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Babymoon or Bust by Ava Hunter

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readsbyti's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Oh my goodness that was so freaking perfect! Give me 12 of these right now!! I don’t think I have ever felt this many butterflies reading before! Solomon is so goddamn attentive and a fucking sweetheart! It was the perfect balance of sweet moments, laughs swoons and tears.

I love that Solomon gave Tessie unconditional attention and made her realived someone is in her corner snd there to stay & I love that Tessie brought Solemn Man back to life after he had essentially fallen off the grid following the death of his wife, rightfully so. The man was broken & I was worried there would be a lot of comparisons between Tess and Serena (the dead wife) or a huge emphasis on “Tess is better than Serena” but was relieved there wasn’t any, Solomon saw Tessie as her own person from the go and fell in love with her (though Serena did “speak” to him in a guardian angel kind of way which was strange but it wasn’t for a huge chunk of the story) and Tessie respected Serena’s memory and never overstepped or tried to be Serena.

I also appreciate that not everyone was immediately welcoming to Tessie when they got back to Alaska, it sounds weird but it creating a balanced dynamic, if all of Solomons family was like “welcome to the family we love you already” without any scepticism I would have felt very weird about it. Not saying I liked Evelyn and Howlers behaviour though, god if you could see my notes? but I appreciate the balance and their initial concern (though Evelyn really should’ve actually apologised to Tessie idc about that big gesture you aren’t sorry until you speak the words🙂‍↔️)

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3.5

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Tropes/Themes: Surprise Pregnancy, Grumpy Sunshine, Only One Bed, Opposites Attract, Insta Love Amount of spice: 🔥🔥

Explicitness: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

I really thought I was going to love this one because the first few chapters were really fun and there were some great supporting characters, but it just became so repetitive in the end and there were so many filler scenes that added nothing to the story and could have been cut out.

Tessie was so unnecessarily mean to Solomon to begin with and then made a full 180 and was suddenly in love with him. Then it was just chapter after chapter of their inner monologues going ‘I love him’ ‘I love her’ but never actually saying it to each other and just allowing all the miscommunication to carry on. Then it became extremely cheesy which I realise is probably subjective and a personal thing but for me it just ruined the story.

I did think that the storyline had a lot of promise, there were a cast of great supporting characters and friendships and what felt like a relatively realistic depiction of what pregnancy is like. If this had been 100 pages shorter and there had been a whole lot more tension between them I would have rated it higher.

I would recommend this if you love a surprise pregnancy, a bit of a small town feel, grumpy mountain men and a whole lot of insta-love.

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