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amberlfaris's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment
a_libra_library's review against another edition
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
God I love the comedy and I wished Astrid was more of a bisexual disaster. Also the romance was a let down because Jordan didn't want to be used and heart broken but that quickly was dismissed and yeah.. better as friends than lovers at least until the third book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism
kshertz's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I loved Delilah and Claire and now I love Jordan and Astrid. I’m very invested in all of these characters and their love stories. The chemistry is great and the support they have for each other to work through what they’re going through is fantastic. I love this lighthearted easy little romance. It’s nice to read about romance working out.
Content Warnings
Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Outing, Abandonment, and Alcohol
avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Cute and emotional. I would have liked more spice! But it was still a great book. It was interesting to see Astrid realize she wasn't straight! But I can see how she wouldn't know because she was raised to only think of being with a man. I also liked Jordan's storyline, with the abandonment and default romance in her own way. Overall a great book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent
Minor: Bullying and Mental illness
giulsfloris's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Review may contain spoilers:
Ashley Herring Blake delivered once again!
This romance novel is very similar to Delilah Green. We have two people falling for each other without meaning to, second-guessing every decision, slowly accepting themselves and each other.
Needless to say, I enjoyed this reading just as much as I did with the first stand-alone book.
Astrid and her relationship with her mother, Jordan’s past following her everywhere she went, I liked it all!
Bonuses:
- spicy scenes were just as good.
- there’s a non binary character going by they/them pronouns.
- a bunch of scenes with Delilah and the others
Ashley Herring Blake delivered once again!
This romance novel is very similar to Delilah Green. We have two people falling for each other without meaning to, second-guessing every decision, slowly accepting themselves and each other.
Needless to say, I enjoyed this reading just as much as I did with the first stand-alone book.
Astrid and her relationship with her mother, Jordan’s past following her everywhere she went, I liked it all!
Bonuses:
- spicy scenes were just as good.
- there’s a non binary character going by they/them pronouns.
- a bunch of scenes with Delilah and the others
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment
marybethlovesbooks's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Abandonment
le3713's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-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
4.25
The meet cute in this set the stage for an exceptionally fun enemies to lovers romance. I was so excited to return to Bright Falls after the first book, and I was not disappointed. The historic home renovation was an added bonus - I only wished I could see the rooms they were describing!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment
Minor: Death of parent
jencolumb0's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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? Yes
4.75
A truly lovely story about Astrid Parker & Jordan Everwood starting to hear and trust themselves, together. AHB’s first novel for adults was a bit too heavy on the tragedy for my tastes (though Delilah Green *is* a delightfully impeccable messy lesbian), this novel finds a much more solid balance and is charmingly self-aware. (Bonus for the She-ra nods.) Though, I still find the plot element relating to cancer to be confusing. It is shocking (and clever, to the extent that someone else revealing your assumptions can feel like a clever slight of hand) to discover that Meredith didn’t die, but that shock fades pretty quickly and it is not, ultimately, an element that prompts character development. The character development that centers on what happened with Meredith is motivated by the fact that she just left one day without talking to Jordan about it . . . and the fact that she had only been in remission for a month doesn’t inherently change the truly garbage or gutting (for Jordan) nature of that action. It felt more like a particularly sh*tty thing AHB needed to excise and not something that actually brings anything to the novel.
Nonetheless, I am very much looking forward to Iris’s story and more from AHB.
Nonetheless, I am very much looking forward to Iris’s story and more from AHB.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Death of parent
penandpages's review against another edition
lighthearted
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer and Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, and Abandonment