A review by kejsreads
Small Town Big Rumors by Willow Winters

slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.5

IF I COULD GIVE THIS BOOK ZERO STARS I WOULD😭 HOW DO I BEGIN THIS? IT IS SO BAD I DON’T KNOW HOW TO START THIS SO GET COMFY AND KEEP GOING IF YOU LIKE MESSY REVIEWS ALL OVER THE PLACE. 

𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐃𝐔𝐄𝐓 𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃.   

OK SO 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐀 IS A SENIOR IN COLLEGE  AND HER LONG DISTANCE HS BF 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 BREAKS UP WITH HER. SHE IS DEPRESSED AND GOES TO A BAR LIKE “𝑰 𝑯𝑨𝑽𝑬 𝑶𝑵𝑳𝒀 𝑲𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑬𝑫 𝑶𝑵𝑬 𝑴𝑨𝑵 𝑴𝒀 𝑾𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑬 𝑳𝑰𝑭𝑬 𝑺𝑶 𝑳𝑬𝑻 𝑴𝑬 𝑺𝑬𝑬 𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻𝑺 𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑬 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑮𝑬𝑻 𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑹𝑶𝑩𝑬𝑹𝑻” OKAY FAIR WE LOVE THAT. THERE SHE MEETS A HOT OLDER STRANGER, 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐘 AND HAS A ONE NIGHT STAND WITH HIM. 

NEXT MORNING SHE GETS A CALL AND GOES BACK TO HER SMALL TOWN TO DEAL WITH A FAMILY EMERGENCY & GUESS WHAT ? 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐓.

SHE TELLS 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 (HER EX) THAT SHE HAD A ONE NIGHT STAND WHEN THEY BROKE UP AND THE BABY HAS TO BE THE ONE NIGHT STANDS (𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐘)  BECAUSE HER AND 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 USED PROTECTION ALL THE TIME. WHEN THE BABY IS BORN MAGNOLIA IS LIKE “WELL BLUE EYES, SO IT IS DEFINITELY BRODY’S BABY” LIKE EXCUSE ME WHAT HAPPENED TO DNA??? ANYWAYS SHE CAN’T FIND BRODY SO HER AND ROBERT RAISE THE BABY AND ARE FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS… 

FOUR YEARS LATER GUESS WHO SHOWS UP AT THE SMALL TOWN???? 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐘𝐘𝐘𝐘 

NOW MAGNOLIA AND BRODY RECONNECTS AND SHE IS JUST SO IMMATURE AND DOESN’T TELL HIM THAT THERE IS A CHANCE THIS BABY IS HIS. SHE IS SO FREAKING SELFISH AND ANNOYING AND A STRAIGHT UP LIAR. END OF BOOK 1 BRODY FINDS OUT AND SURPRISE SHE IS LIKE “WELL ROBERT COULD ALSO BE THE FATHER” LIKE UM WHAT ?

IN THE SECOND PART OF THE DUET SHE IS ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED WITH BOTH MAN AND FINALLY DOES A DNA TEST AND  MIND YOU WE DON’T FIND OUT WHO THE FATHER IS (CHAPTER 14-15 & THERE IS 19 CHAPTERS TOTAL). 

I HONESTLY KEPT SAYING BOTH THESE MEN DESERVE BETTER UNTIL THE END WHERE SHE TELLS ROBERT “𝐎𝐇 𝐈 𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐏𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐘” & HE IS LIKE “𝐔𝐌 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐊 𝐈 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐎 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐌” & THEN SHE SLEEPS WITH ROBERT. 10 HOURS LATER SHE WAKES UP AND GOES TO BRODY “ 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐏𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓” AND WHAT DOES HE DO “ 𝐖𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐃𝐍’𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐒 “ & ASKS HER TO BE HIS GF…. & F*CKS HER. LIKE WHY DID SHE GET NO BACKLASH. WHAT ARE THESE WEAK ASS MEN AND THIS PATHETIC WOMAN.  

OF COURSE THEN WE FINALLY FIND OUT  BRODY IS THE FATHER, ROBERT KNEW ALL ALONG BECAUSE A DNA TEST HE DID AND KEPT SECRET (HE RAISED HER DAUGHTER AS HIS OWN KNOWING IT WASN’T HIS FROM THE BEGINNING) 

I FELT NOTHING. NO ANGST OR EMOTIONS. I MEAN HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE SHE LOVES BRODY WHEN SHE WAS PLAYING BOTH MEN AND BEING IMMATURE AF FROM PAGE 1 & NOW THEY ALL FRIENDS 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 LIKE BRODY AND ROBERT BEST FRIENDS & MAGNOLIA AND ROBERT BEST FRIENDS STILL. WHO ALLOWED THIS TO BE PUBLISHED? 

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