Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Cute book. Plan to read more in the series.
✨ It felt cloudy when you left, and I needed to see the sun.”✨
Forbidden Hearts is the first book in the Whitlock Family series and is set in Sugarloaf, PA (where we met the Arrowood Brothers). Asher is the SWAT lead and Phoebe is back home from grad school for ~reasons~. This is a single dad, nanny, age gap romance. Asher is a grump and Phoebe is the sweetest, but the only thing these two seem to have in common is a love for Olivia haha! I loved the tension, I loved all the scenes with Olivia, I loved the ASL rep, I loved returning to Sugarloaf, and I love the Whitlock family. I don’t want to spoil anything so I will just say that this is Corinne’s spiciest and most lighthearted book! I only cried once and that’s probably because I cry at everything. The audio is also excellent - highly recommend!
emotional
inspiring
sad
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
“It felt cloudy when you left and I needed to see the sun.”
WHEW!
Corinne did it again!! She swept me right off my feet.
1– I’ll think of a certain scene every time I look at a heard-board.
2– If he isn’t willing to drive 12 hours to defend my honor, I don’t want it.
I loved everything about being back in Sugarloaf. Asher and Phoebe were incredible together! From the banter to the tension that explodes into a whirlwind romance that I ate up. I adored Olivia and her relationship with Phoebe. I don’t know much about ASL, but I’m fascinated to learn and I appreciated the perspective I got from this book.
Corinne has a way of writing side characters that makes you anxious to get to their story. It’s one of my favorite parts of her books. I’ll be excited to see this series develop further.
I absolutely loved the narration for this audiobook. Zachary Webbers voice?? Every time.
Thank you so much to Corinne for sending me the ARC to read and review! All thoughts and opinions are my own. Forbidden Hearts comes out June 5th and this is one you don’t want to miss!!
WHEW!
Corinne did it again!! She swept me right off my feet.
1– I’ll think of a certain scene every time I look at a heard-board.
2– If he isn’t willing to drive 12 hours to defend my honor, I don’t want it.
I loved everything about being back in Sugarloaf. Asher and Phoebe were incredible together! From the banter to the tension that explodes into a whirlwind romance that I ate up. I adored Olivia and her relationship with Phoebe. I don’t know much about ASL, but I’m fascinated to learn and I appreciated the perspective I got from this book.
Corinne has a way of writing side characters that makes you anxious to get to their story. It’s one of my favorite parts of her books. I’ll be excited to see this series develop further.
I absolutely loved the narration for this audiobook. Zachary Webbers voice?? Every time.
Thank you so much to Corinne for sending me the ARC to read and review! All thoughts and opinions are my own. Forbidden Hearts comes out June 5th and this is one you don’t want to miss!!
I am a victim of another IG book person who raved about a book… me: this is going to be amazing. Me 50% in: where is the amazing?! Me after plot twist: no. Just fucking no.
I have decided this author is not for me.
I have decided this author is not for me.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
tense
medium-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
ARC REVIEW
It feels so good to be back in Sugarloaf. Corrine does small town romance so brilliantly. She never fails to shine light to the men and women who serve daily and other careers set to help those in need, which I truly love about her books! This story was refreshing, sexy, funny and sweet. I don’t think Corrine has ever done a story similar to this and it was so fun to read her take on certain tropes and watch how seamlessly the story unraveled. Asher, Phoebe and Olivia were the sweetest trio. Add in a well done ASL rep and wow, my heart! Reading the interactions between Phoebe and Olivia were heartwarming and you could watch their friendship blossom through the pages. Lastly, the plot twist in this, I was not prepared but I loved how it was done!!! Asher’s love not only for his daughter but for Phoebe was top freakin tier
It feels so good to be back in Sugarloaf. Corrine does small town romance so brilliantly. She never fails to shine light to the men and women who serve daily and other careers set to help those in need, which I truly love about her books! This story was refreshing, sexy, funny and sweet. I don’t think Corrine has ever done a story similar to this and it was so fun to read her take on certain tropes and watch how seamlessly the story unraveled. Asher, Phoebe and Olivia were the sweetest trio. Add in a well done ASL rep and wow, my heart! Reading the interactions between Phoebe and Olivia were heartwarming and you could watch their friendship blossom through the pages. Lastly, the plot twist in this, I was not prepared but I loved how it was done!!! Asher’s love not only for his daughter but for Phoebe was top freakin tier
Maybe I’m just bitchy and in a bad mood…. But I did not like this. I rolled my eyes on every page. I’m not super into insta lust. And lust seemed to be the only thing Asher and phoebe had. Did not feel an emotional connection. This book was chaotic. Asher did not appeal to me. And the way the author describes cunnilingus made me feel weird and was not sexy at all. The images I got in my head.. woof. In fact, most of the dialogue was weird. It kinda felt like reading a romance book written by AI lol.
And I love a pregnancy trope. But this one was a hard pass for me. Also that’s a lot of big life decisions to make in one month!!!!!!!!!!! And the fact that the bad guy got away with it???? Mmmk. Nothing about this story is believable so the author could at least gotten justice for the girls this dude abused.
And I love a pregnancy trope. But this one was a hard pass for me. Also that’s a lot of big life decisions to make in one month!!!!!!!!!!! And the fact that the bad guy got away with it???? Mmmk. Nothing about this story is believable so the author could at least gotten justice for the girls this dude abused.