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A review by karianneee_
Roughing It by Albany Archer
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
5⭐/4🌶
Wowowowow. Okay first thank you to Luna Literacy and Albany Archer for this ARC. It blew me away. This review is spoiler free!
Starting from the top, the "dicktionary" was so freaking smart and honestly cute. Normally i like checking out things like this on social media before i dive into a book, so to have it be *in* the book was a great idea. I've not seen anyone do that before and its cool as hell. Basically the author made a list of each chapter that has a spicy scene, with a short description of what happens in case anyone wants to skip over those parts, has a trigger, OR wants to go right to them 😛
As for the story, we have our classic grumpy sunshine/one bed trope going on and its everything you can ever want. There's Blakely, the social media angel whos just a little addicted to her phone and getting likes. Then Hudson, a reserved mountain man, passionate for his family, who wants nothing to do with the internet in general. They come together to help Blakely learn survival skills as a part of a new social media thing for her channels, and its a whole adventure and a half.
Its basically instalust, with a you drive me insane and i want to feed you to the bears outside kind of vibe. Their whole love story is just so so so sweet. They were doomed from the start haha. Im a sucker for the one bed trope, and even though she was a brat and they fought constantly, i LOVED how sweet he was for her when it came to her socials and the things she made him do 🥰
Their love burned so hot, the passion was delicious, and their story was just so sweet. The mental health aspects of Blakely going through what id consider her identity crisis was touching and well written. Social media these days plays such a role in everyone's lives, i think the way the author used those
Alsoooooo one of my fav nsfw tropes iscockwarming , which i discovered i enjoyed through butcher & blackbird 😉 and might i say i think it doesn't get enough appreciation!! But goodness, it was certainly present here! The epilogue?? 🥵 I cant explain why i like it, not that it matters, but it was just so well placed within this story, and you could just feel the intimacy of the two of them within those moments.
Over all an incredible book, 5/5 would recommend, and i love you love Blakely and Hudson as much as i did!!
Wowowowow. Okay first thank you to Luna Literacy and Albany Archer for this ARC. It blew me away. This review is spoiler free!
Starting from the top, the "dicktionary" was so freaking smart and honestly cute. Normally i like checking out things like this on social media before i dive into a book, so to have it be *in* the book was a great idea. I've not seen anyone do that before and its cool as hell. Basically the author made a list of each chapter that has a spicy scene, with a short description of what happens in case anyone wants to skip over those parts, has a trigger, OR wants to go right to them 😛
As for the story, we have our classic grumpy sunshine/one bed trope going on and its everything you can ever want. There's Blakely, the social media angel whos just a little addicted to her phone and getting likes. Then Hudson, a reserved mountain man, passionate for his family, who wants nothing to do with the internet in general. They come together to help Blakely learn survival skills as a part of a new social media thing for her channels, and its a whole adventure and a half.
Its basically instalust, with a you drive me insane and i want to feed you to the bears outside kind of vibe. Their whole love story is just so so so sweet. They were doomed from the start haha. Im a sucker for the one bed trope, and even though she was a brat and they fought constantly, i LOVED how sweet he was for her when it came to her socials and the things she made him do 🥰
Their love burned so hot, the passion was delicious, and their story was just so sweet. The mental health aspects of Blakely going through what id consider her identity crisis was touching and well written. Social media these days plays such a role in everyone's lives, i think the way the author used those
Alsoooooo one of my fav nsfw tropes is
Over all an incredible book, 5/5 would recommend, and i love you love Blakely and Hudson as much as i did!!