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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
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:
Yes
Loved this book so much!!
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
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
REED & HARLEY
Politician , fake relationship, friends to lovers, steamy , spicy !!! This series just keeps getting better and better … I definitely thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Politician , fake relationship, friends to lovers, steamy , spicy !!! This series just keeps getting better and better … I definitely thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Great read.
This was such a fun story. I loved Harley and Reed's chemistry and banter, they were so fun. My heart broke for Reed when he shared his past but I loved that it turned him into a campaigner.
This was such a fun story. I loved Harley and Reed's chemistry and banter, they were so fun. My heart broke for Reed when he shared his past but I loved that it turned him into a campaigner.
More highly enjoyable 'smut' from Nicoll. I've really enjoyed watching the characters in each book in her 'The Men' series weave in and out of each other's books. I judge myself a little less for enjoying these books because Nicoll has well-developed characters in each one, and an interesting (if somewhat trope-y) plot line. This particular book tackled some very weighty topics that became integral to the story. I had my mind made up that I was NOT going to like womanizer Reed Walker, but of course the book changed my mind when I learned his story. I think Nicoll did a deft job of handling the story of Reed's sexual assault. Triggers abound, but I'm a sensitive reader and I was able to feel Reed's fear and pain without being emotionally overwhelmed. I appreciated that Nicoll flipped the usual script as well, to show that women are not always the victims in these scenarios. It was powerful to see that Reed had healed from his ordeal and was able to use it to affect real change in his world, openly.
Overall, a very enjoyable read, with a romance I could root for.
Overall, a very enjoyable read, with a romance I could root for.
Probably would be solved faster if couples just talked to each other. Still cute!
DNFed at 38%. I just couldn’t get into it. All the quotes that pulled me to the book don’t even happen until after 50% and I was done waiting. Just not for me
it was going really well at the beginning of the story but towards the end i wasn’t a fan. the conflict was annoying and not necessary for the plot really. it was also really long for some reason.
TW: mentions of rape in review
I would have given this book 5 stars. I absolutely loved this book aside from the fact that it had a martyr/misunderstanding trope in it. Harley works for a man whose best friend loves to antagonize her, Reed Walker. They have great banter. Reed is running for mayor in NYC. He needs a fake girlfriend and one thing leads to another and Harley is being paid 4k to be his fake girlfriend. I really liked that the fake aspect is never a huge blow-up. Their relationship grows and grows into the most natural thing. They are literally made for each other. I absolutely adore Bruce, Harley's bonsai plant, and Beryl, a plant she saved. The quirks from the sloth mug used for Harley's period to her pink slippers to her caticorn pajamas. There was something so real in the details about those items that made Harley more endearing as an FMC.
I mentioned the martyr/misunderstanding trope, and here's why: Harley assumes too much. She assumes that Reed loves Bea, his ex, still and that she broke his heart. She didn't. Harley assumes that Reed's sister, Riley, was raped when it was Reed who had been raped. Reed and Harley grow together, putting the pieces of their own trauma in a space that remembers but doesn't hurt as badly. My favorite moments are when they comfort each other through that pain.
A favorite moment of mine is when Harley is trying to break up with Reed and he ends up smashing the wall and Harley jumps and breaks Bruce's pot. The significance of how much he joked around about her talking and caring for her plants to that moment when they were falling apart. Reed knew how much Bruce means to her and it broke him to break something that she loved that he also grew attached to.
There is a lot of sex in this book. Normally, if it is almost every chapter it becomes too repetitive. Even though there was a lot, it didn't feel like a burden. Sex between them helped move the plot along and it also was just for entertainment. Overall, this book was really good and a great start to 2023.
I would have given this book 5 stars. I absolutely loved this book aside from the fact that it had a martyr/misunderstanding trope in it. Harley works for a man whose best friend loves to antagonize her, Reed Walker. They have great banter. Reed is running for mayor in NYC. He needs a fake girlfriend and one thing leads to another and Harley is being paid 4k to be his fake girlfriend. I really liked that the fake aspect is never a huge blow-up. Their relationship grows and grows into the most natural thing. They are literally made for each other. I absolutely adore Bruce, Harley's bonsai plant, and Beryl, a plant she saved. The quirks from the sloth mug used for Harley's period to her pink slippers to her caticorn pajamas. There was something so real in the details about those items that made Harley more endearing as an FMC.
I mentioned the martyr/misunderstanding trope, and here's why: Harley assumes too much. She assumes that Reed loves Bea, his ex, still and that she broke his heart. She didn't. Harley assumes that Reed's sister, Riley, was raped when it was Reed who had been raped. Reed and Harley grow together, putting the pieces of their own trauma in a space that remembers but doesn't hurt as badly. My favorite moments are when they comfort each other through that pain.
A favorite moment of mine is when Harley is trying to break up with Reed and he ends up smashing the wall and Harley jumps and breaks Bruce's pot. The significance of how much he joked around about her talking and caring for her plants to that moment when they were falling apart. Reed knew how much Bruce means to her and it broke him to break something that she loved that he also grew attached to.
There is a lot of sex in this book. Normally, if it is almost every chapter it becomes too repetitive. Even though there was a lot, it didn't feel like a burden. Sex between them helped move the plot along and it also was just for entertainment. Overall, this book was really good and a great start to 2023.