Truly, Madly, Deeply struck all the right cords and made me fall (pardon the pun) truly, madly, deeply in love with the characters!

Okay, let’s start with Colin, because I have no notes! The man is perfection. I love a man who is unapologetically obsessed with his partner in a healthy way. The spice 🥵 literally everything about Collin McCrory is to die for

Also to die for in the book is the banter! Something about arguing with someone you love is just so much better than anything in existence. And the communication in this book is all-around great, so of course the banter is too!

Read this if you love
🩵 bi representation 
🩶 antagonists to lovers
🩵 he falls SO HARD, SO FAST
🩶 multiple open door scenes
🩵 a good old-fashioned parent trap
🩶 healthy communication 
🩵 top notch banter
🩶 caretaking

I can’t wait to finish Alexandria’s backlist! 4.5 stars

disclaimer: I don’t really give starred reviews. I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Find me here: https://linktr.ee/bookishmillennial

I buddy read this with @readingwithtemperance (IG & on here) & we had a great time. Colin is probably my favorite book bae of my recent romance reads, & I am still hot & bothered by him lmao.

Truly (romance writer) goes on a podcast with Colin (family attorney, but works on a lot of divorces), and their views on love and relationships are quite different, causing a ton of friction. They end up continuing on with the podcast after mostly settling their miscommunication and misunderstanding, but Truly cannot ignore the growing sexual tension between them. Amidst this, Truly's parents drop some groundbreaking news to her that turn her world on its axis. Her best friend Lulu who works at a sex toy shop is along for the entire ride, providing the goofiest commentary and much needed comic relief.

Truly and Colin's tension was written so well - I could feel it seeping out of these pages omg!!!!! The steamy scenes had me absolutely sweating ajhslfhdkfshdfsjhdfdsljf. Their text messages were so flirty and fun, and rang authentic to me as someone who is awkward, truculent, and bad at flirting. I was genuinely grinning so hard reading their interactions, and think Bellefleur did a great job of illustrating a growing connection between the two.

I thought the Parent Trap-esque plan for Truly's parents was annoying because your parents getting divorced is not about you (like yes, your feelings are absolutely valid and they matter, but you can't force or guilt your parents into staying together, come on Truly babyyyyy). However, I sympathize with her pain, and recognize that you don't know how you act until it happens to you. Their Sondheim tradition had me absolutely cackling though.

Colin's family (besides his sister who runs the podcast... I am forgetting her name, I'm sorry!) can suck it and I hope they step on Legos barefoot for the rest of their lives!

Overall, this was such a fun romcom - I giggled, I swooned, I broke a sweat, and I would love to see it onscreen hehe. 

Steam Rating: 3.5 out of 5 - including a public sex scene at a lake, my GODDDDDD

The way that Alexandria writes just has me absolutely devouring her words. She has such a flare for the dramatic. 

In this book we follow Truly (a best selling historical romance author) and Colin (divorce lawyer) definitely an unlikely pair for sure. 

The book wastes no time grabbing your attention.

On the first page Truly catches her fiancé cheating on her. And then her parents tell her that they're seperating.

A whirlwind of emotions for sure. 

Then enters Colin who achieves nothing but royally pissing Truly off in the beginning.

I love how he won her over.

Colin was probably the highlight of this book for me. He's so thoughtful and kind.

And not gonna lie I kind of love the way this man begs. My my does he do it WELL.

There were definitely lots of cringe moments though. The whole

parent trap

situation gave me intense secondhand embarrassment. But I'm glad it worked out in the end.

I also really hated Colin's family (aside from his sister of course). They were all just so pretentious, entitled,  and RUDE. I wanted to fist fight them all.

I was so happy when Truly stood up for Colin.

The spice was fantastic, but no surprise there given its Alexandria Bellefleur. Definitely a great book to read with a friend (I did hi Brittany!). 

Overall I really liked it and the ending was sweet.

I loved that her parents renewed their vows.

But I was so dissapointed that we didn't get to see

the engagement. Especially since Truly was the one who proposed in her last relationship.