𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  love triangle ༊*·˚.  presente and past timeline ༊*·˚. mystery  ٭⊹•꧂ ⚠️ 🅆🄰🅁🄽🄸🄽🄶 ⚠️∗ infidelity ∗ 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…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭ small town ༊*·˚.  grumpy hero ༊*·˚. found family ༊*·˚. famous heroine ༊*·˚. writer ٭⊹•꧂ The humor felt forced, making the scenes look stupid. Everything was just so over the top, the characters, the dialogue, the scenes… it was like watching an old episode of The Three Stooges. So cringey!  “The worst thing that ever happened to you is still the worst thing that ever happened to you. You don’t have to feel guilty that something even worse didn’t happen. That’s really fuckin’ stupid.” ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 1 in the Story Lake Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. Hazel Hart was a successful romance novelist…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  childhood best friends to academic rivals to lovers ༊*·˚.  she hates him ༊*·˚. he falls first ༊*·˚. black cat vs golden retriever ༊*·˚. coming of age story ༊*·˚. slow burn ٭⊹•꧂ I felt like there were times of the book that was very drawn out and could have moved a little quicker, and the romantic aspect wasn’t the focus of the story. I finished this wanting more out of the romance. “Keep your friends close and your lifelong academic rivals you’ve imagined kissing multiple times against your will closer.” At long last, Sadie has vanquished her lifelong academic rival — her irritatingly charming, whip smart next door neighbor, Seb — by…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  bullying ༊*·˚. step siblings ༊*·˚. ༊*·˚. enemies to lovers ༊*·˚. kinky ༊*·˚. ༊*·˚. suspense  ٭⊹•꧂ 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.  . . . . . . 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…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  childhood friends to enemies to lovers ༊*·˚.  antihero ༊*·˚. bully romance ༊*·˚. dark romance ༊*·˚. possessive hero ༊*·˚. angsty & emotional ٭⊹•꧂ ⚠️ 🅆🄰🅁🄽🄸🄽🄶 ⚠️∗ suicide ideation ∗ attempted suicide ∗ ∗ mental health rep ∗ child neglect ∗ alcoholism ∗ eating disorder ∗  ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Your mental health matters. If any of these topics are sensitive to you, please proceed with caution or skip this one ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Everything flowed seamlessly and the author was able to immersed me into this read. I liked the bullying part, I guess I was in one of my moods that it seemed fitting for a bully read. However, I still needed more groveling from Xander.…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  age gap ༊*·˚.  class difference ༊*·˚. Hollywood ༊*·˚. influencers ༊*·˚. ༊*·˚. eating disorders ٭⊹•꧂ First off I have to say, I didn’t like how selfish Lee was with Jax. She kept calling and texting him. Telling the guy how much she missed him. How she’s never gone a day without speaking with him that it was how hard for her, while she knew too well the reason he left town, the reason he had to distance himself from her. If she really was a good friend  to Jackson, she would’ve given the guy the space he needed to get over her, even if that hurt her. Because being in touch with Jax…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  best friend’s little sister ༊*·˚.  ༊*·˚. second chance ༊*·˚. small twon༊*·˚. forbidden love ༊*·˚. boss & employee ༊*·˚. sport romance ༊*·˚. basketball ٭⊹•꧂ I couldn’t put it down and that says something to me, as lately I’ve been struggled with romance. Was it perfect though? Hell no! I definitely had a few issues with the story but I was fully invested and rooting for these two since page one. That’s all that matters!  ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 5 in the Sugarlake Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. Elliot Carson left Sugarlake and has never looked back. Revered as the next big thing in basketball, Eli’s a…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  second chance ༊*·˚.  forced proximity ༊*·˚. childhood friends to lovers ༊*·˚. angsty ٭⊹•꧂ I really really enjoyed this book. It was a definite page turner and solid read. I enjoyed how the book touched upon addiction and how it affects the people around them. I also loved Jax! He might not being the guy for Alina but he is exactly what I need 🥰 but I get it Alina 😘 My only real complaint is the ending. I don’t feel like it was wrapped up nicely, it felt unfinished.  Overall, I very much enjoyed this. Even if I found it a bit long than necessary, there’s not really any boring moments.…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  mature characters ༊*·˚.  single mom ༊*·˚. life after divorce ༊*·˚. crazy dynamic family ٭⊹•꧂ It’s not like I hated the book, it has a lot of potential, good family drama, good character development but it was extremely slow for me. Not this author’s best.  Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is . . . complicated. So when her real dad—a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago—suddenly appears on her…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:꧁•⊹٭  neiborhs ༊*·˚.  insta-love ༊*·˚. ༊*·˚. meet cute ༊*·˚. forced proximity ༊*·˚. cinnamon roll hero ٭⊹•꧂ I don’t know what to say… I couldn’t feel the love, it was too insta-love for me, everything felt rushed, ti be honest but at the same time I don’t think the author had enough time to build any feelings or plot developing either. So for what it is, not bad I guess but it definitely didn’t have the wow effect that this author usually delivers.  Two good neighbors make the best of a bad Valentine’s Day in a funny and improbably romantic short story by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Just for the Summer. It’s…