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rgills's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, and Abandonment
Minor: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Sexual content
sunshine_day's review against another edition
- 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
Quadruple bonus points for the way the author dealt with eating disorders and mental health issues.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Addiction, Bullying, and Vomit
mrspru's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
earthtoshelby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Bullying
shaykay's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, and Abandonment
anovelglimpse's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content
Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Abandonment
skyhazzard's review
- 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
Both of their backgrounds left them in a similar state of feeling abandoned and like they weren’t worth staying for so there a lot of inner turmoil that comes up throughout the book and puts a wrench into their relationship romantically.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
antidietleah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Bullying, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Abandonment
Minor: Addiction, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
lindslikesbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Plot:
Skylar is an 18-year-old highschool student who has a crappy home life. Her dad left and her mom is a hoarder. She has health issues and an eating disorder stemming from her fears around unsafe food as a child living with a hoarder. Enter Jude aka Lucky. Lucky, a 38-year-old, construction worker sees her messing with her broken down car so he offers her a ride. They form a little connection as friends. Then he finds out she's sick and he's like "let's get married so I can give you health insurance!" So she's like, this isn't creepy at all and moves in with them. But don't worry, he wants to do the right thing and let her mom know. But her mom doesn't care like at all. So they get married but just as friends but that clearly won't last.
I love these tropes but they way it was executed felt ick to me. If you are going to combine age gap and marriage of convenience, please let the characters not be so immature/annoying. I struggled with this one. It gave major daddy issues but not in a sexy way. In a sad, "this poor girl" way. The author wrote in a lot about how they tried to fight their attraction but it just felt off for me. Like if you want the age gap to not feel creepy, don't give their dynamic a weird vibe by creating a reliance on the MMC for health issues.
Graphic: Eating disorder and Abandonment
stephanieclaire's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Eating disorder