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I am not sure how first stumbled across the Weekday Brides series, but I am glad I did and have enjoyed every book I have read so far.
And Seduced by Sunday is no exception.
I love this series about the women of Alliance and the men that steal their hearts.
First impressions are so important - and Meg's first impression is that Val is an ass. An ass he may be, but he is a hot and sexy ass!
And Meg is a pain in Val's arse - one that he can't stop thinking about.
Oh how I love this pair. From the minute they butt heads via email, I just knew that they were going to be fun and feisty, and things would be hot. Their attraction is instant, the sparks fly between them and come across as a bit combative, a little bit sasssy and smart-mouthy.
And behind it all you can feel the pull between them and you know it is not going to be long before things heat up.
There is a bit of mystery and intrigue thrown into the mix to, just to spice things up a little.
I loved that we got a bit more of each of the other ladies and gents from the Weekday Bride series. This rag tag bunch of friends are just wonderful, giving each other grief like only truly good friends can do. She has woven all their stories so seamlessly together, that each book in the series is like coming home to a big family reunion,
Though this is Meg's story, I was sooooo happy that Judy's brother Michael is getting some happy in his life.
But I have to say the one that stole the show whenever she was in a scene was Val's mum. She was that stereotypical Italian mother, completely invested in her kids lives, full of opinions and just great!
So, do Meg and Val get their HEA, or will things conspire against them and keep them apart?
Nope, you will have to read to find out for yourself.
Ms Bybee has created a series that you cannot help but love. Each and every book in the series just impresses me more and more. What am I ever going to do when this series ends??
I am not sure how first stumbled across the Weekday Brides series, but I am glad I did and have enjoyed every book I have read so far.
And Seduced by Sunday is no exception.
I love this series about the women of Alliance and the men that steal their hearts.
First impressions are so important - and Meg's first impression is that Val is an ass. An ass he may be, but he is a hot and sexy ass!
And Meg is a pain in Val's arse - one that he can't stop thinking about.
Oh how I love this pair. From the minute they butt heads via email, I just knew that they were going to be fun and feisty, and things would be hot. Their attraction is instant, the sparks fly between them and come across as a bit combative, a little bit sasssy and smart-mouthy.
And behind it all you can feel the pull between them and you know it is not going to be long before things heat up.
There is a bit of mystery and intrigue thrown into the mix to, just to spice things up a little.
I loved that we got a bit more of each of the other ladies and gents from the Weekday Bride series. This rag tag bunch of friends are just wonderful, giving each other grief like only truly good friends can do. She has woven all their stories so seamlessly together, that each book in the series is like coming home to a big family reunion,
Though this is Meg's story, I was sooooo happy that Judy's brother Michael is getting some happy in his life.
But I have to say the one that stole the show whenever she was in a scene was Val's mum. She was that stereotypical Italian mother, completely invested in her kids lives, full of opinions and just great!
So, do Meg and Val get their HEA, or will things conspire against them and keep them apart?
Nope, you will have to read to find out for yourself.
Ms Bybee has created a series that you cannot help but love. Each and every book in the series just impresses me more and more. What am I ever going to do when this series ends??
3.75/5 stars
ARC received from publisher via Netgalley for an honest review
I have liked the CJ Duggan books I have read previously, so the chance to read an advanced copy of Paradise City was a no brainer.
Lexie moves from home schooling in the country to high school in the city. The time of her life, right?
Hmmm, not exactly. All her romantic notions of going to school with her beloved cousin - who she hasn't spoken to in years mind you - are shattered when she gets to town.
Lexie felt to me still like the 13 year old that was last in contact with her cousin Amanda - who OMG that girl is bipolar!
Luke Ballantine is the guy that gets her attention, sparks her interest from the start. I liked Ballantine, I really did.
The interaction between Lexie and Ballantine flip flops between indifference to steamy - well as steamy as a 17 year old virgin will let things get!
This is a road trip, coming of age kind of story. It took me a while to connect with Lexie (at times I felt quite disconnected, but this could just be me).
It had a sort of holiday-seaside town feel to it, and it did remind me of beachside holidays when I was a kid.
This falls on the lower age end of the NA genre, and the characters did feel very young to me - but that is probably just because I am so old!!
The one thing that really did surprise me was the ending. CJ Duggan is not known for writing cliffhangers, so this was something completely unexpected.
I wanted to scream and shout at Ballantine with that ending grrrr.
Now I am impatiently waiting for book 2, Paradise Road, as I need to know how things go.
ARC received from publisher via Netgalley for an honest review
I have liked the CJ Duggan books I have read previously, so the chance to read an advanced copy of Paradise City was a no brainer.
Lexie moves from home schooling in the country to high school in the city. The time of her life, right?
Hmmm, not exactly. All her romantic notions of going to school with her beloved cousin - who she hasn't spoken to in years mind you - are shattered when she gets to town.
Lexie felt to me still like the 13 year old that was last in contact with her cousin Amanda - who OMG that girl is bipolar!
Luke Ballantine is the guy that gets her attention, sparks her interest from the start. I liked Ballantine, I really did.
The interaction between Lexie and Ballantine flip flops between indifference to steamy - well as steamy as a 17 year old virgin will let things get!
This is a road trip, coming of age kind of story. It took me a while to connect with Lexie (at times I felt quite disconnected, but this could just be me).
It had a sort of holiday-seaside town feel to it, and it did remind me of beachside holidays when I was a kid.
This falls on the lower age end of the NA genre, and the characters did feel very young to me - but that is probably just because I am so old!!
The one thing that really did surprise me was the ending. CJ Duggan is not known for writing cliffhangers, so this was something completely unexpected.
I wanted to scream and shout at Ballantine with that ending grrrr.
Now I am impatiently waiting for book 2, Paradise Road, as I need to know how things go.
ARC received from author for an honest review
**Disclosure: The author has named a character in this book after me, but this has in now way biased me in my review**
I have been reading CP Smith since she released her first book, A Reason To Breathe, and I have to say, she just keeps on getting better and better.
Nicola's lives her love life vicariously through the romance books she writes - sexy Scotsmen anyone?? - but is seriously lacking in the real thing.
Until she runs - and I mean literally runs - into sexy policeman Dallas Vaughn. Boy oh boy, the things I would do with that man *wink wink*
When Nicola and her friends unwittingly put themselves in the sights of a serial killer, Dallas' protective instincts kick in, an out comes the alpha!
I love how Ms Smith's women are strong willed and fight against the alphas - well, when it comes to be protected anyway. There really is no fighting them when the want to get you into bed - and only a simpleton would want to fight that ツ
There is none of the "why does he like me? He's too good for me" nonsense with a CP Smith lady! I can't be the only one sick of the whimpering, simpering, woe is me girls we get in so many of our books these days?
I completely and utterly adore Nicola's group of friends. Friends since school, they know the best and worst about each other, and love each other unconditionally. Everyone needs a group of friends like them. The banter, the innuendo, the laughter and tears amongst them - everything a girl wants and needs.
I enjoyed the way that our leading lady Nicola, being a historical romance writer, sometimes drops herself into a scene in her mind with dashing Dallas as the knight in shining armour with herself as the damsel.
There are some hints and clues to who the dastardly killer may be, but this was not revealed until Ms Smith wanted us to know. Not a minute before.
There is also an event that takes place in the story, that even though I knew it was going to happen, it completely knocked me for six when it happened, causing more than a few tears to be shed.
Can Nicola and Dallas thwart the killers plans, as well as get their HEA?
Nope, for that you are going to have to read for yourself!
There are a few characters in this book that I sure do hope get a story of there own. There is just so much more that these men need to tell us!
If you like a book with smartmouthed, strong women and the possessive alpha men that want them, then you need to give Property Of, and in fact all of Ms Smith's books a read.
**Disclosure: The author has named a character in this book after me, but this has in now way biased me in my review**
I have been reading CP Smith since she released her first book, A Reason To Breathe, and I have to say, she just keeps on getting better and better.
Nicola's lives her love life vicariously through the romance books she writes - sexy Scotsmen anyone?? - but is seriously lacking in the real thing.
Until she runs - and I mean literally runs - into sexy policeman Dallas Vaughn. Boy oh boy, the things I would do with that man *wink wink*
When Nicola and her friends unwittingly put themselves in the sights of a serial killer, Dallas' protective instincts kick in, an out comes the alpha!
I love how Ms Smith's women are strong willed and fight against the alphas - well, when it comes to be protected anyway. There really is no fighting them when the want to get you into bed - and only a simpleton would want to fight that ツ
There is none of the "why does he like me? He's too good for me" nonsense with a CP Smith lady! I can't be the only one sick of the whimpering, simpering, woe is me girls we get in so many of our books these days?
I completely and utterly adore Nicola's group of friends. Friends since school, they know the best and worst about each other, and love each other unconditionally. Everyone needs a group of friends like them. The banter, the innuendo, the laughter and tears amongst them - everything a girl wants and needs.
I enjoyed the way that our leading lady Nicola, being a historical romance writer, sometimes drops herself into a scene in her mind with dashing Dallas as the knight in shining armour with herself as the damsel.
There are some hints and clues to who the dastardly killer may be, but this was not revealed until Ms Smith wanted us to know. Not a minute before.
There is also an event that takes place in the story, that even though I knew it was going to happen, it completely knocked me for six when it happened, causing more than a few tears to be shed.
Can Nicola and Dallas thwart the killers plans, as well as get their HEA?
Nope, for that you are going to have to read for yourself!
There are a few characters in this book that I sure do hope get a story of there own. There is just so much more that these men need to tell us!
If you like a book with smartmouthed, strong women and the possessive alpha men that want them, then you need to give Property Of, and in fact all of Ms Smith's books a read.
ARC received for an honest review
Firstly, can I say this cover - humina humina!!!
As I have read each book in this series, I have said "oh no one is going to be better than ..." and inserted the name of the last Marked man I read.
I have to say though, Asa definitely overtaken all the Marked men for me! Reformed bad boy and all that? Yeah, I think that is it.
You remember Asa, Ayden (Jet's wife) is her sister. He started working at the Bar back in Rome? In Rowdy we started to notice his interest in Saint's friend Royal Hastings?
Well, let's just ramp things up 10000%!
After the incident at the end of Rowdy, Royal has started to go off the rails. She was interested in Asa before, but now she is what he wants, and boy does she go after it!
I could feel Royal's pain, he despondence over things that were not her fault and out of her control. That downward spiral is a hard thing to break out of.
Asa knows a cop and criminal is never going to be a good match, and fights off Royal's advances so much longer than any average man can. He is still riddle with guilt over things he has done in his past, how what he has done has affected his sister, her friends.
He is trying to reform, but even as he tries, he knows that there is no promise he won't stuff things up again. And the last thing he wants to do is take the beautiful policewoman with her.
There is that spark, that mutual want, maybe even need between this pair. It is like a vortex that drags them towards each other.
But can the cop and the criminal really be the best thing for each other? Or are they on a journey that is bound to end in disaster?
Nope, you are going to have to read for yourself to find out!
There is so much passion, so much raw emotion in Asa. Both our MC's are so broken at this point in their lives, that they are just being, but not really living. This book had me running the whole range of emotions as I was drawn right into the world of these sexy, tattooed me.
It is bittersweet finishing Asa, as I know it is the end of the Marked Men, and I know I am going to miss these characters, as they feel like family. We have been taken on their journey as they become loved up, sprogged up.
I hope we do get glimpses of them in the lives of the characters in the new series, the Saints of Denver.
Firstly, can I say this cover - humina humina!!!
As I have read each book in this series, I have said "oh no one is going to be better than ..." and inserted the name of the last Marked man I read.
I have to say though, Asa definitely overtaken all the Marked men for me! Reformed bad boy and all that? Yeah, I think that is it.
You remember Asa, Ayden (Jet's wife) is her sister. He started working at the Bar back in Rome? In Rowdy we started to notice his interest in Saint's friend Royal Hastings?
Well, let's just ramp things up 10000%!
After the incident at the end of Rowdy, Royal has started to go off the rails. She was interested in Asa before, but now she is what he wants, and boy does she go after it!
I could feel Royal's pain, he despondence over things that were not her fault and out of her control. That downward spiral is a hard thing to break out of.
Asa knows a cop and criminal is never going to be a good match, and fights off Royal's advances so much longer than any average man can. He is still riddle with guilt over things he has done in his past, how what he has done has affected his sister, her friends.
He is trying to reform, but even as he tries, he knows that there is no promise he won't stuff things up again. And the last thing he wants to do is take the beautiful policewoman with her.
There is that spark, that mutual want, maybe even need between this pair. It is like a vortex that drags them towards each other.
But can the cop and the criminal really be the best thing for each other? Or are they on a journey that is bound to end in disaster?
Nope, you are going to have to read for yourself to find out!
There is so much passion, so much raw emotion in Asa. Both our MC's are so broken at this point in their lives, that they are just being, but not really living. This book had me running the whole range of emotions as I was drawn right into the world of these sexy, tattooed me.
It is bittersweet finishing Asa, as I know it is the end of the Marked Men, and I know I am going to miss these characters, as they feel like family. We have been taken on their journey as they become loved up, sprogged up.
I hope we do get glimpses of them in the lives of the characters in the new series, the Saints of Denver.
Copy received from the author for an honest review.
I met Ms O'Hara at a couple of book conventions over the past month, and this series sounded very interesting, so I was very happy to receive a copy of The Kalista Diamond to review.
Kallie has had a rough trot in life, and it is not surprising that she is very distrustful of people. So many people want things she has - land and a precious diamond - and will go any way about getting it.
Sam is a man on a mission - not to get Kallie or the diamond, but to catch the man who is after those things. Well, it starts that way....
The minute they catch each other's eyes across a quiet country street, there is that spark of attraction that neither can resist.
There is so much more behind Sam's story than he is letting on, and as much as she wants him and he wants her, she is wary of what he is really there for. He needs to keep a cool head around her and doesn't want to get involved.
As things start to come out about Sam and the other new men in town, there is a great sense of "who are they? What do they want? Who is the bad guy here?
And man there is so many people to pick from in the bad guy sweepstakes!
My heart broke for Kallie as everything she thought about those she loved starts to crumble around her
The suspense about who is who was captured so well, and it wasn't until all other possible suspects were ruled out that we found out who the baddy really was. I had suspicions about each and every one of them but when I found out.. wow!!
This book was set around areas of Australia that I have been to, so I could picture the small town it was set it, which I loved!
This is a great start to the Steele Ops series, and I can't wait to get started on book 2! This carries on with characters we have already met in this first book.
I met Ms O'Hara at a couple of book conventions over the past month, and this series sounded very interesting, so I was very happy to receive a copy of The Kalista Diamond to review.
Kallie has had a rough trot in life, and it is not surprising that she is very distrustful of people. So many people want things she has - land and a precious diamond - and will go any way about getting it.
Sam is a man on a mission - not to get Kallie or the diamond, but to catch the man who is after those things. Well, it starts that way....
The minute they catch each other's eyes across a quiet country street, there is that spark of attraction that neither can resist.
There is so much more behind Sam's story than he is letting on, and as much as she wants him and he wants her, she is wary of what he is really there for. He needs to keep a cool head around her and doesn't want to get involved.
As things start to come out about Sam and the other new men in town, there is a great sense of "who are they? What do they want? Who is the bad guy here?
And man there is so many people to pick from in the bad guy sweepstakes!
My heart broke for Kallie as everything she thought about those she loved starts to crumble around her
The suspense about who is who was captured so well, and it wasn't until all other possible suspects were ruled out that we found out who the baddy really was. I had suspicions about each and every one of them but when I found out.. wow!!
This book was set around areas of Australia that I have been to, so I could picture the small town it was set it, which I loved!
This is a great start to the Steele Ops series, and I can't wait to get started on book 2! This carries on with characters we have already met in this first book.
Copy received from the author for an honest review
Precious gems continues from where The Kalista Diamond ends up, so you should read it first.
We have already met Talos and Jane in the first book, and we know about their short but eventful history together. But when things start to heat up in Precious Gems, their relationship starts to move ahead in leaps and bounds.
If you thought there was action in The Kalista Diamond, then be prepared for action on steroids in Precious Gems!
It is like Mission Impossible meets Jason Bourne!
Events that were set in motion in small town country Australia have not gone international and the players just got a lot more dangerous.
I love how through all that is going on, Talos and Jane keep growing closer, feelings more intense. I particularly adore how Talos is with baby Ella - swoon alert!!
The men of Steele Ops are rought, hard, focused men, but it is enjoyable to see them fall to their knees for their women, one by one.
There is a great set up of at least two more relationships in this book that I am looking forward to reading.
I loved that we got a bit more of Sam and Kallie and where their relationship is at, and hope we get more of them in future books.
Precious gems continues from where The Kalista Diamond ends up, so you should read it first.
We have already met Talos and Jane in the first book, and we know about their short but eventful history together. But when things start to heat up in Precious Gems, their relationship starts to move ahead in leaps and bounds.
If you thought there was action in The Kalista Diamond, then be prepared for action on steroids in Precious Gems!
It is like Mission Impossible meets Jason Bourne!
Events that were set in motion in small town country Australia have not gone international and the players just got a lot more dangerous.
I love how through all that is going on, Talos and Jane keep growing closer, feelings more intense. I particularly adore how Talos is with baby Ella - swoon alert!!
The men of Steele Ops are rought, hard, focused men, but it is enjoyable to see them fall to their knees for their women, one by one.
There is a great set up of at least two more relationships in this book that I am looking forward to reading.
I loved that we got a bit more of Sam and Kallie and where their relationship is at, and hope we get more of them in future books.
Another quick installment of the Cold Mark series from Ms Dawn, and again, I am left hanging at the end. But I know to expect this, so it does not really bother me.
Following on from part 3, we are again taken along for the ride with Braita and Jax.
There are a couple of events that I really did not expect. One of the characters, Rule, seemed to have a bit of a personality transplant! I am still not sure what to feel about Jax.
This installment felt more like a stepping stone between books 3 and 5,and there is so much that we need to know, I hope it can all fit in book 5.
Looking forward to seeing how it all ends.
Following on from part 3, we are again taken along for the ride with Braita and Jax.
There are a couple of events that I really did not expect. One of the characters, Rule, seemed to have a bit of a personality transplant! I am still not sure what to feel about Jax.
This installment felt more like a stepping stone between books 3 and 5,and there is so much that we need to know, I hope it can all fit in book 5.
Looking forward to seeing how it all ends.
4.5 stars
ARC received for an honest review
This is the second book in this series (Book 1 is A Perfect Moment), but this can be read as a stand alone.
It has been a while since I read the first book, A Perfect Moment - so thank you Ms Lee for including the epilogue of it at the beginning of A Perfect Love to refresh my memory.
Fresh back from their honeymoon, Liam and Jo have so much to look forward in their future together.
But when events from their pasts rear their ugly heads, Liam and Jo know that fighting for their love is the most important things.
And boy, did some crap from their pasts make a return.
I absolutely adore Liam and Jo. So much in love, so perfect for each other. But life and love is never meant to be easy, and I love how they push through all the obstacles that are put in their way, nothing is going to ever stop them being there for each other. Through all the crap and their imperfections, they are perfect for each other.
We got quite a bit of their pasts in this story, and we can see how it has affected them over the years, and has made them the people they are today. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger, right?
Jo is unbelievably strong. I want to be as strong as her when I grow up!
We also get more of Ella and Preston from the first book. It was great to catch up with them, see where they are at these days (though it is not far down the track from where we left them!!) Both couples lives are so intertwined, that there is no way we could have one couple without more of the other.
This books is more than just a love story. It is a story of what happens after the love is found. The difficulties that our couple have to go through to keep an relationship alive. It shows that it is not all rainbows and butterflies, how outside forces can affect the relationship, and hopefully make it stronger every day.
I thoroughly enjoyed A Perfect Love, and I cannot wait to see what Ms Lee has for us next.
ARC received for an honest review
This is the second book in this series (Book 1 is A Perfect Moment), but this can be read as a stand alone.
It has been a while since I read the first book, A Perfect Moment - so thank you Ms Lee for including the epilogue of it at the beginning of A Perfect Love to refresh my memory.
Fresh back from their honeymoon, Liam and Jo have so much to look forward in their future together.
But when events from their pasts rear their ugly heads, Liam and Jo know that fighting for their love is the most important things.
And boy, did some crap from their pasts make a return.
I absolutely adore Liam and Jo. So much in love, so perfect for each other. But life and love is never meant to be easy, and I love how they push through all the obstacles that are put in their way, nothing is going to ever stop them being there for each other. Through all the crap and their imperfections, they are perfect for each other.
We got quite a bit of their pasts in this story, and we can see how it has affected them over the years, and has made them the people they are today. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger, right?
Jo is unbelievably strong. I want to be as strong as her when I grow up!
We also get more of Ella and Preston from the first book. It was great to catch up with them, see where they are at these days (though it is not far down the track from where we left them!!) Both couples lives are so intertwined, that there is no way we could have one couple without more of the other.
This books is more than just a love story. It is a story of what happens after the love is found. The difficulties that our couple have to go through to keep an relationship alive. It shows that it is not all rainbows and butterflies, how outside forces can affect the relationship, and hopefully make it stronger every day.
I thoroughly enjoyed A Perfect Love, and I cannot wait to see what Ms Lee has for us next.
ARC received via Netgalley for an honest review
A new series from Michelle Valentine featuring a sexy rock star? Yes Please!
Ace White and Iris Easton are the complete opposites attract couple. Rock star,struggling actress. But there is that fire, that spark between them.
It took me a while to connect with Iris. Not sure what it was, whether it was just the mood I was in whilst I was reading or what. But I did get there eventually with her.
Ace White/Johnson.... Yes, I could understand what he was feeling, why he does what he does. But holy heck he was such a jerk so much of the time, I don't know how Iris put up with him for so long. I don't care how sexy he was, I would have wanted to throat punch him for his attitude!
But again, that attraction between them had one heck of a pull. we have all been there, knowing the person is wrong for us, going to hurt us, but still we stick around - that is how it is with Iris and Ace.
I adored some of the secondary characters - particularly Birdie and Adele, but there are some I wanted to kick from her to Sunday! I like that dichotomy in the characters... good vs evil and all that.
I did feel that the end was a little rushed, however knowing that there is a second book in this series, I know we will be getting more.
I look forward to reading the next book
A new series from Michelle Valentine featuring a sexy rock star? Yes Please!
Ace White and Iris Easton are the complete opposites attract couple. Rock star,struggling actress. But there is that fire, that spark between them.
It took me a while to connect with Iris. Not sure what it was, whether it was just the mood I was in whilst I was reading or what. But I did get there eventually with her.
Ace White/Johnson.... Yes, I could understand what he was feeling, why he does what he does. But holy heck he was such a jerk so much of the time, I don't know how Iris put up with him for so long. I don't care how sexy he was, I would have wanted to throat punch him for his attitude!
But again, that attraction between them had one heck of a pull. we have all been there, knowing the person is wrong for us, going to hurt us, but still we stick around - that is how it is with Iris and Ace.
I adored some of the secondary characters - particularly Birdie and Adele, but there are some I wanted to kick from her to Sunday! I like that dichotomy in the characters... good vs evil and all that.
I did feel that the end was a little rushed, however knowing that there is a second book in this series, I know we will be getting more.
I look forward to reading the next book
Copy received from author for an honest review
Hmmmm, where to start with this one?
Lily Baron is betrayed the day before her wedding, and being a New York socialite is expected to grin and bear it. I was glad that she gave her fiance the big middle finger and took off on her Brazilian honeymoon on her own.
And this is where things really heat up. I mean, heat, heat up. This is not just a sexual awakening for Lily. She goes from ho-hum with her fiance to tom catting all over Rio!!
Seriously, it was like her vagina was giving out a bat-signal, come and take me!
So many men on the scene - not at the same time though.
I did get a bit irked with her and Gustavo. She was all "he cheated on me blah blah" then takes up with a married man? You can't have your cake and eat it too sunshine!
It was hot, but there was something missing a bit for me.
But I am on to the next part of the series, to see where Lily and her vagina will take us next!!
Hmmmm, where to start with this one?
Lily Baron is betrayed the day before her wedding, and being a New York socialite is expected to grin and bear it. I was glad that she gave her fiance the big middle finger and took off on her Brazilian honeymoon on her own.
And this is where things really heat up. I mean, heat, heat up. This is not just a sexual awakening for Lily. She goes from ho-hum with her fiance to tom catting all over Rio!!
Seriously, it was like her vagina was giving out a bat-signal, come and take me!
So many men on the scene - not at the same time though.
I did get a bit irked with her and Gustavo. She was all "he cheated on me blah blah" then takes up with a married man? You can't have your cake and eat it too sunshine!
It was hot, but there was something missing a bit for me.
But I am on to the next part of the series, to see where Lily and her vagina will take us next!!