bravereads's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
4.0
Needed more football, imo. lmfao!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Physical abuse
chloelj27's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse
Minor: Cancer, Gaslighting, and Drug use
zayyssa's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Cursing
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
bookishaddy's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
"On and off the field, you're my hardest fall, Zoe. No one ever compared. No one ever will."
Zoe Clark can't seem to stop running into Dylan Reed in the most unconventional and embarrassing ways. After more than one awkward run in, Zoe and Dylan realize they will be living together. Somehow Dylan's coach forgot Zoe was living in the apartment that he let Dylan stay in.
Dylan is positive that they're going to be best friends, but Zoe has to figure out how not to fall for her new roommate.
_____________________
Ella Maise books are such a cute cozy comfy (steamy?!!) time. I have been listening to the audiobooks lately to reexperience them and its been so much fun.
Zoe is f* hilarious. This girl walked in on him peeing- schlong out and everything- and decided avoiding him every time after was the best idea. She's so shy and awkward to start, I really felt for her. I loved seeing her slowly open up though and get more comfortable. As their friendship started to develop we could see so much of her personality and genuine connection with Dylan.
The way Dylan was an absolute golden retriever for this woman!! Him just admiring her rambling, and supporting her pizza addiction, and her overall is so damn swoony. He's the best version of a college sports player. No manwhore tendencies and all the golden retriever goodness.
This is definitely a slow burn, but it's so worth it. I love the friendship moments just as much as I love the relationship aspect of their dynamic. Ella Maise knocked it out of the part with the friends to lovers trope.
There's also so much more going on in this book! There's a mysterious element, and a plot twist that is so good. I highly recommend checking tw/cw because there are some heavier topics that are discussed when it comes to the characters and what they struggled with throughout the book.
I'm such an Ella Maise fan and cannot wait for new books. For now, I will be relistening to the ones she has out.
-5 stars
Zoe Clark can't seem to stop running into Dylan Reed in the most unconventional and embarrassing ways. After more than one awkward run in, Zoe and Dylan realize they will be living together. Somehow Dylan's coach forgot Zoe was living in the apartment that he let Dylan stay in.
Dylan is positive that they're going to be best friends, but Zoe has to figure out how not to fall for her new roommate.
_____________________
Ella Maise books are such a cute cozy comfy (steamy?!!) time. I have been listening to the audiobooks lately to reexperience them and its been so much fun.
Zoe is f* hilarious. This girl walked in on him peeing- schlong out and everything- and decided avoiding him every time after was the best idea. She's so shy and awkward to start, I really felt for her. I loved seeing her slowly open up though and get more comfortable. As their friendship started to develop we could see so much of her personality and genuine connection with Dylan.
The way Dylan was an absolute golden retriever for this woman!! Him just admiring her rambling, and supporting her pizza addiction, and her overall is so damn swoony. He's the best version of a college sports player. No manwhore tendencies and all the golden retriever goodness.
This is definitely a slow burn, but it's so worth it. I love the friendship moments just as much as I love the relationship aspect of their dynamic. Ella Maise knocked it out of the part with the friends to lovers trope.
There's also so much more going on in this book! There's a mysterious element, and a plot twist that is so good. I highly recommend checking tw/cw because there are some heavier topics that are discussed when it comes to the characters and what they struggled with throughout the book.
I'm such an Ella Maise fan and cannot wait for new books. For now, I will be relistening to the ones she has out.
-5 stars
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Rape
Minor: Infidelity
kaneiceamelia's review against another edition
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- 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? No
4.5
Omggg I thought this was going a whole other direction until like 150 pages in, plot twist was crazy! And i related to it a little to hard lol
Content Warnings
Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Rape
signalprocess's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Drug use and Rape
Minor: Death of parent
cassiereadsbooks_'s review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Rape
andeng's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
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? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent, Cancer, and Gaslighting
hbeags's review against another edition
4.25
roommates to friends to lovers supremacy
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse
curicastic's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- 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? It's complicated
1.5
PLEASE HEED THE WARNINGS BEFORE READING THIS BOOK.
This review contains spoilers
Oh, this was bad. I had an adventure with this book. Specially because I believe that the author did a piss poor job at managing the suspense and outright decieved the reader. I mean, that's normal and okay, right? meh. This was written in 1st person, that's what's weird. I would've rather the Heroine's POV told the truth and the Hero's believed the lie... specially since it could be a trigger for some people. I don't deal nicely with cheating in books and this was a bit of a mess.
On the one hand, I absolutely hate when authors try to pull off the rambling and babbling heroine. I honestly think that the only character that pulled that off was Felicity Smoak in "Arrow". This was plainly a mess, it was so forced it made me mostly skim those rantings.
While on the Heroine's topic, I believe that at one point of the story the author became obsessed with hurting the MC. Lol. She recieved so many slaps and chokings it lost all effect.
Dylan was just okay, if a little underwhelming. Fast to run away. The misscomunication trope was forced in this too. How come he just says "Zoe" and all is okay in the world? No way in hell, buddy. You better grovel.
This was clearly her debut, very clearly. And it's okay, but the hype is... not true.
This review contains spoilers
Oh, this was bad. I had an adventure with this book. Specially because I believe that the author did a piss poor job at managing the suspense and outright decieved the reader. I mean, that's normal and okay, right? meh. This was written in 1st person, that's what's weird. I would've rather the Heroine's POV told the truth and the Hero's believed the lie... specially since it could be a trigger for some people. I don't deal nicely with cheating in books and this was a bit of a mess.
On the one hand, I absolutely hate when authors try to pull off the rambling and babbling heroine. I honestly think that the only character that pulled that off was Felicity Smoak in "Arrow". This was plainly a mess, it was so forced it made me mostly skim those rantings.
While on the Heroine's topic, I believe that at one point of the story the author became obsessed with hurting the MC. Lol. She recieved so many slaps and chokings it lost all effect.
Dylan was just okay, if a little underwhelming. Fast to run away. The misscomunication trope was forced in this too. How come he just says "Zoe" and all is okay in the world? No way in hell, buddy. You better grovel.
This was clearly her debut, very clearly. And it's okay, but the hype is... not true.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Drug abuse, Rape, and Violence