What’s Inside:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  college sports romance ➺ football ➺ sibling’s best friends ➺ cinnamon roll hero ➺ fake relationship ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ I am a sucker for sports romance and I really wanted to love this one but I just couldn’t get into. I couldn’t relate to the characters. At a certain point, I just stopped reading. I have enjoyed some of Callihan’s books before so I will certainly read more of her work.  An ALL-NEW sports romance from New York Timesbestseller Kristen Callihan with high emotional stakes and a slow-burn, steamy heat level. A “fake” fiancée is just the trick to help a bad-boy football player clean up his image. Trouble is, there’s nothing…

What to Expect:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  romantic suspense ➺ small town ➺ single dad ➺ 80’s setting ➺ lost gold/treasure hunt ➺ sheriff hero ➺ new girl in town ➺ insta-love ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ The story setup was intriguing, but the romance has hardly any build up. If you’re doing it right, sex isn’t just about sex. It’s about the build-up. Foreplay. The things that happen before the main event. In that sense, the more a woman sees the characters get emotionally connected more enjoyable will be reading about them getting physically connected. Did you get that?! It’s like the floreplay for romance readers. If you don’t have that, it’s hard to get emotionally invested in…

Tropes & Vibes:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  coming of age ➺ friends to lovers ➺ love triangle ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ It seems like I am one of the few that did not like this book. The writing style just didn’t work for me. I found myself reading in monotone and dozing off several times. Nothing about it grabbed me. I couldn’t even finish the book. ❝ You know how you can remember exactly when and where you read certain books? A great novel, a truly great one, not only captures a particular fictional experience, it alters and intensifies the way you experience your own life while you’re reading it. And it preserves it, like a time capsule.…

What to Expect:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  suspense ➺ tension ➺ mystery ➺ murder ➺ small town ➺ twists  ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ The suspense had me hooked from the very beginning. I couldn’t stop flipping pages. The author really knows how to keep you guessing until the very end. I find that rare these days. I really enjoyed the mystery. Huge thanks to @libro.fm for providing an early listening copy. Your kindness is appreciated. 🙏🏻✨ The New York Times bestselling Queen of Twists is back with a psychological masterpiece that will leave you questioning everything you know about love, identity, and revenge. Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her…

Tropes & Vibes:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  small town ➺ accidental pregnancy ➺ second chance ➺ country music superstar  ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ This was probably my least favorite in this series. But maybe that’s on me. Let’s just say I’m not a fan of the unexpected pregnancy trope…  ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book in the Plain Daisy Ranch Series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a complete standalone. But for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading order. Plain Daisy Ranch Series: ❝ I think everyone should have a place were they feel safe❞ It was straight out of a rom-com—until two pink lines changed everything. Zander Shaw is country music’s…

Tropes & Vibes:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  college ➺ friends to lovers ➺ super rich hero ➺ sports ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ I don’t know, maybe  I’m too conservative for this book. But a girl that offers blowjobs to get what she wants and act so nonchalant about it like this is a completely normal behavior, it’s not something I can relate to. The writing also felt juvenile.  ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book in the Cobalt Empire Series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a complete standalone. But for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading order. Cobalt Empire Series: ❝ I don’t know how to dim when I love you, Harriet. I…

Tropes & Vibes:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  friends to lovers ➺ marriage of convenience ➺ curvy heroine ➺ cinnamon roll hero ➺ miscarriage ➺ mental trauma ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ I couldn’t like Addison. She was so stubborn, and so closed off that it took me out of the story. She treated Luke very bro-ey. They just had no chemistry. I couldn’t feel any real emotional connection between them. While he was trying way too hard to keep her, all she wanted to do was be out. Luke was just a doormat to her. I also think the book needed more humor and less trauma. The constant drama of emotionally insecure characters was draining.  ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is…

What’s inside:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ family dramas  ➺ inheritance games ➺ character-driven stories ➺ rich people problems ➺ coastal Rhode Island setting ➺ found family ➺ sibling chaos ➺ flawed characters ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ These Summer Storms is a story about how money, power and influence can be used to control and divide people. There are a few twists and turns that are shocking and surprising and a sweet and sizzling romance that I was completely invested in. I really enjoyed this book, in fact, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I was rather underwhelmed at the ending though. I would’ve loved an epilogue to show how everything worked out long-term. Still, the…

Tropes & Vibes:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ coming of age  ➺ friendship ➺ summer ➺ sad  ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ What a loooong book! I felt like we just went in circles the entire time. More tell than show. We are repeatedly told how close the friends are but honestly I just didn’t feel it. But hey! I am obviously an outlier here, this book has just won best Fiction category on Goodreads so you should read it and see how you feel about it. Never let someone else’s opinion stop you from giving a book a go when you are interested. Unfortunately, I was underwhelmed by this.  #1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny,…