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The Love of My Next Life by Brit Benson

3 reviews

firequeen_ash23's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

I really loved The Love of My Next Life. It was such an emotional read from start to finish. I really got sucked into the story and the characters. They were so easily relatable and easy to like. You can't help but love Macon, the typical bad boy next door. Then you have Lennon, the sweet nerdy girl next  door who's friends with Claire, Macon's sister who is the typical selfish popular girl who thinks she's the best friend who needs to be the most important. 

I loved that there was a lot of things in the book that were hidden from everyone else except Lennon and Macon. I loved how they were this undeniable force for one another yet forbidden and not allowed. It made what they had that much more special and sweet. I didn't like Claire's jealousy or her childish attitude about Macon. 

I knew without a doubt something bad would happen though in this book and it did. Then the author throws quite a cliffhanger at you. There were a few times I wanted to throw my kindle across the room during this book but I refrained myself. LOL 

This book, while written in the high school setting, it's more geared towards the adult section. It's got some dark romance vibes and it's definitely got some graphic parts in it. But for me that's what I look for. I love dark romance; the darker the better!!! I highly recommend this little duet by Brit Benson. She's a great writer, she evokes different emotions throughout this story.  I highly recommend this duet. 

I will read anything Brit Benson writes now that I've read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

cobaltmade's review

dark 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

2.5

claire was the WORST friend ever, who agrees to be DD and gets "buzzed" please she's so possessive for no reason?? she sounded like a child at the end when macon broke his promise.

macon is so toxic to sam and to lennon. macon and lennon both did sam and eric wrong. len keeps saying she and eric are just friends but it's so obvious that eric has feelings for her, she's leading her on. the way eric still was civil at the prom even though he got beat up. eric deserves sm better!!

lennon keeps correcting <b>brother</b> to <b>stepbrother</b> as if it makes any difference. and what's with macon peeing in front of her was so unnecessary why was that even put in 😭😭

macon did have some redeemable parts ngl like the flowers, the mug, and the art center

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ace222's review

emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Vomit, and Suicide attempt