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The Hook-Up by Abigail Barnette

hmbagnall's review against another edition

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5.0

What a fun supplement, to get a bit of Neil's perspective!

remusreads's review against another edition

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5.0

I deliberated over the rating for this for a while for some reason. I don't know what that reason was other than that it felt a little too short; so I bumped it to 5*'s, but the actual rating is 4.5*'s because I do admittedly feel a little disappointed that it wasn't longer! I loved it that much.

This was definitely something unique for me to read; I didn't think I'd ever find something like this; written so well and so purely whilst adding so much to the series (which it truly did; I feel I know Neil on a much deeper level now, which is amazing and makes me look back on the books so far with an ever increasing fondness)! I was pleasantly surprised with every page I turned on this one. It got better and better, and I truly am head over heels with Neil (not that I wasn't before; but even more so now). I truly think that this was necessary to the plot and if you haven't read it, give it a go, even if it doesn't sound like it would be your cup of tea to begin with.

This was an amazing addition, extremely well written, excellently paced - I just wish there was more of it because it's so good!

nigmatillium's review against another edition

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4.0

This was actually a great read. For some reason I was expecting the novella to go straight to the deed, so I was pleasantly surprised to start off with the day in the office for Neil. Thinking about the first three books of the series I was glad to see my perception of Neil was 100% correct, and it was interesting to see where he stands on the ex/current girlfriend axis. Not that it wasn't clear before, but it was interesting to have it explained from his point of view.

Still thinking about the books, it was also weirdly reassuring to see how Neil thinks about Sophie and how he's completely smitten with her. He might be a little too smitten for my taste, but some people work like that and considering everything he went through it's not a surprise.

Forgetting about the series and looking at this from a Neil x Emir angle, it was great! I wanted them to go a bit deeper although I know that wouldn't have been possible, but it's not all lost; there's hint of a repeat or at least a get together and I'm going to keep an eye open for that.

Emir is great, I liked him since Sophie laid eyes on him. He's a great lover, he's dashing and he seems to be having an open and honest relationship with his wife (and I'm so curious on how that works, but I just might have to settle to a little glimpse), there's really nothing I didn't like about him.

Big thumbs up for safe sex all the way. It took a little from the eroticism of the scene, but I appreciate safe sex more.

booshy's review against another edition

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3.0

This was tacked on as a bonus as the end of The Bride. It was really fun to read from Neil's prospective.

storyofmaryam's review against another edition

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4.0

Damn

karend's review against another edition

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4.0

I haven't read the second book in this series yet, but went ahead and read this bonus short that's set after it. Since I was already spoiled for some of the second book's events thanks to a crappy Amazon review of the first one, I figured I'd go ahead and risk the promised mild spoilers for the third book here. This short doesn't try to cover too much ground.