sndmaldo 's review for:

Carnival Hill by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham
5.0

I’ve been emotionally compromised by this book.

I think it’s the first time one of the sisters’ books makes me cry. The level of angst was just superior. So many characters were suffering for so many different reasons. They keep hurting each other and I hurt with each of them.

I’m not gonna lie, Fox can go eff himself. I just don’t care after what he did. His possessive strike was never cute to being with. And his lack of listening comprehension drives me so mad, too. He got a bit better in this book but by the end, he took ten steps back.

Chase has become my new favorite, what he went through in this book was too much. I’ve never wanted to take care of a fictional character as much as I did with him. And his internal struggles with his self worth hurt my chest. That scene with Fox… and how he said goodbye… fuck, I ugly cried.

JJ and Rogue were wonderful and I loved their little conflict and how that made them grow closer. JJ is still the only Harlequin with a working brain cell and it shows. He’s truly wonderful and getting to see him in love was my everything.

Maverick saving each of them and showing he cares against his will is probably one of my favorite aspects of this series. And his relationship with Luther has me in a choke hold. I always go soft for the characters with daddy issues and their daddies (case in point: Wolfsong lol) and this was no exception. I kinda need Luther to get his boys back home and a scene where the 3 of them are happy together. Please universe.

These sisters are experts at queer baiting the shit outta me. All these straight male characters keep touching each other and having some seriously homoerotic thoughts, but in the end nothing ever happens. It’s hot af and I can’t be mad. But jfc I wish they would ever give me real mm at some point!

I’m not prepared for the next book. Fucking Shawn!!!