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No Words by Meg Cabot

7 reviews

cstoeger's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Such a great solid conclusion to the Little Bridge Island series.  I am so glad that we got a couple of mentions in this book about the other characters from the series.

In No Words, we meet children's book author Jo Wright who comes to Little Bridge Island for their first book festival, sponsored mostly by Jo's mortal enemy and fellow author Will Price.  However, Jo is offered a very large stipend to attend, and she cannot refuse the money.  

I think the hate/love trope has to be my favorite of all time out of the romance genre.  I love when Jo starts thinking about Will's forearms and how tan he looks... then that gets followed up by her yelling at herself to keep it together.  I do appreciate how much Will tries to apologize for what he did to make Jo hate him so much (at least three separate times).  Coupled with the origin of the book festival, it was hard to not root for Will in the first three chapters.  

I think the Little Bridge Island series trended upwards for me.  I don't know if it's because I listened to the majority of the first one and read the last two mostly in print?  I didn't feel the same connection with the first couple that I did with the last two.  I am really glad that I finished the series.  

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leahx's review against another edition

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inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0


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meghansarmiento97's review

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funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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izzyf16's review against another edition

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4.0


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mamawantsbooks's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


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arthur_ant18's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5


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asparagusisreading's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

*Spoilers in this Review*

Meg Cabot is one of the few authors that I've been reading and following for majority of my life so when I saw they' were continuing with their contemporary fiction/romance series Little Bridge Island, I was ready to pick it up. I unfortunately did not enjoy book one, DNFing (did not finish) it when I found myself bored and more interested in other stories. This book however, sounded more up my alley.

I really enjoyed the premise: a bunch of authors are invited out to the first book festival on Little Bridge Island but two of the most popular authors, Will and Jo, don't exactly get along after a previous heated Twitter exchange and some negative comments made about a certain book genre. One of my favorite parts was the fact that it's author centered and readers are given an inside view of what happens at these events behind the scenes, even if it's fictional. I was excited for this and anticipating an enemies-to-lovers, possibly slow burn, and forced close proximity romance. Unfortunately, I was disappointed by the execution of the story and my own expectations. <First, the main characters had spoken maybe 3 sentences total by the 40-ish% mark and it felt like the 'pining' was Jo obsessing over Will and being angry at what he had said about her years prior. The enemies-to-lovers plot line ended very quickly once the characters started having conversations because Will repeatedly apologized for her and made it clear quite a bit of the event was to apologize to her. From that point on, it became a mutual and flirty relationship between them, strengthening with the more time they were forced to spend together. Then the story took a turn. Suddenly, we were following a bit of a mystery about another author going missing. Even though this plotline was enjoyable, I felt like it could've been a separate book (No Words being an author romance and the missing author being a mystery/thriller.)>

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