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This one wasn’t as entertaining to me. I feel like we missed a ton of backstory because these two knew each other back in high school. Actually Levi dated Mandy’s best friend m, Rebecca. Mandy works at Oakside and Levi is a patient there. Mandy wants to tell Rebecca that Levi is at Oakside and that they are together but that drags on for so long. Then they have a double date with Rebecca and her husband and that was awkward as shit. Explain to me why Rebecca even cares that Levi and Mandy are together? she has a whole husband and child on the way 🙄 I was more annoyed with this one than anything and felt kind of out of the loop. One part that really broke my heart was when Levi’s POS dad showed up trying to tell him to come home in the worst way possible. So there is family drama too. Now the next story sounds so freaking good!!!

Once B Sobjakken releases a book I read it so freaking fast. Even though I’m not a fan of surprise pregnancy I still wanted to give this one a shot. I do love me some best friend’s dad romances and especially when they are as messy as this one. This one has cheating but not the MCs. The pacing was really good and the steamy scenes were perfection. 

Originally I had started this book months ago but for some reason I wasn’t in the mood for it. I was at Barnes & Noble and overheard a woman telling another customer that this book was her favorite by this author. Being that I’ve already read quite a few books by Abby Jimenez I had to find out for myself why she loved it so much. Kristen & Josh are both in their friends wedding and their first interaction wasn’t the best. Kristen has a boyfriend, who’s in the military, but he doesn’t live with her yet. Josh ends up helping her with work and they start to get closer. I got super annoyed with Kristen because she straight up says that she likes Josh more than her boyfriend Tyler. Kristen has some health issues that makes her think she doesn’t deserve Josh. So there are definitely heavy topics in this book but there is also so many humorous moments. Kristen & Josh have the best banter and chemistry. I just couldn’t stop thinking about her boyfriend and how he had no clue. There was no denying that Kristen & Josh were meant to be but the obstacles they face were real life shit and it was heartbreaking at times. I really loved how open and honest Kristen was with Josh in the beginning but it changed so fast. I was hoping they would continue being the same way throughout the whole book but unfortunately that wasn’t the case. One of the tropes I hate is miscommunication and this book has it which really bummed me out. I was so invested that I kept reading to see how everything plays out. They hook up so early on that I knew there had to be so much more to this story. I screamed “JUST TALK TO HIM ABOUT EVERYTHING” more times than I could count. A man in love is so damn patient and that was 100% Josh. This man is perfect and the way she flipped a switch and started treating him differently really ticked me off. He deserved so much better. I was so frustrated with Kristen for most of the book and my head hurt, so I could only imagine how he felt. I really tried to sympathise with Kristen and everything she went through but even by the end of the book I was over her. This book deals with infertility so make sure that is a topic you don’t mind reading. There are actually a few trigger warnings to be aware of so be sure to look into those. Am I happy I read it? I guess. I would have been wondering if I would like it if I hadn’t. Will I continue with this series? I dont think so. 

Where do I even begin. In the beginning of the book I loved Kristen. I loved everything about her and once she met Josh I thought they were perfect. Their banter was hilarious and they got along so well. Problem was she had a boyfriend who is in the military and was deployed. While he is gone she is getting close with Josh. I don’t like that. I was a Marine wife for 4 years and long distance is hard and there are times you wont talk to them for weeks on end. That doesn’t give you the right to fall in love with someone else. Kristen didn’t technically cheat but I still think emotional cheating is cheating and its wrong. Kristen was so open with Josh the whole time and then once they slept together she completely changed. A switch flipped because Josh wants a huge family and she has a lot of woman issues and is told she can’t have kids. Instead of talking to this wonderful, understanding man about it she just shuts him out. Will have sex with him no problem but no relationship. That pissed me off! Tyler (the Marine) is her ex and he ends up showing up trying to get her back. The reason they broke up was because he kept calling her and she never answered and he finally left a voicemail saying he was reenlisting. She always told him if he reenlisted that they were over. Once she got that voice message she jumped into Josh’s arms and onto his cock. Anyways, Tyler showed up to get her back and talks her into going to dinner. Mind you Josh is there because he helps her build pet stairs in her garage. They go to dinner and Tyler ends up proposing to her and at first she said “no” but then she said “maybe”. MAYBE???? BITCH WHAT?? Josh is seriously perfect and deserved to be treated better. Kristen and Josh met because they were both in their friends wedding. Sloane is Kristen’s best friend and Brandon is his. Fast forward to a little over halfway through the book and its almost their friends wedding and Brandon gets into a motorcycle accident and dies. It was super sad but I didn’t cry. I guess I didn’t feel attached to those characters. Even during that whole thing Kristen still pissed me off. Josh needed her and she was there but she wasn’t. He didn’t deserve the way he was being treated. This man would do anything for her. FINALLY she tells him about her troubles and this man does research and gets them options on having kids and all that. Of course that wins her over FINALLY. Well they go to the doctor to find out what they need to do first and the doctor tells them they can’t do any of those things because SHE’S PREGNANT! Then end up having a little boy and instantly try to have another baby but it doesn’t happen. THE END. I’m sure I missed shit but that about sums it all up. 

I love how all these books tie into each other. Past couples are mentioned in each one so be sure to start from the beginning. Teddy is in a wheelchair and was the only one who survived out of his guys. He’s at Oakside but isn’t doing the work to get better until Mia shows up. Mia is working at Oakside for the summer. She is the nanny for her best friend and her husband who was also in the military. Mia has been through her own loss that her and Teddy end up bonding over. I loved how once Teddy saw Mia he wanted to start doing better when before he refused to do rehab. He has a letter that he reads multiple times a day and we don’t get to know what it says until Mia finds it. Teddy has survivors guilt so bad and really struggles to talk about what happened. There are ups and downs within the story that really add drama to it. I really enjoyed this book. 

I first read “Becoming Mallory” when it came out and LOVED it!! I still think about the book all the time. The moment Elaine Evans mentioned this book I knew it was a must read. First off let’s talk about this cover 😍 It’s so beautiful and perfect for this story. The book starts in 1995 but goes all the way back to 1990 and I’m such a sucker for books written in a 90’s setting. I was told the story would make me mad at times and it sure did but it also broke my heart just as much. The back and forth in this book is REAL! I was so invested in both Maria and Sam’s lives together but also apart. At times the book did get a little too wordy and explained way too many things in detail but it helped take us right to that very moment so I couldn’t be too annoyed. I’ve never loved two characters so much but also be so mad at them time and time again. Like why? If you know you are in love with each other then why be with other people? It definitely gives “right person, wrong time” big time. Just like most love stories this one is messy, raw, emotional and you can’t help but root for Maria & Sam! By the end of the book, you’ll feel like you personally know Sam and Maria and that says so much about Elaine’s ability to write such in-depth books that will have you feeling every emotion imaginable. It’s a whole journey to get to their HEA but I promise it’s worth it. Every letter, email, and text is worth it! 

Well… that was something. I love me some degradation but this took it too far. I explained it to my friend by saying “Like make me cry because you’re shoving your dick down my throat but don’t make me cry by saying mean things and hurting my feelings” and I felt like the shit this old man said would have hurt my feelings. The synopsis doesn’t explain what this book is about and honestly I think you should go in blind. I will say the age gap is large and it is forbidden. So if you’re into a shit ton of degradation and love age gap and forbidden then give this short novella a read. It’s 69 pages so not a huge commitment. 

My friend Jes told me I needed to read this novella. I love me a good monster romance but I am picky about them. From the start I was hooked. It’s only 53 pages but personally I thought that was the perfect amount to get the whole story. And yes, there is a storyline and it isn’t all just smut. I loved both Layla and Castro so much. Castro is a lizardman who is in someone’s basement. They won’t let him leave but want him gone if you know what I mean. They call a company to come and handle the job and they send Layla. That’s all I’m going to say. It’s steamy, it’s sweet, Layla is badass, and you can’t help but love Castro. So freaking good 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

What do you do when your first love, who you haven’t seen in 5 years, walks into your flower shop on a date with one of your best friends? You try to avoid him at all cost. The guy clearly doesn’t get the memo and once he sees you he forgets his dates name. Old feelings spark right back up the moment they notice each other. Things ended abruptly and Colton has so many questions for Delaney. I played so many different scenarios in my head as to why she left and never looked back. Second chance isn’t my favorite trope and I’m always extra picky when I do pick a book up with this trope. It’s hard to not experience their firsts with them. Without that I normally feel less connected to the characters or believe in their love. We do get flashbacks of key moments in their relationship which was awesome. The moment Colton and Delaney got into the same room I felt all the feels. The tension was super high and I was completely invested in their romance. Colton won my heart over. I love me a patient man and holyshit was this man patient. Their awkward interactions made this book that much better and I especially loved their text conversations. To think I almost skipped this book all together because of the trope, I’m so glad I read it. The next one sounds so good and I’m excited to dive into that one soon. 

 

The formatting isn’t my favorite and it’s 3rd person which I dislike. It’s super short so I pushed through. Madeleine and Reston’s initial conversation was cute. She was so nervous and he was trying to explain everything to her. When she asked him if she could ride him I cackled 🤣🤣 “Hold on tight, I’m going to give you the ride of your life” is what he said when she clung to him. And the fact that he knew she was attracted to him because he could feel it between her legs while she was riding on him 😳 the whole time I read this I kept wondering if he was hung like a horse or not 🤭 unfortunately we never get to find out because the damn novella ends after he uses his tongue 🙄 I’m guessing the whole series is their story so if you enjoyed the story you would want to continue.  I personally didn’t like the way the story was told so I won’t be continuing.

This book is a rollercoaster. You will hate the characters, you will feel for the characters and you might even fall in love with them too.  I wasn’t too sure what I was getting into when I started this one. I was worried because I had started it and then put it down and didn’t pick it up for a week which is WILD for me. I do have a lot going on in my life so that is most likely why. Me problem and not the book problem. It’s a K Webster so I knew I needed to give it a fair chance. I am so glad I did. The chockhold this story had on me blew my mind. Once it time jumped a year I was completely invested in the story. There is something about a guy who bullies the girl but then sees her walking alone in the rain and gives her a ride that just wins me over. He still hates her but he doesn’t want her to be in danger either. SWOON. The anger is so real in this book as well as the grief. I caught myself crying and didn’t realize that would happen. It does go back and forth with their feelings for each other and that annoys me. It probably could have been shorter than it was. This book is hard to talk about without spoiling. I think you should go in blind.

Below I'm going to do a play by play of almost everything that happened for people who don't want to read it but are curious. I'm going to try and start doing this with most books I read because my memory is awful and I want to be able to look back and remind myself.

How weird would it be to fall in love with a girl whose twin has been in love with you for a long time. Raven and Rome are twins and have a rough home life. Rome gets beat by his father and Raven is always trying to save her brother. Rome thinks Raven is a ray of sunshine and doesn’t want to bring her down with his depressing shit but little does he know she struggles too. Raven meets “Logan” online and Logan just so happens to be a cheerleader at her and Rome’s high school. It was all a joke that Whitney came up with for Courtney to be Logan and make Raven fall in love with “him”. Courtney and Whitney are the popular cheerleaders in the school and let me just say Whitney is the biggest bitch ever!! Rome has had his eye on Courtney for a long time but has kept his distance. Raven and Courtney (Logan) get really close online and actually fall in love with each other. Courtney doesn’t look at it as a game anymore and Whitney gets super jealous about it. A little bit later Courtney and Whitney go to a party and Courtney takes drugs and gets drunk and sleeps with 2 guys. She soon finds out that Whitney recorded it and sent it to Courtney. The next morning when Courtney wakes up she realizes what happened and rushes to Raven’t job and finds out that she unalived herself. There is a whole court hearing and a shit ton of money spent. Fast forward a year and the whole town calls Courtney a murderer including Rome. Rome decides to make Courtney’s life a living hell along with his buddies. The back and forth with his feelings get a little annoying but to be fair this guy has been through hell and back. Rome’s abusive rather died and his sister is no longer alive so he’s been through it. Raven walks home in the rain from work one day and he sees her and tries to give her a ride. She refuses because he had just been cruel to her earlier at her work and she knows he hates her. Rome gets home pissed that she wouldnt allow him to give her a ride and he hears thunder. So he grabs his dog and goes to where she is and makes her get into the car. He ends up saying he will fix her car if she will help at his mechanic shop. He actually bought that place with the money they won from the case. Which was her families money. I thought that was wild! Rome is constantly trying to fight his attraction to Courtney but ultimately his dick wins and they start screwing around. Its so much back and forth and got pretty old. I personally would have liked that cut down and in return make the book shorter but whatever. Rome kept Raven’s room exactly the same and he keeps finding Courtney in her room and gets so pisssed. Courtney ends up finding Raven’s journal and starts reading it. She goes into detail about all the abuse Rome indured throughout the years. She also talks about going and seeing a lawyer who just so happens to be Whitney’s dad. He is a creep. Raven and this man have a whole ass affair and he doesn’t even help her. In this journal they find out more than they bargained for. Rome and Courtney end up “breaking up” when his buddy gets with Whitney and makes a sex tape and he tells Rome that it was him and Courtney and this dumbass believed it. It jumps 4 months and Rome has stalked Courtney all those months. He decides enough is enough and he wants his girl. Mind you even when they were together he wasn’t the nicest to her. Trust me if you read this book you might not ever like Rome. Rome finds Courtney with another guy walking around and thinks its her boyfriend, its not. They end up going somewhere to talk and he quickly finds out that Courtney is almost 5 months pregnant. Oh but it gets better its not ONE but TWO babies. I had a feeling that was coming but its not my favorite trope so I tried to ignore it. Rome and Courtney decide to clean out Raven’s room and come across the journal again. Rome reads all the things that Courntey had already read and then it gets the the parts where she meets “Logan”. Turns out Raven actually knew that Logan was Courtney, apparently she gave herself a way. The first thought in her mind was “he is going to be pissed” because she knew her brother had a crush on her. Raven then continues on in her journal saying that Whitney’s dad found her and threated to bring Courtney down. Raven had a sex tape of her and him and he wanted her to delete it or he would make Courtney’s life a living hell. She says “Goodbye Journal, I have a plan”. When they think its over they turn the page and its a damn letter to Courney, I freaking lost it!  Remember how I said that Courtney gave herself away when she was Logan? Apparently Courtney and Raven had the same biology class and Courtney told Raven “ Do you ever feel like fate pushes two people together on purpose? Like it knows one isn’t as brainy as the other?”. When Courtney was being Logan she said “ Do you ever feel like fate pushes two people together on purpose? Like it knows one isn’t as strong as the other?” That’s when she knew and she was heartbroken to know that the girl of her brothers dreams was the “guy” messaging her and that she had fallen in love with her. Then she wrote Rome a letter explaining that she didn’t know Courtney was Logan in the beginning but once she did she as already too far in. That Courtney draws you in with her golden locks and flawless smile. Raven also mentions how Rome would get so mad when Raven would try and eat their dads food. Apparently Rome had been poisoning his father and she is pretty sure her mother was trying to do the same thing. She flushed it and threw the bottle away so nobody would get caught and let nature take its course. Raven left an email and password for Rome to get all the videos she had of the attorney to turn his ass in. She ends the letter by saying “ PS- Please tell Courtney this is not her fault. I can see where she’ll think it was, but its not. This is so much bigger than her. Tell her I loved her until the end. Now its your turn, big bro. Don’t let me down” Chapter 23 was Raven’s POV and its her and the attorney. Its them fighting and the attorney threatening her. He’s telling her to off herself because nobody cares about her. He is terrified what she has on him would get out and he is hoping she will just go away. It talks about how she unalives herself (pills) and how she hopes the plan works. Before the pills kick in she writes a letter to her brother and dad saying she’s sorry and how she can’t take this life anymore. There is something so awful about reading somones last days. I read so many fucked up books but waiting for the pills Raven took to kick in was absolutely heartbreaking. I wanted to reach through my kindle and help and and convenience her that there has to be another way than this. The epilogue jumps 18 months later and its the trail with the attorney and he was found GUILTY!!! This fucker was married for 27 years and most likely molesting young girls for years. The books ends with a steamy scene and then their 2 kids waking up and wanting daddy’s pancakes. Courtney is mad because they always want Rome and not her. It was a cute ending.