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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-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
relaxing
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I’m just going to say one thing. I don’t like stories where women have crushes on guys who don’t even glance their way so I had hoped maybe just maybe this story would be different. It was not. I liked seeing Jackson trying his hardest to pursue Willa even after hearing that she had waited to give him his first (another thing that irks me) he even jokes about calling her Willow or how instead of ignoring the girl and then making up at the end of the book he apologizes quickly for screaming at Willa after the little scene with his mother but there’s still things that irked me from the book that made me not enjoy it as much as I wanted such as how he ignores her after she asked him if he loved her which goes against what I just said. He is supposed to be the older one (which I thought they were the same age) but he’s just pushing her away instead which I understand somewhat cause of his past however all throughout the relationship he is thinking about leaving Willa because he doesn’t think he is good enough and to me that’s not cute that’s a shitty thing to do to someone especially after hearing how they saved their first times for them. And talking about that, it also didn’t feel like they were having a romantic relationship; it felt like a relationship based on sex after Thea's harasser came to light. It also felt like Willa had to be the caretaker for Jackson like a mother who he can fuck as well because there was no romance afterwards.
Oh, but Willa isn’t innocent in this either. She was also extremely annoying for example I didn’t like reading how much Willa says “I hate Jackson’s mother” or the lines of that and then saying how she doesn’t use the word hate because her parents told her hate is a strong word like I hate reading that to me Willa is like a little chihuahua all bark and no bite basically. Or how every time she kissed or had sex with Jackson she would say “wowza” as if she were Sheldon fucking Cooper from The Big Bang Theory. Or the fact that she called the other girls Jackson slept with as “bimbos and floozies.” Also, the fact that she got butt hurt when Jackson didn’t immediately say I love you to her when he has trust issues. And the most annoying thing was when she thought Jackson was the one all because he fucking bought her favorite candy bar. What candy bar was it? A fucking Snickers. A candy bar that’s fucking popular like I eat that too does that mean I am her soulmate?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy
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
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
medium-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
hopeful
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
The way these two got together truly aggravated me but in the best way. This story is so good. I love Lark Cove and was so excited to work through Jackson's past. This story has some shocking parts and also solves a small mystery at the end. This was so well written and I truly cannot get enough of this small town. This series has been my first reads by this author but I see the error of my ways and I'll be working my way through the backlist now! Cannot recommend this enough for a quick, gripping romance read.