Reham

Um, no.

Ali Hazelwood took the enemies to lovers trope (is it really if the guy is in love with the girl the entire time so it makes it miscommunication trope), tall broody dark haired male and tiny, dumb, doesnt enjoy sex female mcs and made it her entire personality.

If you think you're meeting Levi and Bee for the first time, then you're wrong. I'm sure they seem familiar to you because you met them first in:

The Love Hypothesis,
Under One Roof
Stuck With You
Below Zero

They just had different hair colors at most.

2.75/5

The fact that the author talked and showed the anxiety the male mc suffers through made it more realistic for me. I liked that he was aware that despite talking shit that he was overstepping a stone.

I didn't like the fact that he only apologized for being dismissive toward all the sexism and misogynistic shit Nina had to go through because they got into an arrangement that benefitted them both and it took him so long to come forward and publicly apologize. Had he done this before, then there wouldn't have been any hate between them.

I didn't particularly like the female mc, her personality wasnt intriguing enough for me. The only thing i felt being pointed out was that she's bossy, blunt and reserved. I felt no connection between the MCs even though i liked the male mc.

The story itself in general was meh. It could have been better. There was zero chemistry, zero yearning. The smut itself was meh as well.

I feel really disappointed because this book was high on my tbr for this year. It was one of the few books i've been anticipating and it let me down :/

What. The. Fuck.

What the fuck was this book!

(I will not change my rating or review because this was my honest reaction this story and the only time colleen hoover outdid herself because the book was intended to be fucked up)

simply awful

to begin with, the names are a joke.
heath HOLIDAY. GUY. why would you in a normal circumstances pick someone's name as Guy. like did the author really not have any other options? the love interest's name is heath, guess what his father's name is? keith!?

the humor was nonexistent. the mc tried real hard to be funny but all she was was cringe. the messing around with phrases and sayings, as though that makes her quirky.

the romance was boring. no chemistry whatsoever. there is no yearning, longing, angst. smut was aa though written by a 13 year old. every time they did, she would be like “i cant believe this is happening”. Also the assumption that heath regretted kissing her in the start was unnecessary and bullshit.

saw this recommended by a bookgrammer with 4-5 stars. this is the 3-4th time i read a book recommended by her that i didnt like.

only read it because i missed wattpad romance. got really well fed with this. just absolutely terrible

2.25

the writing is great! i liked the first story, and then it just went downhill from then on.

it did not give the rep i thought it would. As a diaspora, i was left unsatisfied. The author apparently projected her own feelings and beliefs on to the characters. They were all mother-hating, religion hating and western loving white washed women with white boyfriends. Disappointed

The ultimate romance novel that completely swept me away and stole my heart. I am so in love with both of the characters, wangxian has my entire fucking heart and soul. However, the placement of certain flashbacks were kind of confusing, appearing at very inconvenient and crucial moments, which made me want to hurry to the present scene to find out what happens and consequently skimming through the flashbacks and almost skipping important details. Other than that, the love between lan zhan and wei wuxian, their story, the way the author narrated it and carried it out (even though i read a translated version) but even then, even in another language, it was so significant and unique and so, so beautiful- i have no words. I'm so thankful for my best friend for finding this series and reading it, and telling me about it. I am just so glad i got to experience this sort of love.

What in the world was this book. First of all, there was no substance to the characters. I've never been this bored at reading a book. I felt absolutely no chemistry between the two MCs. There was no romance — even tho this book is supposed to be considered one?— and the plot twist was even worse than all of that.

first 60% was pretty great then went downhill from there. maybe volume 2 will be better

the smallest glimpse of their romance has me going insane and wanting more.

This was initially a 3.5 but then i sobbed at the ending (which is very rare that a book would make me cry like this so) it's a 4.

The 1 star that i have taken away from it is because the writing is just plain awful, like it's mind numbing and made my already 2 brain cells shake in their place but here's the thing. This book, unexpectedly, was so fun to read. Starting it with the right mindset, with the knowledge that this is NOT a romance but simply drama and lies and heartbreaks and just every thing you need out of a good show, you have more fun. There were things that bothered me, but because I walked into this with very less expectation, i didn't care. It was addictive. When i wasn't reading it, i was thinking about it.

In fact, i picked it up twice and dropped it both times but third time's the charm right? I just can't believe I actually liked it. I was so sure that i'll hate it, that I will give it 1 star.

Anyway, the cover is fucking hideous.

i think lynn painter should stick to y/a

well, i have mixed feelings. I might have had expectations considering how great the first book was but apparently expectations lead to disappointment and that is what happened. I like their story, i did enjoy reading it but, it didnt give me the same sweet feels as rowan and zahra's feelings, because even though declan worked around trying to be better for iris but wasnt the same.

and also, what i didn't like about is how their grandfather demanded that he marry and have a kid to get his inheritance? I get that he wanted his grandsons to find their way and settle but to be honest the entire situation where iris had to get pregnant not because either of them were ready for a child but to get him his inheritance was a big turn off.

3.5

first of all, what kind of name is kenna or ledger? does colleen try to be quirky or something with all the weird names like ryle and holder?

even though some scenes did make me tear up but i think it was fucked up how they compared her sex experience with her dead ex boyfriend with his best friend and even laughed. it wasnt cutesy to me at all. and then come to think of it how long did scotty and kenna date? and she never met his best friend the entire time, didnt even come across him but somehow now all she does is run into him. i get it that he was some a player but like still. they should have met at least once considering scotty was going to propose to her and he didnt even make an effort to introduce his best friend to his potential wife??

Misha, I just want to tell you that you're a literal angel!
I love this book and this book made me fall in love with Misha even more, maybe more than before. The words that have been written, the way they have been written and how beautiful each moment has been made, has me clutching my heart.

Also, gasped at the mention of Mary Oliver, reminded me of my close friend. She's her favorite author.

5 stars deserved.

the smut and dirty talking was terrible in this one.

what the absolute fuck was this. I mainly picked such books, let's be honest, for the smut but if everything is equally bad. everything was awful but you know what made me cringe the worst? the fmc called herself Rica (full name: errica)

second book by this author and i have come to accept that this author's style doesnt match my taste

Maybe I had expectations going in with this, maybe because how cute the cover is (I know you shouldnt judge a book by its cover but i think this one is exceptionally well made) but this was really...bland. The MCs didnt even have any chemistry in the start when they first meet, I felt nothing, no tingling feelings, no sexual tension whatsoever. Perhaps, I did when they met ten years later. I feel like the story had no point whatsoever, it didn't make me go like woah or omg sweet and romantic. It was just...meh?

Really disappointed

i have to say, something about pakistani dramas (the old meaningful ones) and now books makes me want to claw at my skin for how brilliantly realistic and painful they are. This was heart wrenching and i wish to never read it again.

This made me realize that if I were ever asked to be a slave or submit to someone in this way, I would never. The book was equally disgusting and grotesque, it made me cringe and wonder just what exactly the author was on. I couldn't help but wonder who is more fucked up, Zoe of Agnes. Every time I would think that its one of them, the other goes and does something far terrible. I thought the salamander scene was gross, but then the tapeworm was just fucked up.

Even though the writing was great, I would still give three stars to this book because it's not my type and because it mislead me into assuming that it's a nice, lgbtq romantic book.

So, i wasn't aware that COVID patients were hallucinating when they were sick and also, despite this book having such a bad storyline, the way the author simply talked about breaking rules and the main character meeting her covid-positive mother without a mask because she couldn't recognize her and goin for a stroll in the park while they were supposed to be quarantined?!

none of these characters were likable but only one held my sympathy and that was obviously cleo because i think some fucked up traumatized part of me attaches itself onto broken people who are neglected and whose pleas are ignored at best (if anything this book made me realize this!). i didn't enjoy reading different POVs and which made me skim and skip forward to next chapters. some seemed unnecessary. in short, i felt like i wasted my time reading this book.

I thought this will be another cliche young adult romance with lots of ridiculous sex but boy oh boy, it was so genuine and fun to read. I fell in love with the characters. I like that rowan wasnt mean just because he could be, and instead of zahra falling for his meanness and selfishness, the author made the male lead listen to the female lead and change his behavior. It shows that someone who wishes to change will change. You cant force someone to change unless they're willing to.

there are romance books that have 0 chemistry, then there are romance books that have such intense chemistry that you feel it, and then there are these romance books as though its a reality show