paulina_aspiringliterati 's review for:

All Grown Up by Vi Keeland
4.0

(really mild spoilers ahead but I figured it was best to be safe than sorry, I don’t wanna jinx it for anyone)

Ah GOSH. I really, really loved this. Giving it 4.5 and chunking half a star because it didn’t make me cry... and I always seem to need to burst into tears for a book to be a 5 star read for me. Haha. Yeah, a quirk.

Ford is SUCH a sexy name for a man. I never realized this before but oh man, OH MANNNN it really is and I adored Ford of this story. He was witty and sweet but also a dirty talker so it was all perfectly balanced out.
Valentina was an amazing female lead. She had such a vibrancy to her, her will to own her life and be out there achieving stuff in the fields she loved — I was so into that. I loved how happy they made each other and how parallel but NOT (!) their relationship felt to Ford’s parents’. It made for a beautiful reality check, in the best way possible, might I add.

I want a beach house in Montauk and I want one now! That setting made for a such a cozy vibe that I always look for regardless of the genre I reach for.

Awww. I’m just so thoroughly endeared.