3.88 AVERAGE


I absolutely love Serenity and Archer! Their relationship is everything I want!

Catherine Maura, you have truly outdone yourself with this one. This is my favorite book of yours!
emotional
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I couldn't put this book down, but it wasn't in necessarily a good way.

I loved the pain and angst and heartache that was in this book. I picked up this book wanting those vibes and it did deliver in that aspect.

I think this is a case of too much happening in one story. It's brother's best friend, friends with benefits, boss/employee, billionaire romance, getting over exes, plus his ex girlfriend was kidnapped, plus the FMC has a secret identity? There were too many tropes thrown into this making each of the tropes not hit as hard as they should of. Editing ideas down could have made this book 5 stars, but it was just too much. It made the book so fast paced and forced moments that should have been emotional to be glossed over. 

I do recommend this book for anyone who likes angst and other woman/other man drama. This book was primarily jealousy and other woman/other man drama and I ate that up. I just really wish the author would have dialed a few things back to really pack a punch with this story. I'll probably still end up rereading it when I want that angst

The perfect book to end the year on
reflective tense medium-paced
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hadassahinnocent's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 33%

This just isn't an interesting book and there's zero chemistry between the characters honestly. 

debbieharris's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 62%

It was too repetitive. It wasn’t moving forward. Boring 
emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It scratched my  itch for wanting a brother’s best friend, billionaire, emotionally stunted boyfriend. The plot behind the romance really didn’t make a whole lot of sense, and the age difference is not really explored. But it was fun
emotional 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
challenging lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated