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At First Spite by Olivia Dade

17 reviews

dlsmk's review against another edition

2.75

This book has so much potential but christ on a bike and mother mary on the handlebars these protagonists are both nearly hitting 40 and if I hear "professor google" non ironically ever again I may throw hands. It was mentioned so obnoxiously more often than it should have been. And dear god I can't even begin to tell you how poorly I feel the conversation and actions toward depression were handle (as a person with mdd and a whole host of other mental health realted disorders it just really pissed me off). I have other issues with this book but it took me an entire 3 weeks to complete a book that is relatively easy to get through. I think it put me in a slump for most of the month so I am done with it and finished talking about it. So much potential squandered. Ugh.

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uranaishi's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
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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blewballoon'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? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Olivia Dade has been on my list of authors to check out for a while, and now I'm looking forward to reading more! This book was a lot of fun. I did find that certain areas of dialogue or humor would have worked better if they had been trimmed a little, but that didn't take away from my overall enjoyment. This is for romance lovers who embrace the silliness of the genre. I think the audiobook narrator did an alright job, but I may have preferred reading the text myself in this case.

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garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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

4.5

Did a decent job portraying the fmc living with depression, I felt it was realistic.

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mreads03's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

It's completely and nuanced. I came for the smut, but forgot to care about it because the story was so phenomenal and i was enraptured (don't worry the smut was still A+++ textbook instructions good). I definitely plan on buying for my own library shelves and I can't wait to read the next in the series.

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libellumartinae's review against another edition

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

3.75

This book probably contains some of the better dynamics I have ever read this entire year in a romance; it had an healthy communication between the two main characters and I do feel like the due point view did help us have a lot of insight on them and their thought, and although the mmc hadn't been the best at the beginning actually seeing his reasoning did help with not thinking him an utter tool and fool.

I still think that what I found this book lacking was a good procession of the plot, as the writing wasn't my favorite style and especially it left some dead periods in the book that had me a bit annoyed and bored to read through; it also fell into the trap of the 'all too cheesy and sappy' at times, which I think it's more a preference of mine than a true flaw of the book.

Overall, one of the best-plotted and represented romances I have read so far, this year and I'll definitely recommend it plus read other book of this author because she got me hooked.

(also bonus point: the fmc is curvy and the way that the author never made it central to the story - as it should be - was such a breath of fresh air, ugh!)

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