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A review by kassielovestoread
Always Only You by Chloe Liese
hopeful
informative
medium-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? No
4.0
I finally know the reason why Ren Bergman is everyone's favorite! This book was just too freaking good. I guarantee you you've not met another (fictional or real) man like Ren- he's kind, compassionate, nerdy, empathetic and down so bad for Frankie. Frankie was also an amazing character. I think Chloe Liese does a fantastic job with representing disabilities. I learned so much about Frankie's autism and her rheumatoid arthritis. There's a lot of mutual pining and a bit of angst, but it's all worth it in the end. This was a couple I genuinely rooted for!
My one and only qualm about the author, and perhaps the entire series at this point, is how many God awful Harry Potter references there are. It was so cringe. I beg of you, please allow ANY other franchise to have your character hyper-focus on. Star Wars, Marvel, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings...literally any of them at this point!!! What also unnerves me is that Willa and Frankie have a small dialogue about how transphobic JK Rowling is and it's like...ok....then why bring up Harry Potter every chance you get? You cannot separate the art from the artist and I'll gladly die on that hill.
If you can look past the cringiest of cringe HP dumping on you, then I would absolutely recommend this book. My advice is to just skip over every line/scene with a potter reference.
My one and only qualm about the author, and perhaps the entire series at this point, is how many God awful Harry Potter references there are. It was so cringe. I beg of you, please allow ANY other franchise to have your character hyper-focus on. Star Wars, Marvel, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings...literally any of them at this point!!! What also unnerves me is that Willa and Frankie have a small dialogue about how transphobic JK Rowling is and it's like...ok....then why bring up Harry Potter every chance you get? You cannot separate the art from the artist and I'll gladly die on that hill.
If you can look past the cringiest of cringe HP dumping on you, then I would absolutely recommend this book. My advice is to just skip over every line/scene with a potter reference.