emilyreads15's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Let me just say that this is the slowest slowburn of all slowburns to ever exist. It took all my patience and I found myself yelling at the book a lot. Anyways what a cliffhanger. I need book 2 asap.
Giving this a 4.5 just bc it was such a long book for the very little amount of actual relationship time they had. But who cares because I loved it anyways and is a new sports romance fav of mine.
Now I need to decide if I want to but the kindle version of book 2 so I can have it now or get the physical copy that I really want even though it won’t come until Sunday.
If you have a high patience tolerance then read this book asap. Thank you so much to my bestie, Lex for recommending this to me.
Also please check TW before reading this book 🫶🏻
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Medical content
Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Body shaming, and Drug use
Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
gingerbooknerd3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse
joonvrses's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Cursing
rosereadsalot's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Mental illness, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Domestic abuse, Torture, Sexual content, and Vomit
pageafter_paige's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Both characters have strengths and weaknesses that balance each other out and had me rooting for them the whole time. Not only did I love Shannon, like the river, and Johnny, but I enjoyed all the size characters too! Gibsie, Joey, Claire, even Lizzie proved to be lovable. I was initially intimidated by the page count and find size but I found myself able to fly through chunks when I made sure to dedicate time! Overall such a cute high school sports romance I will certainly be continuing!
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcoholism, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Addiction, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Grief
serena_hien's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Sexism, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Violence, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, and Mental illness
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Transphobia, and Pregnancy
Minor: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Infidelity, Medical content, and Homophobia
lotte5322's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
Minor: Rape, Miscarriage, Homophobia, and Pregnancy
andeng's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Abandonment, Medical content, Medical trauma, Bullying, Pregnancy, Violence, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
alliei's review against another edition
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Violence
Moderate: Rape
lyla_wicks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
i did really enjoy the slow burn of the relationship and found myself loving shannon and johnny both individually and together so so much!
Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Rape