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The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

5 reviews

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted sad 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

4.0

This is the first book I’ve started and finished all the way through. And I enjoyed it so much. It tells the story of Nik who gets proposal at a baseball game after dating for 5 months. He’s a complete dick. The cliche piece of shit boyfriend, who only proposed to enhance his acting career. Nik is a writer who is sarcastic sexy and so badass. She struggles of trauma with a lot of shitty ex’s.  And feeling confident in herself and through tout the book is attempting to be more open about relationships, without even knowing it. Her friend Dana is gay, love that for her. She gets with this blonde girl named Natalie, who also had a shitty ex but she was married to him. And he was emotionally abusive. Which struck to me and made me feel so much more for this book than I was already feeling. Then we have Carlos. Carlos Carlos Carlos. The love of my life. He’s a sexy doctor who swoops in and saves her from the jumbo trot cameras attacking her. Which starts into a friends with benefits that hits so god damned well. Bro. It’s agonizingly obvious how hard they were falling for each other. IT WAS TOLD FROM BOTH POINT OF VEIWS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. He made her food. Multiple times. It was beautiful, the banter the romance, the family. All great. No complaints at all. I mean it was something I would have ate up years ago. But now I love it. It’s not different to other romance novels. It wasn’t challenging (which is what I needed) and I needed fluff. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

beckyremillard's review

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

4.75

Nik is absolutely not looking for marriage, which we find out right away. Fortunately, Carlos, the hottie who rescued her in the beginning, feels the same. Of course, as expected in any rom-com, these feelings start to change. 

This book is adorable and brings up several real issues in a lighthearted way that makes you love almost every character in this book (screw Fisher though). Jasmine Guillory always has a beautifully diverse group of characters. 

I also love that there are mentions of characters/couples from the other books. You don’t have to have read the other books to understand (although there is a suggested reading order if you want to pay attention to that) but it’s a really cute touch. 

Fisher comes back in the end and it’s such a satisfying scene. It’s pretty corny with the reaction from someone walking by, but he does get what he deserves in the end. Which is great, because he’s even more of a jerk than he seems in the beginning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying and Emotional abuse

allthat_jazz's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

leighannebfd3b's review

funny hopeful reflective

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Biphobia

dolores_madil's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? N/A

4.5

 I liked the idea of this story it takes some tropes and twits them. The idea of a quick relationship and jump right into marriage. An independent professional woman having to deal with unwanted “fame” attention on social media and still try to do her job. Confidence issues and managing a new relationship (or whatever you want to call it). The girl power and women helping each other out even it’s not in a way you would traditional see it. Also as a Mexican American who does not speak fluent Spanish, I liked that the love interest is also Mexican American and talks about that as well.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking