82 reviews for:

When You Know

Jessa Kane

3.14 AVERAGE

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dana_yamaguchi's review

3.0

“Mine.”
I slam my first down hard on the bar,
rattling glasses and turning the head of everyone in the establishment.
“Mine,” I shout again, winding her hair around my fist,
drawing her head back and licking the column of her throat
while making eye contact with every potential rival male in the vicinity.
-Bobby Decker, from When You Know by Jessa Kane
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readwithimpling's review

4.0
fast-paced
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bookswith_vivi's review

2.0
dark fast-paced

jaceylepore's review

3.0
tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

juls_mariee's review

3.0
fast-paced

Hot, dirty and quick!

Super steamy, over the top jealous, possessive fun. Couldn’t sleep and wanted something quick to read. I think this is my first by this author and I definitely enjoyed it even though it’s definitely very over the top. Lots of dirty talk and steamy scenes.

bookgramsaga_'s review

3.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️

''I'm going to praise the f*ck out of her''

Safety warnings:
- H 31 / h 18?
- No cheating
- No OW/OM drama
- Manipulation
- Toxic relationship
- Attempted assault
- D*ath
- HEA

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This book was smut mixed in with a lot of red flags. All of which came from our MMC Bobby. He was possessive, jealous, delusional, unhinged and a bit of a psycho? He is a fireman, so he gets some points there and we also know he is not a manwhore so another point for him. He has never fallen like this for a girl, so we know he isn't out there obsessed with others just our main girl Mandy.

Mandy is a virgin and has never even had her first kiss but of course Bobby wants everything she has to offer right from the start and Mandy gives it and lets him FILM it all. Thankfully the thought I had that the video would leak was not what happened so thank fuck.

Insta-love novella. Things get intense REALLYFAST between them. Everything moved at warp speed. 2 weeks later they are engaged, she has met his family and basically moved in with him. He refuses her to let her out of his sight, even buys her a whole new wardrobe just so she doesn’t have to go back to her dorm and get her things.

If you decide to read this book, just remember to care more about the spice then the plot as all we really get from this is that Bobby is a massive manipulator and will go to any length to keep Mandy and Mandy is just as obsessed with him as he is with her.

She at least acknowledged that it was unhealthy between them and was smart enough to walk away to make sure he knew that though it did not last long, and he was back to trying to AGAIN manipulate her to stay with him and she AGAIN calls him out for it.

Also, she goes to Atlantic City with ''friends'' (cause those two girls were just horrible) and Mandy gets attacked by some guys after they tried to drug her drink but Bobby (who was supposed to be far away in Boston) couldn't help but follow her secretly and KILLS THE GUYS who tried to hurt her, unbeknownst to Mandy and he never got caught? Like we just IGNORE THAT? haha

We get to see them 5 years later and they are just as obsessed with each other as they were from the beginning but at least they are less toxic about it? I hope lol

My reason for 3 stars? The smut was amazing and I just closed my eyes to the walking talking red flag president that is Bobby haha
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its_tay_'s review

2.0

honestly wasnt horrible lolol
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justpieisfine's review

4.0

Mandy is the shy girl that doesn’t fit in with her peers and Bobby is a firefighter that usually doesn’t engage with ladies at the bar, but when they meet it’s instalust. This is a quick fast paced book.

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Stars: 4
POV:
HEA?: yes
OW/OM Drama: no
Cheating: no
Cliffhanger?: no
Stand-alone? Yes
Tropes: age gap, firefighter, college student, Novella

amberreadsromance28's review

3.0

This has another typical OTT, possessive, crazy Jessa Kane hero. This was a little too cringe for me, but it's a good quick novella. Her books are great pallette cleansers.