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Here With Me by Brooke Montgomery

3 reviews

sami_leigh's review

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funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

‘How could I ever be her friend when I want to be her everything?’

“Honey, I’d never seen a man look at a woman the way Fisher looks at you. I may be old, but I ain’t blind.” 

“How does he look at me?”

“Like you’re his whole world and he’d rather die than not exist in yours.”

🧲 First person dual POV
🧲 First on a series
🧲 Ex’s dad 
🧲 Age gap
🧲 Horse trainer / farrier 
🧲 Tragic past
🧲 Nicknames 
🧲 Insta-love
🧲 Workplace romance 
🧲 Spicy 🥵 ‘Good girl’
🧲 Small town 
🧲 Someone is sabotaging her training arena 
🧲 Well established secondary characters: Magnolia, Tripp (Book2), Waylon, Wilder, Landon, Gramma.
🧲 MC growth: risking a relationship, overcoming past trauma, mending relationships.
🧲 Epilogue & bonus epilogue 

⚠️ Injury/injury detail (explicit), fire (explicit), death of a child (past), parental abandonment (past), misogyny (not MC), physical/verbal abuse (not MC), toxic friendship, medical content/trauma (explicit).

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FMC’s ex (MMC’s son) gets in a physical altercation with her, then calls her a whore because she says she doesn’t want to date him — they’ve been broken up for two years and are supposedly friends. FMC’s mother invites the ex to family dinner — without FMC’s knowledge — and everyone is made to forgive him when he says “I shouldn’t have acted that way”. It felt uncomfortable that verbal and physical abuse were forgiven with a quick ‘soz’. 

• It’s a trope where that can leave the entire book feeling pointless
if, when the ex finds out, they don’t even care. All the heartache in this book was pointless. And they were worried about the ex after he showed very clearly that he doesn’t care for either MC’s feelings. Weird. 
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paperbacksandsnacks's review

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funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

This book was fast paced, easy and fun! It’s definitely not the greatest book I’ve ever read. But honestly I think sometimes you need books like that. I also think the books have got the potential to really grow in readability as the series continues. 

Ex boyfriends dad trope is never my fave, but I saw someone recommend this on booksta and I was in need of something fast paced to get me out of a bit of a slump. Tbh, it wasn’t badly done. I like the way it was handled and the way the reactions were written when the secret inevitability came out. The spice was great, I’m truly discovering a love for cowboys in the bedroom. 

If you like: praise, older men, protective alpha male, nicknames. This might just be for you! 

I also enjoyed the element of mystery woven throughout this as you’re trying to piece together who is sabotaging the family ranch and how they’re going to receive justice. Just added something else to the story. I think it’s nice to start a series and get introduced to so many characters that you know you’ll get to read about as it goes on! I love when you can anticipate everyone’s happy ever after. 

Gramma Grace was a delight, as was Magnolia. I am excited to read her story with Tripp because I hear rumours of a breeding kink 😏 

Overall comments are: the book was very fast paced and honestly a bit Insta lovey, but not terribly done. Just not my favourites. Fisher did have some depth to his character but I would have liked to see that explored more potentially and also learn more about Noah. Also I wanted to read more about the ranch, maybe scene setting needed to be developed? The book was an easy read, although heed content warnings. 
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cmab's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad 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

4.5

Surprised by this one! Some tropes I don’t normally gravitate towards and some twists and turns in the plot. The family tensions felt realistic and this book set up a good wider cast of characters.
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