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annahamburger's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
There are a lot of things I really enjoyed about this book! Overall a
Good entertaining read. Some elements missing to take it from good to great.
The good
Good entertaining read. Some elements missing to take it from good to great.
The good
- Dawson won me over as a character!
- The dialogue and banter was fun and helped grow the relationship
- The grouchy old man/father figure
- The goat that hates everyone but Dawson.
The meh
- The instalove/hate felt too much for the setting/situation.
- I felt like Tully served as a device to showcase Dawson. He could have been more fleshed out for me.
- This book had most of the elements that make a 4-5 star read for me, but suffered from "telling" me about them vs showing me.
- I wished I'd been shown more about the found family, instead Of Dawsons internal monologue telling me this conclusion after a time jump.
- Speaking of the timeline and jumps in time needed some finessing.
- Dawsons character and POV was about her and her growth. Tullys POV was about how he wanted and loved Dawson. He needed more character development.
The ???
- The pet name "legs" just didn't do it for me. Idk how he laid eyes on her and in like 1 Second decided that's what he was gonna call her...
- the possessiveness felt very "fated mates" during Tullys POV and out of place for this particular story.
- Especially bc there was no reciprocity of this possessiveness during Dawsons POV.
The bad
- The non communication of it all was okay but annoying to me as a plot device until the climax
- Idk how Dawson would believe what the creepy guy would tell her about Tully without asking or clarifying with him. And then not allowing him to clarify when he tried?
- In the epilogue the Link and Michaels significant others were referred to as their "women". But it felt so clunky. I recognize it was bc they are likely the characters of their own interconnected books, but it rubbed me wrong.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, and Classism
Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
decklededgess's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- 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
trigger warnings: foster system trauma, alcohol addiction, alcohol mention, sexual content, gun violence mention, infidelity mention
This book was corny as hellllll. I enjoyed it a decent amount but I felt a lot of the character building subplots either didn’t get the build up they needed or started too late and resolved too early for them to have the greater story impact the resolution of the book needed. I thought Dawson and Tully were fun and their chemistry was magnetic but it wasn’t given the time I thought it needed to really build to love. One week isn’t really making much sense for an i love you. Tully calling Dawson Legs as a nickname was a bit grating especially after his “I don’t treat women as objects” moment. Like yes you do sir you legit call her Legs. But whatever. Minor issue. It was sweet. Two solid smut scenes but the promised cunnilingus was never delivered. Sad.
This book was corny as hellllll. I enjoyed it a decent amount but I felt a lot of the character building subplots either didn’t get the build up they needed or started too late and resolved too early for them to have the greater story impact the resolution of the book needed. I thought Dawson and Tully were fun and their chemistry was magnetic but it wasn’t given the time I thought it needed to really build to love. One week isn’t really making much sense for an i love you. Tully calling Dawson Legs as a nickname was a bit grating especially after his “I don’t treat women as objects” moment. Like yes you do sir you legit call her Legs. But whatever. Minor issue. It was sweet. Two solid smut scenes but the promised cunnilingus was never delivered. Sad.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
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