Reviews

From the Start by Katie Duggan

sharnisreading's review

emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A

3.75

jazzyjbox's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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

4.25

A super spicy bi4bi romance with autistic rep, fat rep, mental health rep and positive sexual experiences. It took a few chapters to get into, but by Chapter 5, I was laughing and sped through the rest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness

marmaladereads's review

The writing is very clunky and I just couldn't get into it at all.

barroconmasagua's review

4.0

It's one of my favorite reads since this winter and spring. The edition is a plus

kelsiereads15's review

emotional funny hopeful relaxing medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

rainydayread's review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.5

This was a sleeper hit for me, I absolutely loved it. The main characters were wonderful and I related heavily to the neurodivergent FMC. I found the spicy scenes realistic and they kept me engaged. I will definitely seek out more from this author.

marisa752's review

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

queer, autistic, fat stories being told is what Katie Duggan wanted, and she definitely achieved it. I loved Josh's character a lot.

rulersreach2's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

themargherita_s's review

5.0

Gimme gimme gimme all the autistic MCs and golden retriever boyfriends

bookedwithlex's review

3.5

i really really liked the bisexual rep and the autism rep. i liked that nic was learning how to be confident and assertive and be unapologetically herself. 

Josh was sweet but at times was getting on my nerve. i couldn't explain it. 

the smut was fun to read at first with the teaching of it all but it got boring pretty quickly and a bit much.