Reviews with content warning for Stalking - Akarlak, Adam Connor

I really didn't like this book. It never adequately addresses the casual stalking Lucy did. Like taking pictures from a ladder into someone's backyard is a serious invasion of privacy. But we are cool with it because

she saves Aiden from drowning

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Adeline is like a terrible person, and Adam comes from a famous Hollywood family, but his family only barely impact the story.

The drama was too much, and not enough heart.

Adam was possessive in an icky for me. Like not asking Lucy to marry him, but literally demanding it. It was not cute or like charming.

AND CAN WE NOT HAVE LITTLE BOYS ALREADY MISOGYNISTIC. Aiden says at one point something like " you eat more than me and my dad. Girls aren't supposed to eat that much." Ughhhhh

Also 6 year olds crushing on adults is never cute to me, especially when adults play into it.

Oh my god and the sexual assault from that random actor to serve as a means of Adam and Lucy getting closer was insane. No thank you.

This whole book was like a soap opera in a bad way.

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naturally's review against another edition

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i take full blame for ever picking this book up. lucy's stalking of adam is mentioned on the blurb, so i really should've known better than to start reading.

as a lover of rom coms, i'm no stranger to how the genre can be problematic at times. humour is subjective, and to hate adam conor is a reminder of that. i found lucy to be weird, juvenile, annoying, perverted and deeply unfunny...she is not the quirky girl-next-door that she thinks she is. somebody lied to her several times! typically, i love a flawed heroine, but i don't think i have it in me to brave 400 pages of lucy's story.

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chloelj27's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

Let’s start by saying that this book needed to be called To LOVE Adam Connor because that’s exactly what I did. I FELL for this man!! He’s a single parent to his absolutely ADORABLE son, Aiden, as well as being sweet, protective, sexy, patient, dignified and just perfection!

I loved Lucy in To Love Jason Thorn and my god, this girl’s story did not disappoint! She had me dying with laughter but also crying with how much I related to her. Yes, it was repetitive in how she felt, but that’s exactly how it feels like in reality and it’s hard to overcome that feeling. I’m so glad we saw a lot more of her friendship with Olive, and I loved her interactions with Jason too! As for her and Adam - wow!! Their banter back and forth from start to finish was hilarious, their lust and love for each other was disgustingly perfect and put Aiden into the mix, you have the CUTEST family ever! 😍

The spice is great in this book, but I LIVED for the sexual tension and flirtatious interactions whilst still trying to maintain the hate with each other. The little games they played with one another had me kicking my legs in the air and grinning like the Cheshire Cat!

I loved the plot throughout as well as all the amazing tropes! I found it more intriguing and exciting then TLJT especially with it having a couple of “oh my god” moments. As much as I liked Olive and Jason, they just don’t compare to Lucy and Adam! 😍 that ending was perfect for Lucy’s story (and yes, I may have cried some happy tears about it)!

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ttumbletree's review against another edition

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Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

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amandareads666's review against another edition

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Gotta be a no from me dawg. DNF with less than one hundred pages left.

Not a fan of Lucy. Most of the book from her POV was incredibly annoying, all she does is WHINE.
Throwing a pregnancy into the mix is so lame. It’s such an “I’m out of ideas” plot point. Then they went ‘oh wait I’m not pregnant never mind’ ugh lame

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maudjuliette's review against another edition

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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? Yes

2.0

The kid's voice wasn't well written in my opinion. I'm not surprised it's very hard to pull it off.
The FMC is very annoying.
The author didn't put a TW for sexual assault, and that's just wrong. Said sexual assault comes out of the blue.
The ending was just plain ridiculous. I would be so mad if i was the FMC.

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emjorgie's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

0.25

After how I felt about the 1st one I just shouldn't have picked this one up.

Its worse. So much worse. Adeline is so evil its almost funny. Our main girl Lucy? She is a mess who honestly talks/thinks about s*x and d*cks way to much for a novel claiming to have a plot. Like if you want to just write smut go do that, but don't give us half baked plots that are either unresolved or handled poorly.

Also content warning because this book has an on page scene where a male character attempts to SA Lucy. Why is no one mentioning that??? Then the book just gives it two paragraphs and it never comes up again

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