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chroniclesofabookreader 's review for:
Tessa Ever After
by Brighton Walsh
Wow. This was my first Brighton Walsh book and I am impressed. She has a way with writing that is easily readable; my eyes flowed across the pages so easily that I was done with the book before I knew it…before I wanted it to end. A slow burn romance between a single mother and her older brother’s best friend (my favorite kind), that had everything a great novel needs.
Tessa has gone the difficult route of becoming a mother at a young age. She’s struggled, sacrificed, and overworked herself to provide for her little family. Being a single parent weighs heavily on her every day, and every little “failure” to her is a big thing. She’s like any normal mom is; being overly judgmental of oneself before realizing that your kid loves you unconditionally. And Tessa is honestly making it work. Cade, her brother, moved out a few months ago, and while she’s hitting curb after curb, somehow she’s surviving. Even if a little more ragged because of it. One person helping her continuously is Jason, her brother’s best friend. Anything that comes up, and there seems to be a full moon because there’s a lot of that happening lately, he’s there. Tessa was a completely relatable character. I saw myself in her, her feelings toward being a parent and if she’s doing okay enough for this little, amazing human being. And while she’s been burned in the past, she really was brave to explore things with Jason. She wasn’t the typical heroine who spent chapters debating if this was a good thing or if they should. She wanted it, went for it. Bam–just like that.
“I want her gripping and grappling and scratching. I want her teeth marks on my shoulder and scratches from her nails down my back. I want her moaning and writhing and panting and crying out my name. I want to sink into her, to feel her p***y pulsing around me, to see what she looks like under me as I f*** her.”
Jason doesn’t have a good reputation. Heck, even he knows that. He’s a handsome guy and he’s always used that to his advantage, and girls eat it up like candy. But he regrets that now. Now that Tessa is becoming something more to him. He’s been watching over her as her brother asked, but he can’t help but stop by even when he’s not even needed. Something about Tessa calls to him. And it’s more than that; something in Haley, Tessa’s daughter, calls to him too. The two of them crawl into his barren heart, and burrow deep. They took up residence without even asking. But Jason has things in his life that would taint the girls he wants most. Jason, he’s definitely earning a spot on my Book Boyfriend List. He was like a lot of the guys we read about, but there was something fundamentally different about him. Maybe because he was less broody, less resistant to start things with her, that made me love him. That, and he was also incredibly emotional for having two completely uncaring parents. He didn’t ever hold himself back, or his heart for that matter.
“‘Come on my hand, then I’m going to take you to your bedroom, lay you facedown on the bed so you can muffle your screams in a pillow, pull that pretty little a** up, and f*** you until you come again.'”
I can tell you that Brighton Walsh is now an auto-buy for me. Her words and story really settled in me, and the way she builds this slow burn that turns into a raging inferno…holy heck. Magical. It was sensual, sexy, and something palpable. You imagined him and could actually see this all playing out. Ms. Walsh is a storyteller, plain and simple. You will love TESSA EVER AFTER for it’s romance, friendship, and that incorrigible slow burn. It’s worthy of a reread, and I’ll be doing that.
**Received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**
Tessa has gone the difficult route of becoming a mother at a young age. She’s struggled, sacrificed, and overworked herself to provide for her little family. Being a single parent weighs heavily on her every day, and every little “failure” to her is a big thing. She’s like any normal mom is; being overly judgmental of oneself before realizing that your kid loves you unconditionally. And Tessa is honestly making it work. Cade, her brother, moved out a few months ago, and while she’s hitting curb after curb, somehow she’s surviving. Even if a little more ragged because of it. One person helping her continuously is Jason, her brother’s best friend. Anything that comes up, and there seems to be a full moon because there’s a lot of that happening lately, he’s there. Tessa was a completely relatable character. I saw myself in her, her feelings toward being a parent and if she’s doing okay enough for this little, amazing human being. And while she’s been burned in the past, she really was brave to explore things with Jason. She wasn’t the typical heroine who spent chapters debating if this was a good thing or if they should. She wanted it, went for it. Bam–just like that.
“I want her gripping and grappling and scratching. I want her teeth marks on my shoulder and scratches from her nails down my back. I want her moaning and writhing and panting and crying out my name. I want to sink into her, to feel her p***y pulsing around me, to see what she looks like under me as I f*** her.”
Jason doesn’t have a good reputation. Heck, even he knows that. He’s a handsome guy and he’s always used that to his advantage, and girls eat it up like candy. But he regrets that now. Now that Tessa is becoming something more to him. He’s been watching over her as her brother asked, but he can’t help but stop by even when he’s not even needed. Something about Tessa calls to him. And it’s more than that; something in Haley, Tessa’s daughter, calls to him too. The two of them crawl into his barren heart, and burrow deep. They took up residence without even asking. But Jason has things in his life that would taint the girls he wants most. Jason, he’s definitely earning a spot on my Book Boyfriend List. He was like a lot of the guys we read about, but there was something fundamentally different about him. Maybe because he was less broody, less resistant to start things with her, that made me love him. That, and he was also incredibly emotional for having two completely uncaring parents. He didn’t ever hold himself back, or his heart for that matter.
“‘Come on my hand, then I’m going to take you to your bedroom, lay you facedown on the bed so you can muffle your screams in a pillow, pull that pretty little a** up, and f*** you until you come again.'”
I can tell you that Brighton Walsh is now an auto-buy for me. Her words and story really settled in me, and the way she builds this slow burn that turns into a raging inferno…holy heck. Magical. It was sensual, sexy, and something palpable. You imagined him and could actually see this all playing out. Ms. Walsh is a storyteller, plain and simple. You will love TESSA EVER AFTER for it’s romance, friendship, and that incorrigible slow burn. It’s worthy of a reread, and I’ll be doing that.
**Received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**