riley

I enjoyed this. Very dark and broody Danny.
Forbidden love, brothers best friend romance.

A lot of jealousy and assuming things ending up in arguments, but I think Charlie grew a lot professionally and personally throughout her time with Danny.

Dnf

This was so cute, and so refreshing.
I loved the concept of writing about a couple already in a marriage, instead of one leading up to that.
It's great to read about the long love, and how couples struggle years down the road.

This woman knows how to write grumpy x sunshine

Marriage for convenience, forced proximity, relationship with their boss. So many tropes in one!!!

Declan is such a stereotypical grump - he means well but he is so moody and has one business goal in mind he will stop at nothing to achieve.

Iris is his assistant, and I think deep down loved him for a really long time otherwise she wouldn't have gone to the length she went to in order for him to succeed (hence the whole contract thing)

This was so full of angst, and steamy smut. Neither wanted to admit their desire until someone finally broke. YES PLEASE.

I liked this one so much better than the first, and I'm sooooo excited to hear about Cal in the next one.

⭐️: 4.5/5

Very cute, had good steamy moments. I appreciate the storyline on mental health, and how normalized it was.

⭐️: 4.5/5

It was fine. A quick slow burn friends to lovers fake dating romance.
I feel like it took forever for them to get together.

Words aren't enough to express how much I love this book.

⭐️: 5/5

Sweet stubborn Jax. What are we going to do with him???

He means well and has good intentions, but we all just want him to be happy.

I love Sophie and Liam's story. Every minute of it, I wanted more!!
Can't wait to see where this series goes next.

Noah

So cute! A small town rom-com romance.

If you're a fan of brothers best friend romances, then this is for you.

I love how Georgie started to become more confident in herself... not just because of the new clothes, and maybe the Just Us League had something to do with it but she was coming into her own. And I loved that.

Georgie and Travis... I think that since they knew each other from childhood and then got to know each other romantically (no matter how it started) is so sweet.
Georgie is the only one that could pull Travis from his darkness... she is exactly what he needs.


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The on air proposal????? Oh my god. My heart was racing it was so romantic. And crossing through traffic to get to her???? Wow.

Ummm I did not care for it.
It was fine but nothing blew me away. I wasn't excited about what was coming next, only that I wanted it to be over.

10 stars!!!!!

⭐️: 5/5

re-read July 2023

It's the darlin' for meeeee. Tucker is such a sweetie, is is there and shows up, and is just a constant for Sabrina.

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Fantastic writing, I love tucker with all of my heart.

I forgot how funny Logan was!!!

Grace is a freshman when they meet, and inexperienced. Logan makes a mistake with her, and grace is just done with him. He tries to call her countless times over the summer, but she doesn't want to talk.

Eventually once school is back, they cross paths again.

The only want grace is going to give Logan a second chance is if he completes these 6 crazy romantic gestures to prove he's sorry and is deserving of a date.

Well Logan is stubborn and is desperate to win her back, so of course he finishes.

They have obstacles, but the relationship is solid. The two have disagreements but always come back to one another.

Logan is such a sweet man and loyal to the end

re-read July 2023
Garrett and Hannah are like my comfort couple of this series. The banter is so funny, and Garrett is such a goof with a soft heart



Officially in my sports romance era.

I love the connection Hannah and Garrett have. Both have tough pasts, and trauma, but come together and are stronger.
They have such passion and love for each other it makes me swoon.

A lot of feelings - spicy feelings.

Was not a fan of “butterfly” made me cringe.

Overall, I liked Christian and I think Stella was really good for him. Their Italy trip made me swoon. And their first real kiss? Oh lord where is the fan.

Was it my favourite in the series? No, but I still enjoyed it.

Addicting.

I love jules and Josh's dynamic.

OKAY. Way better than the first one. I'm obsessed!!!!!

I'm a sucker for forbidden love but this one completely did it for me.

Grumpy vs sunshine, spicy, Royal romance?? Hello.

4.5/5

A solid 4, up until he sang!!!!

I wanted to like him. The groveling, the proving he loved her.... I was this close.
Totally on board with Ava she is so strong. They were so good for each other.

10 stars. I loved this book so much. I already want to start it again.

Grumpy and sunshine. Fake marriage. Can't get enough!!!

I felt like I was Vanessa, I felt her feelings so strongly and her character is written so well.
She is so strong and has been through so much, to come out the other side I was so proud of her.

Aiden is such a secret sweet heart. He always showed up for her when it mattered. I caught myself smiling so often because of him. He showed he cared in his own way, and it was perfect.

They work so well together and I'm so happy for them that they got the happy ending they deserved.

I only wish that we had more of Vanessa and Aiden together after they finally said they loved each other. (Prior to the epilogue) I wanted them together as a couple before they started their next chapter as a family.

***re-read Jan 2024
This is such a comfort read for me. While it's a bit angsty, it still just warms my heart.

I'm happy to get Maggie's perspective! She was such a secret the entire series so I'm happy to finally hear from her.

I'm glad beau got a happy ending. He was a jerk to Charlie so I wasn't necessarily rooting for him, but I glad we got that closure for him.

Very interesting and almost perfect poly romance, also struggled with self acceptance.

Super interesting storyline, but not my favourite in the series! They are a fascinating throuple to read about.

I was always rooting for them, and I felt the dynamic was really well described. I was super into them, and the writing and character development was genuine and on point.