anovelglimpse's review
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Medical content, Bullying, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, and Mental illness
skyhazzard'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
Both of their backgrounds left them in a similar state of feeling abandoned and like they weren’t worth staying for so there a lot of inner turmoil that comes up throughout the book and puts a wrench into their relationship romantically.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Bullying
antidietleah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Bullying
Minor: Violence, Addiction, Vomit, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
lindslikesbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Plot:
Skylar is an 18-year-old highschool student who has a crappy home life. Her dad left and her mom is a hoarder. She has health issues and an eating disorder stemming from her fears around unsafe food as a child living with a hoarder. Enter Jude aka Lucky. Lucky, a 38-year-old, construction worker sees her messing with her broken down car so he offers her a ride. They form a little connection as friends. Then he finds out she's sick and he's like "let's get married so I can give you health insurance!" So she's like, this isn't creepy at all and moves in with them. But don't worry, he wants to do the right thing and let her mom know. But her mom doesn't care like at all. So they get married but just as friends but that clearly won't last.
I love these tropes but they way it was executed felt ick to me. If you are going to combine age gap and marriage of convenience, please let the characters not be so immature/annoying. I struggled with this one. It gave major daddy issues but not in a sexy way. In a sad, "this poor girl" way. The author wrote in a lot about how they tried to fight their attraction but it just felt off for me. Like if you want the age gap to not feel creepy, don't give their dynamic a weird vibe by creating a reliance on the MMC for health issues.
Graphic: Eating disorder and Abandonment
flytouni's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
Graphic: Eating disorder, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment
bookgrrl'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
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Abandonment, and Child abuse
thefantasybookaddict'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
Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Sexual content, Vomit, Addiction, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Child abuse
shector1's review
3.75
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders
a_romance_a_day's review
3.75
Graphic: Eating disorder, Violence, and Abandonment
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Bullying
Minor: Vomit
ladylaurenexplorer's review
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Abandonment