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The Cheat Sheet, by Sarah Adams

21 reviews

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

Not as much my cup of tea compared to the two Rome, Kentucky books so far. Bree felt radically immature and often jealous/spiteful. Couldn’t see what Nathan saw in her.

Also, at one point I was certain Bree said “I don’t like surprises,” and then the entire ending sequence was one surprise after another and she was totally fine with it?

I will say that I appreciated this book’s handling of panic attacks, debilitating perfectionism, and other mental health challenges that I have personally experienced.

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clairew97's review against another edition

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1.75

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things100's review against another edition

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I don’t know it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t great either like I knew going into it there would be no smut so that part didn’t surprise me. What annoyed me was the fmc she really gave pick me vibes and ya sure she did get slightly better but it was just weird like I don’t care how awful you think your best friends current gf is she was really out here like he’ll always choose me and admits that she’s been in love with him since they first became friends like that’s weird behavior for someone to have for a friend. And it drove me insane with the whole calling her Bree cheese like why so many why’s. And then I guess it’s fine if you want to wait until marriage like it made sense that he hadn’t been sleeping with other women for a while because he finally accepted that he loved his best friend but it was a bit odd that mr manwhore now wanted to wait until they were married. I don’t know I finished it and it got slightly better but I wasn’t a huge fan

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abbyluvsfrogs444's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

2.0

This was just okay. I wasn't wowed. Actually, I was kinda annoyed throughout the whole book. The first is a writing style choice which really bugged me: why on earth are you capitalizing random words? Why are you using multiple exclamation marks? Are we texting our friends? No! We're writing a book! Do better. The other that irked me: Bree. She spent half the book whining about how she couldn't ever have Nathan and how much it will hurt when she loses him. I wanted to slap her in the face and tell her to get a hold of herself and just communicate. But no, she had to go on whining.

So yeah, I will not be reading this again. Everything was so dramatic and overdone.

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sudatot's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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lizzye33's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

3.75

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ashleyvharris's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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? It's complicated

2.0

This book could’ve been half the page count it was. Friends-to-lovers is a hard trope to get right, and unfortunately, I don’t think this story accomplished that.

Right off the bat, I was not a fan of Bree. Her judgmental, territorial attitude toward Nathan’s girlfriend came off rude and immature. Boundaries are a necessary part of life and it’s not cool to cross the boundaries people set forth. Immediate red flag. A total “pick-me” girl.

Nathan was fine. Not great, just okay. I feel like he didn’t have a believable personality. Neither did any of his teammates. The idea that guys (NFL players to boot) would sit around and make a gameplan for how to win a girl over? Cute, but definitely a “guy-written-by-a-woman” deal.

The plot of this book was flimsy at best. There was so little conflict. It’s was basically just the two love interests not communicating their feelings which does not make an interesting story. I was waiting for some big thing to threaten their attempt at a real relationship, but nothing ever happened.

I do give this book points for its depiction of anxiety in male characters (especially a character in a stereotypical masculine field of work). Male mental health receives drastically less attention in media and news. It was refreshing to see a character like Nathan struggle with mental health, but also receive help.

Overall, not a book I would pick up again. I need more plot, less unnecessary communication problems, and definitely less “pick-me” girl energy from the main female character.

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cady_sass's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

If they don’t make this into a film I will RIOT! It is begging, PLEADING to be made into a romantic comedy. So stinking cute. The characters start out a little annoying but they grow on you so fast and the fake dating trope just does it for me in this one. Imagine if the Spanish love deception was actually good but had zero smut (we will get to this, but my thoughts require spoilers), that’s this.

It becomes a little unbelievable towards the end when they’re still both thinking they’re pretending but they’ve literally made out (come on, man! And no this isn’t a spoiler, obviously they’re going to make out) and the ending, while cute, feels rushed for the sake of ending neatly.

Honestly, if this book had any sexy time I probably would’ve given it 5 stars. And that’s saying a lot since I never give romance 5 stars.

Spoiler warning below!!!!!

It is absolutely illegal to build that much sexual tension and then have the hot football quarterback (who is NOT a virgin) tell the hot ballerina (who is also NOT a virgin) that he’s been in love with for his entire life that he wants to wait until marriage?????? Excuse me??? Is this YA?
ILLEGAL! Where is the spice 😩

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theonewheresamreads's review against another edition

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Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

DNF- wtf is this- literally the first chapter I dnf

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megcarrick's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

3.75

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