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weelasswithabook's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
4.0
CW: infertility, adoption system, race and publishing, sick child
⭐ Friends to lovers
⭐ Black romance
⭐ Single dad
🌈 Black MCs
This was a great ending to a great series of variations on the enemies to lovers trope. This one being a friends to enemies to lovers. Both characters have a solid history, having been best friends since childhood, with a spanner being thrown in the works as adults and causing a 7 year rift between the pair.
Forced proximity is brought into the equation as the two are thrust together when the heroine's parents' book shop is being used to promote the hero's new novel and and have a signing. Through being thrust together, the two of them work through some miscommunication, some old issues between the two of them and their relationship begins to slowly blossom from there.
I loved the inclusion of infertility in the book, as an epilogue with pregnancy and weddings is always the blueprint in a romance novel like 99% of the time. With the heroine actively also choosing not to have children, it added the representation of women who actively choose or are unable to have children, which is frequently underrepresented. Which is strange, because in actuality more women are choosing not to have children nowadays.
All in all, this was a really well written and felt out friends to lovers story. But I'm quite sad that the series is over, because the Wrights have carved out a nice soft spot in my heart.
⭐ Friends to lovers
⭐ Black romance
⭐ Single dad
🌈 Black MCs
This was a great ending to a great series of variations on the enemies to lovers trope. This one being a friends to enemies to lovers. Both characters have a solid history, having been best friends since childhood, with a spanner being thrown in the works as adults and causing a 7 year rift between the pair.
Forced proximity is brought into the equation as the two are thrust together when the heroine's parents' book shop is being used to promote the hero's new novel and and have a signing. Through being thrust together, the two of them work through some miscommunication, some old issues between the two of them and their relationship begins to slowly blossom from there.
I loved the inclusion of infertility in the book, as an epilogue with pregnancy and weddings is always the blueprint in a romance novel like 99% of the time. With the heroine actively also choosing not to have children, it added the representation of women who actively choose or are unable to have children, which is frequently underrepresented. Which is strange, because in actuality more women are choosing not to have children nowadays.
All in all, this was a really well written and felt out friends to lovers story. But I'm quite sad that the series is over, because the Wrights have carved out a nice soft spot in my heart.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Infertility and Medical content
Minor: Chronic illness, Grief, and Death of parent
naika's review against another edition
4.25
I'm not surprised I liked this book the best in The Wright Brothers Series, as I truly do favor the friends to lovers trope. Toni and Justin were childhood best friends who had a falling out about 7 years ago due to some choices Justin made that really hurt Toni. They kept their distance from one another until an event forces them to address the issues from the past and try to repair their friendship. Of course, romance ensues.
This was more of an introspective read, as both love interests were in their heads a lot. For the most part, this worked; they were still holding on to some things of the past but were trying to figure out a way to step into a new future. Sometimes, however, their musings led to assumptions, which led to miscommunication some frustrating ass decisions. I could not wait for them to have their "come to Jesus" moment and straighten themselves out.
I think that's why I really liked how Aviva and Pops were used in the story; Aviva had no problem calling Toni out and Pops surely gathered Justin up several times. The friend and family group was definitely one of the strongest aspects of the series as a whole. It was nice how all the families came together at the end, even if I was not completely feeling the conclusion.
Overall, solid read!
This was more of an introspective read, as both love interests were in their heads a lot. For the most part, this worked; they were still holding on to some things of the past but were trying to figure out a way to step into a new future. Sometimes, however, their musings led to assumptions, which led to miscommunication some frustrating ass decisions. I could not wait for them to have their "come to Jesus" moment and straighten themselves out.
I think that's why I really liked how Aviva and Pops were used in the story; Aviva had no problem calling Toni out and Pops surely gathered Justin up several times. The friend and family group was definitely one of the strongest aspects of the series as a whole. It was nice how all the families came together at the end, even if I was not completely feeling the conclusion.
Overall, solid read!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Infertility
Minor: Misogyny, Medical content, and Death of parent