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WAIT IT’S A SERIES ugh no :( I’ll keep reading though

Jesus Christ the cover is so embarrassing I would never read the physical book please no 😭😭

I KNOW HOW THIS LOOKS OKAY I KNOW I’m reading two Colleen Hoover books in a row but it’s not because the first one was SoOo good or anything 😤 I’m just trying to find a comfort romance author that doesn’t suck ass like Morgan Matson or Kaisie West and I think Hoover can just deliver that content; shes no Katherine center though :) yayyy adult romance that isn’t super horny (I hope?)

the monologues were a little annoying and sometimes the messages were a lil too on the nose but it kind of changed my perspective which I cool; her best friend was amazing and the flower shop was lame; overall I think it was good with the message but the plot and writing were average; 3.5 stars

If only atlas was there for more of the book he deserves a bigger role smh; the beginning was extremely cringey and I really don’t like the way they got together or all the weird things ryle did in the beginning; I’m not one to complain about things being “unrealistic” but some of the stuff he did...ew; after the initial meeting it was totally fine; writing was kinda average but some of the quotes hit

Wow? Ok first of all I’m SO happy she ended up with the second lead I really wish he was there more throughout the book I freaking LOVE this mans; the afterword mentions how the author liked Ryle a lot and didn’t want to write him as an abuser but like beach ? I never really liked him even before the abuse wym; I think the message was really important (foreal though) and I’m really glad I read it 👍

massively horny kinda gross please bring back second male lead the one time wasn’t enough 😡

SECOND MALE LEAD I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU OMFG

What in the twilight is this ?? same energy as that Edward line “you’re like my own personal brand of heroine” whatever dude that was like 2 minutes; bringing back rate the 𝓢𝓶𝓪𝓼𝓱: 2/5 no foreplay just in n out and it was somehow the best thing either of them had every experienced like come on (ahaha) I thought Colleen Hoover was the quEen of romance but this was so weak

kinda horny :/ even though they haven’t done it :/ kinda don’t ship it :/ was also kinda concerned about the love triangle but please bring in the second male lead already I’m so tired of this asshole

There’s a character named Allysa please end it

incel mf I hate him already

WTFFFFF WTF STOP I literally came here to get something better than Wattpad but this is literally Wattpad HUH

bruh this is the most dramatic shiz I’ve read since Wattpad

I CANT ESCAPE THE AGE GAP ROMANCES ANYWHERE WTF

I know I’m still reading such a fun age but I’ve had this in my ticktick tbr since March and I really want to check it off also romance usually gets me out of a reading SLumP / break so let’s do this 😤 the synopsis highkey sounds lame af but booktubers I follow seem to think it’s ok / good (3-5 stars mostly 4’s) also HOPEFULLY it gets me in the reading mood so I can finish all those library books

muchos microaggressions 😳😳

very much empowered ignorant white feminist vibes; the direction of the story is VERY obvious and I think I'm ready :) also Alix really thinks it's more of a problem for her babysitter to think her husband is a racist than the possibility that her husband is actually racist?? C'mon Alix I thought you were supposed to be hipster woke and cool

It was also mega unsatisfying that she didn't even officially end up with Bill in the end (Bill? Really?); obviously it was implied that they liked each other in the end but they didn't even start dating or freaking KISS like ??? excuse me I want the romance why did it just turn into a sappy family drama; honestly the whole thing was misleading - my fault for not looking into the synopsis before reading I guess

Sioban wasn't even in the story at all; she was just there so we didn't think Charlie had no friends; but the whole time it was just phone calls about stuff that was happening it seemed a tiny bit pointless; I didn't even know this author was the one who wrote Since You've Been Gone but it definitely makes sense it has similar basic ya romance vibes; this one was more fun because they had more interesting characters

Her jerk brother Mike sucked but a lot of the characters were like that; it was really obvious that she was gonna learn a lesson about how her family wasn't as perfect as she thought it was; maybe it's just because I'm seeing it from an outsider perspective but I think it just seemed really obvious that they had some issues and the token diverse BFF really should have said something about it she seems observant

Most of this book was just a bunch of crazy wedding drama with the main girl Charlie running around and having fun / going through drama with her family and the two guys that are 'pining' over her; It was entertaining but definitely got kind of old after the halfway mark; the divorce was totally unexpected (a little TOO unexpected if you ask me) it was just there for dramatic effect / shocking climax

The themes about family and letting go of the idealized version you make of them when you're a kid (which I feel like doesn't happen that often but ogie) were SO forced it was definitely a showing and not telling kind of thing; she just spelled out all the life lessons she learned throughout the book near the end and ? you don't need to restate it I think we got the message or should be able to interpret it thanks :/

I wouldn't even say they matched very well they had a lot of short conversations that were supposed to be really funny and charming im sure but it was just a lot of forced quirky conversation; the side love interest Jesse was obviously not going to work out honestly he was kind of irrelevant; this story seems to be more about family than romance which I wish I knew before starting but I still enjoyed it

I guess the beginning was kind of fun but I'm genuinely annoyed at how badly the romance was developed; she was definitely not very subtle when trying to mix in the 'chemistry' between the love interests; people around her would just TELL her that Bill liked her and she would be like 'nah' and she slowly started to think about him more often it just wasn't very smooth

I’m having a good time.

so refreshing ~💧 ✨

I don’t care how bad this book is I just need some cringey shiz to get me back in the mood 😌

f*ck this book dnf @ 35%