romancewithem's Reviews (619)

I loved this!! So cute and funny  can't remember the last book which had me laughing and knowing it was going to be a great book from the prologue alone!!

So many good and iconic rom-com moments got recreated and had their own spin on it which was so fun!! 

The scene where they had their first kiss...it was so freaking cute I was screaming crying throwing up!!! The chemistry is off the charts

I'm unwell over the fact that the MMC wanted to practice kissing like if that doesnt tell you that he's head over heals for her idk what does

Only reason why it's not a 5 star was due to the FMC bringing up the fact that she thought he wasn't the one constantly for the first 50% of the book, it got annoying very quick

- roommates / forced proximity
- recreating iconic rom-com moments
- shes a sucker for rom-coms x hes doesn't believe in love

I liked the first book in the series and how it was more taboo than dark but this book is a lot darker and beyond what I'm comfortable with

Really enjoyed this, so funny. The last 10% when they actually get together is so good!!

Loved that this was told between now/then and also through articles, found it such a fun way to tell the story 

- second chance / right person/wrong time
- duel timeline
- famous actor x writer

The first but with all the changes between present day and 10/5 years ago was very confusing, like I had zero clue what was happening. 

I don't like how shady the FMCs cousin/best friend is being and I dislike the shadiness of the cliffhanger and hope that in the next book we pick up where we left off

Like previous Simone books the spice is 🔥🔥🔥

- FMM
- secret relationship
- "it's always been you" 

Struggled to really get into this book, wasn't until the last 20% I was really enjoying it. Felt like nothing much really happened in the first 80% and it wasn't until the FMC breaks up with her ex that anything was really happening. 

I normally love books with flashback scenes in them, however wasn't a huge fan of it here. I did think they added to the story and you got to understand why the MCs hadn't spoken for 4 years but idk if it's that I was struggling with being engaged with the whole book, or what but I felt like I was getting interested in what was actually happening present day and then was suddenly snapped back to 4 years ago and it got me out of my flow

- co-writers
- forced proximity
- friends to enemies to lovers
- slow burn
- duel pov & alternative timeline

I LOVED this book, the narrator was so good, personally dont think the female narrator’s voice fit what id imagine for the FMC to sound like but shes rarely in it so wasnt an issue imo

(Ive read this series out of order) but i really enjoyed that Sean wasnt directly involved in religion unlike the other Bell brothers, i enjoyed this one a lot more as there wasnt the language barrier (in terms of religious terminology for everything and having to learn what everything was)

- forbidden
- best friends little sister
- age gap
- shes about to be a Nun and hes a playboy millionaire who thinks you can throw money at problems and itll go away, doesnt believe in god or love

I really liked the whole ‘will they/wont they end up together’ plot running throughout the books, like it truly kept me gripped and never knew if they were, like i really hoped they would because them together was just 🥰🥺🥵🤩🥳🫠, but for as many reasons why they worked there were also so many reasons why they couldnt 

I loved Elijahs little bits of his article or just his notebook which gave us snippets of his pov without having it duel pov which i dont think this book needed

The raw portrayal of depression was so different from everything else that ive read it was so good

- second chance / ‘i never stopped loving you’
- brothers best friend
- forbidden
- lgbt
- road trip (kinda)

This was so hot, deffo enjoyed the first half more than the second (basically I was here for the spice and not the plot)

- age gap
- best friends son
- he falls first

I really enjoy3d this book, such an enjoyable sapphic love story. We follow Nar whos learning more about her cultural identity and hoping that her family accept her for who she is and who she loves.

I feel like it took me a bit to get fully invested into this book (mainly due to the language barrier and having to learn what things meant). However, I was quickly hooked, and couldnt put it down in the second half. Especially when we were hitting the 3rd act break up… im not normally a huge fan, but the way it all went down was enjoyable, although, a little frustrating at the MC for the way in which she was handing things and wish she ripped the plaster off quicker. But it was just the push that Nar needed in her life, so i didnt mind it too much

I enjoyed learning a lot about Armenian culture, food and the genocide

- sapphic / lgbt+ romance
- own voice author