shadowbooker's Reviews (780)

This book didn’t have much of a plot but sometimes all you need is some smut in your life! It was definitely character driven and the characters were likeable and matched well despite their age gap. A few things didn’t make sense but again, we were in this ride for the hot billionaire and I have zero complaints in that regard 😂 I honestly can’t wait to read about brother #3 when that one comes out.

I got an advanced reading copy from netgalley and dreamscape media in exchange for my honest review.

The good thing of my book club is that it forces me to read books I’ve had in my TBR forever but I keep pushing down. I’ve heard mix reviews of this series so I wasn’t too excited to read it, but book 1 pleasantly surprised me. I liked both the MCs and the secondary characters, the story was captivating and the twists weren’t predictable. Reid losing his sh*t was hilarious too 😂😂😂

This book is SO GOOD!!! How is there not more hype around for it? Kazi is a smart, cunning and strong female lead, Jase is a kind, levelheaded and sweet male lead, and together they are even more amazing, their chemistry is palpable and their enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers it’s so much fun, I’m slightly obsessed with them. 
If you like a book with strong badass characters including the secondary ones, political intrigue, secrets (but not miscommunication), and a rich world building, you need to read this book.

I wanted to love this book more than I did. It had everything for me to love it, a hot chef, a badass independent woman, tons of food and smut, but in reality the female lead was extremely immature, she was rash and jumped into conclusions that led her to behave in the most childish way and it was just enough to take away from the story and she was the one creating all the conflicts that would resolve as fast as she got mad. I also felt the male MC didn’t have a defined personality, it went all over the place. But the story was fun, her lawyer friend was awesome and the smut good, so there’s that.

I received an ALC from @netgalley and @dreamscape_media in exchange for my honest review.

When I read about Charlie in book 1 I immediately wanted to read a book about him and I was not disappointed. He was still the soft giant that needed to be protected but I had no idea to what extent! I loved how his trauma was explained and the sexual part was dealt in such a different and refreshing way, I can't say enough good things. This book made me cry too which is always a good thing.

Let's start with how much I hate love
triangles, and how scared I was of dreading this book due to it, but it was so well done I didn't mind it at all! I understood Xingyin decisions every time and she honestly did the best with her situation. I loved Xingyin, she's a badass female character, and the friends to lovers trope will always win me over. The book is full of epic fights and Chinese mythology, unexpected plot twists and also extremely adorable. It helped that the
second I started the book I started singing the whole over the moon soundtrack

I’m not surprised I loved this book since The Ex Talk also by the same author was one of my favorite books from 2021, but what I didn’t expect was to find a book with a relationship so real! We have a female MC that has clinical depression and a male MC that’s fat, and their dynamic is that much more endearing when they bring those insecurities to the table. Also the sex was the most real and relatable I have ever read while still keeping it sexy and spicy. There’s honestly not a single thing I didn’t love about this book, the story was fun, the characters were amazing and all the subjects touched were done very respectfully.

Even though I liked the MC better in book 1, I have to say I enjoyed book 2 a lot more, despite being one of the unfortunate people to get it spoiled (thank you internet assholes). It felt less repetitive, the amount of characters and POV made it more interesting and I didn’t predict nearly half of what I did with the first one. I’m still annoyed at a few things and others made me roll my eyes, but what’s a SJM book without some eye rolling? Overall I really liked it and I can’t wait for book 3!