kryfrh's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Car accident
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Pregnancy and Eating disorder
tarnaflake's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
emmaasbokhylla's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, and Child death
headinthepages's review against another edition
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Sexual violence, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
avigayil's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Car accident, and Drug use
iemilia's review against another edition
- 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
I’m glad I didn’t give up on this series. The first book was okay, I enjoyed it but wasn’t overly impressed. The second book, Daisy Haites, was not for me. Didn’t like the writing style and found it difficult to connect with the characters. This book however exceeded all of my expectations. I loved seeing glimpses from the early days of Magnolia and BJ relationship, their past, all of it. It was an emotional rollercoaster and the ending.. gosh. In a way this book made me want to re-read the first book. 5⭐️
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Car accident, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Child death
savbowmer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Blood, Emotional abuse, Rape, Medical trauma, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Vomit, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Cursing, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Grief
isabel_hanna's review
- 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
Their back and forth should drive me crazy and it doesn’t. This book is magic. I think I love it more than I loved the first. It gives so much more context to these very complex people. I never reread books and now I want to reread book 1 knowing what I know now. This book was perfection.
Graphic: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident
d_dubzz's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
I thought I might actually LIKE BJ Ballentine in this book but alas I still despise that man! He’s the definition of gaslight gatekeep and I wasn’t rooting for them for one second which is Impressive in itself for a self proclaimed romance novel!! I missed Christian this book and surprisingly Daisy too but getting more Julian was a perk!
This book just didn’t hit as well as the first two and I’m sad!
Spoiler
Also I’ve watched too much greys anatomy to not see the ending from a mile off (rip bridge)The trigger warnings for this book are heavy so please look them up as I haven’t suffered from a lot of the themes presented but I struggled to read some of them! (TW: Baby Loss, Family member death, allusions to eating disorders)
Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition
- 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
5.0
I love how much more in depth BJ and Magnolia were explored as characters, particularly the focus on the shared trauma they've been through as well as individual traumas. I feel like prior to this book neither of them really looked their problems in the eye and saw shit for what it was but they started to make some headway in that department here and I was thrilled to see it. Sure, it was messy as well, but doesn't that make it more delicious?
bj ballentine you are my beloved and you are so important btw *blows a kiss for him*
Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Classism, Infidelity, Cursing, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent