Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Next of Kin by Hannah Bonam-Young

20 reviews

turnthepages_nl's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

gracescanlon's review against another edition

challenging hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this!
My favorite things:
1. Deaf representation! 
2.

Warren is a very giving lover, and has the sweetest and also the dirtiest mouth on him. Total hottie!

3.

I was PRAYING the third-act conflict wouldn’t be either a breakup or Connie relapsing. Thank you, Ms. Bonam-Young, for taking a different tack!!!

A few things kept this from a higher score for me:
1. I wanted Chloe to be more verbally expressive to Warren about the nice things she thought about him. Not at his level (but SWOON!), but I felt like Warren deserved a little more verbal affection. 
2. Chloe didn’t pick up on one of the things Warren said soon after moving in and repeated later in a more romantic context:

“I don’t want to be your friend.”

The second time he said it made his original intent obvious. Chloe didn’t make the connection, which was a little disappointing. 
3. Whyyyyyy were we never shown Rachel’s visit to the apartment and evaluation of Chloe’s circumstances???? What a missed opportunity for some higher-stakes tension!
4. It was pretty insta-lovey, which on one hand makes sense (Chloe and Warren share v similar pasts in addition to their present similar situations), but on the other was a bit concerning, given both their traumas. Their repeated statements of wanting “forever” when they’ve known each other five months at most worried me. 
5. Warren does a bit of a 180, personality-wise. The book is in first-person POV (Chloe’s POV), so it’s understandable that she might not have picked up on Warren’s more concealed positive attributes, but Chloe doesn’t comment on either her surprise or reflection with her new understandings of who Warren is. This and my second list point made Chloe seem entirely unobservant, which was frustrating. 

TL;DR — Fast-paced and mildly steamy, but also heartwarming. I loved the recurrent themes of healing and forgiveness, as well as opening up to and being vulnerable with loved ones for deeper bonds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

thebruce's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy

arireadsitall's review

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

This is my second book by this author, and I am fully on the bandwagon now. Warren and Chloe are the most perfect pairing of enemies to lovers I’ve ever seen. Like her other book there’s no third act break up and thank you for that. This book is about trust in building connections and letting someone see you for who you really are. It was beautiful and heartbreaking and so real. I just loved that both characters made such a beautiful thing out of a circumstance that many will never experience. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

britneysbook's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

tetrootz's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

breathehopebooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very cool rep across the board: deafness, foster care, adoption, fetal alcohol syndrome. Despite the story occuring over the course of a single year, the romantic relationship seemed to develop really fast, but i understand how major life changes—such as raising an infant—can bring people together. I also found Warren’s sweet talking a little weird, but that might just be me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

beebowbabe's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

This 5⭐ review is based on vibes only. I giggled and smiled my way through this entire book. Such a lovely and endearing read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Violence, Medical content, and Pregnancy

felishacb's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

I loved the found family aspect of this romance, including the fact that they talk about foster care. There is also deaf representation, and they practice trauma informed responses.

This is described as a slow burn, but I think they get together after three months? I say this as the same person who was disappointed it took 70% to get to the open door scene. So. I contain multitudes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy