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milesofkiles'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual harassment
Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy
mackenzie073'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
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy
graceev's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Pregnancy
Nightmares, PTSD, Third degree burns, Skin graftsmooncraftbujo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
You can do the whole fake-relationship trope without needing a barely-legal virgin and a 35 year old man as the two parties, especially when it's mentioned numerous times in the book that it's a bit dodgy. Acknowledging its awkwardness doesn't excuse the point that it's completely unnecessary and adds nothing to the story.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy
sami_leigh'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
🌶️🌶️.5/5
“Trust your struggle, Beau…If we’re struggling, we’re still in motion, yeah? Heading somewhere better.”
We sit on the riverbank, side by side. Both of us practising being okay with not being okay — together.
“I’m scared of you becoming something I can’t live without.”
“Still not letting my guard down. Not when I’ve got you to keep safe.”
This girl has brought me back to life without even trying.
“You’re not used to anyone showing up for you, Bailey. This is what that looks like.”
“You asked me who I wanted to be once, and it’s this. Me. Right here. Right now. With you.”
☕️ First person dual POV
☕️ Series (can be read stand alone)
☕️ Age gap
☕️ Fake engagement; he wants his family off his back, she needs a new last name around town
☕️ Ex-military / bartender
☕️ His family are well known & loved around town, hers are the opposite
☕️ Protective MMC who is a cinnamon roll for her
☕️ He falls first
☕️ Well established secondary characters; Harvey & Cordelia, Cade & Willa (Book 2), Rhett & Summer (Book 1), Sloane & Jasper (Book 3), Winter & Theo (Book 4), Gary, Grant (hoping for a book 🤞🏻)
☕️ MC growth; communication, risking a relationship, military trauma & childhood trauma, self-worth/being worthy of love.
☕️ Epilogue
☕️ My comfort read series (and author) 😍
☕️ Elsie Silver is an instant must-read author for me
⚠️ Parental abandonment (past), toxic relationship (family), childhood trauma/verbal abuse (minor), fire injury/injury detail (explicit, revisit injury on page), war/military (past, revisited on page), medical trauma (past, revisited on page), PTSD (Moderate), death of a parent (past), pregnancy (not MC), sexism/sexual harassment.
Graphic: Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy
abicaro17'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
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism