amberinpieces's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing
Moderate: Alcohol, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia
Minor: Racism, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Vomit, Blood, Car accident, Alcoholism, Grief, Classism, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Biphobia
rachelelouise's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Alcohol, Homophobia, and Sexual content
Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Police brutality, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Cursing, Death, and Racism
jadehusdanhicks'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? No
5.0
It made me have all the feels. The queer joy. The love. It’s like a hug and a breathe of fresh air at the same time. Even when it’s tense. I adore this book.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Cursing, Police brutality, Abandonment, Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Racism
kaetheluise_nckl's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Mental illness, Hate crime, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Racism, Transphobia, Police brutality, Homophobia, and Blood
semi-public sex, exploration of depression and anxiety, memory loss and cognitive issues, familial estrangement, familial death, missing persons, implied PTSD, Homophobic violence and hate speech, the AIDS crisis, childhood neglect, arsonbkahmann's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Grief
Moderate: Homophobia, Death, and Racism
Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Blood, and Hate crime
applesaucecreachur's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Spoiler
The ending felt a bit self-indulgent, but I'm willing to let that slide because of how enjoyable the whole reading experience was.Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol
Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Mental illness, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, and Hate crime
Minor: Death, Pregnancy, and Dysphoria
kbairbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Vomit, and Bullying
Minor: Biphobia, Blood, Hate crime, Racism, Car accident, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Lesbophobia
bookcaptivated's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Lesbophobia, and Vomit
Minor: Death, Car accident, Hate crime, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
eamily's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Homophobia, Hate crime, Cursing, Confinement, Vomit, and Violence
Minor: Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Blood, Religious bigotry, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Chronic illness, Police brutality, Dysphoria, and Death
clemrain's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Good and interesting characters that don't bore because they're new (even thought they follow character tropes, they aren’t underwhelming). I’m rooting for all of them and I like their dynamics a lot. They’re a found family.
I found the main couple a bit boring unfortunately. They seemed to be the only characters I hoped more from. I guess it was hard for me to understand their struggles.
The story involves queerness past just the romance. It discusses queer history and shows it through the perspective of a character that has lived through some of the worst of it. It gets emotional and heavy.
I’m not a huge fan of the writing in this book. Millennial new adult book humour and dialogue is not my personal favourite. Some of the romantic sap got a bit too repetitive, corny, and just overall didn’t work for me. Some, however, did. It’s a mixed bag. The descriptions are vivid, engaging the senses. It’s the dialogue that didn’t work for me.
This book is nsfw and has some graphic sex scenes. I was not expecting this especially having reading Red, White and Royal Blue which was was not nearly as explicit. However, props to Casey. That is how the lesbians are doing it.
I was expecting a different ending. But it’s not a terrible ending.
Spoiler
Exactly what you’d expect from a romance. Gays deserve happy endings!! Jane and August got theirs. Either way, I was waiting for it to end.Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Hate crime, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Transphobia