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The Words by A. Jade, Ashley Jade

50 reviews

monireads_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Phoenix…. I just wanted him to get it together, but Lennon learned so much which encouraged him to learn so much. Ironically, the book is called The Words but I never can really find the words to capture the book. It’s sooooo good and gut-wrenching at times, it will really take you through the wringer 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Fatphobia

Minor: Car accident

hereiskyra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

I have owned this book for so long and I’m not really sure why I put it off for so long… I think the prospect of a rockstar romance kind of threw me off because it isn’t something I’d usually gravitate towards. But you know what? It was so good!

Lennon and Phoenix may be two of my new favorite characters… okay, he actually kinda had me being a full time hater there for a while but he turned out to be such a good dude. He really had to claw his way out of a deep hole, though. He was the type that did something borderline irredeemable and then somehow turned around and made me melt… 🫠 

Lennon was such a strong FMC and even though it was hard at times, I enjoyed a story about a female who wasn’t tiny and perfect. She was a real woman with curves and an attitude and I loved her for it. 

I wish Lennon’s dad would’ve been a bigger part of this story and that his part wasn’t so sad… but with a great story usually comes some form of heartache. I just hated it while it was happening. 

If I could wish one thing, it’s to know every single detail about how their lives panned out! I’d read a 50 page epilogue about what Lennon and Phoenix have been up to after we left them. I already miss them. 💔 

Tropes:

Rockstar MMC

Second Chance

Enemies to Lovers

Forced Proximity

Workplace Romance

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

kreated_kaos's review against another edition

Absolutely trash MMC. I wanted to throat punch him the entire time. I only got to 37%. The beginning had so much potential. Lennon? Pfft don't get me started. Plus size representation my tookus. She's also spineless. This book had so much SA in it but was covered up. No. No thank you. DNF for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, and Gaslighting

123marib's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Dementia, Car accident, and Death of parent

bookishlyyemma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Physical abuse, Self harm, Vomit, and Pregnancy

mysnarkyself's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

brookey8888's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

3.5

This book was way to long, it started to get repetitive. I liked the beginning of this even though it was hard to read with the fat phobia and bullying. Also I didn’t really see the relationship between the main characters honestly. Then we did a time jump and of course she has a weight loss plot. I did kind of like the second half, but she hardly tired to get back at him. I like the jealousy though. The plot line with the dad and sister were good. I also liked the side characters. I don’t know this was fine, but it was simply to long and phoenix got off and forgiven to easily. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

poupimali's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

I was hooked, sometimes spellbind and then I was frustrated.
The story is great, characters are developed, some sensible subjects are delicately discussed (mental health, death of loved one, dementia, abandonment). It is deep, sensible, accurate. 
The spice is great: angry smex which transforms in love making is one of my fav kind of spice.

I love Phoenix and Lennon’s story.
Even though the end is too rushed for my liking, just because I wanted more.

Tropes:

Sassy and curvy FM

Rockstar

Second chance

Enemies to lovers

Boy obsessed
FMC is seeking for revenge

The audiobook is narrated by Erin Mallon and Teddy Hamilton in dual narration. And it is perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

readsbyti's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

If you want pure emotional baggage and toxicity this is the book! I’m not even saying that as a bad thing, I actually liked reading this. Whilst at the start I didn’t like Phoenix and his behaviour, especially after the timeskip, this sort of feels like a guilty pleasure read, I loved it and hate that I love it. The love Phoenix has for Lennon (once he eventually admitted to it) played a huge role in how I felt about Phoenix overall, you could tell bro loved her he just was not emotionally mature enough to admit it and go about it in other, less toxic, ways.

Lennons character as a whole could’ve used faaaarr more development though, even after the timeskip she still felt like the same Lennon from high school but just hid her insecurities more instead of overcoming them gradually and being a more confident within herself. To see she basically had no growth after the timeskip nor resilience built following the situation she was in was disappointing. 

The revenge plot didn’t give what it was supposed to gave either, kinda felt buried almost immediately, really would’ve preferred it played out and that be the conflict than what we go and the ending felt super rushed for a 600+ page book. That being said though, I did damn near cry a lot and despite my words I liked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death of parent

creativekristi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This book was well written and had a well developed story line but it made me SOB. I hate when they promise a HEA but make you cry beforehand haha! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol