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All That Matters

Susan X. Meagher

Start date: March 4, 2013

Finish date: March 31, 2013

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Jan 14, 2014 Cheri rated it really liked it

Shelves: reread, romance, lgbtq, 2024-reads

I've lost count of the number of times I've read this book. I love the characters and the story and the humor and drama. There are some issues with POV and other stuff but it's one of those books that I just can't help loving.

2/12/24 - another reread of this long-time favorite. I have other things I should be reading right now but I'm still wanting more mental hugs and still doing lots of reporting. That makes it easy to put on a book I've read a bajillion times before and let it wash over me as ...more

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Dec 18, 2013 Morgan rated it it was ok

Shelves: lesbian, crap, uber

Good lord this book is long! ! It's like Game of Thrones long, but where GoT had an epic storyline with casts of characters...this is essentially just following a poorly characterized handful. This book should be no where near 500 pages, in terms of actual story, a quarter of the length would suffice. I started out really enjoying the book, but after the first hundred pages or so the characters began to grate my nerves. Finally I stopped caring about them completely because they just rang so fal ...more

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May 25, 2013 Lauren rated it it was ok

Shelves: no-thanks, ladies-loving-ladies

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. One of my favorite types of stories are slow-burn romances. I love watching two people connect and grow to rely on each other. By all means, I should have loved this book, which spans the length of a pregnancy. Plenty of time to watch two women living their lives and enjoying each other, right?

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what bothers me about this book. The writing is great, but Blair is one of the more obnoxious characters I’ve read about in long, long time. For the first third of the book, s ...more

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Jan 17, 2022 Jennabeebs79 rated it really liked it

Wow...I feel like I need a good vacation after finishing this book. It sure was a roller coaster ride of emotions. Susan X. Meagher has penned a tale for the ages. Blair and David, a happily married couple had been trying for nearly a year to get pregnant. When lifestyle changes didn't work, they opted to try donor sperm (in my opinion this seemed like a really premature decision as there were a few different avenues they could have gone). Blair naturally ended up pregnant and her immature husba ...more

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Jun 23, 2023 Steve Bruce rated it it was amazing

I loved this book. There are so many great things I can say about it that it's hard to know where to start. From the relatively healthy het relationship (until you know when) that still allowed us to see the very believable journey our two love interests take and how they communicate, deal with real relationship issues (we all know how obviously fabricated they usually seem in romance novels) and so on.

My one big issue with this is the ending. I cannot believe the decision they made. They were a I loved this book. There are so many great things I can say about it that it's hard to know where to start. From the relatively healthy het relationship (until you know when) that still allowed us to see the very believable journey our two love interests take and how they communicate, deal with real relationship issues (we all know how obviously fabricated they usually seem in romance novels) and so on.

My one big issue with this is the ending. I cannot believe the decision they made. They were about to accomplish a fait accompli and decided to gamble at the finish line. It was the height of stupidty.
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