Behind the Net by Stephanie Archer

★ BOOK REVIEW ★ Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez Not going to lie, this book felt like I was in a therapy session. So deeply emotional and portrays trauma in such a real way that was sometimes exhausting. Don’t get me wrong, this book is beautifully written, but definitely not a RomCom. If you are in it for the romance, forget it! This isn’t it. The insta-love did bother me a little in the beginning, but I understood that was necessary for the premise of the long distance relationship though. Also, the fact that they were barely together and when they finally managed to be together, they still had to deal with a lot of what’s happening in Sam’s family life; unbalanced the story a little bit. It was sometimes exhausting to read as it features heavy life topics. There are a lot traumatic events both main characters were going or went through and also discussion around animal abuse. I just needed a little break at times. You know, just enjoy seeing these two inside their love bubble without any outside interference. However, I’m still very happy to have finally read this book. I loved Xavier to pieces. He gave his all to make things work between him and Sam. He was an amazingly supportive partner through each of Samantha’s crises while working through his own trauma and also exhaustion. What an incredible man he is! The epic book boyfriend material. “If you had the power to erase every memory you have of me so you didn’t know what you were missing, would you do it?” she asked. “No, I wouldn’t do it,” I said without even thinking about it. “Why?” “Because life wouldn’t be worth living if I didn’t remember you.” She looked like she didn’t believe me. “But it’s so hard though,” she said. “Would you erase the memories of your grandma so you wouldn’t feel the way you feel right now?” “No.” “Some things are worth remembering, Samantha. No matter how much they hurt.” That! That right there won all my heart for this story… 🥹 Continue 👇🏻

★ BOOK REVIEW ★ Painted Scars by Neva Altaj ༊*·˚ ˖*°࿐ • ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ 🇹 🇷 🇴 🇵 🇪 🇸 ꧁•⊹٭ mafia romance༊*·˚. arranged marriage ༊*·˚. enemies to lovers ༊*·˚. age gap ༊*·˚. ༊*·˚. opposites attract ༊*·˚. he hates everyone but her ༊*·˚. touch her and die ༊*·˚. OTT possessive/jealous hero ༊*·˚. ༊*·˚. sassy heroine ٭⊹•꧂ ⚠️ 🅆🄰🅁🄽🄸🄽🄶 ⚠️ ∗ domestic violence ∗ mentions of abuse ∗ graphic descriptions of violence and torture (none occur between the hero/heroine) ∗ ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Your mental health matters. If any of these topics are sensitive to you, please proceed with caution or skip this one ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 : Nothing makes a story better than a hot possessive hero 😮‍💨 Roman’s protective was just on point, not overbearing or controlling. Just hot! I also loved the fact that Nina wasn’t a doormat or some pitiful virgin who needed constantly rescuing. Their chemistry is unmatched. I ate this book up and left no crumbs 🤭 Delicious! 5 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔰 ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 1 in the Perfectly Imperfect Series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading order. ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Perfectly Imperfect Reading Order ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ 1. Painted Scars 2. Broken Whispers 3. Hidden Truths 4. Ruined Secrets 5. Stolen Touches 6. Fractured Souls 7. Burned Dreams 8. Silent Lies 9. Darkest Sins 10. Sweet Prison 11. Precious Hazard “𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓶𝓮,” 𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓪𝔂𝓼, “𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘’𝓵𝓵 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓹 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓻.” ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙜 𝓈𝒽𝑒𝓈𝒶𝒾𝒹𝓎𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑜𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈.𝒸𝑜𝓂 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 #𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 #𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 - 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙤

★ BOOK REVIEW ★ The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent 🇹 🇷 🇴 🇵 🇪 🇸 ꧁•⊹٭ enemies to lovers ༊*·˚. forced proximity ༊*·˚. badass heroine ༊*·˚. vampires ༊*·˚. magic ༊*·˚. demons ༊*·˚. angst ༊*·˚. age gap ༊*·˚. royal hero ༊*·˚. vengeance ٭⊹•꧂ 5 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔰 ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 : As a romance reader I am that occasionally enjoys reading a fantasy book, I needed a bit more sexual tension between the main characters. However, this was a thrilling fantasy novel, so different from any vampire book I’ve read. Very unique. The ending took me in an emotional ride, I didn’t see it coming. Fantasy’s readers will definitely eat this book up. Soooo good! ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 1 in the Crowns of Nyaxia Series. 1. The Serpent and the Wings of Night 2. The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King 3. The Songbird & the Heart of Stone 4. The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk 1.5 - Six Scorched Roses 2.5 - Slaying the Vampire Conqueror ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙜 ༊*·˚ ˖*°࿐ • 𝓈𝒽𝑒𝓈𝒶𝒾𝒹𝓎𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑜𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈.𝒸𝑜𝓂 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 #𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬𝙨 & #𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 - 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙤 Have a great weekend, everyone 💋

★ BOOK REVIEW & RECOMMENDATION ★ Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall 🇨 🇴 🇳 🇹 🇪 🇳 🇹 ꧁•⊹٭ love triangle ༊*·˚. presente and past timeline ༊*·˚. mystery ٭⊹•꧂ ⚠️ 🅆🄰🅁🄽🄸🄽🄶 ⚠️ ∗ infidelity ∗ 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 : Although the writing was in fact amazing and compelling, and it did have me turning pages, I wasn’t completely in love with the storyline. I’m doing my best at not being so judgmental when reviewing this. So bear with me! 😅 If life taught me a lesson is that you can’t judge others when you’ve never been in their shoes. Also, be careful of throwing stones, we all live in a glass house too. We are all human beings after all. We make mistakes, we make poor decisions, we make others suffer. The bottom line is, did you learn your lesson? That being said, it was still not easy for me to read about Beth’s story because Frank was a very good man, a too good husband to her and also a good dad. He loved his wife with all his heart. He would give her the moon if he could to. Damn! He gave her more than that. And that’s what makes SO hard for me not to judge Beth. I believe her vulnerability made her take pretty poor decisions in life. And sadly, those decisions affected everyone around her. However, she’s learned her lesson and that’s life. Learn with our mistakes and not repeat them. Trying to become a better version of ourselves. I’m genuinely glad she’s got another chance for happiness. We can see she is a different Beth after everything and for that this book was truly beautiful. That is exactly how each of us is, imperfectly beautiful. This book definitely evoked strong emotions and made me cry in the end. I wonder how long it will be before my heart lets this one go… it definitely deserves all the stars. Have a great week, everyone! 💋

★ BOOK REVIEW ★ Story of My Life by Lucy Score 2 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔰 ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ 🇹 🇷 🇴 🇵 🇪 🇸 ꧁•⊹٭ small town ༊*·˚. grumpy hero ༊*·˚. found family ༊*·˚. famous heroine ༊*·˚. writer ٭⊹•꧂ 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 : The humor felt forced, making some of the scenes look stupid. Everything was just so over the top, the characters, the dialogue, the plot… it was like watching an old version episode of The Three Stooges. So cringey! ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 1 in the Story Lake Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Story Lake Series ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ 1. Story of My Life 2. Mistakes Were Made Have a great weekend, everyone! 💋

★ BOOK REVIEW ★ Ruthless Empire by Rina Kent 4.5 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔰 ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ 🇹 🇷 🇴 🇵 🇪 🇸 ꧁•⊹٭ bullying ༊*·˚. step siblings ༊*·˚. ༊*·˚. enemies to lovers ༊*·˚. kinky ༊*·˚. ༊*·˚. suspense ٭⊹•꧂ 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 : Their chemistry was soooo good that I couldn’t care less about the characters age 🤭 These two were fire hot! 😮‍💨 However, I did have a few issues with the story. ೃ⁀➷ SPOILERS ALERT ༊*·˚ ˖*°࿐ • . . . . . . . 1- The author should do some research when writes about something she doesn’t have much experience with or knowledge. False positive pregnancy test is very and I mean very rare. Almost impossible! And it only can happen in rare cases like testing too soon after a miscarriage, abortion, or childbirth or if you are taking fertility medications that contain hCG. So if the test says you are pregnant, YOU ARE PREGNANT! The opposite though, it’s more common. 2- While the hero was still a virgin he was way more sexually experienced than the heroine and that bugged me a little. Didn’t he promise all his first to her as well? 3- The plot twist although unexpected, was once again a bit ludicrous. I felt like I was suddenly watching a bad soap opera on TV. 3- Ten years!! Ten f*cking years so they can finally be in the open for the world because they were once step siblings. Their parents married when they were 18! Eighteen!!!!!!! And they were married like for a year or two and then you have to wait 10 years to tell the world you two are togheter. Nope! That was a bit of a strach to me. 4- The ending also felt rushed. That being said, I read this in one-sitting. Rina Kent’s writing is immersive and full of palpable tension. The chemistry is also off charts! Even if it wasn’t perfect, it was still a great read for me. I will give this 4 stars, nevertheless. ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 6 in the Royal Elite Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Royal Elite Series ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ 1. Cruel King 2. Deviant King 3. Steel Princess 4. Twisted Kingdom 5. Black Knight 6. Vicious Prince 7. Ruthless Empire 8. Royal Elite Epilogue

★ BOOK REVIEW ★ Wild Side by Elsie Silver 🇹 🇷 🇴 🇵 🇪 🇸 ꧁•⊹٭ marriage of convenience ༊*·˚. sports romance ༊*·˚. wrestling ༊*·˚. touch her and die vibes ༊*·˚. foodie romance ༊*·˚. cinnamon roll alpha ༊*·˚. forced proximity ༊*·˚. small town ٭⊹•꧂ 2 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔰 ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 : I wish we had more background about Rhys and the lost sister friendship. We are told but never shown they’ve become close and when she passes, she left him as the guardian of her three-year-old child. But here’s the thing, Rhys is a broody guy, the kind that likes his space and privacy, it was hard to see him as a loving and caring dad out of the blue. There was zero relationship developing with the kid. We never saw him interact with the kid before, and has BARELY seen these two together after, for that matter! How on earth am I supposed to see feelings between them? Just because the author told me he loves and cares for the kid I don’t have to suddenly believe her. Show me! Make me feel them!! Make me feel the relationship!! Also, the chemistry just wasn’t there. All the characters were one-dimensional. And couldn’t get why all the mystery surrounding the hero’s career. About that… Wrestling??? From all the sport in fighting you seriously picked wrestling!? Such a buzzkiller! “I breathe him in, and he breathes me out, both of us toeing the edge of what could be a disastrous fall.” ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book e in the Rose Hill Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Rose Hill Series ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ 1. Wild Love 2. Wild Eyes 3. Wild Side 4. Wild Card Hope y’all are enjoying this beautiful Sunday! 🌻

★ BOOK REVIEW ★ On Loverose Lane by Samantha Young 🇹 🇷 🇴 🇵 🇪 🇸 enemies to lovers • sport romance • soccer • forced proximity • found family 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 : Idk why I read this when I’m well aware of the fact that Samantha Young’s writing just doesn’t impressed me anymore. Since her On Dublin Street Series, maybe even a bit before that, I am always so bored with her books, so this is entirely on me. This book was unnecessarily too long. All the explanations and background stories given about every single character from the previous series over family dinners felt a bit overload. If I’m being brutally honest, they felt like fillers. I was so bored. The banter felt immature and juvenil. Too many side characters, it felt more like the author was trying to set up stories for future books than part of the story. I wish I could say I loved this but sadly I didn’t. However, I’m sure if you are fan of the author you will love this as many other readers have. So I wouldn’t hesitate to read it. 3 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔰 ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ because of my love for the previous series. ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 1 in the Return to Dublin Street Series, spin-off series from ‘On Dublin Street’. Each one can be read as a complete standalone.

★ FIRST TIME CALLER by BK Borison ★ It started off really strong but once Lucie joined the radio show I started to really have issues with the book and it just went downhill slowly. 1- So Lucie says and I’m quoting her here: “No, that’s not what I mean. I don’t want to try. All I do is try. All day long, I’m trying and I’m so tired. Why can’t this be the one thing I don’t have to try at? Why can’t it be a thing that just . . . happens? I don’t want—I don’t want to think about what I should say or how I should act or . . . or have talking points in the notes app of my phone for a dinner date at a restaurant that I don’t really like. I want to feel something when I connect with someone. I want sparks. The good kind, you know? I want to laugh and mean it. I want goose bumps. I want to wonder what my date is thinking about and hope it might be me. I want . . . I want the magic.” That quote gave me the feeling that Lucie wanted love happening naturally. She wanted magic. She wanted fireworks w/out having to try so hard. All she does in life is try. Then all of the sudden the girl was on a radio station talking to listeners looking for love while she specifically said SHE DIDN’t WANT TO HAVE TO TRY SO HARD!?? 2- The book was also too long for a contemporary romance. The story wasn’t progressing, I was bored AF at some points. 3- I could understand Lucie’s cute little speech about love getting her on the radio, but all the commotion about it was a bit too much just for that. 4- Aiden was so emotionally unavailable and I saw very little character growth. I wanted more from him. I did like Lucie thou, and I loved her relationship with her daughter! This book definitely has its cute and sweet moments. The ending was absolutely adorable, not all is lost 😅 but definitely not my favorite from the author. However, I’m clearly in the minority with this one, so don’t let my review sway you from giving it a go, so many other readers loved this! 3.5 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔰 ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ Thanks @booksfoodanddrinks for joining me. I hope you enjoy this more than me 🤞🏻✨😘 ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙜 𝓈𝒽𝑒𝓈𝒶𝒾𝒹𝓎𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑜𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈.𝒸𝑜𝓂 - 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙤