisfying ending. For that, it gets 3.5 stars and I'll be reading the 2nd in the series just to see what happens.
DNF 54% through the book. I skipped to the end out of curiosity. Let me tell you, if you hate the “I swear I’m a nice guy” guys, STAY AWAY FROM THIS BOOK!
He has this constant inner monologue about how he should be more feminist, and he knows it’s wrong that he’s not, but he can’t help that he has these thoughts because poppy is just too hot. It’s extremely toxic, he’s a predator. This is not a sexy book. It’s a horror story.
Don’t get me wrong, I love a dirty and spicy sec scene. Like super, super spicy scenes. But this gave me huge ick the entire time and none of it was hot.
I regret buying it, but at least it was on sale I guess.
Never again.
He has this constant inner monologue about how he should be more feminist, and he knows it’s wrong that he’s not, but he can’t help that he has these thoughts because poppy is just too hot. It’s extremely toxic, he’s a predator. This is not a sexy book. It’s a horror story.
Don’t get me wrong, I love a dirty and spicy sec scene. Like super, super spicy scenes. But this gave me huge ick the entire time and none of it was hot.
I regret buying it, but at least it was on sale I guess.
Never again.
I was walking into this thinking there’d be a lot more spice, but it was more of a cozy romance with some high stakes thrown in. Not bad, just not what I expected.
This was the most adorable and cozy found family book! I laughed, I teared up, and I LOVED getting to see all the story development and character growth for a full cast of characters I actually cared about. Usually there’s at least one character in a multiple POV book that I’m iffy about, but I seriously loved every single character and they all came to life on the page!
Great book, I highly recommend.
Great book, I highly recommend.
All this book does is say it’s ok to misgender someone if it’s more convenient for their family and partner to do so.
DO NOT say someone is nonbinary then proceed to have the main character call them/refer to them as he/him the rest of the entire book. There supposed to be the love interest and the main character has so little respect for her partner that she just misgenders them the ENTIRE book with no correction at all. This is a very harmful representation of “diversity” as it’s about as diverse as a cis white woman who is power hungry and gets away with murder (which… is basically the plot of this book).
DO NOT say someone is nonbinary then proceed to have the main character call them/refer to them as he/him the rest of the entire book. There supposed to be the love interest and the main character has so little respect for her partner that she just misgenders them the ENTIRE book with no correction at all. This is a very harmful representation of “diversity” as it’s about as diverse as a cis white woman who is power hungry and gets away with murder (which… is basically the plot of this book).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I’m going to be honest, the narrator of the story took me out of it with the voices that he did, because they were so bad. Overall, the story itself though is OK. It was nothing terribly scary or exciting.