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Aury is a sweet baby precious muffin to be protected at all cost.

I loved the instant attachment between him and Ghost/Gage the raider who is riddled with anxiety.

They calmed each other by reading to the other!!!!

They defied the odds, and I think the faith and trust that Gage had in Aury helped him be much less lonely.

This was silly and goofy, and perhaps over the top. But it was so entertaining and charming, I’m so here for it lol

Perry was a total puppy, and I simply adored him

Mildly suspension given the context of the book, but overall just a happy fluffy silly MM romance

This was soooo cute and charming!!!!

I was so entertained. I loved the differences but intimately similarities between Nick and Caleb.

Caleb is charming, competitive, and cocky, likes to taunt his team, but shows his love with acts of service.

Nick is a people pleaser and doesn’t really speak up, but just as competitive as his new teammate Caleb.

Caleb makes nick realize his dreams are valid and within reach if he actually goes for it. And I think Caleb inspired him to go for it, seeing how excited he was chasing after the dream himself.

They were so cute with each otherrrr. I loved all the character and relationship growth.

This was such an intense slow burn! I felt like screaming at them to just kiss already!!!!

I didn’t really realize this was a duet, and that the second part wasn’t released yet so ya know just ending it all on a cliff hanger.

I looooved Yarik. He yearned so damn hard and was just so sad and angsty over everything

So cute and fun!!! My first witchy book, and I had such a good time.

I love shifter romances so this was a good one to start getting witchy with it

“It’s always been you” tropes with a dash of enemies to lovers have me in a choke hold

I loved these two together. Silas was so handsome and charming. Even when he hated Violet he still held a candle for her.

Kent is a true icon lol

I liked their dynamic, and opposites attract of clumsy klutz x OCD germaphobe

Kent was such a sweet gentle soul, loved the kids at the school and his granddaughter. He’s the perfect principal and poppy

Vincent was cute, and while I don’t have nor do I know anyone with OCD, I imagine the behaviour was done accurately. The MR. CLEAN totally bald vibes was a little silly (I get it for the clean hairless aspect but just was a little funny) and he was a little praise slut

Overall, the world and this school is fun and enjoyable enough

Desmond and Jack were adorable and so endearing!

I love the way JJ writes characters, and the depth they have.

Jack’s anxiety was done so well, I felt seen.

Des’ struggles becoming a single parent/guardian to his nephew was so scary but heart warming to see how he and Parker got their bearings to the new relationship.

I loved seeing the little pops of the past characters float their way in - it made me nostalgic AF (Nico and Anthony forever)

Don’t even get me started on the bonus epilogue 😭

I really did enjoy this, but it felt repetitive and dare I say almost had too much sex?

It was a wonderful slow burn.

Giant purple golden retriever and grumpy military soldier try to save his friend who was taken by other monsters

I liked the world exploring, and getting to see Danny and Wyn again!

This was so dang cute!!!!!!!

Absolutely adored Harrison, Sammy, and Winnie

Harrison and Sammy both healed something in the other, it was absolutely perfect. They were both charming but shy, and unsure. I loved how they loved each other.

And Winnie was a fabulous kid without being annoying like some are written

This was so damn fun, I hella enjoyed this.

Danny and Wyn foreverrrrrr

It was a good amount of world building without being confusing, and the monster smut was smutting so good.

Danny was such a cutie, and Wyn had such a soft heart for his “sweet human”

BO!!!!Jameson!!!!!

This gave me a toothache it was so sweet.

After catching glimpses of Bo from previous books, I’m so glad they got their happy ending.

Jameson was so perfect, and wonderful, and just everything. Exactly perfect for Bo

Luka = SWOON

Childhood friends to enemies to fake marriage to lovers

I’m obsessed!

The LOKI AI assistant was weird AF but generally funny

The kink was a good amount - it alluded to a lot more than there actually was. But it was almost like a sneak peek into a more kinky life that Luka led. He was after all just easing Scout into it so it makes sense

I loved that he called her Girl Scout 🥺

I’m glad scout eventually got herself a backbone and stood up for herself against her parents. Sure it took a giant reality check but at the end of the day she’s herself and most of that is thanks to Luka

Despite the traumatic events involved I really really liked this. It was tough at times but I thought it was done really well.

Both characters struggled to move past the event, had flashbacks and nerves, but the way they worked through it together was perfect in my opinion

Trevor was so sweet, and Izzy grew into her own self instead of just whoever her parents needed her to be.

The angst!! It was slight but enough to put me in my feels

I wanted to shake Nash and Jake, tell them to get their heads out of their asses and just speak up

Jake was such a sweet heart and so charming. He wanted Nash anyway he could get him even if that meant breaking his own heart in the process

I enjoyed this a lot, I loved Aleksander and seeing him and the siblings interact. He’s a bit of a secret softie underneath all the tall tough guy persona

Crazy kinky which was a pleasant surprise!

Drea was also a surprise, but overall a lot of fun to read

DNF @ 46%

I didn’t care about either character at this point and I didn’t vibe with the writing style.

I love and appreciate the body positivity and plus size representation but it wasn’t enough for me to stick through til the end

This moved SO slowly. The third MC didn’t come in until way later, and I felt like cooper always felt like an extra not an equal.

I appreciate the non conventional aspect (duh look at the title) but this felt blah.

I like Will, Tru, and Cooper individually. They were all a little different but still sweet. As a throuple, it just didn’t feel balanced

I really liked Justus, and Annie’s anxiety has always been a major plot point even in past books. I felt her anxiety just was a bit overpowering to the story.

I cringed so much at the endearment “rabbit”. Like when bunny may have been better??? I don’t know it was second hand embarrassment.

LOVED Hawthorne though. A total sweetheart cowboy

Lorenzo eventually redeemed himself, but he was kind of an ass to Lily for most of this book. Like purposefully being rude and saying things he knew would hurt her, because he was nervous or anxious or whatever.

Lily was the town princess, sweet as can be. I think she gave Lorenzo way more chances than he deserved. BUT she did stand up for herself a lot which I’m very proud of her for doing.

I had a lot of fun with this, and I loved their meet cute. It was sweet to see past characters pop up in this one too.

I’m obsessed with this series - it’s so fun

I loved the enemies to fucking to lovers. Crossbody was so much more than what the previous books led us to believe.

And Vince was surprisingly a love bug once he realized he loved crossbody and said it out loud

I don’t know how to summarize the experience I had.

The concept was interesting. I loved the epilogue - was a beautiful conclusion

The towns people and the town itself were so odd, and felt almost over exaggerated. (Especially the reverend and his wife) even Joel’s sister and her husband from the prologue… awful crazy people.

It was a lovely representation of grief, death, and a blind MC.

The book was heavy on religion and “the devil” so slightly too over the top for me

Bash is my favourite Rose Hill daddy

(Sorry West)

I adored Gwen so much, and I loved the ex’s dad trope. Looooved the meet cute 🥰

It was fun to see the bowling dads night out again, and get slices of past and future Elsie books (looking at you Beau and Emmett!!!!)

Clyde was a hoot, and I loved the dynamic between him Gwen and Bash.

Gwen and Bash had such good chemistry, and their opposite personalities complimented each other well. I loved her sense of humour and how she brought joy and peace into Bash’s life

I did like this; although I found it too long.

The mental health and depression representation was done very well.

When Nat and Olli would say that they “kissed a boy” it gave me the ick considering both are in their 30s (I think?)

LOTS of inner monologue, which I enjoyed at first but near the end it was getting old.

It was a good story - about chasing new dreams and accepting yourself and the past

Soooo many red flags with this man lol. I’m all for overlooking red flags, but Camille felt so naive I wanted to scream for her to run

Having a praise kink is more than just saying “good girl” 🤦‍♀️

And he talked to the nanny more than his own daughter. I get he was grieving and struggling, but just 🚩bad