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This was adorable and charming!!!!
As a certified third person story telling hater, I immediately was skeptical but I’m SO glad I stuck this out
Jamie was so cute and a total cinnamon roll.
Tyler was, as quoted, a black cat with stickers. Him and his son were the sweetest little team, and it was so sweet to see them open up to family and help, being part of a team.
I had so much fun with this, I couldn’t stop smiling.
One sided pining, low angst mpreg shifter.
I liked the dad’s best friend/forbidden aspect.
Oliver pined over Frey for years, which could have been written off as childhood infatuation.
Once back from college, he still feels strongly for Frey who avoids Oliver like crazy. I think that while the book does have insta love, it was too insta. Oliver’s love was there already and Frey kind of wanted nothing to do with Oliver until the second he did.
Once the relationship was established they were very cute and horny for each other
So sweet!!!! I loved the student x professor trope, and it was done so well. While the anonymous messaging was repeated in this series, it was gone well in my opinion!
I liked how sweet Parker was with Van. Like always just “whatever you need” without sacrificing himself. He was so supportive of him on everything.
Van is a baby bi, and finally getting to explore this side of himself he didn’t know before.
It was FINE but it gave nothing new, the series is getting repetitive. The characters are lather rinse repeat.
I liked Seb fine, but it’s getting boring with the “I loathe you but have secretly pined for you” trope.
Maya just gave me nothing of substance.
I think these characters were mentioned in two sentences in previous books, so I had no connection to them previously so I didn’t care about their story. I sense the same for the next/final book in this series
Seb turns out to be this crazy good chef but some of his food combos were CRAZY. Also I’m sorry they had sex in the stairwell of a HOTEL. Ew. The germs. Luxury hotel or not. Staircase in your home? Good. Not in a public space.
I don’t know if it’s just this authour’s signature style, but I feel they utilize texting/email a LOT. Almost too much? It’s a nice break from dialogue and inner monologue but at times it felt just a little too frequent.
I loved how Ethan and Anders really healed the other, despite their insecurities of being not enough/second choice.
Sort of enemies, more dislike to flirting to boss x assistant to lovers but oh so fun!!
It was ok, I liked the concept but I found it lacked chemistry
Isac pined after Max (who is 11/12 years older), and max never felt the same way. Then one day Isac takes his shirt off and max is interested. I understand they were close friends prior to the crush and declaration, but we didn’t SEE it so I didn’t feel it.
I really did enjoy this, and I loved the second chance, forgetting about the past and moving forward.
I thought the emails back and forth were fun and cute.
wild’s friend June was kind of wildly obnoxious? I know she had good intentions but she could be a LOT at times.
Despite his fears, Jax spoke with actions that he wanted and loved Wild. Despite his faults and hesitations, once given the opportunity of a second chance he made sure his intentions were clear.
I loved the writing, I thought it was done quite beautifully.
I feel like the premise had so much potential, but just did not play out well.
The dialogue was cringey, and everything was said. Like we saw the events happen, and then the narrator MC would then have dialogue being like ok so it’s this? Any world building, it only occurred in real time of relevant to the story (vampires being sensitive to sunlight - he had a day job but didn’t clock for 6 years about it until another vampire told him about it and other vampire rules)
The characters lacked chemistry as well, it was instant dating without the good insta love stuff I enjoy. It was a random kiss and ok we’re dating!!
When the MC who is always taking care of others but never themself, finds a partner who takes care and prioritized them FIRST
So so charming and wholesome. I loved the banter, and how Anders brought Wells out of his grouchy self isolating shell.
Anders was kind of forced into parenthood of his 2 siblings at 18, now he’s 30, caught in a lie that he dreams of running a triathlon.
Wells is his trainer, former NHL player who lost his leg in a car accident.
Neither WANT to do this training, but Anders is a warm hug in person, and his charm and snark challenges Wells who is just as stubborn.
Loved the chemistry and how we saw Anders’ body insecurities and normalizing them. AND he didn’t like immediately change his body to fit and thin. He got stronger from training but his body shape wasn’t the story.
I liked how there was lots of different POV chapters, not just the main couple Phoenix and Adri.
Author is clearly setting up for her sister, Dee and Kaz (phoenix’s enforcer) HOWEVER the age gap is 17 and 33 or something which is yucky so I’m not interested?
I feel like the story had kind of run its course, and can easily end here. The main couple has their HEA. Anything further is just … epilogue material so. I don’t think it needs a third book so I’ll skip it before I’m annoyed
I really liked it, and the story was entertaining! I love a rejected mate trope
I think I wanted a bit more grovelling, and more of phoenix and adri’s wolves running together. We got a couple of “my wolf connects to you” vibes but we didn’t SEE it happening
Phoenix is SO cool. He has too much respect and restraint lol
Looking forward to more of this series
This was so sweet and so fun.
Connor and Jamie, boss x assistant, but also secretly anonymously messaging on a words with friends app.
It was cute, and I loved how Jamie’s extrovert fun and wild self balanced out Connor’s anxiety and neurodivergent mind.
Neither asked the other to be “more” or “less” they just settled into a calmness that worked
What. A. Way. To end a 10 book series.
I was not ready for it to be over, but it was an excellent conclusion of a book.
I would have like a LITTLE more sappy moments from the collective, but I’m so happy that Lachie got passed the collective C torch.
Lachie and Sam were so sweet and wonderful. They were fun and playful, but I had so many emo moments
I love these guys and I’m certain I’ll revisit them again 💖
this authour has always been on my radar, but their whole universe was always intimidating to jump into. The attempt had started; and I’m tying to go in reading order according to her website.
The MMC is unhinged and a bully. This seems like the kind of book you need to be in the mood for?? I was in the mood for something darker but this was not exciting to me
Their chemistry is off the charts but their characters overall were boring. Typical jock football/soccer star who is untouchable, everyone even the teachers are scared to go against him. FMC artist who is invisible until she’s not, and MMC is feral for her.
Asshole boss mixed with a bit of amnesia! The angst was angsty, watching Lucy trying to recover her memories and JP watching himself be this unknown person in her life
After finding everything out, I think Lucy gave in too quick?? He grovelled hard, and it was mature of her to meet half way but it felt jarring
