A review by kaydub23
Talk About…Secrets by Jarica James

2.0

I like jarica jones’ books but this was just not it. Nothing in their relationships felt earned. 

No communication. Weird details. Relationships built on hopes and sex.
  • Scent match and few days/week with the pack, then don’t see them again for weeks except phone calls
  • They don’t come for weekend visits while they’re arranging work stuff?
  • She buys a house without talking to them and yet they’re gonna live there ?
  • Recently injured/retired pro athlete Drew magically has the skills to refurbish a firehouse into a full house?
  • Beck the billionaire CEO just quits his job and we don’t talk about that as a pack at all or discuss the impact of it?
  • The betas are just ‘the betas’ and the pack functions as a group (drew + the other 3). We don’t know them as people. She’s had no 1-1 time. They don’t know each other AT ALL
  • They briefly explain her and Drew’s separation but then don’t really spend any time discovering how they grew as people while separated
  • When they move in, they all bond immediately and yet they’ve spent a week together total 
  • They’re all chill with surprise pregnancy and no discussion 
  • The sex scenes are repetitive and don’t push anything forward, especially bc I don’t care about any of the characters 
  • The billionaire CEOs somehow don’t have a publicist, crisis mgmt team, nor security team 
  • With the online hate, she defends herself like ‘my men chose me for a reason’ but I as a reader don’t believe that. They didn’t choose her…they scent matched and then coupled up. She’s boring and there’s 0 chemistry but bc they have instalove it’s fine.
  • Then it’s just….pregnancy. And time jumps. Random fainting and bed rest. How is it so boring? (Not in a cozy calm way…just uninteresting). 
  • How come we never spoke about her job ever again? She’s an entrepreneur and designer and that’s just ignored. The guys don’t ever ask about her work or show an interest in her stuff. Not a single person has hobbies and the guys don’t have friends. (Well except Cade paints and yet we never hear about any of them other than setting him up a studio)
  • There was also just random city hate to try to convince us she didn’t trap them and force them to move to a small town. But she technically did….she gave an ultimatum and didn’t compromise at all
  • Randomly found kittens to have pets…okay? That was just a blip and didn’t really add anything
  • Also she was barely pregnant and acting like she had a bump, she was waddling, or like the guys needed to help her up/down. She wasn’t even halfway through pregnancy yet
  • Why did they introduce an underdeveloped stalker storyline and then just explain it away with ‘oh no it’s a crazy omega’ reason? So ridiculous 
  • Mama Whitaker and Drew’s mom are literally just ‘hi other mom character, I’m a mom too and that’s it’. So lame
  • It’s weird and kinda tacky that all the friends are buying the baby stuff in the baby shower considering they’re billionaires. It’s one thing to gift homemade, perishable, or sentimental gifts but all the furniture and stuff? It doesn’t make sense.
  • Also why are they rich if they’re not gonna do anything with it? Go help some people or something