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mrsmar10thereader's review against another edition
4.0
Love Wins
Rebekah Weatherspoon does it again! Brooklyn thought she’d finally found the one, but 2 months before her wedding her fiancé is found dead in a motel with another woman. She later finds out that he’d been seeing this woman since he proposed. She’s devastated, heartbroken, and angry that she can’t confront him. The woman her fiancé was found in bed with left 2 partners to grieve. Vaughn Coleman and Chris Shaw were partners, and Corrine was the completion in their poly-amorous relationship, why weren’t they enough? Once finding out about Brooklyn, Vaughn sought her out to see if she could bring him some type of closure...she was as lost as he was. The three bereaved become friends, become more than friends, and find healing in each other. Can they find their forever safe harbor in each other?
Rebekah Weatherspoon does it again! Brooklyn thought she’d finally found the one, but 2 months before her wedding her fiancé is found dead in a motel with another woman. She later finds out that he’d been seeing this woman since he proposed. She’s devastated, heartbroken, and angry that she can’t confront him. The woman her fiancé was found in bed with left 2 partners to grieve. Vaughn Coleman and Chris Shaw were partners, and Corrine was the completion in their poly-amorous relationship, why weren’t they enough? Once finding out about Brooklyn, Vaughn sought her out to see if she could bring him some type of closure...she was as lost as he was. The three bereaved become friends, become more than friends, and find healing in each other. Can they find their forever safe harbor in each other?
mdmiller1993's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
somemutt's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
read2more's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
bookishplantmom's review against another edition
emotional
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? It's complicated
3.5
I love this author. I have been slowly perusing her backlist and discovering her style for maybe a year or so now. The premise of this book was unexpected for me. I didn't read the blurb, I just jumped in blind so I was pretty shocked to see we started with such a tragedy even though I've read other books in the series with similarly dark openings. Anyway, the three love interests each had their strengths for me. I wish there had been more balance among their page time and I would have loved to see more of Vaughn in the story overall. I feel like he really took a back seat to Brook and Shaw which was disappointing for me because I liked him so much from the jump whereas I was more put off by Shaw for a portion of the book. I enjoyed the story overall and thought the resolution was mature and satisfying though a bit quick.
ajchurch's review against another edition
2.75
As someone who just read another series I was hard core questioning just to get to the polyamory book, I thought this one would also be a home run and it just wasn’t. I didn’t see the three of them as the happy couple I wanted, just because Shaw and Brook didn’t seem like it for me. Shaw and Vaughn were literally everything and Vaughn and Brook were cute. I think I could have seen this more if Brooklyn and Shaw weren’t intended to be romantic but they were so like. The math just wasn’t mathing the way I hoped. That being said points to alternative queer black love, that was not something I’ve read before and like it was neat. I liked the rep. Also when Vaughn looked at Shaw and was like “negro be so fucking serious right now” I was giggling because GET HIS ASS. anyways. Cute but not great.
yalomi's review against another edition
5.0
What an AMAZING way to end this trilogy.
So get this, Brooklyn, Shaw and Vaughn found out their partners(Josh and Corrine) were cheating on them with each other after they got murdered by Corrine’s stalker. Epic, I know, right? But also sad, ver sad.
Anyways, the book-hangover was and is SO real. I didn’t even know where to put myself after I was done. I loved it, if that wasn’t obvious already and it was HEAVY. I don’t even know how to put into words how good it was without going into detail and spoiling the whole thing. It was an emotional ride and I questioned a lot of things but I know grief makes people do crazy things so…I’ll live.
This was my first throuple and I was not prepared. AT ALL. I was shooketh to the core, to say the least. I felt like the love wasn’t evenly distributed at times but I did enjoyed their dynamic and the steam was off the charts
So get this, Brooklyn, Shaw and Vaughn found out their partners(Josh and Corrine) were cheating on them with each other after they got murdered by Corrine’s stalker. Epic, I know, right? But also sad, ver sad.
Anyways, the book-hangover was and is SO real. I didn’t even know where to put myself after I was done. I loved it, if that wasn’t obvious already and it was HEAVY. I don’t even know how to put into words how good it was without going into detail and spoiling the whole thing. It was an emotional ride and I questioned a lot of things but I know grief makes people do crazy things so…I’ll live.
This was my first throuple and I was not prepared. AT ALL. I was shooketh to the core, to say the least. I felt like the love wasn’t evenly distributed at times but I did enjoyed their dynamic and the steam was off the charts
thisreadingcorner's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
While I can appreciate a winding romance as much as the next person, there was a lot of back and forth between these three and it got a bit repetitive/frustrating as the book went further along. Not bad by any means, but definitely my least favorite of the three. Tbh I could have done without Vaughn for a deeper exploration of Shaw’s history and how that lenses itself to developing intimacy with Brook.
steffyreads01's review against another edition
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
This book was really good. A well written mmf where everyone is equally presented and loved in the relationship. I really liked all the characters and the development of their relationship, it was all very healthy and hot, with a lot of good communication between the characters. If you are looking for a short mmf romance that will make you laugh and blush, this is the one.