𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  childhood friends to enemies to lovers ༊*·˚.  fake dating ༊*·˚.  small town ༊*·˚. college sports romance ༊*·˚. football ༊*·˚. ༊*·˚. volleyball ༊*·˚. virgin heroine ༊*·˚. he’s a player ༊*·˚.  grief/ death ٭⊹•꧂ Devney Perry saved the best for last! Hands down, my favorite in the series. It had it all! Angst, wit, steam, and lots of heart. Their banter was delightful, their chemistry was sizzling hot, and the slow burn was absolutely worth it. And the audiobook was top notch on top of it all. ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 5 in the Treasure State Wildcats Series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a standalone,…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  mafia ༊*·˚.  age gap ༊*·˚. antihero ༊*·˚. forced proximity ༊*·˚. he falls first ༊*·˚. instalove ٭⊹•꧂ I wasn’t so thrilled with this one. It was too instalove, and the kind I don’t like at all. There is no real buildup in their “relationship” to convince me that they fell in love for a reason other than being physically attracted to each other. That many MANY spicy scenes didn’t helped much either, they felt more like fillers than a plus to the relationship. I, also, didn’t like how the third act conflict was handled. It only proved me how underdeveloped their relationship was. It was still enjoyable, but I’m taking a break…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  enemies to lovers ༊*·˚.  Slow burn ༊*·˚. ༊*·˚. redemption ༊*·˚. second chance ༊*·˚. forced marriage ༊*·˚. dark magic ٭⊹•꧂ I loved this series so much! From the world build to the relationship build there was a lot going on but it was still easy to follow. Carissa Broadbent writes worlds so vividly you can actually picture them. You can feel what the characters feel. Specially that now we got the POV of both main characters. My only criticism is that this was very long and I ended up skipping and skimming a few pages. But, overall, a brutal, beautiful, and completely worth Romantasy book.  ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 1 in…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭ friends to lovers  ༊*·˚. found family  ༊*·˚. forced proximity ༊*·˚. hurt & comfort ༊*·˚. grief ٭⊹•꧂ I’ve lost a close friend of mine and also my dad to cancer and I will say this, although I understand people grieve differently, I can’t understand that level of angst and grief after 6 months of losing someone either. We can’t just fall apart like that. The world does not stop just so you can grieve. Life goes on. If you feel like you can’t go on with your life seek for a professional help.  “Just remember. Something good for you, something bad for you, and a change of scenery. That’s the winning formula.”…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  rivals to lovers  ༊*·˚.  books about books ༊*·˚. mystery ༊*·˚. historical fiction ༊*·˚. two timelines ༊*·˚. Evelyn Hugo vibes ٭⊹•꧂ This was a book I was ridiculously excited to read, and I am truly heartbroken that I had to call time of death at 60% through of the audiobook. I kept zoning out, nothing in this story could hold my attention the more I tried. I just couldn’t do it anymore. I prefer reading something with a bit more romance or thrill to make it harder to put down. This really had neither. Everything was just SO bland. Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  meet-cute ༊*·˚.  long distance relationship ༊*·˚. cinnamon roll hero ༊*·˚. complex family dynamics  ٭⊹•꧂  ⚠️🅆🄰🅁🄽🄸🄽🄶 ⚠️∗ heavy life topics ∗ dementia ∗ death/grief ∗ cheating ∗ childhood abuse ∗ animal abuse ∗⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Your mental health matters. If any of these topics are sensitive to you, please proceed with caution or skip this one ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ 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…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  small town ༊*·˚.  second chance ༊*·˚. single mom ༊*·˚. forced proximity ༊*·˚.  childhood crush ٭⊹•꧂ My mainly issue with this was the pov. I just don’t get the feels I like to feel when reading 3rd person romance books. Also, there is only one narrator for both characters povs —a male narrator, it was confusing. I was with the audiobook and it was hard to follow. I just didn’t know who was speaking at the time or whose thoughts were those. At some point I just stopped trying. I want to enjoy my time and not suffer. Next!  “You can protect yourself all you want, but living in a way that doesn’t…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  arranged marriage ༊*·˚.  mafia romance ༊*·˚. age gap ༊*·˚. single dad ༊*·˚. scarred hero ٭⊹•꧂ Not a bad book, but the story could have benefited from more depth. Things happened very fast between the main characters, we didn’t have time to enjoy them falling in love. The spicy scenes could have used a bit more heat too and there was just room many for my liking. And, although, I liked how the author portrayed Bianca’s character, her backstory felt underdeveloped. However, the book was still an addictive read to me. ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 2 in the Perfectly Imperfect Series. Each book in this series features a different couple and…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  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 ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ 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…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  enemies to lovers ༊*·˚.  forced proximity ༊*·˚. badass heroine ༊*·˚. vampires ༊*·˚. magic ༊*·˚. demons ༊*·˚. angst ༊*·˚. age gap ༊*·˚. royal hero ༊*·˚. vengeance  ٭⊹•꧂ 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!  “But even more frightening than his desire was mine. I felt that call echoing in my own pulse. It was so strong…