I don’t know what it is with me and billionaire romances lately, but I’ve really enjoyed every one I’ve been reading. I’ve never been a fan of billionaire romances. In fact, most of the times I read them, I’m screaming ”Fuck corporate America, and every billionaire ever!” in my head. But, maybe my opinions have changed. Or maybe I’ve just been reading really good authors. And Julia Wolfe seems like she’s a really really good writer. Granted this is my first book of Julia’s, and the third in a series (where I was definitely missing some previous context), but this was stunningly written.

I loved the male main character, and I adored the banter between the heroine and the hero. The smut was also delicious, the lowkey breeding kink was so hot. Also the baby!!!! I’m turning into a whole other person lately, because I loved the baby and pregnancy in this one, and usually I hate both tropes in my romances. But this one was so cute, especially with the way the MMC just melted for both the heroine and her baby.

I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I’m definitely not complaining. This really was a great book, I can’t read to read more from Julia Wolfe, and go back to read the other books in this series.


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Idk why but every time I look at the cover, I’m seeing Cillian Murphy. Then I blink and it’s just another white man lol

*3.5


Silly plot and kind of immature characters, but I still had a fun time reading this one. Also very good smut, and really nice writing. I’ll definitely read more from this author in the future.

“‘I want you.’ he said simply. Just you. Nothing else. Only ever you,” he breathed out in pain, closing his eyes. ‘Fuck, Emilia. You.’”





Second read — April 2022


So I decided to reread this book bc I really want to get into the spin-off series All Saints High and I didn’t really remember much from this. I rated this 4 stars the first time I read it, but I’m bumping down my rating a whole star. This was fine and fun, but I just couldn’t stand Emilia or Vicious (and I laughed every time Vicious’s name came up). These characters felt very immature, and reckless.


There were flashback scenes from when Emilia and Vicious were in high school, and despite that timeline taking place 10 years prior, it felt like these characters had no discernible growth and development. The timelines felt a little interchangeable in terms of character personality, and it was truly annoying. I’m all for morally gray, asshole characters who have a fucked up moral compass and come off as extremely unlikeable. In fact, some of my favorite characters are all those things.


But Emilia and Vicious were just annoying with this personality traits, and not charming at all. I couldn’t find myself to enjoy their characters, or sympthaize with their struggles. We really only got full character development in the last 20% of the book, when Vicious starts groveling for Emilia. And my petty ass honestly didn’t think he groveled enough. I enjoyed most of the plot and I was entertained with the story, but I just couldn’t find myself to care abt the relationship as much as I did the first time reading.


Honestly, this isn’t meant to be a rude statement or anything, but Vicious honestly reads like a mid Wattpad book. The writing is cheesy at times and mediocre at best. The characters aren’t very fleshed out, and the story is one of the ones you have to suspend your disbelief for a lot (which is a major thing in a lot of Wattpad books I’ve read). And don’t get this statement twisted. Some of my favorite books ever are Wattpad books. But we all know some of the things that are written on Wattpad aren’t peak literature, and that’s honestly what this feels like???


I am intrigued to read the rest of the series though. I didn’t get around to doing that the first time, and I really liked Dean and Rosie. I’m interested to learn more abt their relationship, and also read the first prequel novella in this series so I can read the spin-off books. But unfortunately, I didn’t love Vicious as much as I did as a first time reader.


3 stars


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First read — November 2020


⭐️4⭐️ STARS

All I wanna say is while the relationship was borderline abusive, and this book was kinda fucked up...is it bad for still liking it?

I had always intended to continue on with this series (I forced myself twice through Viscous), so I could read the spin-off, but I’ve recently found out that lovely LJ Shen is a Zionist

I may be basic asf, but this was literally so good. The tension, the light angst, the grump/sunshine dynamic, the domesticity!!!! Was it a little cheesy and a little predictable? Yes. But I still loved every second of this, and omg Mason. I love that man so much. This is easily one of my fave medieval historical romances (and honestly probably historicals in general) that I’ve ever read. Thank you to the Historical Romance subreddit for recommending the shit out of Alice Coldbreath, because this was fantastic. I can absolutely see her becoming a fave author of mine.

”Are you lost babygirl?” as a book…

What an absolute fucking banger. This is probably the best indie romance I’ve read in awhile. The writing was fantastic, and Bria, the FMC was equal parts twisted and badass. The plot twists were also crazy, and really kept me turning the pages the entire time. However the best part about Black Sheep was the romance between Bria and Eli. Bria finds a kindred soul in Eli, and at first I was expecting this to be toxic asf, but they literally turned out to be so fucking cute. The spice was also top tier.

This reminded me a lot of the Mindf*ck series by ST Abby, some do my favorite books of all time. Bria had major Lana Myers vibes, and the romance definitely gave Lana/Logan energy. I feel like if you like that series, you’ll enjoy this book. It had all the right components to be a new favorite for me, and I’m so glad this delivered.

Brynne Weaver seems to write a lot of serial killer romances (I can’t believe I just typed that sentence with a straight face) including a very popular one; Butcher & Blackbird and I’m really excited to read more from her after how impressed this book left me.

*4.5

Wow, what a book. I absolutely loved these characters and their banter, as well as the found family dynamics. I cried multiple times listening to this, even once in the car where my dad saw me and got very concerned. This is probably my favorite rom-com book I’ve ever read; it was equal parts hilarious and serious. I was so ready to give this book 5 stars until the end, unfortunately. The drama with the other woman being a bitch was really weird to see in a novel published in 2022, and then final climax scene kind of came out of left field.

Still, I adored Jack and Hannah, and I loved Hannah’s character too. Her growth was so amazing and satisfying to read. I will definitely be reading more from Katherine Center, this was a really phenomenally written book.

I’ve been excited to try Kristen Callihan for awhile, so when I saw some of her audiobooks were on KU I snatched this book up. I’m unfortunately, a little disappointed. I didn’t really find anything wrong with this book. I even thought Emma and Lucian had a lot of chemistry. I also really enjoyed the chronic migraine rep in here. As someone diagnosed with chronic migraines, I felt very seen with the representation, and I loved how Emma was caretaking Lucian during his migraines.

But for some reason, besides the few things I enjoyed, I just found myself bored listening to this. I really had to make myself finish it. I think this is definitely a very “low-stakes, sweet” type of romance, and I just needed more meat in this book to fully enjoy it. I do want to try more from this author, as I thought the writing was decent, but I just don’t think this one was for me.