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parasolcrafter

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

how did this book manage to fool me into thinking
colt was actually hazards son
like i literally feel so stupid when i think about it 😭

this book was such a roller coaster too tbh like every chapter was something smacking me in the face. sometimes multiple things!!! i really do appreciate all the character development tho thats going on and how hazard and somers are as a couple...its really nice to see how they move on from things like fights and how theyre getting better at communicating!!! you love to see it!!! oh and colt is a darling. if anything happens to him i will actually burn the world to the ground

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

so proud of myself for figuring out who the keeper of bees was in this book <<<333 im sure it was pretty obvious but i figured it all by myself and nobody can take that from me!!! nobody

also: HAZARD STARTED THERAPY??? ITS ABOUT DAMN TIME!!! literally tho i was so happy w/that part of the book!!! it was a small part but heehee hoohoo now he can start to heal and you love to see it 💖 i mean...as long as he keeps up w/it. if he dips im actually going to go crazy go stupid like dont jerk me around. stay in therapy and start talking abt things please and thank you

also the wedding??? i shed a few years i wont lie...it was so sweet and like :((( hazards vows...emery hazard the man that you are....

i was really pleased w/this book overall, mostly bc of the therapy but that was a long time coming <3

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this book was really like 'hey what if we took the most annoying aspects of these two men and tripled down on them, compounding on the most frustrating ordeal of their relationship so far and didnt give a satisfying resolve?' and i, for one, am one step away from screaming my head off. you have no idea.

like literally. what the FUCK. how many times can they rehash the same issues, get over them, seem to improve, only to then backtrack and get worse. it makes no sense!!! it makes no fucking sense!!! i was so close to pulling my hair out during this book because oh. my god. i want to grab these men by the shoulders and shake some sense into them, literally. hazards doubt in their relationship felt like the easy way to justify his anger (which was already fairly justified tbh) and somers entire breakdown just felt so...idk...misplaced? or...maybe not misplaced, but it felt a little off. idk if it just happened a little fast or if it didnt seem like there was enough fire behind it, but its bugged me the whole time.

the scene where he has sex with hazard after their fight and says 'who owns you' was so ??? to me like...it just felt wrong?? not really bad but it was definitely not what i was expecting. it felt out of character in a forced way and it make me uncomfortable :/


overall i just feel like this book redid a lot of the same issues and i get it, i do; certain things led up to the events in this book that needed to come out and be dealt with, but the ways that they were dealt with just felt very surface. i feel like hazard and somers need to have a good, honest discussion about things, but since they wont do that they need to have an all out screaming match where everything comes out and its all on the table once and for all, and then they need to deal with it by talking bc if they keep doing this im actually going to end up going insane. oh my god

the writing is good tho which is why it gets such a high rating for me <3 i really enjoy the way the author explores different aspects of the characters and their relationship, and while its vvv frustrating at times i do like seeing how he works things out

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hazard and somers are so fucking stupid oh. my god. oh my god!!! they make me want to tear my hair out. they make me wanna scream. they are so annoying what the hell!!! theyre grown men. they own a home. theyre engaged. they have a daughter. why, for the love of fuck, are they still so immature...my god...

so much of this book was stressful. like if they would just fucking talk about things but nooooooo, no they cant do that because that would be smart and rational </3 instead they need to act like children and fight about every little thing that happens in their lives 😒 like just have an angry fuck and get everything out there in the open. talk. be angry. god just fucking do something instead of going around in circles omg 😭

it does get better later on but man...man!!! they will resolve problems in one book and then they fall back into not talking again like please stop with the whole 'one step forward to steps back' thing please. please for the love of god...

also i know i sound like a broken record but: THERAPY

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this was gonna get a lower rating at first but then
hazard proposed to somers so that bumped it up.....im a sucker for gay marriage alright


gray is an interesting character...a funny guy but he makes me wanna wring his neck with how often he says dude </3

also im glad hazard and somers are like...kinda talking more abt everything but they still need to go to therapy. like. you guys. you guys cmon.......

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Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

CAN WE PLEASE GET THESE MEN SOME THERAPY IM BEGGING YOU 😭😭😭

if i need to experience another book with hazard being depressed im actually going to go insane. go to therapy pls pls pls...bestie u need it. you and somers both, actually. therapy. counselling. anything where they talk abt their feelings and dont IMMEDIATELY fuck afterwards. oh my god. like i get it, i do, but hazard has experienced more death and trauma than anyone should and somers needs to learn how to not always be a little bitch

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

theres nothing Egregiously wrong with this book, but like so many ya romance books i feel as though its just...kinda needlessly sterilized, yknow??? idk how else to put it and maybe that just means that books like this arent up my alley but...idk. i feel like this book could have been more realistic and have more stakes to it but it didnt :/ which i Guess is fine but it just makes things boring and predictable.

also...the conflicts were paced very weird. like
nick & sages breakup and then rekindling
takes up a literal half of the book, where
charlie & lukes breakup
happens within the last few chapters and their 'problem' (i struggle to call it a problem bc
its related to coming out to charlies family
, which is nothing little imo) is resolved in a matter of pages. the entire flow of the conflict is off; i think it would have been better if the breakups occurred at the same time and took the same time to resolve, bc it really made it seem like luke & charlies problems were secondary to sage & nick, when sage & charlie are equal protagonists in the book. also, i think charlies coming out is a much bigger issue to overcome than sages problem and the way it was resolved so fast feels a little off, yknow??

idk...maybe im just looking too much into a book that isnt more than surface deep :/

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cant believe im just supposed to like be okay after reading this?? like im supposed to live as if this didnt touch my heart?? im a changed person!!! everything is about love and support and about being a better person even if its the hardest thing you can do. man....MAN

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lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

idk if this rating is genuine or if its just relief that i got through this book w/o dying bc ohhhhh man the way it devolved to near torture porn was Jarring but. well...the ending got to me, okay?? it did and im gonna admit to that.

but also thank fucking GOD that emery quit being a detective at the end 🙏 i think 6 near death experiences in less than a years time, in addition to falling in love with the boy who tortured you in high school as fucking well as finding out the truth (the true truth btw, not just what he THINKS is the truth) about the first boy he ever loved is more than enough for one man. like literally...its time he gets a break. and some therapy. jesus fucking christ does he need therapy.

also i think somers needs therapy too bc if he whines one more time abt how hazard will never love him bc of their past...i might actually scream. good lord man........

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