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xennial_reader's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
spectacles_and_books's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This goes on the list of my favourite Romance reads of the year. I adored the dual timeline, dual POV. The way this was structured with Elliot's past POV contrasting against Ama's present narration was amazing and gave the dynamic between the two so much tension. Easy five star read ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
khymihr's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol and Sexual harassment
kaygee_reads's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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 and Death of parent
Moderate: Gaslighting and Sexual harassment
Minor: Cancer
pierrereads's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Sexual harassment
jackiepreston's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
While I liked some of this book, it had the same problem I find in almost every second-chance romance I read. All of the romance between the two love interests is in the flashback chapters, and there's almost none in the present day chapters.
With this book in particular, I just never saw why these two got together in the first place or why they'd get back together at all. The most interesting parts of this for me were the wedding planning details and Ama's interactions with Hazel and Jackie. When I don't even care about the romance in a romance novel, I can confidently say it's not for me.
With this book in particular, I just never saw why these two got together in the first place or why they'd get back together at all. The most interesting parts of this for me were the wedding planning details and Ama's interactions with Hazel and Jackie. When I don't even care about the romance in a romance novel, I can confidently say it's not for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gaslighting and Sexual harassment
caitlin_d33's review
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- 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? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Cancer, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
annadelreads's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
4.25
“You may think everything ends one day, but you haven’t had ‘everything’ with me.”
This book has been popular last year so I'm a year late with the read and I finally understood what the craze was about. The one and most important piece that I love so much about this book is the dual POV and timeline. Julie Soto wrote this book in a way where the present timeline is Ama's POV while the past timeline is Elliot's POV. It's a second chance romance, so you're really intrigued as to why these two broke up because they were clearly captivated with one another - like hello? Who can get past Elliot's grumpy behavior but Ama, right?
It's really fascinating to see and understand people's perspective when it comes to marriage such as how one is adamant to not get married because of her mother's 16 marriages. Although, it's pretty ironic how this book is set in a way where these two main characters had to work together for a wedding since Ama is wedding planner while Elliot is a florist. With their past relationship, you can see the struggle of being in each other's presence.
It's a really cute and quick-read for a second chance romance. I just wish that there's more to the story than meets the eye because it's pretty predictable. Other than that, it's a good read!
For this book, I opted to not annotate, just to get the feel of reading without taking a second to write on the book. I was experimenting how much faster I would be if I annotate or not and I've realized that it's almost the same. Maybe in one book, it's an additional hour or so just to annotate, so I'm still going to annotate books that I feel like it would be a book I've thoroughly enjoy more when I wrote down my feelings.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment
Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual harassment
Minor: Cancer
csharp's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
- I LOVE romances with dual POV. It really makes me feel like I get to know the male lead better.
- I usually don’t like alternating between past and present but I really like the way Soto does that in this book. It’s also utilised so well in showcasing the development of Ama and Elliott’s relationship.
- The side characters weren’t anything special but they served their purpose and I liked them well enough.
- One thing I wish was different is that I wanted to see
Ama and Elliott talk things out earlier in the present. There was so much build up of tension and emotions that I felt that an argument would just burst out between them where they just vented out everything on their mind about how things ended. - Overall really loved this story, will definitely reread in the future.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual harassment
_ashleaf_'s review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Vomit and Sexual harassment