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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
"The way he stares so deeply into me, as if he's carving out chunks of my soul and inscribing himself there. If I weren't stubborn, maybe I'd be shy. Maybe I'd blush. But I want to intrude on his soul, too."
Phoebe and Rocky have such a special relationship and I love reading about them.
I also liked that we got a little more expansion of the family dynamics and the different relationships within these two families. However, the mystery behind all the kids' parentage wasn't that captivating to me and some aspects were pretty easily guessable.
I also feel like Phoebe and Rocky were on the sidelines a lot, and the most interesting arcs, given to Haily and Trevor, were therefore only barely explored. And the ending also felt a little rushed to me and ended up being a little anticlimactic just due to pure luck on the families' part.
I'm still curious to see how the rest of the story plays out though, and the romance part is still really exciting to read about, so I'm looking forward to book 3.
"It's attractive - how much Rocky can read into my actions like I'm an open book, when I feel like I've always lived untouched and lost on a dusty shelf. How long has he held the pages of who I am? How long has he loved each messy line?"
"She's been everything to me for too many years. It's been a marriage of both convenience and inconvenience. Of pure love and pure hell, and I wouldn't give up one to have the other. They coexist unnaturally, but nothing about us has ever been normal. So you don’t need to scrounge around for a fucking term for what we are together because there isn't going to be one bone-deep enough that fits."
"Because loving you is a crime I'll keep committing. I don't know how to stop."
"There will never be a day, a night, a minute, a moment, a breath where you aren’t destructively mine."
Phoebe and Rocky have such a special relationship and I love reading about them.
I also liked that we got a little more expansion of the family dynamics and the different relationships within these two families. However, the mystery behind all the kids' parentage wasn't that captivating to me and some aspects were pretty easily guessable.
I also feel like Phoebe and Rocky were on the sidelines a lot, and the most interesting arcs, given to Haily and Trevor, were therefore only barely explored. And the ending also felt a little rushed to me and ended up being a little anticlimactic just due to pure luck on the families' part.
I'm still curious to see how the rest of the story plays out though, and the romance part is still really exciting to read about, so I'm looking forward to book 3.
"It's attractive - how much Rocky can read into my actions like I'm an open book, when I feel like I've always lived untouched and lost on a dusty shelf. How long has he held the pages of who I am? How long has he loved each messy line?"
"She's been everything to me for too many years. It's been a marriage of both convenience and inconvenience. Of pure love and pure hell, and I wouldn't give up one to have the other. They coexist unnaturally, but nothing about us has ever been normal. So you don’t need to scrounge around for a fucking term for what we are together because there isn't going to be one bone-deep enough that fits."
"Because loving you is a crime I'll keep committing. I don't know how to stop."
"There will never be a day, a night, a minute, a moment, a breath where you aren’t destructively mine."
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
5🌟-
ONE OF MY MOST ANTICIPATED READS FOR 2025!!!
I don't think anything I read by Krista & Becca Ritchie will be rated below a 4 star. This book gave me everything I wanted and yet I still have so many questions after reading this !!! K&B definitely how to keep me on the hook! The K&B knows how to write a damn good found family trope. I love all six of these characters. ( I see what you did there K&B, another ✨core six✨ but make it triplets that are the siblings) Phoebe has my fucking heart. Rocky?? Added to the book boyfriend list.
🕸️🍓 "I believe in our love. I believe in the love that's high voltage, the love that raises dead towns. The love that keeps you running when you're on empty. The love that falls down with you- just so it can be there to drag you back up. I believe in love that has no room for failure because all it knows how to do is survive.
I believe in our love-the love of six people who only had each other to trust and lean on.
All I know is our love.🕸️🍓
Spoiler-y thoughtssss
Okay, lets talk about what we learned in Dishonestly yours. When Trevor was stabbed he lost a lot of blood and therefore needed a blood transplant. Because they were all taught to not leave any paperwork behind, they obviously cannot take him to a hospital. With this we learn that Trevor biologically cannot be related to Rocky and Hailey. He has a completely different blood type. So of course, believing that their parents were the parents of all three of them wasn't for Trevor rocked their whole world. We see just how much it rocked Hailey in this book. She's obsessed with figuring out who they are and why their parents tell them they need to wrap up the con they assume is going on and get the hell out. So of course, that makes all of them look back and think about the cons they had done and they realized they had never done a con in Connecticut. I loved seeing how helpful Jake became and why he needed Phoebe's help. I love how sweet he is and I trust him wholeheartedly now. Please don't hurt my feelings guys. I love Jake. I hated how broken up Hailey became because of all this. I did love to see that Oliver was her safe space. I love them together. Oliver is obviously in love with her but knows that they can't be together while she is in the state that she is. ALSO the BOMBS that DROPPED at the very end?!?! Trevor murdering Jake's mom?!?! Varrick being the triplets father?!? Hailey being pregnant?!?! and We don't know who the father is ?!?! My jaw was on the fucking floor. I cannot wait for the next one. I need it now. 😭😭😭😭
Anyway, I will be mourning the fact that I don't have the next book for the foreseeable future. Thank you Larissa Cambusano (@larryreads) for introducing me to these wonderful authors.
ONE OF MY MOST ANTICIPATED READS FOR 2025!!!
I don't think anything I read by Krista & Becca Ritchie will be rated below a 4 star. This book gave me everything I wanted and yet I still have so many questions after reading this !!! K&B definitely how to keep me on the hook! The K&B knows how to write a damn good found family trope. I love all six of these characters. ( I see what you did there K&B, another ✨core six✨ but make it triplets that are the siblings) Phoebe has my fucking heart. Rocky?? Added to the book boyfriend list.
🕸️🍓 "I believe in our love. I believe in the love that's high voltage, the love that raises dead towns. The love that keeps you running when you're on empty. The love that falls down with you- just so it can be there to drag you back up. I believe in love that has no room for failure because all it knows how to do is survive.
I believe in our love-the love of six people who only had each other to trust and lean on.
All I know is our love.🕸️🍓
Spoiler-y thoughtssss
Anyway, I will be mourning the fact that I don't have the next book for the foreseeable future. Thank you Larissa Cambusano (@larryreads) for introducing me to these wonderful authors.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
ARC Review ✨️
♡Back and Better♡
Pheobe's back, and I'm obsessed! In my opinion, this one flowed so much better than the first book! The story picks up where Dishonestly Yours left us off at and jumped right into the backstories and the action!
The characters and the drama that came to play were so intriguing, I couldn't stop reading to save my life 🤣🤣🙌 I love these author's writing, and this series has been so good! Bonus points for this is the spice🫣🔥🔥 It was super steamy👏👏
Tropes:
💞Found family
🔥Steamy
💞Grumpyxgrumpy
🔥Bestfriends sibling
💞Small town
Thanks so much to the authors, Valentine Pr, and Netgalley for the ARC!
♡Back and Better♡
Pheobe's back, and I'm obsessed! In my opinion, this one flowed so much better than the first book! The story picks up where Dishonestly Yours left us off at and jumped right into the backstories and the action!
The characters and the drama that came to play were so intriguing, I couldn't stop reading to save my life 🤣🤣🙌 I love these author's writing, and this series has been so good! Bonus points for this is the spice🫣🔥🔥 It was super steamy👏👏
Tropes:
💞Found family
🔥Steamy
💞Grumpyxgrumpy
🔥Bestfriends sibling
💞Small town
Thanks so much to the authors, Valentine Pr, and Netgalley for the ARC!
Thank you @berkleyromance #Berkleypartner and @kbmritchie for my free finished copy and @prhaudio for the alc💖.
🗓️Out April 29, 2025
✨What it is about:
Former con artist Phoebe Graves is trying to live an honest life in a wealthy Connecticut town, but things get messy fast. While fake-dating a rich local, she’s secretly in love with her best friend’s brother. When her scheming mother shows up, Phoebe must return to her old tricks to protect her new life, her love, and herself.✨
💭My thoughts:
This is the second book in the Webs We Weave series, and I was super excited to jump into it right after finishing the first, especially because of that cliffhanger! I was happy to see many of my questions answered in this one, along with a lot more insight into the rest of the siblings. I’m now fully invested in all the characters and totally rooting for them.
What those parents did… wow. I can’t even describe it. So much drama, so much tension—and the twists! I also really enjoyed seeing Phoebe and Rocky’s relationship start to blossom here.
I’ll stop before I spoil anything, but this story was packed with fun, layered with sad truths, and the ending left me seriously wanting more. I wish book three was out already—but for now, I’ll have to wait to find out what happens next. Can’t wait!
🎧 Aaron Shedlock and Carly Robins did a wonderful job narrating—playful and flirty when needed, but serious and grounded during the emotional and tense moments. I definitely recommend picking up the audio for this one!
4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read if you like:
🪷Clever plots
🪷Found family
🪷Morally gray characters
🪷Small town
🪷Childhood friends to lovers
🪷Fake dating
🪷Forbidden love
🪷Family drama
⚠️CW: Deceit, betrayal, some profanity, grief, bullying, panic attacks, sexual content.
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes