riley

This was completely fine, nothing was wrong, but the story was forgettable and not exciting.

It was a good low key low angst MM omega verse story.

It felt too short to really give us a glimpse into more of the couples chemistry or side characters.

Loved this! Colin was surprisingly charming. I was hesitant as I wasn’t sure what to expect of him based on previous books, but glad he got his HEA.

Ethan was unexpectedly sweet and so amazing with Colin’s son.

The battle over the damn weed between their two properties was stubborn and cute.

Pleasantly surprised!!!

I feel like I always am hesitant with Tal’s books but I have only ever had good experiences.

I thought it was SO cute and heart warming.

It was a very short journey from friends to lovers, it’s almost insta love. But the chemistry and friendship was so strong.

I loved the found family in the hockey team.

Bryce and Hunter were written in the stars. Bryce was so down bad for Hunter, and while hunters infatuation may have started as a hero worship type the two quickly fell into place and became each others forever.

Dare I say, this was perfect.

I never wanted this story to end.

I absolutely loved the chemistry and dynamic between Rhys and Tabitha (and how cute was Milo calling her his tabby cat)

Rhys was perfection. The perfect husband. He’s mine and I love him.

I think Rhys and Tabitha made the best of a bad situation, but in doing so found love and family in each other. It was beautiful and wonderful.

I still like the later in life love happening (44 and 40), it’s a nice change of pace.

I also liked the difference in appearance, Everett is conventionally attractive and Watson is more on the plus size.

I thought the relationship dynamic was sweet, I liked the friends first but sort of pining for the other.

The whole “in the closet even though the rest of my friends are all gay” thing was a bit much but we overlook it.

The flash mob was SO. CRINGE. But alas.

Almost DNF’d so many times, and probably should have.

This was soooooo cringe. The dialogue was childish, the MC’s were childish.

With the mixed reviews I really wasn’t sure how I’d feel, but I had a good time!!

While slightly morally grey, Lex is just a lonely boy looking for love.

William, we didn’t see really much character growth or personality but I think he loved Lex and had a slightly unhealthy obsession. Co-dependency am I right.

This series is definitely one you have to be in the mood for and not to take too seriously.

I loved Luke, I thought he was so so sweet.

Mildly nuts with just latching himself onto Elliot but this series is over the top and we got that

I appreciated the transgender representation. While it’s hard to say if done well, from my perspective as a cis woman, it seemed to be represented respectfully and with care.

That being said; Elliot frustrated me. He pushed Luke away a LOT and while I can sort of see why from being hurt in a past relationship, still isn’t fair to Luke

I think if I read this 10 years ago I would have felt different, but I did not enjoy either MC’s.

I appreciate and love the disability representation, but as a whole I did not vibe with the story.

I liked the authors voice but unfortunately not much else.

Way more romance and swoon than I was expecting!

But like….🥛🥛

A cute enemies to lovers, neighbours romance.

I liked how Stone pushed Dare’s buttons with mostly harmless taunts.

Was it weird when he got a tattoo of a man’s dog when they weren’t even together? Sure. But that’s stone. He doesn’t beat bushes (IYKYK)

Cute and spicy omegaverse hockey romance!

The spice was good, and the forbidden aspect was very hot.

Very limited character development, so I’m not sure if I see this couple lasting after the HEA and epilogue, but alas. Here for a good time not a long time.

A good time with a grumpy dominant cowboy with a filthy mouth.

I thought the drama between Colt and the neighbours was weird? It felt randomly placed, and was “oh ok this is happening”.

This was so fun!!!

It was cute and sweet, the spice was great.

It had excellent pining with the small bit of angst.

I absolutely loved it. The banter between both MC’s and their secret identities was fun. Then when they are revealed, it’s dramatic but I think once they got over themselves and we see them as partners it was sweet.

Keaton pined HARD for Luke, and I wanted just a BIT more of them as an established couple but overall enjoyed this immensely.

Seriously love this series.

I wish Sutton grovelled a bit more, but overall really happy with this book. The best type of angst.

I like that not everything was resolved. Like there wasn’t just a yay everything is fixed and we are happy. It was an ok we will get there and work together and be happy. It felt realistic and that was wonderful.

Oh this was so good. It was such a sweet, feel good romance.

I felt so warm, cozy, and happy while reading this.

I loved that Lucie wanted the magic and didn’t want to settle. I loved her unconventional family but her life is still full of love.

Aiden is a radio show host about love, but doesn’t really believe in it. He keeps his feelings at arms length to avoid getting hurt.

I thought the chemistry between Lucie and Aiden was so natural and so sweet. It had good banter, and was just so cute.

Oop.

The first chapter called thick thighs “ear muffs” like 3 times, and gave me the ick.

Low angst, full of fluff and a hint of spice.

I liked the “later in life” aspect (30s and 40s)

It was cute and fun, but have read better! New to me author, I didn’t mind this book but I wasn’t blown away.

Fun, but forgettable.

The “cheating” was a grey area, kind of sort of but not really cheating.

But it was hiding the truth from someone who was under the impression, so it kind of counts.

Both MC’s are different but basically the same.

Holden is a golden retriever play boy jock, with a hidden emo music side.

Phoenix is a broody jock, not hidden emo music side.

The forbidden aspect was fun, the pining looks. Holden and phoenix trying to get under each others skin.

If Lizzie has no haters, then I am dead.

While this was supposed to be about Gibsie and Claire, Lizzie’s arc took up a lot of this book. While her and gib’s story is intertwined, it was still a lot. And I am not sure where she got off telling Claire how to live her life and trying to dictate who she should date.

Lizzie was absolutely awful. I get the pain and the hurt she had but that was truly truly terrible. She acted awfully the entire time.

ANYWAY.

Gibsie is adorable and precious and must be protected at all cost. The co-parenting with Claire and their animals. He was so sweet and sincere. He really did love Claire a lot. She is his safe place.

This felt like a book leading up to something, and not the entire story dedicated to Gibsie and Claire. (I heard or read

This is the only book for them) I needed more. We had so much of their friendship but not enough of their typical antics we saw in the previous books. Not a lot of them being together as a couple. I need a second book for them that’s dedicated to them as a couple and being their goofy selves.

I loved the little bits and pieces we saw of Johnny and Shan, Joey and Aoife.

Sem and Magnus were cute!

I’m enjoyed the over the top opposites attract in this series.

Sem is a broody redneck with stalker tendencies but he just wants Maggie to be himself, and I like how supportive and encouraging he is to not change himself to make others comfortable.

While as a whole the story was decent, I needed more grovelling for how poorly Alec treated Flora during the “secret hookup in the woods and school” era. He never really explains or apologizes.

And Flora; just kind of accepts it as is?

While I liked that she was plus size, and kind of handled the bullies and tormentors in her own way; and yes Alec always saw her as soft and pretty, he doesn’t make sense to me.

While I did enjoy the angst in this, I don’t love the cheating.

The woman who got cheated on, did absolutely nothing wrong and didn’t deserve what happened to her.

We knew in the prologue that one of the MC’s was married, and that they still kissed and knew it was wrong but did it anyway.

I thought I could look past it, but the woman, didn’t deserve it.

I also found that between the prologue and first couple of chapters I kept getting confused on who was who. Both were sort of similar, but I couldn’t get it straight in my head which personality belonged to who.

We later find out that pierce is married to will’s sister. So pierce had a thing for both siblings without the other knowing.

It was a very grand and shocking reveal, but generally knocked a star down because the sister did nothing wrong and I don’t love cheating.

Cheating is never ok in real life but in the fantasy of books it’s only rarely ok.

I devoured this. It was so cute!!! It was angsty, but charming.

Caleb was a total red neck golden retriever himbo. He was desperate for human touch, and needed to be cuddled at all times.

Whit was grouchy and stand offish. Never letting people close to him. He reluctantly allowed this cuddling after helping take care of Caleb when he was sick.

These two could not have been more opposites but they were so sweet together.

I loved every character, and I’m looking forward to continuing the series to find out more.

This book is amazing!!! And for a debut novel?

I absolutely loved it.

It was fun, it had great mental health rep, it shows both characters working on themselves and their flaws. And the spice was excellent.

It was a fun teacher/principal workplace romance. Throw in an age gap with some good banter and opposites attract. Chefs kiss.

Oliver’s family was overwhelming but great. I loved every character, the found family in the school, as well as overs extended family dynamic including Georgia in it.