Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Say You Swear by Meagan Brandy

7 reviews

andycob's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Grief, Miscarriage, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Child death, and Ableism

bmitch21's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

First off, let me start off by saying this book is a 5 ⭐️ read! and what a journey this book was! This was my first book by Megan Brandy, and it didn’t disappoint not one bit. The book starts off so innocent and fun, a group of friends, more like family really, heading off to college together to start their adult lives. They’re all thick as thieves. The story focuses around Arianna, Ari for short, our FMC, and her journey of love and healing. This is told in such a beautifully tragic way. The author rips our hearts out. I stayed up till 2am silent sobbing next to my husband to finish this. I couldn’t put it down and needed to know how this story ended. I cannot emphasize this enough, it is SO BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN.
Also, there is spice and I give this one 3 🌶️
If you’re on the fence abt this one, just read it. It’s amazing. It’ll be one I’m left thinking abt for a long time and telling all my book besties abt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

megcarrick's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Blood, Car accident, and Vomit

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Ableism, Child death, Alcoholism, Car accident, Grief, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

ecravens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

kfmcf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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

1.75

Oy. This book.

I don't normally read dark romances specifically because they feel soapy. This one did that too, unfortunately. 

The middle section of this book where Ari and Noah are getting together is good. The beginning feels dissonant and the end is an ABSOLUTE train wreck with like 7 tropes shoved in.

accidentall pregnancy? Miscarriage? Amnesia?! REALLY!?! </spoile > I almost gave up with like 50 pages left. 

There were also a lot of callbacks to previous characters the author had written that I did not know and are not in this series?  It was odd. 

My biggest disappointment was that I went into this with expectations of a sports romance and it wasn't. The football aspect was totally superfluous. Major bummer.

Also this book is hella white. Eek.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Car accident

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Grief, Miscarriage, and Medical content

andeng's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Sexual content, Grief, Medical content, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Suicidal thoughts