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Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

hanruby's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • 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

4.25

booksobsession's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense fast-paced
  • 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

Where do I even start with this book it was just everything I wanted and more it reminded me of how I felt when I first read Red White and Royal Blue with the same level of humor and drama. 

If you’re a fan of character driven books I would say this one for you, or if your looking for a book to help you get into more character focused books I would suggest this one. I found that I had become so attached and in love with these characters so quickly that when they celebrated I celebrated and when they cried so did I. Getting to watch Gwen and Art find love and getting to read their character growth was so splendid and well done. But also the friendships were beautiful written Art and Sid’s friendship was so amusing and felt so real and right and Gwen’s friendship with her brother made me wish I had, had a close friend in my brothers like her. I think this is a book that truly everyone will enjoy. 

Thank you Netgalley and Publisher for an arc in exchange for my honest review. 

lexibutwithbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

3.5

elligo's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing
  • 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

3.0

cute but stupid, the plot wrapped up kinda quickly i thought 

efsimpkin's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny 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

4.25

I haven’t yet checked other reviews but my main flaw with this book was that it felt like it wanted to be two different books. On one hand you’ve got two lovely romances (I so wished we had seen more of Art and Gabe, I feel like Bridget and Gwen got a lot more screen time) that aren’t given enough room to breathe. On the other hand you’ve got a fantasy-typical political intrigue that also doesn’t really make much sense until it suddenly does, catastrophically changing the tone of what had been a cute and hilarious book to something with teeth. 

I loved the glance of the epilogue we had and wish that would become a sequel, just to see how all the characters continue after the events of the book, but idk I feel like the marketing and cute cover and blurb completely missold me on this
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chelbawamba's review against another edition

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4.0

This book is DELIGHTFUL. I was taken out of the setting a couple of times by language choices, but overall I loved it.

emilieef's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

lycheeteareads's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • 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

4.25

dancingimp's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted slow-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

teensyfry's review against another edition

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3.5

 This was a fun book! Gwen and Art are betrothed but haven't really seen each other since they were little. There is some fun chemistry among the main characters, including Gwen's brother Gabriel and a knight, Bridget Leclair.

This was a fairly lighthearted read, and it was enjoyable to step back in time to read this one. Thanks to Netgalley for the book!