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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
Well-written with fleshed out characters. I’m all about forbidden romances, and this one scratched the itch. I thought the single POV worked but it left a lot to the imagination.
I very rarely read cheating novels - I read the odd marriage in trouble trope now and then but my heart hurts too much reading cheating between the MC.
But cheating by the MC’s with each other... I can usually tolerate this if there’s a good reason. But is there ever a good reason to cheat on your fiancé with her sister? Hmmm. Well, no. But the author sure does make a good case for it.
After suffering a heartbreak in New York, dancer Alice moves to Chicago to stay with her beloved older sister, Monica. What she doesn’t count for is sharing the space with Monica’s handsome fiancé, Ethan.
This was a long angsty novel. But with this kind of subject matter, it needs to be. There was no evil sister who treated her man like crap or her sister like garbage like you read in so many of these stories. There were just two people who dated, had a pregnancy scare and quickly got engaged. They didn’t love each other but would have eventually if Alice hadn’t arrived and shown Ethan what he was missing - what they were both missing.
Monica was a workaholic so it helped that she was rarely home and when she was she was so busy that if she looked up she could see what everyone else saw - that Ethan was so smitten with Alice and vice verse. I don’t condone what they did. Alice did hold off for as long as she could but she did give into temptation a few times only to shoo him off in guilt after the fact. The aftermath of the betrayal was rough but I liked that sufficient time was given for the sisters to repair the damage and for Alice and Ethan to eventually find their way back to each other - the right way.
I still very much enjoyed this book and believe that Alice and Ethan are soulmates, but don’t condone what they did as most people would but that just reminds us that even our beloved heroes and heroines are only human and flawed like the rest of us.
But cheating by the MC’s with each other... I can usually tolerate this if there’s a good reason. But is there ever a good reason to cheat on your fiancé with her sister? Hmmm. Well, no. But the author sure does make a good case for it.
After suffering a heartbreak in New York, dancer Alice moves to Chicago to stay with her beloved older sister, Monica. What she doesn’t count for is sharing the space with Monica’s handsome fiancé, Ethan.
This was a long angsty novel. But with this kind of subject matter, it needs to be. There was no evil sister who treated her man like crap or her sister like garbage like you read in so many of these stories. There were just two people who dated, had a pregnancy scare and quickly got engaged. They didn’t love each other but would have eventually if Alice hadn’t arrived and shown Ethan what he was missing - what they were both missing.
Monica was a workaholic so it helped that she was rarely home and when she was she was so busy that if she looked up she could see what everyone else saw - that Ethan was so smitten with Alice and vice verse. I don’t condone what they did. Alice did hold off for as long as she could but she did give into temptation a few times only to shoo him off in guilt after the fact. The aftermath of the betrayal was rough but I liked that sufficient time was given for the sisters to repair the damage and for Alice and Ethan to eventually find their way back to each other - the right way.
I still very much enjoyed this book and believe that Alice and Ethan are soulmates, but don’t condone what they did as most people would but that just reminds us that even our beloved heroes and heroines are only human and flawed like the rest of us.
I love this book so much! Alexandria Lee has me completely hooked on this from the first page. They way the thoughts and feelings of Alice are described are incredible, you can feel everything she goes through. I love the fact you can relate to certain situations so much, which just makes the whole thing feel so real.
The whole way through the book my emotions go up and down, making it impossible to put it down. I genuinely could not stop reading and loving every minute. 100% recommend this book if you’re a sucker for a love story but with complications in between, believe me, it pays off!
The whole way through the book my emotions go up and down, making it impossible to put it down. I genuinely could not stop reading and loving every minute. 100% recommend this book if you’re a sucker for a love story but with complications in between, believe me, it pays off!
emotional
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
I really wanted to give this book a 4, but it just dragged and was repetitive in a lot of places. The writing was really great !
This book will easily fall into one of my BEST reads of 2021. I need to be honest when I say this was a painful read. It's hard to write and review and not give spoilers away but I'm gonna try.
Alice and Ethan would be like fated mates if this were a shifter book, but alas it is not, and as humans we do have control over our decisions. There were some very poor decisions made within this book that caused a lot of anguish. I felt all the hurt between all the characters and it was freakin' painful.
What I loved most about this authors writing was that she did not make any characters villains to justify all those poor decisions. These were normal people living normal lives. They had all the expectations, dreams and yes guilt. Guilt for not standing strong, stepping up, being dishonest and hurting people they truly loved. Forgiveness often goes hand in hand with grace. Brilliant writing!
Alice and Ethan would be like fated mates if this were a shifter book, but alas it is not, and as humans we do have control over our decisions. There were some very poor decisions made within this book that caused a lot of anguish. I felt all the hurt between all the characters and it was freakin' painful.
What I loved most about this authors writing was that she did not make any characters villains to justify all those poor decisions. These were normal people living normal lives. They had all the expectations, dreams and yes guilt. Guilt for not standing strong, stepping up, being dishonest and hurting people they truly loved. Forgiveness often goes hand in hand with grace. Brilliant writing!
lighthearted
slow-paced
This book made me cry of happiness, sadness, frustration, anxiety and happiness again! The literal emotional roller coaster of Alice and Ethan’s love story was messy and beautiful, just like it should be. Whether it was forbidden or not.♥️
This was unreal so damn angsty and perfect Ethan black? fuck man I love him so much!!!
The tension and everything in this was perfection
i cannot wait to read more by Alexandria ahh
The tension and everything in this was perfection
i cannot wait to read more by Alexandria ahh
This book is the most wholesome love-triangle I've ever read. I love how the author wrote so profoundly and it felt like I'm reading poetry instead however I didn't quite like her writing style. Wait, does that make sense? It's just that sometimes the metaphors are over the top and too much ramblings for my reading. I hate a lot of inner monologues that interrupt the conversation. But hey, that's just me. Still gonna rate this 4 stars because I've highlighted a lot! The storyline is perfect and I couldn't care less about how long the book is because it just showed complete connection among the characters.
Ethan and Alice. Ethan's a good guy, so much respect for this man but Alice is another story. I can feel her insecurity within her nice but fragile personality but she sometimes looked stupid to me. Her character development fell flat for me. I love how the author didn't do her characters dirty. It would be easy for the sisters to fell apart or make Monica a bitch just to justify the crossed lines between Ethan and Alice, but she didn't do those. She redeemed all of them in the best perspective a character could have.
Didn't actually feel that there was cheating involved. Most of them are oops or ALMOST and that only built Ethan and Alice's chemistry. In most cases, something like this would be called LUST, but for the both of them it was more than that. Heck, they didn't even kiss until Alice moved out. But I know still it was cheating.
“I’m not asking you to. In fact, I’m not asking you anything. I’m telling you I’m ending it with Monica whether you want me to or not.”
“Turn back time.” “Make it so I met you first.”
"Mirrored souls who found themselves on the wrong side of time."
“Neither of us is going to find this again. We’re it for each other. We’re the endgame. Anyone else would be settling.”
“There is no closure with him, there is only all or nothing.”
Ethan and Alice. Ethan's a good guy, so much respect for this man but Alice is another story. I can feel her insecurity within her nice but fragile personality but she sometimes looked stupid to me. Her character development fell flat for me. I love how the author didn't do her characters dirty. It would be easy for the sisters to fell apart or make Monica a bitch just to justify the crossed lines between Ethan and Alice, but she didn't do those. She redeemed all of them in the best perspective a character could have.
Didn't actually feel that there was cheating involved. Most of them are oops or ALMOST and that only built Ethan and Alice's chemistry. In most cases, something like this would be called LUST, but for the both of them it was more than that. Heck, they didn't even kiss until Alice moved out. But I know still it was cheating.
“I’m not asking you to. In fact, I’m not asking you anything. I’m telling you I’m ending it with Monica whether you want me to or not.”
“Turn back time.” “Make it so I met you first.”
"Mirrored souls who found themselves on the wrong side of time."
“Neither of us is going to find this again. We’re it for each other. We’re the endgame. Anyone else would be settling.”
“There is no closure with him, there is only all or nothing.”