riley

Worse than the first but I still finished and will continue, as it ended on a cliffhanger😂😂

For a girl who’s life is at risk she sure was concerned about her virginity a bit too much.

Also if we had to hear about her vagina lips one more time….

So weird, but addicting. ✨

Good world building, and I’m definitely intrigued but the other alphas.

1 small barely there spicey moment, but other than that it’s a non spicy fantasy novel.

So fun and cute. I liked how the past bullying experience was handled, and not just swept under the rug. It was acknowledged and both MCs became better later on despite it.

I love when past nerdy quiet types become in positions of power later in life and can say f u im great now to their past.

Parker was a sweetheart. He was anxious and introverted, and simply lonely.

Connor was an overprotective big brother who took on too many responsibilities he assumed he needed to.

I think Parker settled him in ways, and I think Connor brought excitement into Parker’s life. A nice medley.

This unfortunately fell flat. I didn’t connect with either character, and I didn’t get any chemistry.

Quite unfortunate as I enjoyed the previous 2 books, but this one I felt quite bored for over 50% of it.

There were good moments, but overall i didn’t love.

I couldn’t even put my finger on what exactly was missing, but there were too many plot holes and time jumps for me to really give this a fair shot.

Being a 22 year old “nanny” to an 18 year old didn’t make sense to me.

Either did Piper enjoying wearing Tyler’s old sweaty workout shirts that smelt.

The found family in this series is great; and I liked most of the characters. Tyler was a total simp for Piper.

Just slightly missed the mark.

Also a LOT of the teammates being a little too obsessed with Tyler’s sister. Interested to see how that pans out in future books.

Ok who knew this spicy AF MMM romance would be so dang sweet!!!

I’ve been looking forward to Ben’s story for quite some time and it exceeded expectations.

Both of Ben’s love interests were his dad’s best friend, and they all work together.

He was seeing each of them separately, and then when all 3 finally got together it was fireworks.

Ben is suuuuuch a sex slut and we love that for him. He was needy and Cash and Ford worked damn hard to keep their man satisfied.

Some advice - don’t try to sneaky read this when at work because you WILL start ugly crying and it will be a thing.

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I was SOBBING. I never knew when/if one of the MC’s was going to relapse next.

the conflict between Jake and his brother CJ was so real.

Felix was such a sweet heart - a happy little energizer bunny - but with addiction and will power issues.

Jake and Felix struggled SO HARD. When they were good and happy it was so cute, and I couldn’t stop smiling. But one little slip of a mistake and it was down hill. Both had so many issues to work through.

The LETTER AT THE END. ALMOST ENDED ME.

The minor characters stood out as well - I felt like we still got to know and love them just as easily as we did the MMCs.

Low angst and drama, a cute feel good forbidden hockey romance!

I really do enjoy this authours writing, it flows well and hooks you into the universe quickly.

Leo was a sweetie, a total simp for the coach’s daughter.

Sawyer didn’t deserve West.

Was Wes pining hard and pushy? Yes.

But sawyer rejected him for like 3 years, insisting on being friends, but the moment West tries to move on he is like no ur mine and sabotages dates?? Not cool friend.

West was a sweetie and deserves much better.

This was so cute!!!

While this was very much Archer Holland’s book, I loved how much we saw of Brogan from the past book in this series.

Archer was so protective of Brogan, he was skeptical of Sabrina’s arrival. But when he got his head out of his ass, it was automatic infatuation.

Sabrina was a great FMC. She had her own goals outside of the relationship with Archer.

Really enjoying that holland brothers, and looking forward to next. (Possibly baby holland flynn, and single mom Olivia???)

The book had its moments, but overall it was blah.

I get that diablo was supposed to be a brat but I couldn’t find anything I liked about him.

The concept in the universe was different, it was way more political than I was expecting. I expected a bit but at times it was too much for me. It was very dire and grim.

I don’t think I liked it enough to continue, it wasn’t for me.

I loved Ollie, total cinnamon roll. I’m glad he got his HEA after being teased for so long about his failed marriages. The man loves love and wants to believe in soul mates and all that.

Enter Daniel, love skeptic and all around anti relationship.

Add in a drunken Vegas marriage, and we have our recipe for a fun and silly story.

Ollie and Daniel had their sweet moments, but I liked Ollie more than I did Daniel. They stayed married for a bet, so the chemistry while sparky felt a little forced. But overall it was cute and I enjoy the universe of this series.

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.

Yessss I loved this!

Rivals to lovers, then neighbours.

Emily was the perfect oldest sister, taking care of everyone except herself and her emotional needs.

Jack was so cute with his fashion and jewellery made by his students. He was tender hearted and needed Emily and her banter more than anything. He was so authentically himself always especially around her and they were the perfect fit.

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.

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)

Way more romance and swoon than I was expecting!

But like….🥛🥛