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3.66 AVERAGE
Overall rating: 4.5 stars
(The only reason I took the half off was because I needed an epilogue! I wanna see what happens in a year or even a couple of months.. come on guys :( )
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Plot: 9/10
Ending: 1/10 (I was so happy about how it turned out but the epilogue issue...)
Writing: 10/10
Hero: Nathan- 10/10
Finn- 9/10
Heroine: 9/10
Humour: 6/10
Steaminess: 8/10
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I feel like this needs to be said. I hate love triangles and I'm not a fan of cheating, but I loved this book. I felt for all of the characters in the situation they're in. They were all so real, with viable issues and feelings and I felt this was one of the most realistic, relateable books I've read. I could see real people being in these situations.
(The only reason I took the half off was because I needed an epilogue! I wanna see what happens in a year or even a couple of months.. come on guys :( )
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Plot: 9/10
Ending: 1/10 (I was so happy about how it turned out but the epilogue issue...)
Writing: 10/10
Hero: Nathan- 10/10
Finn- 9/10
Heroine: 9/10
Humour: 6/10
Steaminess: 8/10
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love triangle, problems getting pregnant, cheating, both have families,I feel like this needs to be said. I hate love triangles and I'm not a fan of cheating, but I loved this book. I felt for all of the characters in the situation they're in. They were all so real, with viable issues and feelings and I felt this was one of the most realistic, relateable books I've read. I could see real people being in these situations.
Best I’ve read in a while!
This one made me feel all kinds of things! It will make you feel frustrated as you wonder why Nathan has become so distant from Sadie (especially when you get glimpses into their seemingly perfect relationship over the years, you will feel shame for wanting her to have more steaming hot moments with Finn, and you will feel so anxious to know how it all ends! I read this one within a day’s time because I couldn’t force myself to put it down. This is one of the best books I’ve read on my Kindle in a while!
This one made me feel all kinds of things! It will make you feel frustrated as you wonder why Nathan has become so distant from Sadie (especially when you get glimpses into their seemingly perfect relationship over the years, you will feel shame for wanting her to have more steaming hot moments with Finn, and you will feel so anxious to know how it all ends! I read this one within a day’s time because I couldn’t force myself to put it down. This is one of the best books I’ve read on my Kindle in a while!
I absolutely LOVED this story, LOVED.
I only found Jessica Hawkins just last week, and burned through her "Explicitly Yours" trilogy, thinking that was a wild ride... well, this book is just as much of a wild ride!!!!
I really needed to find out how this was going to end and what the hell Sadie did to Nathan to warrant his treating her like such shit throughout the book, so I came to GR to read a few spoilers... and I found a lot of these ratings are bad... because people don't like reading cheating stories.
I guess I DO like reading cheating stories because I could not stop listening to this book at all! I feel like Sadie made the right decision in the end, and it all felt totally real.
I can't wait to dig deeper into more of JH's books!
5/5!!!!
I only found Jessica Hawkins just last week, and burned through her "Explicitly Yours" trilogy, thinking that was a wild ride... well, this book is just as much of a wild ride!!!!
I really needed to find out how this was going to end and what the hell Sadie did to Nathan to warrant his treating her like such shit throughout the book, so I came to GR to read a few spoilers... and I found a lot of these ratings are bad... because people don't like reading cheating stories.
I guess I DO like reading cheating stories because I could not stop listening to this book at all! I feel like Sadie made the right decision in the end, and it all felt totally real.
I can't wait to dig deeper into more of JH's books!
5/5!!!!
Honestly i just remember being irritated with the FMC and bored for most of this books
From the moment I saw the blurb on this book, I was dying to read it. My favorite type of book, the forbidden romance. There are not enough books out there that deal with marriages and the difficulties within marriages. Most romance stories have the 2 main characters meeting, they like each other, some drama ensues and you most likely get a happy ending. Life doesn't work that way. It's hard work to stay in a relationship and when one person checks out, like Nathan in this story, that can cause a lot of problems.
So Sadie has been trying to find out why her husband has been avoiding/ignoring her only he won't tell her! Along comes a new next door neighbor who is willing to step into that spot. I was fascinated to watch this relationship bloom into something that both of them knew that it shouldn't become. It was so suspenseful waiting to see what Nathan's problem would be.
I loved everything about this story: The chemistry. The mystery. Watching temptation and succumbing to that. Forgiveness. Understanding.
So Sadie has been trying to find out why her husband has been avoiding/ignoring her only he won't tell her! Along comes a new next door neighbor who is willing to step into that spot. I was fascinated to watch this relationship bloom into something that both of them knew that it shouldn't become. It was so suspenseful waiting to see what Nathan's problem would be.
I loved everything about this story: The chemistry. The mystery. Watching temptation and succumbing to that. Forgiveness. Understanding.
4.5 ⭐️
I am obsessed with this book. I loved every single minute it and I love books where I have no idea what is going to happen and who she would choose. But I am happy with the outcome. I really enjoy the love triangle even though it is heartbreaking sometimes. If you haven’t read this book I highly suggest it!
I am obsessed with this book. I loved every single minute it and I love books where I have no idea what is going to happen and who she would choose. But I am happy with the outcome. I really enjoy the love triangle even though it is heartbreaking sometimes. If you haven’t read this book I highly suggest it!
This was a tough book for me to get through, and I can’t fault the quality of the writing because it’s excellent. Perhaps I should have paid closer attention to the blurb because it makes no secret of the fact that the main character, Sadie, enters into a love affair with her neighbor, Finn. In my mind though, there’s “justifiable” cheating in a fictional world where I’m rooting for the two cheaters to get together because the partner/spouse is so annoying, abusive, and obviously just plain wrong for the lead character. Things aren’t so cut and dry in Slip of the Tongue and the prolonged affair made me very uncomfortable.
I might have enjoyed the story more if the characters were remotely appealing. Finn is in love with his wife and he basically has a good marriage, so his willingness to cheat feels more like a midlife crisis than destiny fulfilled. Sadie’s husband, Nathan, is brooding, rude, and intentionally uncommunicative through the majority of the book. His reactions toward the end are not only abrupt, but unbelievable as well.
Sadie is definitely my least favorite character. The reader is supposed to feel bad for her. I mean, she’s a good wife and her husband up and checks out of their marriage seemingly overnight. However, she’s spoiled, hypocritical, and selfish, and somehow she manages to justify all her actions. She prides herself on never feeling guilty about her choices (Is she inhuman?), and her lack of remorse made her very unsympathetic to me. Honestly, I was so sick of the lot of them that I skimmed through much of the middle portion.
Where this book does succeed is in shining a spotlight on the intricacies of marriage. You know the expression there are two sides to every story? It couldn’t be more true than in this case. I found myself taking one character’s side only to gain a little more information and then take the other person’s side. I went back and forth so many times I got whiplash. The story emphasizes how lack of communication can snowball into the death of a relationship. The book also raises some thought provoking questions. Do people really change after marriage? Is the intention behind the way in which we show love outweighed by the quantity of loving acts? When do you fight for your marriage and when do you give up?
This book in no way glamorizes adultery and if it’s a sensitive subject for you, I’d pass. Cheating aside, my inability to connect with the characters made this a less than stellar read for me.
**ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.**
I might have enjoyed the story more if the characters were remotely appealing. Finn is in love with his wife and he basically has a good marriage, so his willingness to cheat feels more like a midlife crisis than destiny fulfilled. Sadie’s husband, Nathan, is brooding, rude, and intentionally uncommunicative through the majority of the book. His reactions toward the end are not only abrupt, but unbelievable as well.
Sadie is definitely my least favorite character. The reader is supposed to feel bad for her. I mean, she’s a good wife and her husband up and checks out of their marriage seemingly overnight. However, she’s spoiled, hypocritical, and selfish, and somehow she manages to justify all her actions. She prides herself on never feeling guilty about her choices (Is she inhuman?), and her lack of remorse made her very unsympathetic to me.
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When her husband finally finds out about the affair, she doesn’t even apologize to him. Instead, she apologizes for keeping a secret that is small compared to adultery.Where this book does succeed is in shining a spotlight on the intricacies of marriage. You know the expression there are two sides to every story? It couldn’t be more true than in this case. I found myself taking one character’s side only to gain a little more information and then take the other person’s side. I went back and forth so many times I got whiplash. The story emphasizes how lack of communication can snowball into the death of a relationship. The book also raises some thought provoking questions. Do people really change after marriage? Is the intention behind the way in which we show love outweighed by the quantity of loving acts? When do you fight for your marriage and when do you give up?
This book in no way glamorizes adultery and if it’s a sensitive subject for you, I’d pass. Cheating aside, my inability to connect with the characters made this a less than stellar read for me.
**ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.**
To everybody, including Sadie, she and Nathan have the "perfect marriage", until they don't. Sadie finds herself wondering what has happened to their relationship as she struggles to get her husband to break the silence that is now engulfing their supposedly perfect lives. During the time when her loneliness and feelings of inadequacy hit an all time high, a new neighbor moves right across the hall and the attraction is immediate.
This book is one I came to read with a lot of reservations knowing that dealt with adultery, but it didn't disappoint. The story is well told, gripping and all these characters have powerful motives to act the way they do. This is a book that clearly portraits what the lack of communication and fear can do to what could have been a great relationship. The angst is real and IMO, they all had grounds to justify their mistakes, because that's real life. We all make bad decisions we have to live with during, but there's love, understanding and forgiveness if we are prepared to work through them. Now, I'd love to see a story to bring Finn to find his own HEA. :)
This book is one I came to read with a lot of reservations knowing that dealt with adultery, but it didn't disappoint. The story is well told, gripping and all these characters have powerful motives to act the way they do. This is a book that clearly portraits what the lack of communication and fear can do to what could have been a great relationship. The angst is real and IMO, they all had grounds to justify their mistakes, because that's real life. We all make bad decisions we have to live with during, but there's love, understanding and forgiveness if we are prepared to work through them. Now, I'd love to see a story to bring Finn to find his own HEA. :)