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A fun romance, but I didn’t completely buy Erin and Cassie’s relationship, and Cassie was very frustrating. It felt more drawn-out than it needed to be, especially the secret romance part, but I guess that is the book’s main appeal. Pretty steamy if you’re into that.

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ollie_again's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

2.75

This was one of my most anticipated reads of this year and I'm disappointed... the biggest issue I had with this book was the pacing -- first there is no tension, no build up (even after the first encounter), then the story jumps sometimes weeks, sometimes months ahead, I was half time confused how much time has passed or not, and also who is even talking. The two women kind of blended together, because the secondary characters (aka their best friends) were little two dimensional. The friends were all kinds of assholish, Parker taking the a-hole crown right away. There is a lot of sex, which is fine, but if you combine it with a rushed conclusion which was unrealistic at best, I just can't help myself but feel disappointed.

I really wanted some tension, pining for each other because of the 'taboo' aspect of the story, but they ignored the problem and just sneaked around. They gave in pretty much right away and that is not something I wanted to read about nor it was really interesting. I was bored for most of the book because of how horny it was... they have sex, we get it. And for it to have "rom-com" in the blurb, this was not funny... like at all. Instead, you get messy friendship drama, or a side of creepy ex-husband because why not.

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melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

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emotional funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Thank you to MacMillan and Netgalley for an arc of this book!

When Cassie discovers her one night stand at college is actually one of her best friend's mom, her life gets a lot complicated. And is Erin really sleeping with her daughter's college friend? At her age?

Look, it's the milf book! Okay...so, I didn't realize this was a milf book when I requested it. I probably wouldn't have picked it up if I had known to be honest because age gap isn't really my thing? I did like this though. It was sweet in some ways and spicy in others. I really liked Cassie and Erin and the relationship they developed. I liked watching Cassie get to know herself better and Erin taking things for herself that she never got before. This was a cute and quick fun read!

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motaki's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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rebecca713's review against another edition

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4.0

I really enjoyed this! Fascinating concept of course and I liked the writing style and the characters. Very spicy, if that's something you care about one way or the other

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bisexualwentworth's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Griffin for the eARC of this book. All opinions are my own.

This book absolutely delivers on so many levels. The college friend group drama. The divorced parent shit. The found family.

Both of the main characters are bi, as is the friend/daughter.

There’s a motorcycle.

There’s sneaking around.

And there is SO MUCH SEX. Seriously. There’s car sex, face sitting, shower sex, sexting, semi-public sex, and more, and all of the scenes are written very well.

The age gap was handled really well. The characters had SO MUCH chemistry. Basically, I highly recommend this book.

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challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-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

4.0

I read this book as an arc in exchange for an honest review and I’m sitting here speechless. I literally don’t know what to say because I enjoyed this so much. It was so cute and it was so… just… normal but I don’t know how to say normal without making it sound boring! But it wasn’t boring! It felt like a true romance, I felt sucked in I enjoyed the story so much and it was so sexy and so spectacular and I really liked the connection between the characters and I really liked their personalities and I really liked how Real world it felt. And despite mommy issues it wasn’t triggering for me and I just am really impressed with this I really enjoyed it. I know I’m blabbering on but yeah what a sweet, sexy, loving, romance.

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