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The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

First and foremost if you don’t like shifter/wolf A/B/O trope DO NOT READ you will encounter a lot of smut, rutting and knotting 🤠 this is a paranormal romance. 

The Adam Driver mc strikes again even though I think Ali hazelwood set the standard for this, Noah is far superior in my eyes. This mc is more articulated and developed out which might honestly be due to the dual povs that worked really well and kept the story moving fluidly. 

The story takes place in a hospital where Mack is a ER doctor and secret omega and Noah is the head cardiologist and alpha on staff, they’re both shifters who need each other to keep up a lie of their own making. When fake mating becomes more than a mutually beneficial transaction and addendums are added to the mix lines start to blur and feelings become real. 

This book is smut with a plot. The characters are lovable Mack is the sunshine to Noah’s grumpy with everyone but you personality, the back stories and character development is well executed. The side characters like Moira and Parker are hilarious instigators. 

I can’t wait to read about hunter in the next book in the series, gimme all the alpha men stories in this universe please and thank you. 

Third act breakup, workplace romance, fake dating/mating, grumpy/sunshine trope, touch her and die trope 

A Much Kneaded Union by K. E. Monteith

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I want to thank Pen Pal PR & Marketing for the advance copy of A Much Kneaded Union in exchange for this honest review.

• third act breakup
• He falls first and hard
• Prank wars
• Small town 
• Marriage of convenience 
• Rivals to lovers 

This was the first book I’ve read from K.E. Montheith and although it is apart of a series I don’t think you need to read the others to follow the plot. There is a “cheat sheet” at the beginning that helps clarify on things you should know prior to being introduced to the characters of this book. It was a cute quick read 

There is a marriage of convenience between the rivals of the town who are notorious for pranking each other since Ashley moved in 3 years ago and while they may pretend hate each other the community has a betting board on when the two finally get together. 

The third act conflict could have been resolved without the town holding pitchforks towards Ashley (sidenote: Ms.Taylor needs to be ousted who voted her to be town crier and why is everyone just closing their shops because she said so. Her behavior towards Ashley was always horrid I felt bad for her. Sorry rant over) if she would have considered Mason’s cool down period they wouldn’t have had to be so distant. 

Girl Abroad by Elle Kennedy

funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

* love triangle f/m/m
* Secret relationship 
* There is spice
* Fast paced 


Abbey moves to London for a travel abroad program, leaving her rockstar dad in the states to worry about her. Instead of bunking with 3 college girls like she assumed she’d be staying with it then out she’s rooming with 3 exceedingly hot men with accents, now all she has to do is keep this mixup from her dad and not fall into bed with her flatmate. 

This is the first book outside of the off campus series I’ve read from Elle Kennedy and expected the pull I got while reading those books where you fall for the story and the characters and this fell a bit flat. 

Abbey’s personality is library because in every other aspect she’s average as she likes to remind the reader quite often. Lee is the gay best friend who I loved but it felt stereotypical, he falls in love with different men every other week, he’s her stylist, and will gossip at any given opportunity. Jack is the shirtless rugby playing Australian. Jamie is a nobleman of some sort and sleeps with a different girl every night. Nate is bassist who’s dark and mysterious but never lets anyone in. 

Con
* Nate cheated any you can’t argue with the fact. 
* The book is only in Abbeys POV so you really can’t tell what the hell is going though Jack and Nate’s mind when it comes to abbey.

Just One Dare by Carly Phillips

3.0

Make You Mine by Laura Pavlov

4.0

Seeing Red by Bailey Hannah

5.0

Mr. Almost by Cala Riley

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

* surprise a child
* Intentional Miscommunication 
* Second chance romance 
* No third act breakup 

Mason and Olivia had a memorable one night stand but after their romp Olivia realizes she’s pregnant and knows nothing except his first name and the hotel they went to that night. After searching she finally finds more info on the sperm donor and gets told that he wants nothing to do with her or the baby.  

Time jump four years::: Olivia has been a single parent to the babe and put herself through school and got employed at the hotel mason owns. When her daughter gets sick and arrives at the hotel for her mom, mason sees them both and puts the pieces together. For the most part it’s an easy going read until the crazy granmam gets antsy. 

Thanks to love notes pr for allowing me to have an arc copy of this

Billion Dollar Mistake: by Sharon Woods

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

• billionaire 
• Age gap 
• Texting conversations
• Dual pov

How did her boss accidentally give his business partner her number if she hadn’t even interviewed yet, yes there’s a chance that he had her personal number before meeting with her but to heavily relay on that while having the meeting after the switch up incident is odd. 

Anywho he’s a workaholic she works with a different company and he accidentally gets her number when trying to communicate with her boss. They move pretty quick, literally send pictures of themselves in bed the first couple of messages and he bumps into her a few days after being ghosted. Things are full steam ahead after that point they do it pretty frequently fluids squirt everywhere so if your into that keep reading. Since he is a billionaire he obviously loves to pay out her rent and buy her buildings. 

I am all for billionaire romances but they need to be done well so the cheese factor is minimal and I kept skimming to make it through quicker. Not my favorite 2.5. 

Play for Keeps by Lily Miller

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

* single mom trope
* No third act breakup
* Small town
* Reverse age gap [she’s 34, he’s 27]

Thank you to love notes PR for for an ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. 

This book is part of a series but can be read as a stand alone. 

Everly packs her bags and moves back home to be closer to her parents after her ex husband cheats on her and she has finally had enough. 

After working in town for a bit she runs into Jake and continues to see him around and once he meets her daughter the two become inseparable. 

Jake’s and birdies relationship is sweet and seeing how he really stepped up and cared for Birdie before him and Ev were even official was too cute. 

THIS IS A SMUTTY BOOK BE FOREWARNED!!! Despite swearing off men Ev and Jake’s chemistry steamy.  SMUT IS FREQUENT AND DETAILED

Instacrush by Kate Meader

3.0

• hockey god and bartender who is like his teammates sister family)
• forbidden romance 
• unplanned pregnancy 
• golden retriever mmc