3.92 AVERAGE

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5.0
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! 

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

for the life of me, i cannot bring myself to pick up listening to this. i know i dont have much left, but i just cant. this isnt as fun as the first book was for me, and i just... dont want to continue.
emotional lighthearted 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

This series is just so much FUN. I love following these characters and unraveling the mystery. K&B did such a great job building the story with the first two books and I cannot wait to see how it all concludes next year! 

To be honest, it’s the ensemble that makes this series for me. Hailey is my FAVORITE. I love her and I am sincerely heartbroken that we won’t have a book in her POV (+ Oliver and Jake, let’s make this love triangle a triad!!!!) Also TREVOR. I’m sorry, I’m obsessed. Another character who needs his own book! I am fascinated by the little psychopath and the twist at the end had me GAGGED. Jake was probably the revelation of the book for me. His friendship with Rocky, his relationship with Hailey, and his integration into the group was so much fun. I need him to end up with both Hailey and Oliver. Jake is my BI KING.  Also can we give Nova a love interest too? He needs more than his car and his boat and his bag of guns!

called that
pregnancy
a mile away bro they were not slick i fear i even knew who it would be