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A review by dianaschmidty
The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I honestly feel lucky to have gotten to read this so early.
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ: ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ธ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด.
Dear Sarah Adams, thank you! I have been wanting more of this friend group since devouring The Cheat Sheet and I needed this.
This book was amazing. Sarah Adamโs witty banter is always amazing, but it also worked so well for this second chance romance! I believe this is her first second chance romance and I really need her to write another one. It really was the perfect second chance, with plenty of hurt feelings, but also a lot of fixing of miscommunication, healing, and forgiveness. Derek and Nora really felt like real people finding their way back to each other.
I loved Derek. All of his aspects! Heartbroken Derek was simultaneously devastating and heartwarming, Conniving Derek was simply funny, and Lovesick Derek was sweet. The many stages he goes through made him feel so real.
I related a lot to Nora. Her feelings of never thinking sheโs enough while also being โtoo muchโ and refusing to change is something I can say I completely understand. It made her feel so real, because I think characters deemed โtoo muchโ often try to change and I love that she was unapologetically herself. I also love that Derek loved her for those things, not in spite. I think she grew so much in the book, especially in learning to accept Derekโs love.
Also, I loved this as Sarah Adamsโ first open-door. I feel like it made so much sense for this book and these specific characters.
During this entire book, I couldnโt stop thinking of different Taylor Swift songs that fit Derek and Nora so well, so I decided to explain their character arcs in terms of Taylor Swift songs, because why not:
Nora - ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฃ to ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐ to ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ช๐๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ to ๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ค๐ฌ to ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐๐จ to ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง
Derek - ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ to ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฌ? to ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐ค to ๐ผ๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ก to ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ/๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ to ๐พ๐ง๐ช๐๐ก ๐๐ช๐ข๐ข๐๐ง to ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐จ back to ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Pregnancy