A review by fortheloveeofbooks
Fool Me Once by Hannah Gray

5.0

๐˜š๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ. ๐˜š๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ.

This wasnโ€™t just any second-chance romance..this was so much more. By 33% in I crying and I continued to have tears in my eyes throughout the whole story. 

Gemma absolutely broke me. I wanted to hug her and never let go. Sheโ€™s so strong and brave and I absolutely loved seeing her find herself again. I love her friendship with Saylor, Paige, Poppy, and Maci - they were the girl gang she needed. 

๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ด. ๐˜ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ.

Smith is one of the good ones๐Ÿฅน the way he was there for Gemma, protected her, was her safe space, and gave her the time and space to find herself, was everything she needed. I love the her took his time with her and let her find herself and her way back to him, all while being right there for her at the same time. 

Gemma & Smithโ€™s chemistry is undeniable. They both have a healthy balance of control and both of them have that spice to them๐Ÿ”ฅ. 

Hannah delivered an emotional second-chance romance filled with healing and love. What Gemma goes through in Fool Me Once was tough to read and I thought Hannah did such an amazing job of something horrible and turning it into beautiful healing.