The Playlist
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Average rating2.8
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Ratings3
Average rating2.8
When Zoe’s best friend shows her the box of dreams they put together as kids, she would never have foreseen herself dumping Mr. Perfectly Fine and quitting her draining job. But when she looks in that box and realizes her life isn’t even close to where she envisioned she’d be when she was ten, she panics and implodes everything she knows.
When Zander Davidson realizes his little sister’s best friend is finally single at the same time he is, he knows it’s time. With the help of his sister (and her dad, AKA his boss), he makes a plan to become the king of her heart, including the road trip of a lifetime, and uses the Love Story Bucket List she made as a kid as his road map.
Along the way, Zee convinces Zoe to play pretend with him, but can he mastermind his way into keeping her forever and always?
The Playlist is a contemporary childhood friends to lovers romance. It's book five in the Springbrook Hills series, but can be read as a standalone.
It is a full-length romance with a Happily Ever After that features sexually explicit material and profanity. This book is intended for 18+
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2 primary booksSpringbrook Hills is a 1-book series first released in 2021 with contributions by Morgan Elizabeth.
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1.75/5
The chapter titles, Taylor easter eggs and dedication were the only good things about this book.
I HATED Zander. Hated him. Ffs, this man can't take a "no" as an answer, can he.
Zoe could not even SAY A WORD because he was either talking over her or he was kissing her to shut her up. And he was so demanding an d controlling h my god, I wanted to punch him. He's supposed to be a feminist? In what world?
Zoe couldn't doa bloody thing without Zander criticising her every move and decision. He took her phone away, car keys so she couldn't even escape if she wanted to, forced her to share a bed with him for an entire week, and then he had problems when she asked him for space? Are you kidding me? Fuck this shit, I'm out.
I was already thinking this book was 2 starts, and ONLY because of Taylor Swift references, nothing else. THEN, Zander did the only good thing in the book and yell at Zoe's dad which put the book up to 3 stars for me.
AND THEN <spoiler> A PROPOSAL AFTER A WEEK (A WEEK!!!) of PRETEND DATING TOOK IT DOWN TO 1 STAR. THE ONLY REASON I'M GIVING IT 2 STARS IS BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATION.
for fuck's SAKE THEY WEREN'R EVEN DATING! He was telling her the whole week "It's pretend, it's pretend, don't worry, you can pretend as long as you like" only to flip it around and mid-sex during the last night forced her to realize that "This isn't pretended, Zo, you can't pretend anymore.", like fuck you. God, I HATE this man with such passion you have no idea. Holy shit. And while she's confused because she doesn't think he loves her and thought it was only a bit of fun for him (they never used boyfriend/girlfriend labels) this shit proposes to her? Are you fucking kidding me? After a week of PRETEND? And she said yes? And her parents were watching? I'm having "she likes pina coladas" deja-vous. </spoiler>
If I ever read anything by that author, it won't be any book from that series. Hopefully, the ending and male character will be better...
