What happens when the playboy lifestyle catches up? Babies. And then hot live in Nannies.

Overall reco: Enjoyable, not the best of the series but it was still a lovely little heartwarming read with little tension.

Plot: 3/5
Spice: 2/5
Characters: 3/5

(Other/longer/more notes)
In terms of Slayer series this one was.. disappointing. It felt a bit short both in page sizes and story. Sites have this book listed as being like 200-252 pages. My Kindle says 201 (but I'm also in the special edition covers which I THOUGHT just changed the cover but maybe not?). It felt like there were some places that the book could have been expanded on, little bits more. It was enjoyable but I just kind of felt a bit lackluster after the previous book with Harlow/Wade.
Spice was.. less. There were background things hinted at that never seemed to come forward. Like Axel made it seem like a few times that he wasn't as much of a playboy as everyone thought but that gets glossed over. Nothing happens with Nora's fucking family and we don't see any kind of a resolution about that, which is a crime. An absolute crime. MLK likes to give parents that are fucking monsters and that we never seem to get a good confrontation with. Harlow gets the most closure and it still wasn't enough.
Again, I still found it enjoyable, as like recentering. Easy and low risk. A nice in between before I jump into something that will surely rip my heart out. 

 Straight laced banker with no interest in Jocks agrees to be the date of one hard working Hockey player for 10 days, and in a move that surprises no one, finds love.

Overall reco: The plot is simple, but that doesn't mean that Harlow and Wade won't steal your heart. MLK has a great writing style and take on plots that feel like you can get invested and enjoy without having to dread the 3rd act break up. I'd taken a break between the last and this one and honestly, felt a lot like coming home.

Plot: 3/5
Spice: 3/5
Characters: 4/5 

I really don't like the way Ali Hazelwood writes. I somehow didn't have an issue with it in The Bride, but I noticed it enough to bother me in the Winter Novella she wrote and this is like that times 1000. I just cannot stand it. It's like its obtuse on purpose.

I received this as an ARC. Overall I thought the concept was cute but it sometimes felt disjointed. I did guess one of the big secrets and while I found the characters interesting, I did HATE the MMC in the beginning, which helped. It's heavily coded for Taylor Swift, like that was how the ARC was advertised and why I signed up

 Typical YA novel with a 'weak' heroine, mix in questionable authority figures, dragons, a power structure that is clearly not set up to hide ANYTHING, did we mention dragons? Yeah. Dragons.
I read this via the audio book while captive on two 16 hour drives
Overall reco: Personally, I only enjoyed this book because my husband and I were in the car together and were ruthlessly picking it apart and making fun of it. That said, we got about 25% into the book and while we were making fun of it, we were enjoying it. We actually couldn't wait to get back to it and finish it. We immediately downloaded the 2nd book. The spice took forever but was pretty descriptive. I was expecting flower language, but was happy that it wasn't that.

Plot: 5/5
Spice: 2/5
Characters: 4/5

(The Good)
For all the making fun me and my husband did for the whole book we still got into it. We made predictions and waved red flags but I still cheered like children when things we've her way.
I see the love for Xaden, I understand the love for him.
Spice was great! If you are looking for something after The Maas Court books, this is a nice step up in spice. But was also still nothing like the other shit that is out there. Good spice for Romantasy I guess.

(The Bad)
The plot is very, very, very predictable. Good news, if you've read any other book you can probably see just about everything coming. If you haven't read a lot of YA or fantasy style novels some of these tropes are new and you will totally be surprised. (I want to stress that even thought I mark this as bad, its not that bad and NOT why I gave it only 4 stars. So don't ready it because of this.)
this is why I gave it 4 stars: I Hate Violet. Hate her. She's annoying and painful and I thought was 14-16 based on her behavior. I should point out I have in the last year decided that YA is probably not for me because I tend to hate the FMC. She's better than some FMC's but jesus christ. 

Boring. Fluffy if you are looking for fluffy but no drama and no spice so really just boring

 Happy Ever After isn't a real thing. So what happens when Waylon has to go to LA and Will doesn't go too?

Plot: 3/5
Spice: 2/5
Characters: 4/5

Overall reco: It was short and sweet and broke me in all the right ways. Angst dialed up night and high. Short and so fucking good. After Book 2 finished I wasn't done.. wasn't ready to be done with them. I'm not either, but it feels like a better place. I'm hesitant to pick up Mason's book, which feels a bit unfair and while I'm curious what happened there I don't know if I can be in this universe and NOT be with Will/Waylon. 

 Did you read the first book? No. GO READ IT. YES? WHY ARE YOU READING SPOILERS!
The story picks up pretty much where it left of and it's like the slowest fucking car crash and still amazing.

Overall reco: So I gave the first one 4 stars and this one I decided to give 5. Spice was higher, but if you are thinking about reading this book and even remotely liked the first one, just read it. How you were rabid for the next part I don't know. The author's deep introspection into their thought processes isn't better, but it doesn't matter. it doesn't matter

Plot: 4/5
Spice: 3/5
Characters: 4/5

(The Good)
We didn't exactly hit the ground running but that first chapter back felt so fucking good almost viscerally good.
The character arcs had a chance to shine, really shine here.
The spice was hotter, more descriptive, and just felt better It also didn't take as long to get to but I was not longer reading for the spice.

(The Bad)
They will never be able to make a movie about this because there is no actor in the world that will be able to pull off all the time you spend in their heads. I put this in bad but it wasn't bad. It felt real. I have really disordered thought processes and this really felt like my own brain sometimes. Broken and jumbled and not always making sense, especially in the heat of a moment. I know this is something I might not have like thought if I didn't connect with the characters. so.. yeah.