5⭐️/5🌶️

This book was amazing. I did not expect to not be able to put this book down and feel like I was immersed in the story itself. The spice was spicy. The banter between the FMC and MMC was perfection and there was so much build up between the two. I also loved seeing the different sides of each character as they realized they were in love with each other and did not actually hate each other. This added so much depth and character to each one!

Enemies to lovers, billionaire romance, suspenseful and twisty, age gap romance, sports romance - so many dynamics inside of this story...

I did not expect there to be twists and there were! 

"'More talent in my asshole than in your entire being, ' I mutter."

"I wonder if merely standing next to a hurricane will make you seasick."

"A person can change, memories can be distorted, but a favorite taste in a happy moment will forever be associated with that time. It stays with you."

"An onion with multiple layers, and all of them would make you cry."

"Roses are much more beautiful with thorns."

"Logic flew out the window the moment a certain black-hearted ballerina flew into my arms and kissed me in front of everyone."

"I take back all the mean things I've ever said about you if you and your hard inches will spare me."

"When people are jealous, they react in two ways. One, they congratulate you and nurse their jealousy or sadness inside. Two, they try to destroy your happiness and drag you down to their pit of misery."

"But I want to dance for you now, because you're the man who has awakened my heart."

"I've spent my entire life trying to run away from the blacks wan, thinking her feathers are ugly. Stained. Corrupted. But they aren't. They are beautiful badges of honor--medals decorating war heroes. Black absorbs all colors and doesn't easily fade. It's resilient and embodies strength."

** spoiler alert ** 5 Star⭐️/2🌶️

I truly loved this book so much and it really is such a good tie in with the other books in this series. They can definitely be read as stand alone novels, but you get SO much more back story about the Prickly Island Zoo if you read them in order.

I love both Dove (FMC) and Deacon (MMC) and their aDORKableness story! It was very unique in every way and I even learned something new about the LGBTQIA+ community through reading this book. I love how the author literally represents EVERY single sexuality in all of her series that I have read. She does it in a way to help you understand different sexualities in an easy manner! 

I love the Lachlan family and the zoo that they keep treasured to their family. I love the evolution of the zoo as the siblings find their own love and have their own children. I can't wait for the next book in the series!

I loved how the author tied the title into the name of Deacon's movie. I love when a title is tied in so neatly to a book. 

It was very slow moving for me. At almost 1/2 way I was skimming and just not enjoying myself.