𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:ports romance • football • ballet • forced proximity • forbidden love  My problem with this book was the length. I seriously can’t remember a non-fantasy book crossing 500 pages, now it is hard to find romance novels that isn’t a freaking encyclopedia!  I will not generalize but MOST of them don’t sustain a romantic storyline with that many pages without repetitiveness, excess conflicts, and filler scenes. And that’s exactly the case of this book. It could’ve been really good if it was shorter.  However, I will give this 3.5 stars because the banter was really good. I was invested, even though I skimmed a few pages.  She’s the only…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:mystery, obsession, two timelines I just couldn’t get into. You know what’s the problem about Freida McFadden’s writing? Too.many.books! Ms McFadden has come out with her fourth release this year. Fourth!! The writing is certainly suffering. 1- The characters were supposed to be mature, all in their 30’s but they didn’t present that age at all! It felt like they were all in High school.  “Well,” he adds, excpet fpr your arms.” “My arms?” “They’re kind of flabby.” He wrinkles his nose. “But other than that, wow. Like I said, you’re the prfect woman.” “Wait. My arms are too flabby? Did he really just say that to me?” *eye roll* #1…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:• student × teacher • dark gothic academia romance • mystery • forbidden love • age gap • slow burn • horror/sci-fi vibes Who needs Xanax to sleep? Just read this and you will be ready to fall into deep sleep. The pacing is excruciatingly slow. 31% in and nothing had happened. I was waiting for it to get good but l can’t take it anymore. This is so damn boring. 650 pages feels like forever with this one. I am DNFing. Mortui vivos docent. The dead teach the living. After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I’d find the cure for what ravaged…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:accidental pregnancy, cowboy hero, western, small town, workplace, close proximity, he falls first The connection between the main characters was very weak. The FMC was extremely closed off to everyone, including the readers, she just wasn’t that likable, but I liked Jax. The time jumps led to it being choppy and not as fluid. The whole mystery with Eddie was weird, I didn’t like that either. This series seems shallow to me with lack of emotional depth. I was expecting more as this is Devney Perry we are talking about.  My first day in Montana, I got into a tug-of-war over a grocery store shopping cart. The most handsome man…

┊ Audiobook free on Kindle Unlimited ┊ 𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:ery dark content, murder, terminal cancer, knife violence, narcissistic, mystery, short chapters Such a difficult book to read. The subject matter was disturbing. The storyline was hard to follow. Too confusing. The characters were not likable and I guessed most of the twists, so nothing came as a huge surprise for me. There are lots of fabulous reviews for this book so I can confidently say it’s a ME case. Perla Wultz lives with her husband, Grant, and their precious daughter, Sophie, in a gated Pasadena community. Affluent, sociable, and accomplished, Perla plays the part of loving wife and mother to perfection. It seems…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:college sports romance, football, single mom, two timelines I had high hopes for this book but I am disappointed. The back and forth past and present was not enjoyable. I was often confused between the timeline jumps and with the dual pov it was hard to keep track of where we were in the story. I missed out on them forming their forever. The story felt really slow for me. She lost her first love. I’d give it all to be her second… For as long as I can remember, I’ve had one dream. Go to college with my best friends, earn a starting position on a division one team,…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:forbidden romance, forced proximity, phantom x necromancer, morally grey hero, touch her and die, trials/battle royale, cinnamon roll hero for his heroine, gothic New Orleans Ahhhhh!!! I’m in love with another book character! It’s been so long that this has happened, you can’t even judge me. How could I not to? Blackwell is muah🤌🏻 I haven’t been this enthralled with a book in a very long time. So happy!  Phantasma was wonderfully written, and descriptive in a way that draws you in and wraps you tightly into its dark and delightfully delectable, sexy and sinful world. The spicy scenes are SPICY and are perfectly balanced by a well thought out…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:age gap, virgin heroine, small town, cowboy hero, military, bad boys, cheating, forbidden love, taboo, love triangle, boyfriend’s older brother, western, religious, Footloose vibes The chemistry was fire, the tension so palpable you could cut it with a knife, the banter top notch, but my mind kept screaming to me: THIS IS ISAAC, MATT’S BROTHER! How can you be okay about a brother being so disloyal to another? I am not usually a fan of cheating in books and it makes cheating 10X worse when it comes to someone so close to you. Specially a brother! So I was constantly repressing myself for being enjoying this so much, but I…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:brothers best friend, single dad, small town, unrequited love, forced proximity, man in uniform: firefighter, it’s always been you, grumpy hero, mutual pining All too Well was a great start to the series. Such a sweet, lighthearted romance. Was it a bit cheesy sometimes? Yes.. did I still enjoy it? Also yes!  The PINING these two had for each other was so good. The banter was also chef’s kiss 😘 There were lots of fun and funny moments but I did wish the angst had been a bit more pronounced. Also, all the ‘I love her, but I can’t have her’ got really repetitive after a few times.  That being…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:grumpy x sunshine, friends to lovers, illness representation, forced proximity, closed door Four Weekends and a Funeral comes with a unique plot and many clever references to movies and books. While I found it entertaining, I also thought the story was slow-moving.  Overall, I liked it. It’s a nice rom-com. I just didn’t love it. I also really enjoyed the ending!  A tender, laugh-out-loud debut romance about a woman who ends up in over her head after a little white lie . . . When thirty-year-old post-double-mastectomy BRCA 1 carrier and reluctant thrill-seeker Alison Mullally arrives at her ex-boyfriend Sam’s funeral to find that no one knows he dumped her,…