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On the Surface by Rachel McGuire

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3.0

 
First off this cover is stunning, this was a quick read with a full cast, multi-narrator which worked out perfectly with all the different characters. Each narrator had their own part and they did amazing. 

💙 Unreliable Narrator 
🩷 Beach Read 
💙 Exotic Locale 
🩷 Social Media Influencer 
💙 Missing Person 
🩷 Multiple POVs 

I had fun trying to piece together what happened with the missing person with the twists and turns. 

I had a little upset for how the book had ended but 3 stars are still good in my eyes and i would read this again just because i did enjoy my time. 
Beachy Keen by Kasey Stockton

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4.0

 
Thank you to Netgalley and Dreamscape Media | Golden Owl Press for the ARC of Beachy Keen
 
I was looking for some cute beachy romance’s to read and this certainly was one that caught my eye. I loved when going into the audiobook we had a dual POV which always brings the story to life. Both the narrators did a splendid job getting the emotions and the timing right. 

🧡 Billionaire 
💛 Small Island Town 
🧡 Boss - Employee 
💛Misunderstood Meet Cute 
🧡 Nicknames 
💛Super Hot Guy (obviously) 
🧡 Secret Crush 

One of the things i loved going into this was the Anxiety rep coming from a mans pov, i don’t get to read many of those and i really enjoyed it in this read. I liked that you had a the billionaire who has to be perfect but then likes a women who wants less, wants to help others and has lost so much yet her heart is always in the right place. 

I mean this was just the cutest read and the cover is very much a “read this cause the cover” moment. I will be adding the other books onto my must read. 
The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller

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4.0

 Thank you to Netgalley and MacMillan Audiobooks for the ARC of The Darkness Within Us! 

I absolutely was in love with The Shadows Between Us when i read it back in 2020. When i seen that book 2 was to come out i was over the moon and even more so when i was able to listen to it right away. 

The only real problem i had which is fully my own fault would be the sister jealousy that had happened, it felt very real and raw which i mean should be for someone to write a great character i just feel it was tooo close to my personal life and so it deterred me from enjoying myself with it. 

However, i really did enjoy my time with this story and the writing was really good AND the enemies to lovers was very well done i was swooning over these too BUT my biggest take on this was the Beauty and the Beast take and I'm obsessed. 

THAT BROTHEL SCENE!!!!!!! 

Fast paced read and the narrator was pretty good in giving the characters the voices and emotions they needed. 

🩷Enemies to Lovers 
💜YA Romantasy 
🩷Found Family 
💜Morally Grey 
🩷Hidden Secrets 
💜Monster Love 
🩷Beauty and the Beast 

There are some trigger warnings to please check them before going into it. 
Proof of Forever by Lexa Hillyer

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.