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This book follows Cyril Avery (who isn't a real Avery) and his life. It almost felt like I was Cyril and living his life through him and seeing it all from his eyes. We grew with him and even nearing the ending, when he was trying to recall memories the past, I also was trying to recall them (and had forgotten some of them).

I loved the talk about homosexuality and the difficulties of being gay in the 1940s,50s,60s,70s e.t.c and living in Ireland (a very catholic and conservative country at that time).

I felt like the ending dragged on. 3.5 stars

I read this book when I was quite sick so all I remember is the raging headache I got when reading it.
But nevertheless, I feel like this was a powerful book that spoke about the struggles a 14-year old endured in nigeria and how she rose above those struggles with her louding voice.
I feel like it's not fair to rate this book as I read it at a bad time but I think everyone would benefit from picking up this book.

I loved the storytelling in this book as it was engaging but I didn't like a single character in this book (not that I think I was meant to) and the ending just fell a little flat to me.

I loved the way they highlighted important bits of Nigeria's history such as the rampant insecurity, rigged elections and the coups but they didn't dwell too much on it as it was something that was common and citizens had to simply live with it.

2.75 stars rounded up to 3 stars

It wasn't a bad book by any means but I know that I'm never gonna think about this book ever again. And it was also kinda unrealistic and cringe sometimes. I found myself cringing and rolling my eyes at some parts. And there is such a thing as too much smut because it came to a point were it became a little tiring to read and I'd find myself counting the pages to see when it'd be over.

Overall this was an enjoyable read and definitely read this if you want a boy-obsessed, sweet spicy romance.

3.75 stars
This book was really enjoyable for me but the ending was just a bit of a letdown for me.
Also Alix Summers was really weird cause all of the signs of Josie not being mentally stable was there and she still willingly put herself and her family in danger.

No rating because I don't quite know what to think about this book.

This was definetely a beautiful book but the incest really caught me off guard and I think it just left a sour taste on my experience with this book. I also felt like the ending was very underwhelming.

Isn't it strange how the world works sometimes? It's never a matter of time, but a matter of timing.
Really good book and I really loved the concept of the story.

4.25 stars

august 31st - reread
I read this book again for the second time to see if my rating would change but if I could rate this higher I would.
I can proudly say this is the best book i've ever read and nothing has ever made me cry more than this.

The twists fell kind of flat to me.

For some reason this made me cry so automatic 5 stars

3.5 stars

was enjoyable and a fast read.

way too slow burn for a novella

I cried.
I'm going to miss every single character in this series and it makes me so sad to know that it's over.

“It's not that I didn't believe in love before. It's that I was saving it all for you”

3.5 stars

“Because the possibility of you is better than the reality of anyone else”

4.5 stars

WHY DID IT TAKE ME SO LONG TO READ THIS SERIES

Nothing much to say but worth every 30 minutes of your time

This is her first book and i'm so happy to see her improvement over the years.
I honestly couldn't wait to finish this book because I just got so tired of reading about Elsie.
Also I feel like the love Elsie and Ben shared was a bit insta lovey and too dependent for me.

I always emotionally connect to every single TJR book. It's like she's speaking to me through her book and no matter the context or plot in any of her books, I always have something to take from every single one of them.

Maybe needing someone isn't about you not being able to do it without them. Maybe needing someone is about it being easier if they are by your side.

4.5 Stars

This book was so cute and I don't know why I held of on reading it sooner. I loved how it didn't necessary contain any specific tropes - just two people getting to know each other.

Also the conflict at the end as stupid as it was, I actually liked cause it was resolved quickly and it made me cry because it reminded me of previous relationships.

I'm definetely going to be reading dani's and eve's books after this!!

Love is certainly never safe, but it's worth it.

2.5 stars

I'm sorry but Millie was just way to annoying in this book.

First of all, I felt so bad for Brock and it's clear she never liked him so why was she leading him on.

Then at a point she said she questioned whether Enzo was really trustworthy cause he beat a man half to death when she should definetely be the last person judging someone for that so I was really confused at where that even came from.

The ‘twists' were also really underwhelming and were not written well at all.

Cute read. Could read it without having to think much which was good

So I just wanna say that this book was not amazing. The second book is a gazillion times better. Honestly halfway through this book I found myself getting so bored. But i'm giving it 5 stars because I'm so connected to the characters and the series as a whole and I love them.