𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:enemies to lovers • possessive hero • cold hero • tortured hero • slavery • abduction • praise kink • BDSM • non consensual sexual act • suspenseTW: violence • abduction • bullying • sexual assault • rape ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Your mental health matters. If any of these topics are sensitive to you, please proceed with caution or skip this one ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ I read this book a couple of years ago and never posted a review on instagram or any social media of mine because I get so many haters. Readers of dark romances are not opened for a debate. They feel attacked by your opinion, they get offended so they attack…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:single dad • age gap • secret relationship • forbidden love • pastor’s daughter • small town  What bothered me was not the fact that  Eve was barely 18 and had just graduated from High School and Kyle was 28 and the new teacher/coach. What made this so icky was the fact that Eve was a childish brat who took pleasure in raising hell and creating chaos. I couldn’t even find her humor funny. It was hard to believe that a 28 year old man with a kid to raise would’ve fallen for a girl like her. So immature! Just another child in his life. Sorry, but this wasn’t a book for…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:sports • figure skating • friends to lovers • rivalry • cheating  I was very intrigued by the cover and the glowing reviews but this was not a book for me.  This is absolutely NOT a romance novel. Why it’s categorized as one I have no idea. Maybe if I have read it without expecting a romance I would’ve felt different. Truth is, I wasn’t prepared for how ugly this story is.  There isn’t one likable character in this book, except maybe for Garrett. But Katarina was the worst of them all. Her lack of empathy for others well being as long as she got what she wanted was despicable.…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:small town romance • workplace • boss’s daughter • enemies to lovers • grumpy hero • found family • secret relationship • family group text • mental health rep  I really enjoyed the dynamic between the characters. Easton with his quick, dry, grumpy, sarcastic wit and Henley with her sassy comebacks had me smiling. I also love how close and supportive was Easton’s family. The family group text had me cracking up. I just wished we had more of the enemies tension between the main character, it didn’t last long enough for me. As I think the story felt longer than necessary, it definitely felt drawn out at some places.…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:sports romance • hockey • forced proximity • one-bed • college  There is just no buildup to the relationship or character development in this book.  I don’t mind smut in books, but I need to have felt some sexual tension and some relationship development between the main characters before they have any sexual interaction or also become a couple. I’m okay with a one-night thing in books but that’s not the case here. Chase had never acknowledged or even noticed Cammie before and suddenly, he wants to spend the eternity with her? Ugh 😑 also, I couldn’t buy Cammie, her character, she hides from everyone, is this introvert quiet coy…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:western romance • cowboy hero • friends to lovers • fake dating • lessons-in-seduction  The prologue drew me in. I felt so much chemistry there. The sexual tension was delicious to read. Thought this was going to be a great read for me but I was wrong. The writing was silly for the rest of the book. It felt like the book was written by a teenager.  ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 2 in the Lucky River Ranch Series, an interconnected series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. Wyatt Rivers is the perfect no-strings hookup—a cowboy Casanova who rocks a Stetson, looks smokin’ hot in his Wranglers,…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:• suspense • horror elements• eerie atmosphere • locked room mystery • For the biggest part of this book, there was only one thought in my mind: “What a bizarre storytelling. I think I should be drunk or high to follow this”.  To be fair, I loved the ambiance, and the horror elements as well as a chilling undercurrent that permeated every page  but everything about this was so contrived. The plot twist was predictable and dumb, and with a political agenda. So anticlimactic! And why say they aren’t a cult when they clearly are one? So annoying. I rolled my eyes so many times in the last 20% that they…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:• enemies to lovers • forced proximity • writers • multicultural • college • teacher and student • I’m starting to reevaluate my love for enemies to lovers trope. I don’t know if either I’ve changed as a reader or authors are not doing their best when writing this trope. I just know that every time I read an enemies to lovers now the characters come off SO immature, like they’re two children in kindergarten fighting for the same chair 🙄 in my head their banter sounds like this “The red chair is mine.” “No, it’s mine. I love red. Red is my favorite color.” “But I saw that chair first,…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:• second chances • family dynamics • coming of age • mystery • ”Anybody Out There?” is my absolute favorite Walsh Family book. I loved Anna in that book, and hoped she would have her happy ending, but I didn’t like the new Anna as much as the old one. I got fed up with her whining.  This book was also unnecessary too long. Lots of inner monologue and way too many characters. The story felt extremely dragged out as a result. I used to love  Marian Keyes’ novels back in the day, so I guess it’s loyalty that keeps me coming back, even though I have really struggled with some of…

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉: • rivals to lovers • small town • black cat vs golden retriever • neighbors • workplace • family dynamics • The banter between Jackson and Emily and their interactions were fun and enjoyable to witness. I loved the chemistry between them and their rivalry. I also appreciated the adding of the mental health aspects, and the author does this very well.  However, the pacing of this book was a little slow for me, and the fmc got on my nerves at times, they both felt immature in some scenes, to be honest. There is a bit of spicy in this book this time. But the author does give…