i received an arc from eliza peake and let me just say that while this is my first book i’ve read from her, it certainly won’t be my last!

rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 
spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

the chemistry was off the charts between nate and charley! 🔥

charley throws a surprise birthday party for her best friend, megan. charley has to pick up megan’s older brother, nate, as a surprise since they haven’t seen each other in a while. nate’s a pro baseball player, so he’s rarely home and that’s how they’ve never met before. but charley & nate get to know each other at the birthday party. one thing leads to another and…. 😗👀

i’m normally not a fan of the accidental pregnancy trope but i didn’t mind it in this book! nate was so loving and so considerate after finding out about the pregnancy. it made my heart melt. 🥹 

there are some darker themes mentioned in this book like drug abuse and death, but nothing descriptive on the pages. 

i rated this a 3.75 because i wasn’t a fan of the insta lust at the beginning, but everything else was great!

favorite quotes:
“i lived life without you. and it was fucking miserable.”
“i want all versions of you, nate. the broken, the put together, the baseball legend, the guy who likes rocky road ice cream. they all make up the man i fell in love with. and i’ll only be happy if you’re with me.”
“marry me, firefly. make my heart whole. because my life just isn’t complete if you’re not in it.”
“we may have had an unexpected beginning, but now we’re in this love forever.”

this book includes:
spice
accidental pregnancy
insta lust 
friends with benefits
age gap
baseball romance
best friend’s brother
small town romance