aapueoreads's review
4.0
4.5✨
My favorite of the series so far!!! If you know me, you know I’m a friends-to-lovers lover TO NO END.
Oliver and Lola are just so cute and nerdy and I loved the friendship they built before they dove into anything romantic.
Oliver is HANDS DOWN my favorite character of the series so far. He is so sweet and considerate and such an amazing friend to Lola in the beginning. He was so determined to make her understand how he felt about her and that everything he was doing was intentional and not him just trying something out with her. I LOVE HIM…spice was amazing too lol.
As for the third-act conflict, uggghhhhh it was just so frustrating because I knew it was coming. It could have been handled better between the characters but AHHHH I get where both were coming from in a way. Resolution was also very quick.
Overall, I love Oliver Lore and I hope to get glimpses lol Loliver in the last book ✨
My favorite of the series so far!!! If you know me, you know I’m a friends-to-lovers lover TO NO END.
Oliver and Lola are just so cute and nerdy and I loved the friendship they built before they dove into anything romantic.
Oliver is HANDS DOWN my favorite character of the series so far. He is so sweet and considerate and such an amazing friend to Lola in the beginning. He was so determined to make her understand how he felt about her and that everything he was doing was intentional and not him just trying something out with her. I LOVE HIM…spice was amazing too lol.
As for the third-act conflict, uggghhhhh it was just so frustrating because I knew it was coming. It could have been handled better between the characters but AHHHH I get where both were coming from in a way. Resolution was also very quick.
Overall, I love Oliver Lore and I hope to get glimpses lol Loliver in the last book ✨
karey64's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-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
3.75
paige_miller48's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.75
geo_ix's review against another edition
4.0
When I first saw the release date for this I was so excited, just a few days before my birthday, how wonderful. In fact, the fact this book was Oliver, the Aussie, and the one I knew would be devoted to cool comics and have a more nerdy feel, I was pumped.
Unfortunately, I couldn't give it a 5 star rating for one reason. And that reason was Lola. I thought I would love her because she's not the type of person to do things without thinking, but in actuality, she doesn't just think things through, she exhausts herself with overthinking and she ended up exhausting ME.
I understand her issues from her mother because my mum did the same thing to our family and it sucks, unlike her I ended up eventually getting to see my mum and it didn't effect me like it effected my brother. So I get why she's so messed up. That doesn't mean I can forgive you, Lola Love.
Oliver is the shizznit, and from the beginning he admits he lover her. I was worried it would be a friend zone type book, but it wasn't. Lola just ended up being oblivious to Oliver's adoration of her until he came out with it. And right here I'll add that that first steamy encounter, of the drawing Oliver in just his boxers, was kinda a great thing for me. I unashamedly will admit, it was a scene that actually was a turn on.
Things are a lot more simple in this. In the end I feel it wasn't so much about their sex, more their feelings. I usually see some find of fetish going on, and I didn't pick up on anything other than Oliver wanting to take things slow and love, and the very evasive kind of shower scene where I'm certain anal sex took place, and felt very weird and didn't quite need to be there.
All in all, Lola needed to get her head out her arse and speak what she was thinking cause nobody is a mind reader as my partner likes to tell me when I'm moody. And she totally sucks for taking out all her stress on him when deep down even she knew he wasn't the problem. Ugh. Silly billy.
Also, I'd like to add how bullshit it was with all the hoo-haa about Oliver's accent in this series. We aren't that fucking hard to understand. We don't speak fucking Klingon.
Unfortunately, I couldn't give it a 5 star rating for one reason. And that reason was Lola. I thought I would love her because she's not the type of person to do things without thinking, but in actuality, she doesn't just think things through, she exhausts herself with overthinking and she ended up exhausting ME.
I understand her issues from her mother because my mum did the same thing to our family and it sucks, unlike her I ended up eventually getting to see my mum and it didn't effect me like it effected my brother. So I get why she's so messed up. That doesn't mean I can forgive you, Lola Love.
Oliver is the shizznit, and from the beginning he admits he lover her. I was worried it would be a friend zone type book, but it wasn't. Lola just ended up being oblivious to Oliver's adoration of her until he came out with it. And right here I'll add that that first steamy encounter, of the drawing Oliver in just his boxers, was kinda a great thing for me. I unashamedly will admit, it was a scene that actually was a turn on.
Things are a lot more simple in this. In the end I feel it wasn't so much about their sex, more their feelings. I usually see some find of fetish going on, and I didn't pick up on anything other than Oliver wanting to take things slow and love, and the very evasive kind of shower scene where I'm certain anal sex took place, and felt very weird and didn't quite need to be there.
All in all, Lola needed to get her head out her arse and speak what she was thinking cause nobody is a mind reader as my partner likes to tell me when I'm moody. And she totally sucks for taking out all her stress on him when deep down even she knew he wasn't the problem. Ugh. Silly billy.
Also, I'd like to add how bullshit it was with all the hoo-haa about Oliver's accent in this series. We aren't that fucking hard to understand. We don't speak fucking Klingon.
violetamethyst's review against another edition
5.0
I know a lot of readers hated this book and some of the reviews were so bad that they totally put me off this book. Instead I decided to skip ahead to Wicked Sexy Liar, which I loved and made me love Oliver just a little bit so, of course I had to come back to this book and see how his story plays out.
AND I LOVED IT!
Hands down, favourite book of the series.
Its definitely one to read if you have a thing for the friends-to-lovers plot.
AND I LOVED IT!
Hands down, favourite book of the series.
Its definitely one to read if you have a thing for the friends-to-lovers plot.
allthestories08's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
dgignac's review against another edition
3.0
I had high hopes for this book. I loved both Lola and Oliver... But I found myself getting annoyed at Lola, and spent most of the book wanted to shake some sense into her. I also found it weird that Oliver didn't speak with his accent and use Australian phrases like he does in the other books.
kerrisbooks13's review against another edition
4.0
I was going to try and stretch this out and then I accidentally finished the whole thing...OOPS. Can’t help it, CL just sucks you in and makes you want more. It’s pure smut honestly but Lola and Oliver make your heart ache in the best way, and as always it’s good to see little glimpses of our old friends from the beginning of the series!
gladysreads's review against another edition
3.0
first of all.... let me give not-joe a kiss. PLEASE! yall built up his charcater to NOT give him his own book? anyways. this was a quick change of pace from the 3 others in the series. phew!