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Love in Bloom by Lucy Eden
4.5
This was so cute!! I’ve read a couple of Lucy Eden’s other books over the summer, so when I saw this was her first traditionally published book! I was so excited to get to read it! The perfect small town romance!! I loved Emma and Dan so much! And this quirky small town with a little secret was filled with so many wonderful people, I loved getting to meet them all!
It was REFRESHING that Emma was so willing to try and learn about the farm before she made any decisions. And listen I LOVE enemies to lovers!! And I love when a woman comes back to her hometown just to sell whatever property she’s been left and the guy has some special attachment to it so he puts up a real fight - I LOVE IT. But this was like the opposite?? Like yes Emma was coming back to help her family business and Dan did have a strong emotional attachment to the farm… But Emma was sweet!? And Dan was SWEET! And they got along SO well!! And he helped her find people who could answer questions about her family and let her help on the farm even though he knew it was going to be a disaster! It was WHOLESOME from the start?? And it was SO GOOD!
They were PERFECT! They’re just two people who ran away to the farm and never looked back. I loved watching Emma figure out where she was going. Her life kind of fell apart at the beginning of the book, but it also was just the start! She had so many choices to make and so many options open to her! And watching her figure it out, and figure it out with Dan!!! It was so much fun!
Thank you so much to Forever for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Frozen Over by Ruth Stilling
3.0
This was sweet!! Since Boarded Hearts I was hoping to see Zach get everything that sweet boy deserves!! And he did! Him and Luna were such a sweet pair!! I loved that they got to reconnect and spend the summer together! I also I loved that they both kind of held the other in their heart this whole time!! They were always in each other orbit but they just had to wait until the stars aligned!!
I really struggled with their inability to compromise. Luna was SO unsure and so scared to make a change! And don’t get me wrong I GET IT. But Zach was seemingly laying it all on the table and she just couldn’t make a choice. And he really never came up with a way to actually make it work?? He just kept saying it just WOULD but she needed a plan. It was just odd die two people who were seemingly head over heels for each other. And it was PAINFUL to watch them struggle through that!
I do really like this little found family though!! And I’m EXCITED for Kate’s book!! And I’m excited about the one after that!! It’s a second chance and I am such a sucker for that!!!
Something Forever by Rachael Harriet
4.0
This was SUCH a good book! When I first saw the cover I knew I had to read it - I LOVE a purple book and I LOVE an Ink and Laurel cover!!! Marriage of convenience, enemies to lovers, grump x sunshine?? It was the perfect combination and I honestly loved every second!!
Whitney and Liam’s not to meet cute to marriage of convenience was amazing. They did NOT get along and then they were agreeing to get married?? Chaotic in the best way. But they also fell SO hard. It was slow and they definitely acted on attraction first. But of course as they got to know each other and were able to open and vulnerable all their FEELINGS got in the way of their no strings attached agreement.
I also really loved they were able to chase their dreams. I really loved Liam’s journey. He was SO sad it wasn’t easy to watch him struggling, but once he got started on trying to honor Luke and then eventually realizing he had to follow HIS dreams was written so well. His grief snd healing journey was done so well, I loved seeing his story. And Whitney!! I loved her story too. Her mother was the bane of my existence, and obviously Whitney’s too a little bit! But I really loved that Whitney was able to move past some of things that she inherited from her mom, and finally be able to live HER own life.
And the two of them TOGETHER! They were honestly so perfect. Even right away when they were fighting, and then when they were fighting their FEELINGS! And they were FUN together! And they were also so so SO SOFT! I loved that they could be like with each other! They both desperately needed a soft place to land!
I think Rachael has another book out that I’m going to have to go read!! And I can’t wait for whatever is next!!
A Vine Mess by Amanda Chaperon
5.0
The end of an era 🥹 and I THINK this is my favorite one?! I have loved getting to know the Delatou girls and their guys and spending time in Apple Blossom Bay has been such a TREAT! And seeing the whole Delatou family together one last time was SO bittersweet! I’m sad this is the end but I couldn’t have picked a better couple to send this series off with!! Liam and Ella are perfection. I loved their love story so much! This book was full of so much love and healing and so much fun!! Seeing Ella and Liam on their roadtrip was so much fun!!
What I do love the most is a man who is DOWN BAD. And that’s Liam Danvers. The way he was pining and waiting and longing after Ella made my heart ACHE. He knew they were meant to be from the second he met her, and he happily waited until she was ready. He was so patient with her, even while he was making his feeling and his intention known and clear (he was going to push!!) and that was exactly what she needed. Ella was on a healing journey!! And I loved how much her time away from home was really able to help her!! She needed room to really breathe, and for someone to care for her without smothering her like her family and her community were (with so much love!!!) and Liam was the perfect man for the job.
Amanda hasn’t announced her next series yet and I HAVE A FEELING I might know what it is and please I hope I’m right because it just might be the most perfect thing!!!!! And if I’m right… I AM SO EXCITED!! Truthfully I’m excited either way!
Thank you SO MUCH to Amanda Chaperon for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. I am SO GRATEFUL to be here 🥹🥹
From Page to Screen by Jordan Kate Buck
3.0
This was a good second novel! The chemistry between Peter and Saoirse was written well and it was clear they both had feelings, but had a lot of things holding them back. And there was a lot of good representation throughout the book which I loved. And much like the first book it showed how toxic the film, and publishing industry is and can be. It was pretty fast paced and moved along well. There was a lot of conflicting feelings between Peter and Saoirse! I thought it all played out pretty well!
Thanks to Jordan Kate Buck for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Unloved by Peyton Corinne
5.0
If theres one thing I love it’s a sad kissing book written by Peyton Corrine. Once again she’s written such a heartbreakingly BEAUTIFUL love story about two soft people who just want to be loved but are just a little afraid. She puts so much love and care into her books that it absolutely tears me apart every time. I loved the SOFT love that Freddy and Ro gave to each other. They desperately needed someone to see them and to listen and to just LOVE them and it was so beautiful watching them find that in each other.
Thanks to Atria for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!!
Thanks to Atria for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!!
You Between the Lines by Katie Naymon
5.0
I am not a poetry girlie, it doesn’t speak to me like it does to some. But it was written SO beautifully, I had no choice but to fall in love. And if Jessica Joyce says to read a book I’m going to do it!! Both Will and Leigh were flawed and hurting and just trying their best and SO in love with each other. Watching their story unfold between the poems and the insecurities and resentments and the pining and longing and so many tender moments was an absolute delight. I loved every single second of this book and I cannot wait to hold a physical copy in my hands!!
There’s a lot of Leigh trying to finally figure herself out, she’s doing something she desperately wants to do but also doesn’t feel like she’s good enough or smart enough to do. And it’s really a challenge for her, but watching her succeed!! Even when she’s doubting herself!! Was so good! Because by the end when she realized she could in fact do it, and that she didn’t need to be perfect to be enough so so beautiful. I love her with my entire being.
I also LOVE WILL LANGFORD. SO. MUCH. He really is just a sad soft boy and that’s my favorite kind of man. And he was SO IN LOVE WITH LEIGH. And I loved that we got to see flashbacks of them. We got to see where the pining and longing started for both of them. And really find yourself a man who will take to you a pumpkin patch for some canned pumpkin!!
Thank you so much to Forever for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Power Play by Chelsea Curto
5.0
Every single time Chelsea writes a book she knocks it out of the park! I am in love with her writing and her passion for sports and romance and women in sports and soft men and how it all comes through in these beautiful love stories. It just makes my heart SO full. I love this universe that she’s created. It’s full of a family that truly loves each other SO MUCH. I can’t believe this is only the second book in this series and there is still so much more to come!! Liam and Piper are SO SPECIAL TO ME! Don’t get me wrong Maverick and Emmy are perfection. But there was something SO special about Liam and Piper. I loved their love so much, it was soft and sweet and slow AND they were SO HOT.
Piper and Liam!! Were! PERFECT! He’s just a man PINING after a woman he’s decided he can’t have, he can’t afford the distraction. Until she comes to him asking for spicy lessons because she’s trusts him and so she can be more confident!! And then they get accidentally married!! And then they FALL IN LOVE!! It was honestly so good! The spice was THERE and it was GOOD! But there were also so many small things made my heart so happy, and it’s all of those things that really built their relationship and it SHOWED.
Last time I said I was going to have a hard time moving on from Mav and Emmy, and it HAS been difficult. But now I’m going to have the same problem with Liam and Piper… I love all of these people so much 😭
Chelsea also included SO MANY LITTLE EASTER EGGS! This woman is full of books and I love seeing the VERY VERY beginnings and I cannot wait to see where they all go!! I fear Hudson Hayes will RUIN me. He is the sweetest man and I cannot wait for his book!
Thank you SO MUCH to Chelsea Curto for the ARC I exchange for an honest review!