Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Say You Swear

If I could give this book more than five stars I genuinely would. This book BROKE me. Like absolutely SHATTERED my heart, and then it pieced it back together in the most delicious way. I legit cried while reading it, and I very, very rarely cry over books. I highly recommend reading it.

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emotional 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? No

4.0

the writing in this was so bad sometimes bc fr no one ive ever met talks and acts like these people… but
Noah Riley... that man changed me, and is going on book boyfriend mount rushmore.
When he’s deeply tortured and needs a woman to comfort and ground him but he always remains humble and kind and provides his girl with the same support if not more support than she provides him 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵
but seriously why did the friend group have to be all 18 and theyre coming in to college and going straight to dating a senior… i think not
but idc corny or not… NOAH RILEY is why this books is rated well
ps: death to chase harper

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emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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emotional lighthearted

3.75

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challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad tense 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

3.75

I really enjoyed this storyline as a whole and I adored Noah and Ari. Their relationship is beautifully built and made me feel good. I really liked most of the main, main characters. But there were SO many side people that I honestly had a hard time keeping up with them. I also want to mention how not prepared I was for the whiplash of this book. There is so much going on that it made me like it a little less. If book 2 is about twin brother Mason, I'm here for it and think I already know how it's going to go, but nonetheless am looking forward to more of the group.

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linaslittlelibrary's review

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dark emotional reflective sad

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

5.0

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bookishbinks's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

it's like watching a shitty reality show that you know is objectively terrible and yet you can't stop watching.

fave quote has got to be "He played puppet with your puss, didn’t he?" simply bc of how strongly i physically recoiled after reading it.

also: fuck chase dude that guy's a pick-me loser

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challenging emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

I wanted to read this book because I have seen it all over booktok and the book community. The last time it was in The Works, this was part of the 3 for £6 deal and I jumped at the chance.

This book is a college romance based on Arianna Johnson and for years, she has dreamt of what college life could bring and while some things changed, there was always one constant. It didn’t matter how wild she allowed her imagination to run, it always led her to the same place in the end. It led her to Noah Riley. Her future was clear, and he was it. Until suddenly . . . he wasn’t. Now she is a shell of who she was, on a path too blurry to follow, and she sees no way out. No way up. They say that first loves last forever. That's exactly what she’s afraid of.

I enjoyed the college romance aspect and how the girls were trying to live their lives and the found family and their actual families. I loved the friendship group (besides Chase, he is a complete asshole and can go and fuck himself) and how they were all so protective, but they all love each other and would fight for each other. I love that each of these boys have their own personality and I hope that each of them (again besides Chase) gets their own story and Cam and Trey get their own story. I love Cam and Brady and I hope we see more of them. I really do love how they are so fun and flirty but would also kick ass if needed.

Arianna took a bit of time to warm up to me, mainly because of the innocent girl, I can’t make decision bullshit. I also deeply, and I mean deeply, HATEEEEE love triangles. They are the worst thing in the world and sometimes ruin a story more than miscommunication and this book had love triangles and miscommunication due to her memory loss. I also didn’t really love the memory loss and was seriously thinking that Arianna was going to end up with Chase, who didn’t get the kick in the balls that he deserved.

This book didn’t need to be so long, it could have been cut maybe like 100 pages, but I loved Noah and Arianna together and hopefully they will appear in the second book.

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