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The Broposal by Sonora Reyes

30 reviews

greenfroggy2117's review against another edition

3.25

hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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mmaryebrownn's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful 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: Yes

You can tell by the cover exactly what you're in for, and while it therefore misses an element of surprise, Sonora Reyes deliverssss on the premise's promise. super fun & cute

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what_karla_reads's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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: No

5/5 stars
2/5 spice

Tropes:
Best Friends to lovers
Marriage of Convenience
Close proximity
Gay awakening
LGBTQIA rep
Latinx MCs and culture
Trauma/healing
Dual POV

Just... all the feels.
My rollercoaster of emotions was chaotic. I honestly went from anger to giddiness to "holy moly that was hot" to sweetness and then back to anger. I was ready to jump in the book and fight. But honestly this was such a great balance of real life and happy romance. I couldn't put it down and I really enjoyed getting to know these characters. Han and Kenny were just the best of friends and easily the sweetest couple. I was crying at their happy ending. Just... all the feels.

Overall, I highly recommend this book for all fans of LGBTQIA romance, MM romance, diverse characters, romances with heavy topics, and drag shows. Please read the trigger and content warnings before starting this book.

Thank you to Netgalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for the ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own and offered voluntarily.

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keraashley's review against another edition

3.75

Honestly a bit heavier than I was anticipating, a lot of heavy topics, such as:

biphobia, death of a parent, child neglect, substance abuse, undocumented status, anxiety attacks, abusive partners

In that sense, with so much drama and intense things going on, the relationship didn’t get the time I think it deserved.
But props for making Han have his gay crisis before the engagement bc if he was faking all of it, I would have DNF’ed.
Jackie, you villainous bitch, I hope you’re rotting in book hell somewhere.

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sara_ataglance's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional medium-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

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khymihr's review against another edition

4.25

sad tense medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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30something_reads's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I inhaled this book. My God, Han and Kenny are two of the sweetest characters I've read in a long while.

These boys loved each other SO much before they ever realized they were in love. And I adore a friends to lovers story when the author can really sell their backstory/friendship and Sonora Reyes does a great job with that here.

This has some really great things:

Marriage of convenience for citizenship, featuring childhood best friends. (Of course I'll marry you. I'd do anything for you, bro.)
How is anyone going to find this plan of ours believable if we don't practice kissing first?
Joke's on you guys, everyone else already knew you were in love.
Queer awakening
Autism and executive dysfunction rep

I do think the final 25% of this book struggled a little in terms of story progression. There are a lot of external factors at play in Han and Kenny's story and it was a lot to try and wrap up without feeling like we were rushing through it all.

But oh, that final chapter and epilogue just warmed my heart so thoroughly 🥹💕

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khoover4's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Thank you to Hachette Audio for the advanced copy of this book. I really enjoyed the narrators for this audiobook as well as the story itself. This story is something that is so real to many in our country today. Their story and the roller coaster ride it goes on was so heartwarming to read. They also did a great job of making you hate Jackie more and more throughout the book.

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