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I just ADORE the romances set in Invertary, Scotland by Janet Elizabeth Henderson and this particular title is one of my favorites of the series!
These two leads are just sublimely perfect! Lake is so swoony and I loved his blend of cheeky prankster and earnest protector. And Kristy is a wonderfully complex female lead who is strong and brave, but also hesitant to trust again and probe to panic attacks.
These characters are so well written and so very likable. Their love story will have you laughing, crying, and cheering!
RATING:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
STEAM LEVEL: Rated R
TRIGGERS: auto accident
These two leads are just sublimely perfect! Lake is so swoony and I loved his blend of cheeky prankster and earnest protector. And Kristy is a wonderfully complex female lead who is strong and brave, but also hesitant to trust again and probe to panic attacks.
These characters are so well written and so very likable. Their love story will have you laughing, crying, and cheering!
RATING:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
STEAM LEVEL: Rated R
TRIGGERS: auto accident
STOP HATING ME.
Just let me explain.
I have a serious aversion to "bully romance". This book started really well with pranks and flirting and fighting and sparks. But then it turned. Arlo became controlling, highly manipulative, and a bully. At one point in the book his character says "And although I could be noble and say that my sexual attacks on her are solely for her pleasure, they’re not. I like the control. I like causing her to buckle. Perhaps, to push her beyond her normal boundaries. She’s addictive, but I know I won’t let it go any further than this." "Further" meaning into an actual relationship.
I'm just uncomfortable with this personally. If YOU love it then good on you. But I couldn't get past these parts, despite his character's personal growth as the book continued.
IF they had had their first encounter like this (and the other similar encounters hadn't been present in the book) I think I would have really liked it! The only thing I might have complained about was the Keiko character being thrown in as a novelty and which I felt was mildly disrespectful to the Aspergers community. Also, this claims to be a stand-alone, but it is filled to overflowing with back stories of characters we are assumed to know. It was very confusing.
This book had MANY good parts to it. Great female friendships. Great male friendships. Funny pranks. Sexy banter. But in the end it just wasn't the right book for me.
RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
STEAM LEVEL: Rated NC-17
TRIGGERS: Alcoholism, self harm, past suicidal ideation, cheating (none of these included the MCs).
Just let me explain.
I have a serious aversion to "bully romance". This book started really well with pranks and flirting and fighting and sparks. But then it turned. Arlo became controlling, highly manipulative, and a bully. At one point in the book his character says "And although I could be noble and say that my sexual attacks on her are solely for her pleasure, they’re not. I like the control. I like causing her to buckle. Perhaps, to push her beyond her normal boundaries. She’s addictive, but I know I won’t let it go any further than this." "Further" meaning into an actual relationship.
I'm just uncomfortable with this personally. If YOU love it then good on you. But I couldn't get past these parts, despite his character's personal growth as the book continued.
IF they had had their first encounter like this (and the other similar encounters hadn't been present in the book) I think I would have really liked it! The only thing I might have complained about was the Keiko character being thrown in as a novelty and which I felt was mildly disrespectful to the Aspergers community. Also, this claims to be a stand-alone, but it is filled to overflowing with back stories of characters we are assumed to know. It was very confusing.
This book had MANY good parts to it. Great female friendships. Great male friendships. Funny pranks. Sexy banter. But in the end it just wasn't the right book for me.
RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
STEAM LEVEL: Rated NC-17
TRIGGERS: Alcoholism, self harm, past suicidal ideation, cheating (none of these included the MCs).
Christina Lauren has done it again! THE SOULMATE EQUATION is a wonderfully fresh concept with plenty of nerdy goodness to go around. I absolutely loved that both lead characters were super-smart and I am always excited for a female lead who works in S.T.E.M. and is damn good at her job!
There are so many likable characters in this book. The female friendship between Jess and Fizzy (her best friend) is perfectly hilarious, supportive, and wonderful. You will want a Fizzy in your life! There is also the sweetly supportive grandparents that are part of the lead female (and her daughter's) life for you to fall in love with.
I truly loved that this Enemies-to-Lovers took its time with the relationship shift. This is a slow burn that will eventually incinerate (taking your ovaries down in the flames) when these two leads finally hook up. The steamy scenes are *chef's kiss*.
I took off half a star because of my single-parent-romance pet peeve: the perfect child. Think the kid from Jerry Maguire, but a girl. She's smart, precocious, sweet, and never melts down. I just want a REAL KID in these books once in a while. They can't all be super-genius, high achievers, with perfect manners, and dimpled smiles. Every child on earth is a horrid, rotten, beast sometimes, mine included. I wish we could add a little realism into our single-parent romances.
Overall this book is sweet, steamy, funny, and a great read! You definitely need to add it to your TBR pile.
RATING:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
STEAM LEVEL: Rated R
TRIGGERS: parent abandonment, addiction, unknowingly dating a married man
FEELS-O-METER: 2/5 *a few bumps in the road, but still a very light read*
I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3nwuomb (aff.)
There are so many likable characters in this book. The female friendship between Jess and Fizzy (her best friend) is perfectly hilarious, supportive, and wonderful. You will want a Fizzy in your life! There is also the sweetly supportive grandparents that are part of the lead female (and her daughter's) life for you to fall in love with.
I truly loved that this Enemies-to-Lovers took its time with the relationship shift. This is a slow burn that will eventually incinerate (taking your ovaries down in the flames) when these two leads finally hook up. The steamy scenes are *chef's kiss*.
I took off half a star because of my single-parent-romance pet peeve: the perfect child. Think the kid from Jerry Maguire, but a girl. She's smart, precocious, sweet, and never melts down. I just want a REAL KID in these books once in a while. They can't all be super-genius, high achievers, with perfect manners, and dimpled smiles. Every child on earth is a horrid, rotten, beast sometimes, mine included. I wish we could add a little realism into our single-parent romances.
Overall this book is sweet, steamy, funny, and a great read! You definitely need to add it to your TBR pile.
RATING:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
STEAM LEVEL: Rated R
TRIGGERS: parent abandonment, addiction, unknowingly dating a married man
FEELS-O-METER: 2/5 *a few bumps in the road, but still a very light read*
I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3nwuomb (aff.)
This book seemed to have all the good stuff I SHOULD like—a bisexual lead, a baking competition, and two hot male leads—but it just didn't work for me.
This book takes on ALL the social issues. I wish the author would gave focused on one or two. Instead the book becomes clunky and overly preachy.
Rosaline is a moderately likable lead character, but upon first meeting one of the male leads she lies repeatedly and there's not really a good reason. Making up an entire education, job, and travels to Africa on medical assignment is A LOT of lying.
The one descriptive sex scene is completely awkward (not in a funny or cheeky way) and was ruined by a crazy amount of dialog between the two characters in which the make lead calls Rosaline "mate" over and over. It made it very oddly chummy for me. And their non-stop talking about consent and their sexual preferences, while both half-dressed, but not touching each other, just completely destroyed the pacing and romantic element of that scene. To be clear, this wasn't hot dirty talk. They also paused, mid-foreplay, to casually discuss the full back story of each of their various tattoos. There was just no passion.
In the end this book just fell completely flat. Too much social commentary and not enough swoony romance.
I received a gifted copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.
This book takes on ALL the social issues. I wish the author would gave focused on one or two. Instead the book becomes clunky and overly preachy.
Rosaline is a moderately likable lead character, but upon first meeting one of the male leads she lies repeatedly and there's not really a good reason. Making up an entire education, job, and travels to Africa on medical assignment is A LOT of lying.
The one descriptive sex scene is completely awkward (not in a funny or cheeky way) and was ruined by a crazy amount of dialog between the two characters in which the make lead calls Rosaline "mate" over and over. It made it very oddly chummy for me. And their non-stop talking about consent and their sexual preferences, while both half-dressed, but not touching each other, just completely destroyed the pacing and romantic element of that scene. To be clear, this wasn't hot dirty talk. They also paused, mid-foreplay, to casually discuss the full back story of each of their various tattoos. There was just no passion.
In the end this book just fell completely flat. Too much social commentary and not enough swoony romance.
I received a gifted copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.
I just....can't believe the many good reviews on this book.
The writing style was all over the place. This book constantly switched POV from 3rd Person to 1st Person from paragraph to paragraph. As in, there were 3-4 different POVs on ONE PAGE. And the style was so cut and dry.
These characters fell in love in the space of 2-3 days and the dialog got very Alpha out of nowhere. "She is mine. That's MY woman."
This book read almost like a very long book summary to me (if that makes sense). I wasn't IN the story. It felt like someone was skimming bullet points, but for 200+ pages.
This whole book just didn't work for me. It must work for most other readers, but I just couldn't connect.
The writing style was all over the place. This book constantly switched POV from 3rd Person to 1st Person from paragraph to paragraph. As in, there were 3-4 different POVs on ONE PAGE. And the style was so cut and dry.
These characters fell in love in the space of 2-3 days and the dialog got very Alpha out of nowhere. "She is mine. That's MY woman."
This book read almost like a very long book summary to me (if that makes sense). I wasn't IN the story. It felt like someone was skimming bullet points, but for 200+ pages.
This whole book just didn't work for me. It must work for most other readers, but I just couldn't connect.