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Romance de Verão by Emily Henry

16 reviews

emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful

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

5.0

I mean, it's a rom-com set in a lakeside town about an author with written block, getting it on with another author/guy she fancied in college. It has it's flaws but ultimately it's a great, feel good rom-com.

Some things of note:
-Bless her for

not reading the letter from her Dad immediately.

I'm glad she

found she had so many more of them to hold onto.

-The sarcastic banter. Top notch.
-You could cut the sexual tension with a knife.
-The part where

her father's affair partner forces her to listen to what she has to say when she's clearly already crying and not ready to/interested in listening was brutal. Just because you feel like you need to say something doesn't mean she has to listen!

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The cult stuff

felt a bit odd to include in a rom-com of this vibe. I'm assuming that this is the cater to

the true crime obsessed?

-Them finally

breaking the sexual tension with sex... In the tent by the burnt out graveyard of the cult? After they'd both been so affected by seeing it? But somehow immediately forgot about that?

Like what?
-The 'this can't get any worse, then the Labrador farted' bit 😂
- Further to this,

if they had just set the tent up for keeping their laptops dry if it rained, surely they wouldn't have brought sleeping mats and sleeping bags? So how did they spend the night? Surely it was the most uncomfortable place to have sex then sleep?

- Is it just me that found the ending really

stupid? How is 'oh yeah, I ignored you after my wife turned up because I wanted to go back with her when she asked but actually after 24 hours I guess I like you a lot more' good? That's so hurtful!

- Mix that with

the 'marriage is the worst and if I think about it, you're the only person where the idea of it doesn't fill me with utter dread' and it's comes off even stranger.

Flash to the epilogue where

they're getting engaged a year after the start of the book/meeting (again). I get that he was saying marrying her didn't feel like an awful idea but with it being in what was basically a speech about marriage filling him with dread it felt odd.

When I started the book, I hated it. It was the 'I'm a romance author and just luuuvv talking about my life in third person, oh what am I like!' but at the start that almost did me in but this was thankfully dropped almost immediately.

I almost stopped reading pretty quickly but I'm glad I kept on with it and ultimately, it was a really fun rom-com and exactly what I was in the mood for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use

Cult, Suicide cult, Affair

isfantasi's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, and Infidelity

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, and Alcohol

chasingpages1's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

jennboyack_scott's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Death and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

queen_melliott's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

const_elle_ations's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

mariposa517's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use

novella42's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Excrement, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use

the characters research a suicide cult, see the ruins of the cult compound after arson, and interview survivors about indoctrination

vanesst's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Car accident

martapsalvado's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

This had more chemistry than my actual 8th grade chemistry book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury