Think Princess Diaries 2, but with more smut and angst and a super hot bodyguard.

Easily my favorite Twisted Series couple. Everything about these two was just perfection and I can't stop thinking about them and their story, even though I finished the book days ago. I've been listening to Spotify playlists catered to them for days!

Where do I start? I love the tropes in this. I'm a sucker for a good bodyguard romance, and Ana Huang did NOT disappoint with Mr. Rhys Larsen. It's a bodyguard/princess romance, he's a possessive, dirty talking alpha male (swoon), and it was a slow burn with mutal pining and forced proximity. It checked all of my boxes.

Their chemistry was just so palpable. What made it even better was the "forbidden" part of it. Bridget isn't supposed to be with anyone that isn't of noble blood, and Rhys certianly isn't (in the eyes of the monarchy). But, these two fall in love anyways, as two people are wont to do. Rhys starts off as someone with an ice block for a heart but Bridget softens him, especially because she doesn't judge Rhys for his past. He had a hard life and yet he didn't let it consume him. He wasn't open to love before Bridget but he would do anything for her. It was a beautiful type of love and it truly nearly broke me when Bridget said she was going to marry someone else, due to the law. Rhys was just so heartbroken and my heart hurt for them.

Also, the line where he asked her to ask him again if he'd ever been in love... AMAZING. I almost passed away.

CALLING HER PRINCESS EVERY CHANCE HE GETS. Yes, absolutely yes. Even when she does become queen. I love them so much.

Bridget is one of my FAVE female heroines. She's royalty, but I love her spirit and her attitude and how she has no filter. She's smart and kind and compassionate and wants the best for her people. I love that isn't just some snobby, stuck up, selfish royal. To get to read about her journey as a princess to eventual wueen was refreshing and I loved her growth.

THIS SERVED. Period.

I wasn't sure how I would feel about Josh and Jules but I ended up really liking them as a couple. Not my favorite Twisted Series couple, but I love these two. This was SUCH an amazing take on an enemies to lovers romance, and their chemistry was just out of this world, from hating each other to eventually loving each other.

The irony is not lost on me that Josh gave Ava such CRAP for being with Alex, and yet Josh gets with Ava's (his sister's) best friend, Jules. HE HAS NO ROOM TO TALK, OKAY?

With that being said, I'm so glad they DID get together. I truly felt like they were made for each other. They pushed and pulled and brought out the best in each other, and made each other better people. The tropes were just done so well here and I ate it all up. At first, I wanted to hate Josh (and at times, I did) but I really grew to love him. And Jules? That's my girl. I love how fiery she is and how she made a great life out of what could have been truly terrible for her. She's a fighter.

I LOVED all of the scenes we get with the other couples, like Alex and Ava and Rhys and Bridget. It felt like my family was coming home and I adore them all. I especially loved the little glimpses we get to see of Christian and Stella (I mean, they were breadcrumbs, let's be honest) because their story is the next book and I cannot wait. Dare I say it might be my favorite one yet.

I absolutely loved the development of Josh and Alex's relatonship that we get to see. This was so beautiful to me. I loved that these two best friends found each other again. It was really the highlight for me.

That third act conflict though? THIS is why I took off a star. Honestly, Jules' dilemma could have been EASILY solved if she had just talked to Josh and told him what she needed. But instead, she committed an act that violated him (not sexually) and I just really felt like that was over the top and unneccesary because he would have helped her IF SHE WOULD HAVE JUST ASKED HIM. I know it was for the drama of the book and the plot; yes, I get that. But... it just didn't feel right. And then, THAT SCENE where they supposedly reconcile and he basically takes it back... well, YES I do think it was questionable but I don't think it's what others are making it out to be. I could totally understand Josh's fury in that moment, and in the context of the book and the actions between the two of them, it made sense. But, as a rape survivor myself, I really don't think it was a nonconsensual situation or a violation. Should there be a trigger warning? Maybe so. But take this all with a grain of salt.

ALSO, WTF IS THE DEAL WITH MAGDA? I can't wait to find out in Twisted Lies.

Lauren Asher knows how to write a grumpy/sunshine trope, that's for sure.

In order to receive his inheritance, Declan Kane must marry and produce an heir. Iris, his assistant, finds a woman who will marry him, but Declan scares her off and so Iris steps in to help and SHE marries Declan instead.

Declan is cold and a huge grump (sometimes he goes BEYOND grump, sometimes he's just downright mean) and Iris is all butterflies and rainbows. Opposites attract, right? Not at first. This is a marriage of convenience story, after all. Neither of them TRULY wants to be in this situation at the start, but of course... they fall in love and live happily ever after.

Now for what happens in between: I truly love that Iris goes out of her way to help Declan and she's the only one who can get through to him. She stepped up to help him when no one else would. Her friendship with Cal is just perfection. I actually love that she has Cal in her corner throughout the entire book. Iris is definitely not afraid to speak her mind and it was refreshing to see her put Declan in his place more than once. Declan's determination to not be like his father was admirable, and his growth and development throughout the book was stellar. Their banter was amazing! Yes, it was sort of a slow burn and it took them FOREVER to actually hook up, but it was WORTH IT!

Tropes we got to see: workplace romance, boss/employee, grumpy/sunshine, age gap, interracial romance, marriage of convenience, fake dating, forced close proximity, etc.

Declan telling Iris he loves her in three different languages while they have sex? YES. Declan giving up work for Iris during their fake honeymoon? YES. Declan making changes to his company to make things easier for Iris and her dyslexia? YES. Declan running out of the shower to show Iris the leopard? YES. Declan groevling which included buying her a home that contains a greenhouse for her plants, driving a minivan and getting her the exact dog she told him about? YES.

I'm just here to say that I found Marie incredibly annoying and definitely not a heroine I could root for or wanted to root for. She just whined for the entire book, about the fact that she couldn't have Jonah and she just couldn't get over him. It was like she was trying to convince herself she was moved on from him for the entire book when it was clear that she absolutely was not. Not only that, but she compared Tyler to Jonah like a million times in the book, like he was never going to measure up to Jonah. She desperately wanted a man and then got one, and he was just a Jonah substitute apparently? And all she did was bring up her ticking biological clock which really irked me.

It did get better in the back half of the book but not by that much if I'm being honest. The wishy washy nature of Tyler was hard to take. Marie finally gets a man and the author HAD to pair her with a widow who can't ever get over his dead wife, making Marie second choice once again? Yikes.

The book left a lot to be desired.

Obviously I waited with bated breath for Christian and Stella's book. We were given breadcrumbs of them in the other books, but it wasn't nearly enough. I KNEW their romance would be epic, that the book would be amazing and I wasn't wrong. Ana Huang can literally do NO wrong. I mean, our man Christian was down BAD from the very start. He took one look at Stella and basically gave her a penthouse for free. He talked to her plants about her. This man acted so uninterested and for someone who said they didn't want to be in love with anyone, he sure did the absolute opposite the entire book. THE ENTIRE BOOK. The smut in this was god tier. Their chemistry was so palpable and just so hot and I felt it on every single page. I love how obsessed with her he is, how protective he is of her and how she had the ability to soften him, while also never changing who he is at his core. I loved reading - and finally learning - about Magda because I just wanted to so desperately know! It was a great conclusion. And this final installment gave me everything I could have ever asked for in the epilogue because we got to see happy endings for not only Christian and Stella, but for the other Twisted Series couples as well. It was just perfection.

I cannot get over how much I loved this book. I've read over one hundred books this year and this is easily in my top five. It's THAT good.

This is a dual POV book, grumpy/sunshine, single parent, found family, enemies to lovers book. It's got everything you're looking for, trust me.

Naomi and Knox are such a special couple, but also as individual people. I loved their backstories, and the way in which they literally fell together. I know Knox was put off Naomi at first (because he thought she was her criminal twin sister) but I adored seeing him slowly warm up to her and eventually fall in love with her. She is one of my favorite female characters because of her heart and her tenacity, her fierceness and her love. She didn't hesitate to take on the role of mother for her niece and moved mountains to give her a better life. That alone made me love her deeply.

KNOW MORGAN. Goodness. What a man. Yes, he's the definition of grumpy, but boy, do we see his soft side very quickly. Although he hides it, he cares and just wants to help. I think it doesn't hurt that it's Naomi he gets to help, and Waylay too, but it's evident from the start that despite his tough exterior, he would give the shirt off of his back for those he loves.

I love the world building that Lucy Score just does so well. She makes you fall in love with not only the main characters, but every other person in town as well. It was all so vivid and I could picture everything so well.

Waylay is my girl! I LOVED her relationship with Naomi and Knox too. She's just so smart and an amazing kid, despite all that she has been through.

Lucy Score knows how to write a sex scene! I mean... it was HOT. Made better by the fact that Naomi and Knox had such amazing chemistry.

“You make broken things whole again. Me. You made me whole. And every time you smile at me, I feel like I hit the lottery again.”

“I want daisies in your hair.”

Seriously, it's been days and I can't stop thinking about this book. READ IT!

This is the last of Ali Hazelwood's STEM novellas, and I honestly think this was the best one. It's short, but I felt like it really told the story, even with a smaller window to do so. Hannah and Ian had some great chemistry and I loved their backstory. The author really is amazing with her details too! You can tell she researched NASA and everything related to it, and it shows. I sort of didn't like how Hannah rejected Ian in the beginning, in the past flashbacks; her reasoning just wasn't solid. Then, she was mad at Ian for rejecting her proposal but didn't even really give him the chance to explain and just went ahead and did it anyways, despite the danger (and he had to come rescue her because if her stupidity). Also, it was kind of weird to compare her body to Mars? Like, what was that? I do like that Ali makes the sex scenes so real. It's got real life elements to it, like the talking and the fumbling around and the vulnerability and the not so perfect first time. But overall, I do think it was good and I love Ali's writing. I was happy to see each of our three girls together with their respective boyfriends and to know they got their happy endings. Great end to a short but sweet little series!

I didn't know what to expect from this book, as this was my first time reading anything by this author and I haven't read any other book in this series. It blew me away! It was SO GOOD. I absolutely adore this book. Single dad, age gap, grumpy/sunshine, firefighter/veteran, girl next door - this hit all the right notes.

After his divorce, Dex moves with his two daughters next door to Winnie and sparks fly. He tries to deny them at first of course, saying she's too young and doesn't have enough experience and that he has too much baggage and screwed up his last relationship, so he doesn't think they'd be a good fit. Well... of course they spectacularly fail.

Dex and Winnie had major chemistry from the start and I think him literally seeing her naked on night one (accidentally) was definitely the catalyst. They happen to be exact same age gap as my husband and I when we met and got together, so I resonated with them and the obstacles they faced. But, watching them fall in love and overcome it all to get their happy ending was perfection. That bonus epilogue had me jumping for joy.

Whew, and the smut in this one. Ignite as a title is very appropriate because wow, it was absolute fire between these two.

Can we talk about Dex's daughters, Hallie and Luna? They were literally the best part of the book. They were HILARIOUS and I love them both so much. I laughed out loud so many times. Dex trying to parent them was also extremely humorous and heartwarming at the same time. Plus, Winnie's relationship with the girls was so pure and touching.

I loved everything about this book and wanted more and was sad when it ended. Melanie Harlow is a fantastic author with a gift of storytelling.

Lucy Score never fails to write a damn good book. I LOVED this book so much. This had everything you could want in a book. Action, adventure, romance, family, top tier sex scenes, banter, family drama, a billionaire main character, a kidnapping and blackmail, third act breakup, a wedding for the ages, enemies to lovers, dual POV and so much more. I literally could not put this down! I NEEDED to know what happened next.

Frankie and Aiden had such amazing chemistry from the very start. Aiden definitely fell for Frankie first and he was obsessed (rightly so). This entire book was one huge adventure and I laughed out loud so many times. The world building and stage setting and the characterization? No one does it better than Lucy Score. Frankie is the it girl, a firecracker from Brooklyn and she's such a wonderful lead female character. And Aiden? Billionaire perfection in a suit. It's truly one of the funniest books I've read. There were so many laugh out loud moments because there was one shenanigan after another that Frankie and Aiden had to wade their way through. I LOVED the way Frankie and Aiden had to try to learn to coexist in each other's very different worlds, and to find out if love really was worth it. Seeing the two of them grow and evolve and intertwine two very different lives into one was perfection. A MUST READ.