Katykah

It was a fun listen but it didn't really captivate me because it was a typical office romace and not an: I accidentally slept with my boss like it hinted. I couldn't get into Rome's voice actor because for roughly 50% of the book he was talking wayyy too fast for me. It took me out of the story and it made it hard for me to believe he was a dom.

14 years?! Sebastian has been yearning for her for 14 years?! 😭😭

Omg!! Sebastiannnnnn you delightfully brooding lover boy!!! I think he is officially tied with Vuk and Dante for me! 😳

Also. I see you Ana having Maya be a Scorpio (I think i caught that correctly, I could be drinking the Delulu Lemonade lmao). But anyway. Whooo taught Ms. Ana Huang our Scorpio secrets?! Because the way my girl Maya never told Seb the truth, ran from her feelings, her obsession with strawberries (I truly believe my blood is strawberry flavored), planned everything to a T (like announcing her relationship AFTER the frozen food line launch) and was a whole a$$ detective felt like I was being read for filth as a Scorpio 👀👀

So yeah. Ana Huang may not have had her facts straight about the Indian Hindu culture but she definitely has a Scorpio plug and I'm gonna need them to come to the front. The Scorpio Delegation would like a word. 👀😏

Absolutely adorable! A quick read and it made me want to get back into MMOs!

Holy plot twist! Such a great end to this series and I'm really sad its over. 😭 I absolutely loved the Jane Eyre vibes too. I could easily re-read this series. ✨️

This book broke me in the absolute worse way possible as a mother and then it put me back together.

As a mother I'm absolutely disgusted by Carmen Ricci's abuse to her own flesh and blood. What an absolute monster to break a child so young as 5 and then bring in people from church on the abuse?! 😭

I'll be honest. I almost DNF'd from the abuse despite it being off page. But then I thought about my sister who is granted not as evil to my niece as Carmen? But the jealousy is there. Then I thought about other children who have gone through the same thing as Ariana. So I wanted to continue with the story to understand SA survivors better and patiently wait for Ariana's revenge (which was absolutely satisfying to witness).

My parents aren't as toxic as Carmen and Rafael (the fact that he knew what Carmen was doing and did nothing to intervene though had my mouth on the floor) but I could relate to Ariana waiting on scraps of affection from both parents at times. Unfortunately. But especially from my dad.

Overall this book had:

1) Marriage of Convenience ✅️ 2) Virgin Hero ✅️ 3) Forced Proximity ✅️

So yes, I'll give this book a 5 🌟 rating because Ariana was able to be healed through love. Which is something I myself am living every single day. 🥰