lmy612'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
5.0
Talking briefly about the spicy scenes in the spoiler below. No actual spoilers.
Spoiler
The sex scenes were written so sensually. I think they were the most tastefully romantic things I’ve ever read or listened to. No vulgar descriptive words required to convey the tension, passion, romance, and sex between characters.Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, and Abandonment
Minor: Cancer, Cursing, and Grief
itsmeyseniab's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Grief and Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment
Minor: Terminal illness and Infidelity
maregred's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Infidelity
Minor: Abandonment
katievh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Infidelity, and Grief
lqvekanej'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
Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Infidelity
headinthepages's review
4.75
Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, and Infidelity
whichdirection's review
- 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
2 sex scenes (plus a bonus chapter that is another sex scene on the KU version, idk if there’s another version)
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Grief, and Infidelity
Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol, and Cancer
Abandonment:Spoiler
Estelle’s father left her mother when she got pregnant, he had a wife & another child (born shortly after Estelle) that didn’t know about her. Overcoming her fear of being abandoned is the main part of her character development, as she worried Luka & her two business partners will leave her.Spoiler
Estelle’s father shows up to Thanksgiving Dinner intoxicated and ends up passing out, it is implied that that happens a lotSpoiler
Estelle’s father was unfaithful to his wife when he impregnated Estelle’s mom, but additionally it’s mentioned about 90% of the way through the book that his wife is leaving him because he was cheating with multiple ppl at his officeSpoiler
Estelle’s mom died of Cancer before the events of the novel, she mentions her mother & missing her/keeping her memory alive multiple times; Luka’s father died when he was a kid (exact cause unknown, but not cancer) and they mention it & his & his mother’s grief multiple timessolacelight's review
- 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
Graphic: Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent
Moderate: Alcohol, Abandonment, and Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity