I definitely squealed while reading this, several times in fact. It was just such a wonderful story! Daniel and Alexis were made for each other. I was rooting for them from that first encounter! I'm not usually one for age gap romances (in this one, the female character is roughly ten years older than the male character) but I think this was SO well done. Daniel was just so genuine, and you could tell he just loved Alexis for HER and not her age or her family issues or her money or status. I love that Alexis fell in love with the small town life and that she was able to overcome her family (oh my word, did I hate her father) and that everything worked out in the end. It was so beautiful! I've never read anything from Abby Jimenez but I can honestly say I will be reading all of her work from now on!

I genuinely enjoyed this book! It was recommended to me because I like small town romances, and this is certainly that. The main female character, Sienna, is a famous actress who comes to small town Tennessee to film a movie and falls for a hillbilly park ranger. But Jethro is so much more than that and just proof that a person is more than their past mistakes. I loved Jethro's story and how he turned his life around, and how good of a person he was. His growth was incredible and I love that the walls he put up eventually came down because Sienna was able to break through and show him that he still deserved good things in life. Their chemistry was so palpable from the very beginning and I just rooted for them from the first time they interacted. Sometimes love is so unexpected, and the things we think we know are proven wrong and find what we least imagined but it's better than we ever could have thought. Also, hooray for plus size representation!

Okay... what was this? Their *love story* was just love triangles (four of them!!!) and a bunch of cheating, and a bunch of miscommunication and not wanting something while the other one did, and wrong timing. Like, we get it, you have to tell this story and these two needed drama to keep them apart, but good gracious, did it need to be *this* way? I don't even think it was that well written either. I might be able to excuse some of this of the writing was better but it just wasn't. I was basically reading a bad fanfic. I'm giving two stars because I did like the fact that the author really developed the main character's backstory and dealt with heavy themes in a way that felt like justice, and the main character was biracial (we love representation) but other than that, this was waste of my time.

This was my first Lucy Score book and I wasn't sure what to expect, if it would be to my liking (we all have different tastes, after all) but I had heard such great things. I was certainly not disappointed! It was so good. I'm so in love with Noah and Cat and their relationship. Also, Sara, my girl! Noah's daughter was just the cutest and I loved everything about her. Single father books just hit. I have a special place in my heart for them. And this was a great enemies to lovers book! Although, that dissipated rather quickly as their attraction was pretty immediate. I also loved Mell and her relationship with Noah, as a divorced couple. It was refreshing to see how much she supported him and wanted him to be happy and helped facilitate his relationship with Cat. And Cat's story was amazing. I really thought she was full of herself and making promises she couldn't keep when it came to the town, the same sentiments that Noah shared, but I was so pleasantly surprised at how she swooped in and saved the town and made Noah realize how much he needed the help and how special she was. And Noah, with his glasses and good looks and filthy mouth! The best kind of book boyfriend, if I do say so myself. All around, it was just such a wonderful book and I can say with absolute certainty that I WILL be reading everything Lucy Score has written and will write.

I wanted to like Liam and Sophie because I do like a friends to lovers trope, but they just didn't do it for me. And they especially didn't hold a candle to Noah and Maya. My favorite parts of this book were the scenes we got with Maya, and then Maya and Noah, and even Jax and Santiago. I looked forward to those and cringed whenever Liam and Sophie were together. First of all, Sophie tried way too hard to be "not like the other girls". We get it, you think you're special and unique. But in reality... you're not. Next, Liam and his "reformed playboy" ways. We get it, you slept with countless women and regret it and now one of them is coming back to haunt you and screw up your new thing and you don't like that. He was just full of himself, and not in a good way. Yeah, it was cool that was he was nerdy and smart but again, I think the author tried too hard to make him "special" and giving reasons aa to why Sophoe would fall for him, but if I were her, I'd be running in the opposite direction. He kept trying to manipulate her into a relationship, saying they have chemistry and that his sex will rock her world, but he just couldn't handle her rejection and only being friends which was super cringe. Plus, some of the dirty things he said? Not dirty, just plain weird and cringe too. Ugh. I had higher hopes. The only redeeming part was the epilogue and how they got their happily ever after AND us finding out that Noah and Maya had a baby boy. That's it. Sigh... hopefully books three and four of the series will be better.

Where do I begin?! This blew me away, and it was definitely better than the first two in the series. I think the main reason why was because we got some great back stories for these two characters. Yes, the back stories of both Jax and Elena were tragic and sad and definitely something that made me feel for both of them, I think it added such a wonderful element to the strength of their relationship. And it made sense, as to why Jax was the way he was in the beginning of the book and for a good chunk throughout. I so felt for him when he got that devastating news, and I resonated with him when he said that he didn't want to promise Elena a future because of his pain and suffering. I have several chronic illnesses and it's a thought that has definitely crossed my mind when it comes to my own husband. Elena's past was so sad (and even her present with her abuela) as well, and I really felt for her. These two broken people came together to make someone beautiful and I absolutely loved that. As always, the F1 elements were so stellar and I love it so much that I have literally started watching and following myself! I'm a fan now, as Lauren Asher has converted me (and others, I'm sure). This series is addicting!

Tessa Bailey does it again! Her books are always must buys for me. I was really excited for this one, because it's not only romance but also a murder mystery, which is different than anything she has ever written.

This had some great tropes: forced proximity, muder mystery, vacation setting, age gap, bounty hunter hero, second grade teacher heroine. The smut in this was... well, it was HOT. I very much enjoyed that aspect, as it's just the right level of it for me. You could definitely feel the chemistry between Taylor and Myles. It was addicting. For this book being on somewhat of the shorter side (at least compared to her others), it really didn't feel that way and the pacing was perfect. It did leave me wanting more, but all of her books do that.

At first, Myles appeared to be just brooding and cold and uncaring but of course, Taylor was *that girl* for him. I very much appreciated how quickly he went from being uninterested and just wanting to get into town and sole the muder and get out, to not seeing a life without Taylor in it. The way he protected her at all costs... chef's kiss. Also, I adored her brother, Jude! I seriously want a sequel where we get to see Jude fall in love and get a happy ending (with Dante, perhaps...?) because he was just as integral to the story as the rest of them.

The best part was that Taylor was trying to discover her preferences after having had such vanilla sex for so long. She knew deep down that she wanted *more* if you catch my drift, but didn't know how to go about asking... well, cue Myles to the rescue because he was definitely a great teacher and - literally and figuratively, hehe - opened her up. She literally says, "On one hand, I'd like a man who makes a good living and wants a family someday. On the other hand, I'd like to be manhandled once in a while. Just sort of thrown down and told who is boss, you know?" OH, TAYLOR. Myles is AT YOUR SERVICE. She gets it. The dream of every girl, I'd say.

All in all, this was just such a fun summer read and had the perfect vibes. It clocked in at just under 300 pages, but it was such a wonderful ride from start to finish. TB is the queen, but we all knew that, right?

I know a lot of people complain about these novellas and how they just are too "instalove" and need more pages to flesh out a full story, but... that's literally the point? Otherwise, it would be a novel with 300+ pages but it's not. It's a novella for a reason and those reading it should have that understanding going into it.

With that being said, I thought it was great! The miscommunication trope is not one of my faves, and so much could be solved if people would JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER. But you know, it's par for the course... it's a trope for a reason and is used as such. Anyways, I loved Erik (I mean, Ali Hazelwood literally describes him as Thor, so...) and Sadie was... well, a lot. But I appreciate her. She's quirky and flighty and acts as such. I loved that they bonded over enginering and soccer. It was just so CUTE.

The best part, to me, was how much of a mess Ali Hazelwood wrote their sex scene to be. Like, the starting and stopping, the being unsure of things, the awkwardness, the crazy desire that turns into a huge heaping mess... I appreciate that she always makes her sex scene SO REAL because we all know it is awkward and so messy in real life and a lot of authors try to act like it's not and that everything goes perfectly right that first time you have sex with someone but we all know IT ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT.

I actually liked this a lot more than I thought I would, although there were some problems. But overall, I enjoyed it and can't wait to continue the series.

Let's get into it... Alex is Ava's brother's best friend, so props for that trope because I'm a sucker for it and I think it's in my top five tropes. There's just something about it that HITS. And since we also get chapters from Alex's POV, that means the best friend's little sister trope is present and the forbidden want? Yes, please.

Other tropes present: grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, hates everyone but her, touch her and I'll kill you, groveling, rich guy, murder mystery, possessive alpha, etc.

Props to the author for the Asian representation (Ava is Chinese). She sort of annoyed me, but grew on me as the book went on. Alex though? Holy crap. I would let him do unspeakable things to me, just as he did to Ava in this book. Yes, he's extremely intense and brooding, borderline scary but I believe this has to do with how he was raised, and Ava certainly softened him up. Sometimes it takes the right woman (and love) to do that. Their chemistry was palpable and I was rooting for them, despite them being opposites. I loved seeing them get their happy ending.

The supporting characters were a big win. I know we see them because they're all going to have their own books and this thrills me because I can't wait to see their relationships develop.

Yes, the plot and the dialogue left somewhat to be desired, and could seem cringey and cliche at times, but for what it's worth, I enjoyed it. It was such a nice escape and a good read.

Did we all read the same book? Like, this was not good, and it was especially not worthy of all this hype that it got. I'm just not understanding. Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I hated this book and it was an extreme struggle to get through it. I'm so glad that I paid only 99 cents for a Kindle version of this and didn't shell out a lot of money for the editions that are hard to find and selling for a LOT of money on other sites. I truly wanted to DNF this so badly so many times but I perservered.

This was all just pretentious prose, to the point where you just kind of get sick of it. Like, really? Not everything is deep and philosophical. In fact, most things are not. It was beyond boring and it was clear what kind of vibe the author was going for and it just did not work.

I think I would have been okay with the pretentious nature of the prose, *if* the characters had been AT ALL likeable and if the story was a good one. To put it frankly, neither of those things existed. In fact, I really grew to hate both Aldo and Regan, with a fiery passion. Neither possessed redeeming qualities, which is essential unless the author's intention was to make them villains and they weren't supposed to be. Like, I understand that in a lot of books, characters start off broken but this was just... not even that. They didn't grow, they didn't change and they were both toxic. For each other and everyone around them. At one point, when Aldo breaks up with Regan, she literally fantasizes about stabbing him. I mean, I get that you're mad but WHY? That was just uncalled for. The characters were so one dimensional. I understand Regan was suffering from some serious mental health issues and I sympathize but then at the end, she makes it clear she will never take her medication and basically says, "Well, this is who I am, so deal with it." And everyone is just supposed to accept that she is a liar and a thief and criminal and and and... the girl is messed up and there is really nothing to root for, and I'm surprised Aldo was even with her???

There's no plot. What was the end goal here? It was them just talking, then having sex, then entering a relationship with nothing else. There was no climax! I kept waiting and waiting and there was NOTHING. Nada. Zilch.

I know damn well that the people who are rating this five stars and claiming the book changed their life and they wish they had dementia so they could read it for the first time again are LYING. You know this wasn't good and you're only saying so to feel popular or unique I guess?

I don't know, but don't read this book. Or go ahead and read it and be prepared for the utter shitshow this book was.