Reviews

Want You Still by CE Ricci, Marley Valentine

callywog's review

4.0

Will (26) and Pierce (29)

MM, cheating, pen pals, second chance, right guy/wrong time. 

Will: Army guy

Pierce: engineer 

There’s not much about the military in this book in case you were worried it might be political. It’s not. But it IS heart wrenching. For like a third of the book you want to scream and cry simultaneously. But if you’re going to read it, go in blind. 

I kind of loved that the epigraph (before the prologue and playlists) is a quote from Mark Sloan from Grey’s Anatomy!

Pierce, you stupid bitch. 

Who the fuck gets married after knowing someone for a few months!? This story would’ve been better if he were just dating (or even engaged to) Emily. They did not need to rush into that marriage. 

As if you couldn’t take a wild guess (or ask 1 goddamn question!) if your fiancée has 

•a dead dad named Will Thompson

•a deployed brother

•the same last name

How could you forget about him and move on so quickly? Honestly Pierce doesn’t deserve Emily or Will!

I can’t decide how I want to rate this. I could NOT put this down but I couldn’t stomach reading Part 3 either. I was so heartbroken and angry. Excellent writing though. 

5 or 6 spicy scenes. 3.5🔥

akaanshaa's review

I knew there is going to be a cheating thing so I was reluctant but this isn't just two people in a bad marriage he wanted an out, this was one of the MC cheating on an innocent woman and the said woman is the sister of the guy he is apparently in love with.

livster6's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

leareadstoomuch's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

rileynicole's review

challenging funny hopeful tense medium-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? No

4.5

kkatemarie's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

bettyswan_reader's review

emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

djm_chal's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

I don't always love the cheating trope, but this was not as messy as I was expecting, and it had a satisfactory resolution. Loved getting cameos form some of these authors' characters from other books! I actually clapped when they each first showed up.

annie_readsalot's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

ga_bby4's review

emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I could not put this book down no matter how much I tried!! I was rooting for the main characters the whole book even through heart breaking situations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity