emilyreadstoomuch's Reviews (787)

very unique book but it tried too hard and also was somehow not enough.

don’t know why when they were screaming at the abductor, of all the horrible things he did that they could’ve brought up, they just kept calling him fat? they were like “you are FAT” why not rapist, murderer, etc.????

3.5 stars rounded up.

This was very sweet and well-written, but the story itself was forgettable. I hadn't read the first two books of the series before reading this, but it didn't take away from my reading experience.

I enjoyed observing Indira and Jude growing together and opening up to each other more and more. I felt that the author handled the difficult topics well. It was so interesting to read about the fictional global health organization that Jude was shackled to in order to escape from his crippling medical school debt. The mental health crisis those medical professionals experience as a result of the horrors they witness isn't really something I've ever thought about before.

That said, I wish there was a little more conflict between the characters. This is marketed and posed as a childhood-nemeses-to-lovers story, and I didn't feel satisfied with the setup of that plot point. In my opinion, a trope like that requires a lot more tension in the relationship before they discuss their differences and points of view and move forward with the romance aspect.

All in all, I enjoyed reading this and will definitely read more Mazey Eddings in the future!!

Thank you, Griffin and NetGalley, for the Advanced Reader's Copy!

YOU CANNOT OUTDO THE DOER!!!!!!!!!!!!! MARIANA ZAPATA DOES NOT PLAY AROUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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bitch………… lemme go watch spinning out again oml i love figure skating stories and i enjoyed this one so much. i read a review somewhere that said the word blink is written 191 times in the book idk if it’s true but i definitely laughed every time i saw it

unlike anything else i’ve ever read before like how the fuck did she take some of the worst tropes imaginable, tie a little bow around them, and make them so fucking perfect that i didn’t even want to gag ONCE!!!!!!!! truly magical and emotional and so so sweet

i’m so conflicted on this one. bc i luvvvv a book with no plot and no likable characters but this tried too hard to be something it wasn’t. i don’t know if this was supposed to be some kind of inspirational commentary ab how some billionaires are good and can change.

it spent the first 80% of the book highlighting their grotesque wealth and the horrible personalities of truly rich people and then tried to take a character who knowingly slept with a married man, make her meet a child of a lockheed martin knockoff and tell me they’re going to be good people now? the last scene at the dinner table was so laughable like she brings up the lack of knowledge of the female body in MENA countries at a FAMILY DINNER and is like no guys seriously we need to talk about this stuff and then the mother asks her son’s wife what it was like being poor. and i know that part was satirical but the rest of it came off really earnest which just kind of rubbed me the wrong way

i am mhairi mcfarlane’s biggest fan like actually. it would be impossible for me to rank them bc each one is so fucking good in their own way. also this would make a REALLY good movie

this was so good and i loved the message. the audiobook was incredible

i might have to legally change my name to adelaide and move to london because i swear to god and all that is holy that this book was written about me.

i’ve had manic depression for as long as i can remember and nothing, not a single thing, has ever made me feel more seen than this book. it makes me feel hopeful for the idea that someday, someone will love me for who i am, exactly as i am. a light at the end of the tunnel.

almost every relationship i’ve had has looked exactly like her’s and rory’s: almost maternal and wholly one-sided. it’s been two years since my last one, and i’ve learned a lot since then, about myself and relationships in general, but seeing it in this way, from a bird’s eye view, was both nauseating and life-changing.

i can’t wait for this to come out in paperback so i can completely destroy it with annotations. i want to write an essay about this even though i’m not in school anymore. i want to shape my entire personality around this book like edaphoecotropism (how trees grow around objects in their way). i want to eat this book in a way i can’t explain, inject it into my bloodstream so that i feel this way forever. what drugs did genevieve wheeler lace this book with?????

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this was quite disappointing/: i didn’t know there was such a thing as too many taylor swift references but ms. painter sure did achieve that. i honestly just wasn’t as engaged and invested with charlie and bailey as i was with her other ya romance couples. both of bailey’s parents were so shitty and i don’t feel like we got closure with how fucked up both her mom and scott acted at some points. there were several things in this that i felt were pointless.

idk it wasn’t a bad book, i was just expecting more out of it.

thank you to Lynn Painter and Simon & Schuster for the ARC