Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Broposal by Sonora Reyes

9 reviews

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

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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia

Minor: Addiction, Abortion, Death of parent, Abandonment, Deportation

keraashley's review against another edition

3.75

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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Deportation

izzawit's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia, Blood

Minor: Abortion

grumpyreading's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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📚 Review: Ugh. I’ve loved everything I’ve read by Sonora Reyes. They are such a great writer. You fall in love with the characters, feel the pain they feel, and feel all the joy with them. This book was so timely, and dealt with some really tough topics, but still left me feeling so hopeful and happy at the end. I highly recommend this book if you’re looking for a queer romance with three dimensional conflict and characters you will get to know and love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

kaschaller's review against another edition

3.75

emotional sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Abortion, Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse

heart0flife's review against another edition

3.0

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Was really looking forward to this one for like a year and unfortunately it didn’t quite hit the mark for me. Technically this is an adult novel but the writing felt more geared towards a YA reader. Also, the sex scenes that did occur felt super out of place to me and didn’t really add much to the plot. It’s stated at the beginning that Kenny is kinky and you see that in the form of a sex scene, but again, it’s not really a central plot point and I think the book could have done without it because it felt out of place. 

Overall, I liked the main characters and the side characters, but I didn’t feel like I got a tonnn in the way of character growth from either of them - maybe that’s because they’re young but I don’t know. I usually love a fake dating trope but there was a lot going on here. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Abandonment

notsobinaryart's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Trafficking, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail

Other content warning: ICE, anti-immigrant hate, threat of deportation The abuse is *not* from the main relationship but instead from a toxic, abusive ex to Kenny, one the MCs

mnerd63's review against another edition

2.0

emotional funny hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment

michelle_my_belle's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful tense 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: No

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 I really enjoyed this book! I could not put it down. Loved all the characters (except two, you know who you are). Sonora Reyes has the gift of making you feel all the emotions within one story and this was no exception. Thank you to Netgalley and Forever Books for this arc. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

Moderate: Biphobia

Minor: Abortion