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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
⭐︎2.5 "Disaster" Stars Rounded Up⭐︎
This was the "Miscommunication Trope" in book form. Basically one big miscommunication after another. And sadly, my least favorite Saxon James book.
At first, it was understandable, or at least, it wasn't too aggravating. Annoying, but an initial miscommunication can be fine, if they overcome it and get over all the miscommunication.
These two, did not.
I thought Felix would learn, but he didn't. I thought Marshall would learn, but he didn't.
I get that these are 21 year old men. I get that they're young and stupid sometimes. I get that it's easy to let insecurities get the better of you sometimes.
But these two not only had miscommunications up the wazoo, they also never fucking talked about anything, so much so that it drove me absolutely up the wall.
First, they had a bad first date at the beginning of this.
But it's mostly because Felix makes all the assumptions, and Marshall does nothing to dispel him of his assumptions.
These two are both non-communicative idiots. I understand a little more with Marshall, as when someone is being hostile toward you for seemingly no reason, how do you know what to tell them to get them to not? It seems like Felix doesn't like him for no particular reason.
Although my biggest annoyance with Marshall was Marshall being determined not to tell Felix he's demisexual - a big reason for a lot of their miscommunication, as Felix doesn't know he is - and because of that a lot of his behavior comes off as rejecting Felix, who has a massive insecurity about being rejected.
And look, I get that it's Marshall's choice how and when to come out, I get that. But he just assumes Felix will take it badly, without giving him a chance. Like he really, really liked Felix and he thinks so lowly of him that he'd not understand? Or give Marshall a chance to explain so he'd understand?
And then it comes up near the end, when Marshall comes out to his family with Felix right there, and Felix is just kind of like "Ohhh, that makes all the sense now!" and then it's... a fucking non-issue.
So it was built up and built up and so on and so forth and then it just amounted to absolutely nothing, not a big deal at all.
Also Felix makes ALL the assumptions and it's frustrating AF. And instead of confronting Marshall with what he overhears, he just lets it fester, avoids Marshall because of it, gets angry and huffy with him and Marshall has no idea why.
These two talk as if they're having two different conversations half the time.
It really brought down my enjoyment of this. There were times I was enjoying this, and it gets point for that. Because there could be long stretches where these two were making great progress and I actually enjoyed those parts.
But then another slight problem would come up and miscommunication would abound. It was absolutely ridiculous.
Also, I'm totally confused on the timeline here. Because Marcus Talon and Shane Miller were in Eden Finley's series, in a book that came out in 2019. They're two sons, Brady and Peyton, are around 20 years old. Brady has to be 20 or 21, Peyton maybe a year or two younger.
Which means 20+ years has had to have gone by since 2019, since their book. Which would make this take place in the 2040's, I guess.
But then in this it's only been a few years since Felix's dad's book in the Divorced Men's club, AND a majority of this book is taking place at the same time as Robbie's book - Marshall's brother - in the Frat Wars series.
Does that mean those series' take place in that timeline as well? Or are we just completely ignoring how nonsensical it is that Brady and Peyton are magically aged up in 2022? Like a soap opera or something lmao. Either way, it's confusing as hell. I'll just choose to believe this is all taking place in 2040 or so, for my peace of mind lol. But if they put a year in these books at any point and it's like 2022 or 2023, I'll be so so confused.
Anyway, this was just not Ms. James' best work, imo. Miscommunication, if done, has to be done right OR be something easily cleared up, or make the story funny or fun. Otherwise it's annoying AF and makes me not appreciate the characters as much as I wish I could.
I liked Felix at times. I liked Marshall pretty well on the whole. But when these two were being idiots - which, with Felix was a majority of the time. With Marshall, it was some of the time - I was not enjoying this and they made me want to shake them and bonk their heads together.
Also, where did Felix get his insecurities? Was it just because of his freshman year when he went through a wild phase? Did guys not treat him right? Is that it? Because his Dad and Mom and Uncle Heath adore him and treat him wonderfully, so it's a bit of a mystery why he has such a complex, and such big insecurities. It must have been guys treating him like crap in the beginning, I guess.
So while this showed promise in parts, and these two were able to stir up chemistry in some parts - enough for me to round up instead of down here - and there were some enjoyable parts overall (Robbie showing up was good, I enjoyed Robbie's cameo a lot, as well as Felix's dad and Uncle Heath showing up near the end) - I just didn't love this.
It was...okay. Some good parts snuck in there amongst all the muck.
I'm very disappointed because I've read so much better from this lovely author. But she took the miscommunication trope, which most of us absolutely hate unless used right or in an interesting way, and ramped it up times a thousand, and that didn't do this book any favors. I absolutely hated all the miscommunication.
And every time they could have talked, they didn't! Which absolutely frustrated me to no fucking end! Even until the very end, miscommunication is happening over the littlest fucking things because Felix is a dramatic bitch and Marshall apparently refuses to talk a lot of time.
Gah! I just...it was too much for me. This could have been so much better, and I had high hopes for Felix and Marshall's story, and it just didn't work out well for me.
There was promise....but it just didn't follow through. Super bummed about that.
I know this author can do so much better, so I'll keep my eye out for her next book.
This one just wasn't it, sad to say
This was the "Miscommunication Trope" in book form. Basically one big miscommunication after another. And sadly, my least favorite Saxon James book.
At first, it was understandable, or at least, it wasn't too aggravating. Annoying, but an initial miscommunication can be fine, if they overcome it and get over all the miscommunication.
These two, did not.
I thought Felix would learn, but he didn't. I thought Marshall would learn, but he didn't.
I get that these are 21 year old men. I get that they're young and stupid sometimes. I get that it's easy to let insecurities get the better of you sometimes.
But these two not only had miscommunications up the wazoo, they also never fucking talked about anything, so much so that it drove me absolutely up the wall.
First, they had a bad first date at the beginning of this.
But it's mostly because Felix makes all the assumptions, and Marshall does nothing to dispel him of his assumptions.
These two are both non-communicative idiots. I understand a little more with Marshall, as when someone is being hostile toward you for seemingly no reason, how do you know what to tell them to get them to not? It seems like Felix doesn't like him for no particular reason.
Although my biggest annoyance with Marshall was Marshall being determined not to tell Felix he's demisexual - a big reason for a lot of their miscommunication, as Felix doesn't know he is - and because of that a lot of his behavior comes off as rejecting Felix, who has a massive insecurity about being rejected.
And look, I get that it's Marshall's choice how and when to come out, I get that. But he just assumes Felix will take it badly, without giving him a chance. Like he really, really liked Felix and he thinks so lowly of him that he'd not understand? Or give Marshall a chance to explain so he'd understand?
And then it comes up near the end, when Marshall comes out to his family with Felix right there, and Felix is just kind of like "Ohhh, that makes all the sense now!" and then it's... a fucking non-issue.
So it was built up and built up and so on and so forth and then it just amounted to absolutely nothing, not a big deal at all.
Also Felix makes ALL the assumptions and it's frustrating AF. And instead of confronting Marshall with what he overhears, he just lets it fester, avoids Marshall because of it, gets angry and huffy with him and Marshall has no idea why.
These two talk as if they're having two different conversations half the time.
It really brought down my enjoyment of this. There were times I was enjoying this, and it gets point for that. Because there could be long stretches where these two were making great progress and I actually enjoyed those parts.
But then another slight problem would come up and miscommunication would abound. It was absolutely ridiculous.
Also, I'm totally confused on the timeline here. Because Marcus Talon and Shane Miller were in Eden Finley's series, in a book that came out in 2019. They're two sons, Brady and Peyton, are around 20 years old. Brady has to be 20 or 21, Peyton maybe a year or two younger.
Which means 20+ years has had to have gone by since 2019, since their book. Which would make this take place in the 2040's, I guess.
But then in this it's only been a few years since Felix's dad's book in the Divorced Men's club, AND a majority of this book is taking place at the same time as Robbie's book - Marshall's brother - in the Frat Wars series.
Does that mean those series' take place in that timeline as well? Or are we just completely ignoring how nonsensical it is that Brady and Peyton are magically aged up in 2022? Like a soap opera or something lmao. Either way, it's confusing as hell. I'll just choose to believe this is all taking place in 2040 or so, for my peace of mind lol. But if they put a year in these books at any point and it's like 2022 or 2023, I'll be so so confused.
Anyway, this was just not Ms. James' best work, imo. Miscommunication, if done, has to be done right OR be something easily cleared up, or make the story funny or fun. Otherwise it's annoying AF and makes me not appreciate the characters as much as I wish I could.
I liked Felix at times. I liked Marshall pretty well on the whole. But when these two were being idiots - which, with Felix was a majority of the time. With Marshall, it was some of the time - I was not enjoying this and they made me want to shake them and bonk their heads together.
Also, where did Felix get his insecurities? Was it just because of his freshman year when he went through a wild phase? Did guys not treat him right? Is that it? Because his Dad and Mom and Uncle Heath adore him and treat him wonderfully, so it's a bit of a mystery why he has such a complex, and such big insecurities. It must have been guys treating him like crap in the beginning, I guess.
So while this showed promise in parts, and these two were able to stir up chemistry in some parts - enough for me to round up instead of down here - and there were some enjoyable parts overall (Robbie showing up was good, I enjoyed Robbie's cameo a lot, as well as Felix's dad and Uncle Heath showing up near the end) - I just didn't love this.
It was...okay. Some good parts snuck in there amongst all the muck.
I'm very disappointed because I've read so much better from this lovely author. But she took the miscommunication trope, which most of us absolutely hate unless used right or in an interesting way, and ramped it up times a thousand, and that didn't do this book any favors. I absolutely hated all the miscommunication.
And every time they could have talked, they didn't! Which absolutely frustrated me to no fucking end! Even until the very end, miscommunication is happening over the littlest fucking things because Felix is a dramatic bitch and Marshall apparently refuses to talk a lot of time.
Gah! I just...it was too much for me. This could have been so much better, and I had high hopes for Felix and Marshall's story, and it just didn't work out well for me.
There was promise....but it just didn't follow through. Super bummed about that.
I know this author can do so much better, so I'll keep my eye out for her next book.
This one just wasn't it, sad to say
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
This is a new adult one-sided enemies to lovers. I think bc the characters are pretty young, I wasn’t noticeably annoyed with their assumptions, insecurities, and lack of communication. And, at some point, the number of times their paths intertwine really does become farcical in a very fun way.
Notably, the background characters are woven in a very intriguing way. Instead of overwhelming the plot, they are deployed just enough to have me interested in reading many of the other books (even if I haven't gotten along with all the authors' writing in the past.)
Marshall’s demisexual rep was quite decent, which I'm always gratified to see.
Notably, the background characters are woven in a very intriguing way. Instead of overwhelming the plot, they are deployed just enough to have me interested in reading many of the other books (even if I haven't gotten along with all the authors' writing in the past.)
Marshall’s demisexual rep was quite decent, which I'm always gratified to see.
Dnf at 35%
This is a miscommunication trope on crack i can't deal with it
This is a miscommunication trope on crack i can't deal with it
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.7 stars. It’s a cute story but there’s a lot of miscommunication, which was sometimes frustrating. Good demi rep though!
I picked up this book after reading Divorced Men’s Club: Platonic Rulebook, where Felix’s dad and Heath get together. I wanted to know more about Felix and his family’s story, but it’s kinda wild going from that book to this one. Like Felix, does your father know you’re the biggest ho around??? Not slut shaming, just kinda surprised me.
Overall, it’s a nice book that’s good for fans of the Sadenverse.
Spice: 4/5
I picked up this book after reading Divorced Men’s Club: Platonic Rulebook, where Felix’s dad and Heath get together. I wanted to know more about Felix and his family’s story, but it’s kinda wild going from that book to this one. Like Felix, does your father know you’re the biggest ho around??? Not slut shaming, just kinda surprised me.
Overall, it’s a nice book that’s good for fans of the Sadenverse.
Spice: 4/5
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Cute!
And I like that they had different body types. I'm getting kind of tired of always reading about 6 pack abs. I mean, I get the appeal but switching it up a little doesn't hurt.
Their relationship was cute. The way it progressed made sense and they never once made me close the book in frustration(because romance books love to make a big deal out of something that could be solved with one conversation)
And I like that they had different body types. I'm getting kind of tired of always reading about 6 pack abs. I mean, I get the appeal but switching it up a little doesn't hurt.
Their relationship was cute. The way it progressed made sense and they never once made me close the book in frustration(because romance books love to make a big deal out of something that could be solved with one conversation)
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced