Katykah
This may have been “DIET” Lauren Biel but holy cow was this more spicy than “Sinners Retreat” and funnier 🤣I am not ashamed to admit that I'm not turned off at all by Bennett's food fetish. I am also not ashamed to admit that the turkey leg scene was way more palpable and wayyyy hotter than I thought it would be 😅Now I'm just like Cat (more interested in the psychology behind serial killers than the actual act of killing) and have a deep fascination for the psychology behind people with a foot fetish 👀I'm also obsessed with Cat's call sign: The Confessor. It's very boogeyman-esque and I'm so here for it 🙌🏾
Holy maple bacon and pear pizza. My queens Julie and Sierra outdid themselves again! When it comes to rom-coms? These two reign supreme!! I once again found myself laughing out loud at this book. I was cheering and fist bumping through this entire read! Winnie growing up in purity culture and religious trauma really hit home for me and helped me to connect with Winnie. Even Kallum wanting to be taken seriously as a husband and father and not just a “good time before you find the one” hit home for me too. Love when a fuck boy wants to settle down. It's my favorite MMC arc 😍
Corey x Natalie are a whole vibe 🥰I'm 33 almost 34, and the age gap of Natalie being 26 and Corey being 35 really helped me to see a lot of myself in her. When I was 26 I was married with a baby and by the time I was 30? I was divorced. My ex husband unfortunately gave me a lot of insecurities like Natalie's ex husband Ansel did. But coincidentally when Natalie and Corey had their fight that led to their breakup? It highlighted one of the many key elements that I struggled with in my marriage to my ex (9 yr age gap as well): he knew best and I was too young to offer any insight or value to issues.One of the other key elements that I appreciated and could relate to with Natalie was how worried she was in regards to soon she fell in love with Corey post-divorce. Her breakdown in Corey's apartment hallway about being afraid to love again and be open to being loved was so validating. I had a similar fear shortly after my break-up from a 6-month relationship I fell into after breaking up with my boyfriend of 2-years. I hadn't even been broken up 1 month after the 6-month relationship before I found my now fiancé (who also hasn't seen The Office btw) at an EDM event in the city. We both knew the performing DJ 😅 It just goes to show that despite where we are in certain points of our life? Age doesn't matter when it comes to your experiences. One of the many things I love and appreciate about Meghan Quinn's writing.I also truly wish I had a brother as amazing as Jason 🤣
I normally don't go for the friends-to-lovers troupé but Meghan Quinn is the Queen of Rom Com and I ate this story up. It was a recommended title in my bookish FB group and I think for the themes of the guy bff is slowly falling for his female bff and loses his mind or maybe for the baseball romance vibes? I can't remember lol 🤣 Either way I loved this story. The dynamic between Corey, Jason, Maddox, Kinsley, Natalie, and Dottie was ADHD chaos perfection!!! Oh!!! and that spice was delicious. Especially the way Kinsley milks Maddox's prostate 🥵 In a lot of ways I saw a lot of myself in Kinsley: not wearing a bra, wanting to save the planet, eco-friendly/conscious, very unfiltered in my speech 🤣 and having an overbearing mother. Maddox is my type of MMC: a brooding artistic bad boy with a motorcycle, 🍆 piercing and fully tatted upper body and a troubled childhood? I eat it up! 🙌🏾I also love that there was some sibling betrayal and the sibling was unapologetic about it. It really sells the story for me since a lot of times people do deal with siblings who see nothing wrong with their betrayal and are vindictive. Very rarely are they apologetic for their choices. I also suddenly have a burning desire to volunteer at an animal shelter 👀👀
This book, this book, this book!I listened to it on audio and it gave me allllll of the feels!First off? The way they met? That is EXACTLY how me and my man met. To. A. T. Minus the one night stand part. He told me shortly after we got together that the moment he saw me he knew we would be together.The angst and the fear of dying at any moment was such a real element to the story. I have never been in that situation myself but it really put things in perspective from someone who has been in situations and is living with a potentially fatal disease like Jesse has. I love when I read books that give you all of the feels and take on an emotional roller coaster. Kayla knocked it out of the park with this one!
I am such a simp for the Marriage of Convenience troupé but more importantly? I absolutely love Jason Clarke's voice! He nailed this role and I enjoyed the elements of ASL throughout. It was well done and helped me to really immerse myself within the story. The elements of danger were seamlessly intertwined into the story as well. 🙌🏾 I never would have thought that Rowan Davenport was involved in The Brotherhood. I had a feeling Emmanuel was involved with human trafficking through her agency and that she was somehow funding The Brotherhood. But for her to be the leader of the other faction?! Top. Tier. Plot. Twist.I am really enjoying how everyone with the Anaverse is intertwined throughout and I can't wait for King of Gluttony! Enemies-to-lovers is my all time favorite troupé!!
This was a fun quick little taboo read. I wasn't completely sure how I would feel about the dad's best friend side of taboo romance but I enjoyed it 🤗 This book was also slightly educational for me in regards to breeding k1nk so double win for me. Either Kayla has this k1nk herself or she did her research. Regardless. I do love when a book is entertaining AND educational
I really really really enjoyed this slowburn and the YEARS of yearning 🤌🏾
I love when a damaged MMC meets a damaged FMC and they heal each other through love. It reminds me of my own love story and just makes it all the more personable ane relatable.
I could very much relate to Sloane's rivalry with her sister. It added another element and an interest depth to the storyline that I could relate to with me being Sloane (even though I'm the eldest) and Georgia being my sister (she's the youngest). Not just the rivalry, but the way my sister manufactured our rivalry and has more than once tried to go after things she could NOT have. Especially if I had them first.
Now..... I thought Kai and Dante were top book boyfriend innerG but the way Xavier handled business and really took care of Sloane was just swoonworthy!! A man willing to throw hands on your behalf?! Yes please! 🥵
Oh! and don't get me started on the ahem shoe scene 🥵
I myself am divorced and the way I could relate to this story was everything. I don't regret my divorce though because my ex was (and still is) toxic and we were toxic together in the end. I am very happy in my new relationship, this man I am with now is 10x the man my ex (and father of my child is). But this little hopeful story healed a small part of my newly divorced self that wanted and hoped for the man I married and had a child with would return.
I absolutely loved this book. It was my first ever office romance and it's definitely going to be a favorite of mine. I really enjoyed reading about sexism, nepotism, and of course favoritism within the work place. It hit home in a way I wasn't expecting since this was an office type setting and I work in construction but the struggles are still there for a woman in a predominantly male field.
It's always the quiet ones with the cool expression that got some serious confidence in the bedroom. Listening to Kai's voice in that English accent just made it even better 🥵 I love when a man has his woman's back 100% and has unwaivering faith in her. 🤗 I'm normally not a fan of the hidden identity troupe but it was very well done with Isabella. Not to mention all the other interesting twists and turns the plot took. The plot was plotting and the spice was spicing. That secret room scene with the feather 🥵🥵Also appreciate the representation of not knowing your purpose and worrying about failure. As an ADHD'er with Imposter Syndrome? It really resonated 🙏🏾
I honestly wasn't going to give this book a try. But the fact that Cassie can't bake for shit and he eats it anyway is hilarious.I liked the danger element of hunting down human traffickers that took his sister and him being out for vengeance. Especially since when Karmen and her team showed up to save Dom & Val in “Dom”... the way I whooped and pumped my fist in the air as I listen on my drive home and I knew I was doomed to listen to “Hans” 🤣 I also thought it was super hot the way he tied her up with her underwear during their first time in his garage and not to mention the road head scene 😏
Dominick. Gonzalez. 🥵🥵
Whewww. We all need a man like him. The way I put 2 and 2 together though in regards to his plot broke my heart a little. But I love how he loves His Valentine. The way I knew who was after his family though was even more obvious but there was an element to the who that still added shock factor. 👌🏾
That Epilogue peaked my interest enough to now I'm definitely going to read “Hans” 🤣
I do not understand the hate people have for this book. It was refreshing to see Navessa's growth in this book with how she took the story and wrote the characters. Maybe because it's a second chance troupe? Or maybe it's because people who have never endured emotional, physical and mental abuse from a parent. So they will never understand I guess. Or they didn't grow up in the oppressive purity culture of religion.
As the eldest daughter raised in the purity culture of religion to a mother who was emotionally and mentally abusive? I completely understood Junior and his need to break free from his father's controlling grip. Oh. Also like Junior, as the eldest I got a motorcycle as a form of rebellion too 🤣
Josh and Aly's cameo was perfectly done too! We still got Josh's unserious nature and now that he is a cat dad to a boy and a girl cat he's even more hilarious than ever (imo). I also really enjoyed that Junior and Josh have a friendship. A real genuine friendship. It's always great when your S.O. is besties with at least someone in the family.
Then there is the sex worker element of this book. Sex work is real work. I think this book did a good job on discussing how sex workers deserve the same rights and protections as anyone else. Because they do. I have friends who are strippers and the stories I have heard are absolutely mind boggling. The audacity of men never ceases to amaze me. Not to mention the entitlement is next level when they are paying for the services of a sex worker. But in all honesty in today's society that doesn't just extend to sex workers. Dating in general really. If a man pays for your drinks and dinner he believes you should put out.
Finally? I wanna talk about “Velvet” Like. Are you kidding me? Yass! My favorite moments in “Neon Gods” by Katee Robert involved when Hades took Persephone to his play club and they watched her first scene together. It was also on a dais platform 👀🙌🏾 Maybe the haters of this book just don't have a voyeurism/exhibitionism and a bondage kink like the rest of us? Either way. I'm sure some time in a play club would do them some good 🤗
This book itched all of my scratches (Yes I know what I said). Kasi Hollowell, Jason June and Teddy Hamilton did such a great job with this audiobook and the BONUS CHAPTER of my B&N Special Edition physical copy has me foaming at the mouth for Book #3 to drop!
I normally don't care for the friends-to-lovers troupe and that's only because it's something that I can't relate to. I have had crushes on my friends throughout my life and they have always been one-sided.
This story was well written (imo), the 3rd act breakup was palpable and completely understandable but the reconciliation and HEA was absolutely perfect and so sweet.
Guess I'm going to be diving into my R.L. Kenderson era for a while now. These quick reads are so addicting 😅
Holy. Guacamole. 🥵As a divorcee myself I could really put myself in Delaney's shoes. It was easy for me to keep sleeping with my ex-husband during the initial 1st yr of separation. But thankfully the sex blinders came off within that year and I got the closure I needed to move on and sign our dissolution papers. But I digress.Preston's filthy mouth was a whole vibe. 🙌🏾 Their exhibition/voyeurism kink? That plane ride scene... in their 1st class seats!! That balcony scene in Vegas?! AND they had the balls to confront the dude after?! Whewww!!!! Not to mention that whole degradation/praise kink dynamic along with the kink of being caught. This book had all my kinks perfectly written 🫠🫠Let's not forget how absolutely hot as hell it was that Preston pierced her clit and had a custom jewelry piece made for it. Or how sweet it was that he the same style jewelry piece he wore around his neck everyday. God I love them 😩😩
Oh. My. God.
King. “My Wife” Bartholomew. Vass. 🥵 I never understood the hype of the “My Wife” troupe but with this being my 3rd “My Wife” MMC (following behind Colin “My Wife” Bridgerton and Tyson “My Wife” Riley Crawford) and I get the hype now. 🙌🏾
There were only 2 parts of this story that were predictable but not annoyingly enough for me to give if a 4 out of 5 stars. I am obsessed with Savannah and King. Their chemistry? Loved it. Their banter? Hilarious. The angst? Swoooon! Their mutual exhibition/voeyurism kink? Panty melting 🫠
I really enjoyed this book. I am such a sucker for forbidden romance and the best friend's little sister troupe 😅 I also absolutely loved how possessive and dominant Cade was with Rayne. If you have a praise kink this book will scratch that itch for you 🥵Greatly appreciated the representation of her needing to be really worked on to get her to squirt too 🙌🏾👏🏾