A review by champagnemami
The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams

funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

3.75

classic friends to lovers, adored the dual pov but i now understand the most common criticism on this book... for a 300 pages book, the beggining is reallyyyyy slow paced & imo, the repetitive mentions of the (atp) 'mystery' incident Bree suffered were unnecessary (we get it lol!!). secondly, even though i found nathan and the narrative really cute, both characters acted very immature and even childish for people in their ages. there's a lot of miscommunication, which could have made more sense, if they were teenagers and not grown ups. i also believe it felt rushed at the end. there was such a build up over them realizing the feelings they have for each other (the signs were too obvious at some point, girl i also overthink things but gaslighting youself for ages ain't it) just for it to be mutual and develop so quickly...
Spoiler the whole marriage thing? what about getting to know eachother in a intimate level first? the idea of waiting until it was cute but it feel frustrating like we've been waiting for some action n now i'm reading a marriage in vegas???

anyway, nathan was a real sweetheart, so caring and thoughtful - i LOVED his pov's, such a power couple! the buying gifts love language isn't my favorite but i adored the fact she learned to appreciate it because he was genuine about it.
Spoiler the panic attack part was SO CUTE, i love how she helped him and validated his feelings <3

p.s.: i have no nfl knowledge which could have made me step back but it was a relatively fun quick read


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