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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Petra and Aleksandr were such complex characters, both dealing with their own issues and trying to reconnect after so many years apart. They were childhood friends, until Alex cut Petra off and never spoke to her again, for reasons she didn’t know. Now, Alex needs Petra’s help to adopt his orphaned niece, and since they were married (unbeknownst to them) due to a plot by their fathers when they were teenagers, she is thrust into helping him. She grows attached to Stella, his niece, and struggles with that since she never waned to have kids. Watching the relationship between the three of them grow was heartwarming. Alex and Petra finally give into their feelings, but Petra struggles to change the way she always saw her future. The writing in this book was great and I am looking forward to reading the authors other books.
This was my favourite book of the Frozen Hearts series so far. It was filled with so many tropes that I love. It had childhood friends, second chance romance with a marriage of convenience vibe. Despite all the tropes, the book never felt overdone. It somehow was perfectly balanced between the tropes, the spice and the plot.
All the characters were so great. Stella stole my heart and ran away and I doubt I will ever get it back from her. I am praying for a future book with her happily ever after. I will happily read a NYU romance! Sasha/Alex/ Aleksander whatever you want to call him had his flaws but he was so in love with Stella and Petra you can't help but love him. He is a 10/10 book boyfriend. However, that man needed to grovel and I'm upset he got off the hook so easily for not telling her the truth about anything for sooooooo long (even if his why was understandable). The real star of the show was Petra. She is everything that I hope all female characters are when I pick up a book. She is such a strong, empowering, inspirational character who pushed feminism in all the correct ways.
I'm very much looking forward to reading the novella and next book!
All the characters were so great. Stella stole my heart and ran away and I doubt I will ever get it back from her. I am praying for a future book with her happily ever after. I will happily read a NYU romance! Sasha/Alex/ Aleksander whatever you want to call him had his flaws but he was so in love with Stella and Petra you can't help but love him. He is a 10/10 book boyfriend. However, that man needed to grovel and I'm upset he got off the hook so easily for not telling her the truth about anything for sooooooo long (even if his why was understandable). The real star of the show was Petra. She is everything that I hope all female characters are when I pick up a book. She is such a strong, empowering, inspirational character who pushed feminism in all the correct ways.
I'm very much looking forward to reading the novella and next book!
This was book 3 of 4 in the series by Julia Connors and completely unsurprising, I loved it!
Sasha is top-tier book boyfriend material (seriously, JC knows how to write an MMC) with his alpha-ness, single Dad energy, super protective, hunky and delicious
I was looking forward to Petra's book, finally getting to understand what makes her tick and what led her to become this stoic, closed-off to love, fiercely loyal FMC
Stella is a right treat too!
If you like sports romances that actually talk about and include sports as a story line (not just a plot location), like a good dose of spice, found family, angst, are partial to hot and spunky MMC's, powerful FMC's and want to support a new indie author - then give One Last Shot a read - after reading books 1 and 2 of course! You won't be disappointed #beauforever
Sasha is top-tier book boyfriend material (seriously, JC knows how to write an MMC) with his alpha-ness, single Dad energy, super protective, hunky and delicious
I was looking forward to Petra's book, finally getting to understand what makes her tick and what led her to become this stoic, closed-off to love, fiercely loyal FMC
Stella is a right treat too!
If you like sports romances that actually talk about and include sports as a story line (not just a plot location), like a good dose of spice, found family, angst, are partial to hot and spunky MMC's, powerful FMC's and want to support a new indie author - then give One Last Shot a read - after reading books 1 and 2 of course! You won't be disappointed #beauforever
So let me get this straight… he lies to her when he leaves her, devastating her emotionally because he thinks it’s for the best. Then, 14 years later, he enters a committed relationship with her and CONTINUES to lie about several things, one of which she has outright asked him about repeatedly and he continued to lie about. Then, months (?) later when he confesses all these lies she storms out in a rage and avoids him. He then goes on to be a dick in all his hockey games and gets a shitload of penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct and blames HER????? Babe you lied for over a decade and she got pissed and YOURE pitching a fit???? Be fucking for real oh my god. And then he has the AUDACITY to say “I’m sorry for lying but I need someone who’s not going to run away when things get hard.” OH THATS RICH BABE. Like everything was going fine until it was framed like Petra was in the wrong instead of Alex, which honestly made literally no sense to me. Ruined the entire book for me tbh
Honestly this is just way too long. From about page 140-350 NOTHING new happens. I skipped about 50 pages between 300 and 350 and didn’t miss a thing. I thought the relationship in the first book of this series was a little rushed so I figured the author must’ve learned better pacing with this one considering it’s 100 pages longer but apparently not???? Everything was just as rushed at the end, it’s just that there was about 200 pages of nothing before that that about drove me out of my mind
Honestly this is just way too long. From about page 140-350 NOTHING new happens. I skipped about 50 pages between 300 and 350 and didn’t miss a thing. I thought the relationship in the first book of this series was a little rushed so I figured the author must’ve learned better pacing with this one considering it’s 100 pages longer but apparently not???? Everything was just as rushed at the end, it’s just that there was about 200 pages of nothing before that that about drove me out of my mind
dnf - i absolutely could not stand Alex. tried to push through to see if he got better but when Petra had to repeatedly explain that it’s okay for women and young girls to set boundaries with men, I gave up. Not sure if Alex ever got better or educated himself and I dont care to know.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
I hate miscommunication (is it even miscommunication if the characters just withhold important information from each other for no good reason) but I love a cute kid and characters who step into parental roles.
emotional
mysterious
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
Very cute second chance romance. Though quite confusing in parts, there was a lot of plot info that just wasn't explained. Felt a bit like coming into a story halfway through