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4.5 STARS
From the prologue you know a *CW* that is not one everyone will read. I happen to love messy, morally questionable situations and characters so, I was all in. I love the characters and story so much.
This is such an emotional story that grabbed ahold of me, drew me in and then, it threw a big shocker in that really changes things.
My emotions were all over the place. I was a mess.
The first quarter of the book is incredibly s£xy. Will and Pierce are having a week long fling they and also get to know each other pretty well. They have a connection that neither wants to think too much about.
They have an end date for their time and it has to be that way. It’s so steamy, their chemistry is volcanic.
The next part is letters to each other, I was giddy! I love epistolary stories! And, it was beautiful, heartfelt and heart wrenching. I soaked it up and loved it.
The third part of the book is highly emotional, very messy and angsty. My FAVORITE!
I know not everyone is up for this kind of story, I happen to crave this type of book and was thrilled that it was written by 2 of my favorite MM authors! Big Bonus!
My heart, their hearts… it’s tragic, it’s beautiful and it’s poetic.
It’s sexy, hot and naughty. It’s sweet and spicy.
I LOVE it and I recommend it to the daring readers. It’s so freaking good!!
I love the characters and I felt their emotional turmoil and I love their connection so very much! It’s a new favorite! In love!!

kagarlock's review

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emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

ilsita's review

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emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

95whit's review

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5.0

CE Ricci does not write a bad book. And now I have to go read Marley’s entire backlog.

While this book was amazing, it needed more. I wanted more, I need it to be longer, there wasn’t enough. A few things got skimmed over, I’m assuming to keep it shorter, but I wanted it. However, baby is still a 5 ⭐️ read.

taz012's review

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emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

eswartz1's review

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4.5

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🌟 BOOK REVIEW 🌟

Want You Still by CE Ricci & Marley Valentine

🎶 With Me - Sum 41

Well, this book was a doozy and a half. Once again, I went in blind only knowing the tropes, and from the prologue we get a huge hint at what was to come. We knew there was someone else but the who is the shocker here.

Will (aka Auden) and Pierce meet in a bar where a one night stand turns into a week long fling. Their connection is immediate and explosive. When neither are ready to say goodbye when Will heads out for deployment, they begin writing eachother. Pierce was one of Wills drives to come home from his deployment. Contact slowly faded, and Pierce moved on while Will held hope. That is until they are back in the same city and the disaster of a wedding absolutely broke my heart. This was just shy of a Dear John situation. Yet when we see another letter at the end, we see just how close it was to reality.

I will say this. I really struggled to like Pierce for a while. I liked him in the beginning when they had their whirlwind fling. But after, with how many times he kept shattering Will’s heart, it was hard. That being said, major cheating trigger warning for this one. Yet despite the cheating, I still overall enjoyed this read. Just be ready going in first 30% pure smut, followed by intermittent heartbreak and tears with some smut speckled in. It seems even after being married to someone else, Will and Pierce can’t keep their hands off one another. There really was not other choice for them to ultimately end up together even if it was a bumpy road there.

One of the tropes in this book is forbidden romance. I’m not going to tell you HOW since that will give away a major plot line. So that being said, you’re just gong to have to read for yourself and be ready to have your heart ripped out!

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 💫/5

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