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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
My first foray into Corinne Michaels' world, and it left me utterly captivated! Prepare to meet Phoebe, our fiercely independent heroine, who returns home early from grad school after a rather awkward entanglement with a professor... and his wife.
Oh dear lord this book is incredible!!! Asher is
Another emotional romance for the win
Whenever I start a book by this author, I know I’m going on an emotional journey. She always gives us some pretty intense and emotional (and steamy) stories. Definitely NOT your fluff romance. There’s usually some pretty big topics or stories involved - this time is no exception. Phoebe has something that happened that was crushing and humiliating, which causes her to leave grad school before the end of the term and return home to try to recover and regroup. We learn the details as the story progresses. Asher is the sort of grumpy (but not really- mostly he’s grumpy and pretty jerkish to her in the beginning) single dad who hires her under duress to be his nanny for the summer. I love that his relationship as a coparent with his previous hookup is written so well. It’s rare to see a healthy coparenting relationship displayed, and I loved that while they weren’t perfect and were definitely different personalities at times, they worked so hard to make sure their daughter was put first. I love their daughter, who was born deaf, and how much she was a part of the story. The relationship between Phoebe and Olivia is beautiful. There’s a 14 year age gap between Phoebe and Asher, and while she doesn’t really see it as an issue, he does. Phoebe is an amazing, intelligent, strong character, but we also get to feel her insecurities and how she struggles to find her place.
I will say that I’m a spoiler seeker. I love them. I read reviews for them, and I love to know what to expect as I get into a story. One review had me pre-disappointed as I was reading this, thinking I knew how it was going play out at the end. Surprisingly, I’m not going to give away the details. But I will say that I was pleasantly surprised to find that that review was misleading, and I had no reason to be pre-disappointed. The “conflict” (for lack of better term… maybe more like drama than conflict) was not what I was expecting, and it was beautifully written. Honestly, I could not imagine it having been done better. Contrary to what another review said, I do not believe that it forced anyone’s hand or made any decisions for them. I think it just enhanced the decisions that were already made. I definitely felt that their HEA felt believable and organic, not forced or contrived. I loved all the little crossover characters as well. It’s always a treat to get little sneaks from other series ❤️
Whenever I start a book by this author, I know I’m going on an emotional journey. She always gives us some pretty intense and emotional (and steamy) stories. Definitely NOT your fluff romance. There’s usually some pretty big topics or stories involved - this time is no exception. Phoebe has something that happened that was crushing and humiliating, which causes her to leave grad school before the end of the term and return home to try to recover and regroup. We learn the details as the story progresses. Asher is the sort of grumpy (but not really- mostly he’s grumpy and pretty jerkish to her in the beginning) single dad who hires her under duress to be his nanny for the summer. I love that his relationship as a coparent with his previous hookup is written so well. It’s rare to see a healthy coparenting relationship displayed, and I loved that while they weren’t perfect and were definitely different personalities at times, they worked so hard to make sure their daughter was put first. I love their daughter, who was born deaf, and how much she was a part of the story. The relationship between Phoebe and Olivia is beautiful. There’s a 14 year age gap between Phoebe and Asher, and while she doesn’t really see it as an issue, he does. Phoebe is an amazing, intelligent, strong character, but we also get to feel her insecurities and how she struggles to find her place.
I will say that I’m a spoiler seeker. I love them. I read reviews for them, and I love to know what to expect as I get into a story. One review had me pre-disappointed as I was reading this, thinking I knew how it was going play out at the end. Surprisingly, I’m not going to give away the details. But I will say that I was pleasantly surprised to find that that review was misleading, and I had no reason to be pre-disappointed. The “conflict” (for lack of better term… maybe more like drama than conflict) was not what I was expecting, and it was beautifully written. Honestly, I could not imagine it having been done better. Contrary to what another review said, I do not believe that it forced anyone’s hand or made any decisions for them. I think it just enhanced the decisions that were already made. I definitely felt that their HEA felt believable and organic, not forced or contrived. I loved all the little crossover characters as well. It’s always a treat to get little sneaks from other series ❤️
All of the best tropes:
✅ grumpy sunshine
✅ single dad (bonus points for being a girl dad) (even more bonus points for the Deaf inclusion in Olivia’s character)
✅ small town
✅ age gap
This was just such a cute, fun, wholesome read
✅ grumpy sunshine
✅ single dad (bonus points for being a girl dad) (even more bonus points for the Deaf inclusion in Olivia’s character)
✅ small town
✅ age gap
This was just such a cute, fun, wholesome read
this was really cute until the random pregnancy that was thrown in. combine that with the fact it was her ex’s? bleh.
3,5
J'ai kiffé la fin avec Jonathan et le bébé, tout le monde sait que le surprise pregnancy trope est un de mes trop préf et avec le twist de fin j'ai adoré.
Sinon le livre était ok, probablement pas très mémorable mais tout était bien exécuté au niveau représentation de la deaf community, des problèmes que l'héroïne a eu avec son université, de la relation de co-parenting...
Yavait des moments un peu cringe (majoritairement des scènes de sexe ou de déclarations d'amour) mais je pense que c'est le fait de l'entre à voix haut avec l'audio qui est légèrement perturbant.
L'aspect forbidden était pas tellement là genre ils disaient que c'était forbidden mais c'était pas vraiment le cas finalement. Et je trouve que la tension amoureuse/sexuelle/romantique (appelez la comme vous voulez) était pas ouf, comme un soufflé raté (ya tout les ingrédients pour que ça réussisse mais ya un truc dans l'exécutions qui fonctionne pas vraiment)
J'ai kiffé la fin avec Jonathan et le bébé, tout le monde sait que le surprise pregnancy trope est un de mes trop préf et avec le twist de fin j'ai adoré.
Sinon le livre était ok, probablement pas très mémorable mais tout était bien exécuté au niveau représentation de la deaf community, des problèmes que l'héroïne a eu avec son université, de la relation de co-parenting...
Yavait des moments un peu cringe (majoritairement des scènes de sexe ou de déclarations d'amour) mais je pense que c'est le fait de l'entre à voix haut avec l'audio qui est légèrement perturbant.
L'aspect forbidden était pas tellement là genre ils disaient que c'était forbidden mais c'était pas vraiment le cas finalement. Et je trouve que la tension amoureuse/sexuelle/romantique (appelez la comme vous voulez) était pas ouf, comme un soufflé raté (ya tout les ingrédients pour que ça réussisse mais ya un truc dans l'exécutions qui fonctionne pas vraiment)