Content:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  sports romance ➺ football ➺ insta-love/connection vibes ➺ marriage of convenience ➺ single guardian ➺ small town ➺ reformed playboy ➺ found family  ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Some dialogue felt cliche, and it began with a blast of insta-love but the found family aspect of this book was absolutely everything. I really enjoyed reading the parts of Penn trying to become a foster parent to Sam. It was so heartwarming 🥹 If you enjoy a light sports romance with a group of found family and a marriage of convenience with low drama, this is your book. ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 5 in The Single Dad Playbook Series. Each book in this series features…

Content:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  love triangle ➺ cheating ➺ dark romance ➺ he falls first ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ I don’t even know how to accurately describe just how bad this was, but here we go. Terrible characters, sex, sex, sex and more sex, the VERY little plot that has was stupid, and the writing was lousy. It was so bad I would have given this zero stars if I could. Thank goodness, I didn’t pay for this. ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 1 in the Split or Swallow Series. Split or Swallow Series: THIS BOOK IS NOT SAFE TO READ AT WORK. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED. Twenty year old Temperance Verus has never been kissed. But that’s…

Content:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  dark academia vibes ➺ mystery ➺ murder ➺ dual timeline ➺ love, friendship & betrayal ➺ “who done it?” ➺ set in Oxford ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ The atmosphere was good. It has that dark academia vibes. The dual timeline was well done. However, I didn’t find lots of tension throughout the book, it didn’t make me feel like other thrillers have – excited, needy to know what happened. It was also soooo slow in progressing the plot line, it felt like the author had to meet a certain word count and hadn’t reached it yet, so she padded it with unnecessary “fluff” that didn’t add anything to her story or characterizations. Could…

Content:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ sports romance  ➺ Formula 1 ➺ fake dating ➺ grumpy hero ➺ found family  ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ The relationship has no development and some parts were cliché and cringy. I could hardly get through them. It was also so unnecessary long. But I liked the beginning.  ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 4 in the Dirty Air 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. Dirty Air Series: ❝ Because in the end, nothing is more fearful than realizing life goes on, with or without you. ❞ Santiago Alatorre One mistake destroys my career.  I go…

3.25 stars Content:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  sports romance ➺ MMA ➺ injured athlete ➺ physical therapist ➺ forbidden romance ➺ grumpy hero ➺ slow burn ➺ second chance ➺ forced proximity ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ ⚠︎ Trigger Warning ⚠︎⋙ This book contains references to depression, grief, anxiety, substance addiction, thoughts of self-harm, thoughts of suicide, and death of a parent (mentioned) ⋙ I absolutely loved these two and their dynamic, however, the third act really ruined it for me. Aside from that, I really liked this. All Roman doubts and uncertainty was really engaging and felt realistic. I found myself deeply focused on Roman recovery, his pain, his hope… The way he treated his mother was just…

Content:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  con artist mmc ➺ mystery ➺ short chapters ➺ domestic thriller ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ The story is mostly the ramblings of a sociopathic liar who gets away with conning dumb ass women. and the daughter of his target trying to figure him out. Boring and redundant. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen, and it never did. The different timelines were very frustrating and hard to follow as well. My head is still spinning from all the back and forth.  ❝ Please see below for some recommended reading, listening, and watching if you want to dig deeper into the psychology of men like Simon Smith. And in the meantime: be careful…

3.25 stars Content:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  celebrity ➺ athlete hero ➺ sports romance ➺ baseball ➺ forced proximity ➺ black main characters  ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  At the same time that I think their relationship moved a little too quickly, you also barely see them romantically together on the page. I would’ve loved to see more development on their feelings, some real, emotional depth shared between the main characters as having more scenes with them together so you could see their relationship grow. This made me disconnect with them and not feeling their emotions. I also think the story dragged a bit in the middle. Overall, not a bad story, it just left some to be desired.  ❝…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆  reverse age gap (she’s 11 years older) ➺ widow ➺ single mom ➺ coming of age ➺ lgbtq+ representation ➺ steamy with mostly closed  ➺  dual timeline  ➺ celebrity  ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ I don’t know, this story didn’t speak to me. I couldn’t feel the grief nor the romance. I couldn’t feel the chemistry between the characters then nor now. I didn’t particularly like Lauren as a person either. Bummed because I was excited for this but ultimately it just fell flat. I couldn’t root for or relate to any character.  I also must say that this is very much a sequel to Funny You Should Ask, and although you don’t need to read Funny You…

Content:⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ dark romance ➺ forced proximity ➺ suspense ➺ tortured hero ➺ tortured heroine ➺ abduction ➺ grumpy hero ➺ touch her & die ➺ thriller ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Good grief, was this boring. Lacking in everything. I think this was the nail in the coffin for me to not read any more from this author. It seems like nothing she writes will ever live up to Still Beating to me.  They say the best kept secrets are hidden in the darkest places. I know that better than anybody… Because I’m one of them. I spend my days locked in a black-market nightmare, held captive by a twisted mastermind who considers me…

3.25 stars Content:➺ sports romance ➺ basketball ➺ bad boys ➺ friends to lovers ➺ found family I was completely engrossed for the first half of the book but suddenly this story got a bit over the top and drawn out for me. I completely lost interest in it. Also, the story jumps around in different timelines in a very confusing way.  I was never really sure how much time had passed and where we were in the story. But, overall, I enjoyed it.  Two simple words hold the truth of our love: wait and hope. Olivia Rhys Garrett—recent high school graduate, ex-captain of the basketball team, and my brother’s rival both…