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Teacher of the Year by M.A. Wardell

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readingwithtemperance's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

I loved this book for a multitude of reasons. I'm queer, I've worked in education (hi fellow paras!), and I have an alcoholic parent. This book was pretty personal for me to say the least.

Teacher of the year showed me how much I miss working with children. My heart absolutely soared watching Marvin teach. I loved hearing all of the off the wall things the kiddos said and watching them learn. Marvie truly goes above and beyond for his classroom.

The relationship between Marvin and his mother is one I know well. Constantly dreading phone calls, never wanting to be around them, the resentment eating uo your heart and mind, the residual anxiety concerning alcohol. Especially with not wanting to drink yourself. This aspect of the story definitely gave me a new perspective though. Which I'm so grateful for.

I loved his relationship with Olan. They're so sweet together and balance eachother well.

It brought me so much joy to see their happy ending and becoming a family.

This book was such a true representation of what it's like to work in education. I loved the humor and sweet moments throughout so much. And all of the raw ones too. Teacher of the Year has my whole heart. I can't wait to continue the series.

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graceheartsbooks's review

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4.25

This was cute! I liked the first half better than the second, but it was still good. I originally had a long paragraph of issues but I slept on it and my issues basically boil down to things that are annoying as a reader (characters not properly communicating, a third act breakup for examples) but they’re understandable for the characters I think and where they are development wise (although it’s still a little annoying to have that happen ~80%)

Although there was that sex scene in Marvin’s classroom—in the back during a parent-teacher conference so no one would interrupt but still!! TV Tropes calls it ‘Making Love in all the Wrong Places’ for a reason😂

Personally, I could’ve seen Olan being demisexual based on how he talked about his previous relationship but that’s more just my lens as an ace woman. I know not everyone thinks about that, I just thought it would’ve been nice to see.

Also Jill was a great friend and the kids in this—and Illona obviously—were adorable🥰 I think it did a good balance with humor and more serious topics. I’m definitely going to continue with the series to see what happens next.

EDIT: I can’t believe I forgot to mention this in my original review but I loved the anxiety representation with Marvin and how he handles his anxiousness as an anxious music lover myself😅

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starglitters's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

Not for me. Objectively, I can see that this is not a bad book; it’s cute and lighthearted with a lot of sweet and bitter moments one can expect from a rom-com.

But I cannot really connect with any of the characters. Love flawed characters now and forever, but the MC, Marvin, is a little bit hard for me to like. He is not detestable, I do find him lovely to a certain extent, but sometimes he just makes me go 🙄🙄. I am more critical of male characters, so there is that.

The ML also has little to no personality, other than being a rich hot nerdy good dad. His only “flaw” seems to be that he is a recovering alcoholic which I don’t think is fair to be considered as a flaw.

The romance progresses pretty quickly, but in a way that does not make care about their relationship. Plot is pretty boring, nothing noteworthy happen, but the conflict is okay enough. I like that the conflicts centres around Marvin’s flaw, and how it eventually helps him to progress and develop as a person.

TLDR: this book is not for me, but if you like sweet rom-com with steamy scene and single dad/kid’s teacher dynamic, you may enjoy this one.

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melist6's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.5

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raccoonfoo's review

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense 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

5.0

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infinitenatones's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted 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

4.0

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lost_windsock's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

I enjoyed this book quite a lot. I really loved the chemistry between Olan and Marvin, and their interactions at the beginning while they flirted via text and got to know each other were so cute. I really loved how they each had a goofy lightness in regards to their physical relationship with each other, too. It still had that intensity you want(and that spice 🥵)but there was also giggling and clumsiness and so much gentle fondness. The big emotional issues in this book I feel were handled really well, and there wasn't too terrible of a break up...but I almost wanted either more or less drama somehow. The author managed to sprinkle in just enough angst to really dig in, but not enough for a good proper wallow, and in this case, with these characters, I kind of dislike how middle of the road it ended up being. But! I really thought the ending came together so well, and it really was a lovely story overall.

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