ohthatmomglow's Reviews (850)

My favorite of the series so far. It does sort of just end, but I loved the read. They are steamy and I'm here for it.

Book TW: narcissistic/ emotionally abusive ex, wrongful imprisonment
Spice: There's some descriptive lead-up, but then it's fade to black.

I'd really like to give this like a 3.5 star. It took me a while to really get into this book. I was honestly confused about what was all going on and what was up with Leon's way of speaking in short/choppy sentences. Once I acclimated to the style of the book, I did truly start to enjoy the read and feel invested in the characters. There's a lot of important discussion topics within the walls of this book, and it felt done in a truly wonderful way that didn't feel gross and preachy.

This book is heavy on the spice with just a brief touch of danger, and I was HERE FOR IT. I'd categorize it as more spice than plot, but I'm not mad at it one bit.

I received an advance review copy for free from Booksirens, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Honestly, my main critique of this book is that I just wanted more. I love an enemies to lovers slow burn and I think the book could have focused more solely on the relationship between Shasa and Mac with less distractions from Elsie's storyline. I felt a bit confused when we started focusing so much on Elsie within the book. I did love the heat between Shasa and Mac as well as his relationship with Shasa's daughter. I just wanted to see more heat and more emotional turmoil with the main characters. I still very much enjoyed the read and flew through it.

This book was delightful. I truly loved reading every moment and didn't want it to end. There was enough world-building to put me into the zone, but not too much that I was sick of it. (Sometimes world-building just isn't my jam). There is a romance within the book, but a lot of the focus falls outside of the romance and onto the personal growth and journey of the main character. I could have read another couple hundred pages of this book and the characters within.


**Still absolutely loved this the second time through it. I want to SEE THIS WORLD WITH MY OWN TWO EYEBALLS. PLEASE AND THANK YOU.

Now if the second book would just hurry up and be available at my library......

This is the first book in months that took precedence over my physical well-being. I sacrificed sleep for this book (duh) and sat so engrossed in the pages that I hurt my back. My dog was crying while I was finishing the last 3 chapters and I told her she wasn't as important as the book and needed to get her shit together while I finished.


“Olive, you are extraordinary.”

I've read all the books in the Wait With Me Series, and I was honestly hesitant to read this one. Within the other books I just was NOT in love with Dean at all. However, now that I've read them all this may even be my favorite one. I love Dean and Norah and the fake dating trope is just so much fun for me. Not to mention, the spice factor! Whew!

I had high hopes for this book and loved the idea of an author looking for story help within nature with the help of his friends. I also found it interesting that this romance novel was entirely in the male's perspective. However, it felt as if the original storyline was just dropped and too many stories tried to happen within the book. There were also random characters popping up halfway through the book that I never felt that we got to know. I would have loved the story much more if the whole thing happened within nature.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

The TLDR version:

At first I was like "What?" and then I was like "Hell yes!" and then I was like "What?"

Immediately I was intrigued and confused about what was going on in this book, and how on earth I was going to fall in love with these people, but wouldn't you know that Tessa Bailey sure as shit made me love them? They are adorable and the steamy scenes are everything you hope for with her books. I did struggle with how to rate this book based on the how quickly and easily the drama kept resolving itself. There were several different moments that were just tied up into neat little bows so fast that it felt too unbelievable to me. The struggles and the meat of who these people are all happened before the pages of the book began. Nevertheless, go read this book because Tessa writes one hell of a sex scene.

I think it has been about a week or two since I finished reading this book and I honestly forgot that I didn't review it. Some of these characters truly annoyed me and I just didn't find anyone loveable and relatable. It felt like the book had too many storylines and sort of lost itself along the way. I wanted more of just Travis and Alivia. Some of their moments were truly adorable, but everyone else just got in the way. Sometimes the way other characters get in the way can build suspense and tension, but I never got that here, unfortunately.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.