Reviews with content warning for Abandonment - Those Three Little Words

If I could give this negative stars I would. Eli was the bright spot. They get one star for what they named the baby at the end.

Penny is a horrible awful gaslighting jerk of a human who takes absolutely no responsibility for her own awful behaviors.

I’m breaking up with Meghan Quinn. Done. No more. She writes some of the most ridiculous stereotypes of women. I hate it.

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marygg3's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

3.5

I liked the story, the smut was very good and the supporting characters were excellent.
But the main characters... oh God.

I took it easy on the MMC because he had abandonment issues and I truly believe he was dealing with everything in the best way possible, even if he failed to communicate properly some times.
But the FMC? Jesus fucking Christ, I wanted to throttle her! She was so fucking insecure for no reason, she had the communication skills of a toddler and she just kept using her pregnancy as an excuse for acting like an impulsive little shit with no sense of affective responsibility.
So the main issue kept dragging on and on because these two adults couldn't manage to act accordingly.

I will continue the series because, like I said, the supporting characters were good and I'm interested to see their own stories unfold. And I did like this book when the main pair managed to say what they were thinking and feeling every once in a while. But if I never see the inside of Penny's head again, it will be too soon.

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ronnieex's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

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shanbles's review against another edition

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emotional funny medium-paced

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

2.0

If I didn’t want to see what happens with the rest of this series I absolutely wouldn’t have finished this. Between the surprise pregnancy (gross) and the ridiculous miscommunication trope (yuck!) and Penny being neurotic and absurd (eugh brother) this was a major miss for me. Eli is a certified cutie patootie and has the patience of a saint.

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kell_yeah_reads's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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

3.75

per my spreadsheet:

cute

okay, past k.

spice 🌶 - a 4 🌶 spicy (romance.io scale)
length - just right
reading speed - read in 1 days
did it make me cry? - misty eyes

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kb33's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

This book was a little funny, but it was also a little toxic. Penny does some stuff that definitely waves red flags, and blames it all on the pregnancy (yeah, not an excuse). The pranks were funny, though.

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brittinyh3711's review

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emotional funny hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Even better than the first book. It was hilarious! So much second hand embarrassment as well. Even made me tear up at the very end. Can’t wait to read the next book

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acethirtynine's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The banter even between the hockey players wasn’t as good in this one - often the dialogue felt unrealistic and even though I know it’s written by a woman the dialogue between the female friends sometimes felt like a male fantasy of female friendship.

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