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jessicacecile'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
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction
witcheep's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
The different plot aspects of this book feel a little unbalanced, the outsider feeling taking the biggest part, leaving the relationship mostly just lust and the mystery only small moments. The plot is entertaining, if the unbalance is something you can be happy with. I know I was, but the book feels like there was potential for more.
The romance in the book is insta-lust that begins a casual situationship that includes almost accidentally sneaked in mundane moments, which then turn it into a real relationship. I find it a little hard to buy the emotional closeness, but Griffin's grumpy adoration is cute nevertheless. I just wish the plot gave more in terms of the emotional buildup of the relationship instead of focusing on the steamy aspects.
The mystery/crime plot also feels somewhat shallow, we barely get updates on it. The hints are there and the end reveal is surprising, but this doesn't feel as big a part of the plot as the blurb made it seem like: I mean,
I think I'll continue the series to learn about the next Eden grump, but I'm not in a hurry to do so.
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
author2223'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Dementia, and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Medical content, and Car accident
abidavisf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
With that in mind, Indigo Ridge was *fast*. Things happened quickly in this book. Small plot points that piqued my interest weren’t dug into further (e.g. Officer Smith or Emily), and I feel like I’ve finished the book with far more questions than answers. Do I know how the romance turned out? Yes. But everything else in the story? Not so much.
I did really enjoy the suspense of the whodunnit and, though I had my (apparently accurate) suspicions from the start, I was gripped by the reveal. I would have liked to have seen more of Winn’s pushback from the town.
I also would have liked to have seen Winn and Griffin talk a bit more before progressing with their situationship because it felt unrealistic for feelings to start developing when we’d really only heard about their physical relationship.
I did enjoy the story. I just wish there was more to it!
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting
mayalberg_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, and Death of parent
Moderate: Murder
cloudycity_reads's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Medical content, and Car accident
Minor: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Vomit, and Pregnancy
hapalyn'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical content, Kidnapping, and Grief
Minor: Pregnancy
sami_leigh'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? No
5.0
🌶️/5
“Lean on me.”
“They’ve claimed you now.”
“Have they? And what about you?”
“Oh, I claimed you a long time ago.”
🏞️ First person dual POV
🏞️ First in a series following the Edens
🏞️ One night stand
🏞️ New police chief / ranch owner
🏞️ Small town
🏞️ Mystery; a string of suicides in the last decade Winslow has a gut feeling about
🏞️ Meddling family
🏞️ Some on-page spice
🏞️ Banter 👌🏻
🏞️ Protective MC; part grump, part cinnamon roll 😍
🏞️ Well established secondary characters and plot lines 🙌🏻; Knox (Book 2), Talia (Book 3), Eloise (Book 4), Lyla (Book 5), Mateo (Book 6), Anne & Harrison (Short story 4.5), Covie, Briggs.
🏞️ Representation of dementia
🏞️ MC growth; FMC overcoming past relationship struggles and trauma, MMC re-prioritising, communication 🙌🏻
🏞️ Epilogue
⚠️ Death of a parent (past), car accident (past, revisited on page), violence (explicit), blood, injury/injury detail (explicit), medical content/trauma (minor), death (moderate), suicide (off page, moderate), pregnancy, murder, dementia (moderate).
Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Suicide, Blood, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
jamiejanae_6'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
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pregnancy
vj_thompson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Dementia, and Kidnapping
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy