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literarylily's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content and Grief
Moderate: Child abuse, Stalking, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War
memoirsofabooklover'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
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Grief
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
vettechmama3'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Grief
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, and War
Minor: Child death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
sami_leigh'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
5.0
๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ.5/5
She had called a lot of places home, but it was for the lack of a better word. She never really felt at home anywhere.
She laughed a lot. It was a sound that warmed him up. A sound that made him realise how quiet his life had become before. A sound that made him wonder why he had valued the silence so much.
โFact is, I just donโt have room in my life for her.โ
โYouโve got the room; youโre just too chickenshit to make it.โ
โI wanted to be memorable.โ
โBaby, it would take more than all the time in the world for me to forget you.โ
โYou canโt put your worth in someone elseโs hands like that . . . Whether you mean something to him or not has nothing to do with how inherently valuable you are.โ
๐ Third person
๐ Meet-disaster
๐ Fake dating
๐ Friends with benefits
๐ National Guard; he deploys in a month
๐ Sheโs starting freshโฆagain
๐ Protective MMC
๐ He has secrets
๐ FMC who understands her worth makes the most of every day ๐๐ป
๐ Insta-chemistry
๐ Small town
๐ Meddling townsfolk
๐ Tension ๐ฅ
๐ Found family
๐ Representation of foster care
๐ Well established secondary characters: Claire & Charles, Sophie & Ty, Gloria, Aldo (Book 2), Linc (Book 3), Josh, James, Joni, Angry Frank.
๐ MC growth: grief, communication, guilt, overcoming past trauma.
๐ Epilogue
โข MMCโs perception of the FMC is a klutz who need supervision isnโt fully resolved.
โ ๏ธ Death of a parent (past), car accident (past), death (past), injury/injury detail (explicit), medical trauma (explicit), active duty (MMC deploys in National Guard), child abuse (past, moderate), domestic abuse (not MCs, explicit), violence (moderate), stalking (moderate).
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Stalking, and War
lyshbish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
arwenaardbeienstruik's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and War
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
ecravens'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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
lololovesthings's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Thank you to NetGalley, Lucy Score, and Sourcebooks Bloom Books for the ARC of this book. All opinions are my own. I was not compensated for my review.
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, and War
Minor: Death of parent
stephanief04's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
kb33's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I liked the characters (mostly. Luke pissed me off too frequently, and the rest of the time was sex scenes). Yeah, this one wasnโt my favorite.
Additional TW/CW:
Graphic: Separation during deployment (if you donโt think this could be a trigger then youโve never been with someone who was away on a rough deployment).
Moderate: Grief over death of spouse; the grief isnโt written in a very graphic way, but it is a frequent topic/main theme. IED explosion, loss of limb and recovery, unrealistic journey adjusting to prosthetic.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Grief
Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, Car accident, and Death of parent