Reviews

Handle With Care by Cari Z

bellarinabookworm's review

hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Homophobia

claudia_is_reading's review

3.0

This is a nice romance, easy to read and with characters that are attractive, But... there is not a big building to their relationship, we don't see them falling in love. In fact,

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at the end we're told that that happened years ago, and neither of them acted on it

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And, listen, I know that we're supposed to let glide the homophobic friend of Aaron's brother, but seriously? If you are friends with a homophobic asshole, you ARE a homophobic asshole. That totally ruined Zach for me. Add to that that

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he had invited their biological mother to the wedding and didn't tell him, and yes... not a very considered person, at all. Kudos to Aaron for accepting his mother apology but also let her know that it was too little too late

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I also enjoyed that Aaron finally gets that part of the reason for being left behind when Zach was adopted was that he wasn't ready to let go of his anger and accept help.

I think the main problem I had with this book was that the only character that felt complete to me was Aaron, the rest of them just there to move the story along.

Nevertheless, it's entertaining enough.

squirrely007's review

3.0

This was a sweet friends to lovers.

achillespatroclus's review

lighthearted slow-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0