I wanted to be able to finish this but I am not enjoying it, I'm having so much trouble even picking it up and I hate every single character except for Nia. Maddie herself is outrageously annoying, she acts like she lives under a rock despite being 25, living and going to uni in London, working in the publishing industry... I've just stopped because I can't with the biphobia while perusing dating apps and meeting a bisexual man... one of her best friends is a lesbian and I kinda just can't... perpetuating oversexualized bisexual stereotypes just because you're doing it to a man is still ignorant... and having a lesbian friend doesn't excuse you from queerphobia 

Also her non-black friend helping explain to her that she's being fetishized by a white man just kinda rubs me the wrong way a bit, like she's a child. I think her lack of experience with dating in general is understandable considering childhood neglect + still living at home, but, like I'm finding it a tiny bit hard to believe that this woman has never once heard about things like consent, racism in dating, bisexuality... 

All that being said, the storyline itself is interesting, and I can already see where it's going and it seems cool and whatnot. I'm also sure it gets better and she learns from her mistakes and also realizes what she needs from a partner and figures out how to stand up for herself; so it's too bad I won't be there to see it. 

So it's not that I don't like it, I was actually enjoying it and excited to finish it! They were about to consider starting a triad (see, I know words) with flirtatious energy etc., and I was genuinely looking forward to keep listening. I just want to stress that it wasn't dislike for the book. 

It was that I lost my library card and when I transferred my account to the new one, Libby closed all my current holds and loans... sooo, yeah...

I could say that I might get back to it, however, that would make me a liar. And I am making an active effort not to "go back" I don't finish as there is a reason I DNF things, so. Yw for not lying <3

Trigger warnings for rape

I got it for a book club. Didn't love it and then I couldn't finish it in time, then it was due at the library. 

Rape scene, I'm only 50 or so pages in, but I'm not sure if the rest of the book will stay on the same track & hey life is too short and my TBR too long to be reading books that might trigger me! 

I will be restarting again, I just have a lot on my ebook plate (bc of Bridgerton S3 + I need to finish Remain Nameless before Bethany loses her sh*t)

I don't like the short stories in audiobook format. It's too confusing. I also don't think this is the book for me. A lot of the stories were interesting, but heavy warning for so many things. 

I wanted so badly to finish it, I love the author & I had so many hopes for the book, I think the SA storyline was too much for me. I need to stop for my own well-being

I am holiday romanced out babes :( most disappointing thing about this year & I'm just short of crying about it (my period's just about here)

I hate Spotify's audiobook feature :( also I got sick of holiday romances