“Is there a chance that if… if we kept going and I fell in love with you... is there even a small chance that you could ever… feel that way about m
“Is there a chance that if… if we kept going and I fell in love with you... is there even a small chance that you could ever… feel that way about me, do you think?”
I didn’t know how many times I needed to hear it for the truth to sink in, but I promised myself this would be the last. I held my breath, waiting. It didn’t take long.
“No.”
*gasp* *gasp* *gasp again* I THOUGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FUNNY SMUTTY ROMCOM!!! WHAT IS THIS INTENSE ANGST!!!!!! like im just a girl leave me alone
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“I’m never going to fall in love with you.”
SIR SHUT UPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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The first 50% of the book is deceptive, I was even starting to get bored... but then the gut punch came and I was in angst heaven..... WHAT WAS THAT ...more
“Because when you hurt and you hurt and you hurt, disappearing is better than feeling.”
LORDDDDDD WHAT THE ACTUAL HELLLLL. I t-ˋˏ4.75 stars
“Because when you hurt and you hurt and you hurt, disappearing is better than feeling.”
LORDDDDDD WHAT THE ACTUAL HELLLLL. I think God saw how much I've suffered lately and gave me the groveling book of my dreams. This entire series had me stunlocked. The end of the first book was the most painful punch to the gut, but it was a necessary evil because holy ANGST and GROVEL. 98% of this book was pretty much just them begging Lilah to give them a second of her day. AS THEY SHOULD!!!
Lilah was the strongest heroine ever. All the shit she endured growing up, and then the miserable shit she had to go through because of the guys.. yet she never once put herself as the victim. Her biggest no-no was letting the guys know how terrified she actually was all the time. She wanted them as far away from her as possible and it was killing the guys. GOOD. MAKE THEM SUFFER.
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But JJ. THEY CAN NEVER MAKE ME HATE YOU.
For the longest time my number 1 favorite was Finn. Because he was always kinda nice to Lilah from the beginning. Usually the nice guy of the pack wouldn't be my fave, but what Lilah was going through was SO devastating, it almost gave me an ulcer. I clung to any hint of kindness towards Lilah, and at the time Finn was the only one who, kind of, put her first in a way? Not out of love or care, he was just crazy, but she needed someone in her corner so badly that I had to take what I could get LMAO ...more
i hate atlas. he and orion could just fuck off into the sunset together. let my girl lilah be happy with finn and hunter. and maybe jett if he could ei hate atlas. he and orion could just fuck off into the sunset together. let my girl lilah be happy with finn and hunter. and maybe jett if he could ever get the stick out of his ass.
listen. i like orion. but the jealousy i felt throughout this book was feral. his little moment w atlas enraged me. "she's gonna steal you" just please SSSSHHHHH. i was so angry lol. anger mostly directed at atlas tho bc fuck him and his hardheaded ass. when he said he was gonna tell the pack to back off lilah to please orion i wished SO hard i could smack his head. lilah is a bigger person than me bc i would've made burning their mansion down to ash my priority. let them all burn
cried like a bitch at the end tho holy shit, they better grovel and GROVEL HARD in book 2...more
“He laughs. I’ve found the one man alive who will laugh when I threaten to kill him. How have I gotten so lucky?”
I wasn't exp-ˋˏ 4 stars!!
“He laughs. I’ve found the one man alive who will laugh when I threaten to kill him. How have I gotten so lucky?”
I wasn't expecting the last 20% to be so heavy... damn that was sad lol
This was refreshing to read, because the heroine was on a warpath, ready to get her revenge on all the people from her small town who wronged her. Man was that SATISFYING. She was a petty little bitch and she knew it, embraced it, and to top it all off, our hero loved her for it. He knew her reason and didn't try to stop her, he just loved her the way she was meant to be loved all along and trusted that she would do the right thing for herself because he trusted her no matter what.
The end was perfect romcom-wise, but I am also a petty little bitch and was hoping to see the whole town and everyone in it burn.
This wasn't as angsty as I thought it would be when it comes to the romance, but everything else was heavy af to read. Emmy, the heroine, didn't have the easiest childhood and unfortunately I could relate to her a little bit so the reading experience was a bit hard but also cathartic. The hero, Liam, was the man of everyone's dreams. Loved him.
I suggest checking trigger warnings first before going into this even though I'd categorize this as a funny romcom. Some characters say the most ridiculous shit and could trigger extreme anger so beware lol...more
“Burn, my Queen. Glow so bright, the darkness trembles.”
I'm.... speechless? This was even better than the first book. I lo-ˋˏ 5 stars!!!!!
“Burn, my Queen. Glow so bright, the darkness trembles.”
I'm.... speechless? This was even better than the first book. I loved the storytelling, and the world-building.. everything played out so perfectly in my head like a movie. Like I was there, in their universe. Their world captivated me. I love the magic systems, the politics.
The writing was flawless this time, my immersion never broke, and the plot successfully pulled so many emotions out of me. Nothing better than a book that can make you feel so much.
“Yes, Diem, I want to serve you—in every way a man can.”
The tension between Luther and Diem was HIGH and I LOVED it. Slow burn will forever be superior. My favorite part was analyzing every single thing Luther did and every single word he said. I was obsessed with guessing the intentions behind his actions and his words. The angst? The jealousy? The PINING? This book checked off all my boxes when it comes to romance. Penn Cole spoiled me with this one, I fear. I have like.. near zero complaints.
“If you are suffering, nothing will keep me from coming to your aid. Least of all something as trivial as death.”
Just a tiny, tiny, thing I wish wasn't in there: Henri. I can't wait for him to die :) but thank you for giving me possessive Luther, I guess
As for Diem.. her character growth in this made me SO happy. The journey to get there was ROUGH though. There were so many times I wished I could yell at her. Especially about Henri. The first time it happened, I didn't mind it and thought of it as an interesting conflict and spicy drama, and a necessary thing to happen for her to grow. The second time, though... no excuses there, she was just plain dumb.
But she was trying, though. And I appreciated that. And besides all of that, she was one badass female character. The last 30% of the book shook me to my core, I had goosebumps all over. Amazing experience.
Luther didn’t move, holding his gaze in silent challenge. “Taran,” he said quietly. Taran placed his own hand on Luther’s shoulder and gave it a firm shake. “I know, cousin. With my life.”
The quote above is my number one favorite moment in this series so far. The love, the fear, the DESPERATION in that tiny moment were so strong, that I literally gasped when I read it lol. My heart actually ached. You know what I mean if you read the book!! It solidified so many things for me and it was just UGHHHH. I wish I could read it for the first time again.
“Luther,” I whispered. “My Queen,” he breathed.
Now, the Corbois cousins.
I will forever have a deep, deep love for them. They're my comfort characters. Taran, Alixe, Eleanor, Lily, and also, Teller. I cried SO many times during this and most of them were because of them. One of my favorite found-family stories ever.
“The weapon in your head is more important than the weapon in your hands. You’ve always been my bravest soldier”
I don't know what else to say, other than I need to get to the next book ASAP. Only two books left, and I'm already mourning lol. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVEEEEEE
“It doesn’t matter. My place is with you. Wherever that leads.”
gonna be honest i think i ended up loving this more than i thought i would bc im on my period and extremely emotional lol
“Hear this, Rosie. Yo
gonna be honest i think i ended up loving this more than i thought i would bc im on my period and extremely emotional lol
“Hear this, Rosie. You are worth every penny. Every fortune. Every investment. Every risk. You are priceless to me.”
he was so down bad for Rosie & exactly the kind of romantic main lead I needed. also I'll share this quote here bc I think we all should be reminded of this every once in a while:
“Because when you love someone, and you share the mistakes they’ve made with people who don’t love them the way you do, you can’t expect those same people to forgive them the way you do either.”
Jennifer Hartmann made me cry.. AGAIN. This is like the third time. Thank you very much. This is the first time a plot twist like this made-ˋˏ 3 stars
Jennifer Hartmann made me cry.. AGAIN. This is like the third time. Thank you very much. This is the first time a plot twist like this made me like the book and even became my favorite part of the whole story.
The last 20% of the book made me bawl. It was this book's saving grace honestly, because the first half of the book gave me conflicting feelings. I didn't know how to feel about Brant and June. And not because it was creepy or anything (because Brant is technically her adopted brother), because surprisingly I never did feel the "brotherly love" vibe from Brant, his love for her was obviously (at least for me) different than Theo's (June's biological brother) love so I never had a problem with that.
But Brant had been so obsessed with June since he was a kid, and it just annoyed me. It didn't seem healthy & felt weird for a child to be that protective. I know the whole point was that Brant had ALWAYS put June first even before he fell in love with her, but to me that just seemed unrealistic.
Also, his 10 year old self would sometimes say shit no kids in real life would ever say - like very adult advice and stuff. It was giving "woke toddler meme" lol...more
“So whenever I think of you, I inhale for a long ten seconds, soaking in the moment, and then exhale all my love for you out into t
-ˋˏ 4 stars
“So whenever I think of you, I inhale for a long ten seconds, soaking in the moment, and then exhale all my love for you out into the ether, hoping you’ll feel it somehow.”
I cried too much during the last 50% of the book it was concerning. Matt's family was a DREAM. I got jealous of Lane at one point because she got to be in Fetu's perfect dozen ...more
“Don’t go,” he pleaded. “Stay with me. Lean on me. I swear, I won’t let you fall.”
I only read two books in 2021 and this was-ˋˏ 4.75 stars
“Don’t go,” he pleaded. “Stay with me. Lean on me. I swear, I won’t let you fall.”
I only read two books in 2021 and this was one of them... and I rated it 5 stars. But I didn't remember a single thing about it. Good for me because it was like I was reading it for the first time again and it was GREAT ...more
Okay I'm gonna be honest the story overall is probably a 3 star at best but this book made me cry like 7 times so it deserves an extra star-ˋˏ 4 stars
Okay I'm gonna be honest the story overall is probably a 3 star at best but this book made me cry like 7 times so it deserves an extra star for that lol
“But he stays silent. And I want to scream.”
The reason I wasn't as obsessed with the story as I would've liked was actually because of the romance. I loved the concept of them, Rhys was dreamy, but it was a little bit too instalovey for my taste, especially since the story was told mostly from Rhys' pov. There was no mystery to him, you could tell he was whipped from the start. This was a black cat gf x golden retriever bf type of romance, and I liked it, except I wasn't sure what Rhys liked about Sadie outside of her whole situation with her brothers & the way she helped him. What did he like about her aside from all of that? I think he might fall in love with her when they first started hanging out together, but those times were not shown. They were just told and it felt like a missing opportunity to get the readers on the same page as Rhys when it came to his feelings for Sadie. It was like one moment he was intrigued by her, and the next he was all like... "I could love her." okay but.....how? Why?
I liked Sadie though, might be biased because I could relate to her so much. Every time someone would tell her that she didn't have to take care of everyone it made me feel so seen.
“You should be enjoying your life—not worrying over if you can feed two growing boys or how you’re going to pay bills on a house you don’t even live in all the time. You shouldn’t have to do it at all—but you definitely shouldn’t have to do it alone.”
But I do think Sadie had too many awful things happening to her, that in the end everything became too chaotic and some things just didn't have the powerful closure they were meant to have? Everything just felt rushed.
I really adored the relationships between the characters though, like Bennett and Freddy, Rora, Sadie's little brothers, and especially Rhys' parents. Honestly almost all the tearjerker moments (for me) involved them. They were like angels I would make up in my pre-sleep scenarios lmaoo ...more
“I wasn’t a praying man, but if praying meant I’d receive Gracelyn Mae, I’d fall to my knees each night.”
BRITTAINY WHAT HAVE YO-ˋˏ 4 stars
“I wasn’t a praying man, but if praying meant I’d receive Gracelyn Mae, I’d fall to my knees each night.”
BRITTAINY WHAT HAVE YOU DONEEEEEEEEEEEEE ??
oh jeez the last 20% of this book was a CRYFEST. i wasn't expecting it because i kinda checked out in the middle.. but in brittainy cherry we trust. i've said this before but brittainy has a way with words. everything she writes guts you in the best way, and they always mean something. they weren't there just as a page filler.. just wait and her words WILL hit you in the best way possible.
but now let me be very honest. i thought this book wasn't gonna hit because i started to get really annoyed with the characters, mainly the fmc, grace, but never the mmc, jackson (never you, jackson baby!!) but the rest.. like let's say, GRACE'S MOTHER?? dawgggg my patience was being TESTED
grace grew up in a very religious family. she had to come back to her hometown after separating with her husband. her dad was a pastor and the whole town worshipped her family, they were like royalty there. her mom was... an interesting character. extremely religious. loved jesus. loved her husband. but she was one, angry woman. grace's interactions with her made me furious and so so very sad for grace. their scenes were so hard to read because i wished so badly grace would just stand up for herself. there were so many opportunities for her to do just that but she didn't.
It turned out self-discovery was a process that everyone continued to explore. One never stopped growing therefore, they never truly stopped discovering.
but now that i have finished the whole thing, making grace the way she was made a lot more sense, and made the ending a lot more impactful. it was annoying to read because, you know, people like that in real life probably really do annoy you. but witnessing her growth and self discovery in this was beautiful. the moment she finally realized her worth i was so proud.
“Before I am anyone else’s, I will always be my own.”
and jackson, my baby my angel, he stole the show from the beginning. he was a total jerk but he was a good jerk. my heart broke for him. he was the town bad seed, the manwhore, the one with the drunk father. the whole town hated him, for no goddamn reason honestly. he had no one, wanted no one really, until he met grace. i loved how their relationship slowly developed. it wasn't a slowburn per se, but they did start off as enemies. but then they realize they were both broken people and could probably use each other as crutches.
ughhhhhhh jackson!!!!!!!!!! really wasn't expecting him to be THAT good. he was an actual angel. he spent his time in a book shop reading young adult novels. he gave grace book recommendations. he bought her 7 flower bouquets.... this man, yall. grace might be a hit or miss character but jackson??? definitely a sure thing.
“What are you pretending to be?” I asked. “Angry.” “But what are you really?” “Lost,” he truthfully confessed, and I felt his words deep in my soul.
i just wanted to give him the biggest hug. everyone was so unfair to him. i was so glad he had grace, even though their relationship was a little... complicated. but i loved that grace never felt embarrassed to be seen with him, or scared of what other people think of her being with him. what happened to her really changed her perspectives and i appreciated that. she was open to growth.
Somehow, at that exact moment, everyone’s opinions were officially void because she chose me. In front of the world, she held my hand.
now...while the romance was cute and heartwarming. what really got me was actually their relationships with their families. grace with her mom, and jackson with his dad. oh lawd the last 20% of this book got me sobbing. now it made sense why it was so hard for me to read the first half of the book. (really i wanted to smack half of the characters, including grace lol) but it was worth it to see everything coming together at the end. because it was like, finally, they all deserved this SO much. jackson especially. my guyyyy. and even grace's mom. i even felt a lil guilty for judging her too hard lol.
Perhaps it was because children oftentimes forgot that their parents were human, too. Perhaps it was because we assumed they had everything figured out, due to the fake smiles they delivered our way.
this wasn't a perfect story, but i did learn a thing or two from this. the end was everything i'd hoped for, i REALLY loved the way jackson handled things in the end, that was very mature and very needed, considering his past. and grace was very understanding, as she also needed the same thing, and it was just beautiful seeing them heal together like that instead of jumping from one thing to another too quickly.
and the proposal? romantic as shit.
“That’s what I promise you, Gracelyn Mae. I promise you, me.”
-ˋˏ 6++ million stars. Give it the whole goddamn galaxy, I don't care!!
Guys, I found it. I found THE ultimate comfort read for me.
“You are my
-ˋˏ 6++ million stars. Give it the whole goddamn galaxy, I don't care!!
Guys, I found it. I found THE ultimate comfort read for me.
“You are my soul’s purpose, Win.”
This book healed my soul, lifted my spirits, and honestly made my damn week. I loved the way it was written, loved all the characters, it was just pure comfort. My cheeks hurt from how much I was grinning. Seriously, I was swooning, giggling and blushing right from the start. Easily my top read this year!!
Let me tell you about it.
At first, I wasn't really sold on the premise. I was afraid it would be too sappy for me, and I thought it sounded a little too instalovey, so I really wasn't expecting the intense pining when I read it and ooo boy I wouldn't have it any other way.
Bo and Win first met at this Halloween party that Win's best friend, Sarah and her husband, Caleb threw. They hit it off and had a one night stand, and the rest was history. I liked their chemistry from the start, they had great banter and Win, I totaaally understand why you would go there. I mean, the guy was 6'5. That alone was a good reason ...more
this was so so so so much better than I expected!!! I DEVOURED this book so damn fast.
“If my heart left her breathless, then hers
-ˋˏ 5 stars
this was so so so so much better than I expected!!! I DEVOURED this book so damn fast.
“If my heart left her breathless, then hers gave me a reason to breathe. Did she know how much she meant to me?”
I didn't realize until after I finished book #1 that this is the same Isaiah from Tragic (Lark Cove series). I remember feeling so brokenhearted reading about him in Tragic. Gonna be honest I was in love w him even before knowing he was the same Isaiah, and after figuring it out I wasn't sure if I would like the story as much, knowing his past, but I'd like to give past me a hard slap ✋ because THE ANGST in this book? ? ? ? top tier ...more
Oooh boy I finished this book in 10 hours straight and only got up from my bed-ˋˏ 5 stars
“You’re still my girl. You’ll always be my girl.”
Oooh boy I finished this book in 10 hours straight and only got up from my bed to do self-care so I don't pass out.
I'm gonna be honest with you, the story as a whole is probably a 3-star, maybe 4 if I'm being really generous. There were a lot of flaws and shit that I didn't vibe with but I've always been good with ignoring problems and this time I guess it worked out for me because HOLY SHIT.
Let me start off by saying that this is the first book that I've read since the traumatizing mess that is the Ravenhood series, that could actually make me ugly cry. That alone made this book deserving of a 5-star in my world and I don't take criticism ...more
it was an okay read but it made me cry 70% in till the end so i'm giving it an extra star for that
It just happens sometimes, doe
-ˋˏ 3.75 stars
it was an okay read but it made me cry 70% in till the end so i'm giving it an extra star for that
It just happens sometimes, doesn’t it? Like the weight of your personal pain is hiding in your psyche, and something will trigger it to jump with claws out.
i loved both characters but i just wasn't sold on their romance. i was more intrigued with the found family aspect of it like darlene's relationship with max & sawyer's relationship with jackson. they were the ones that hit me the most tbh. the epilogue was my favorite because of this.
i was really into it at first and could almost feel sawyer's exhaustion. i felt so bad for him but also proud for doing all of that without complaints. he made a mistake that turned out to be a blessing for him and it derailed his life in a spectacular way and he was still crushing it. it was admirable.
I’m the machine that has to keep going and going until there’s nothing left of me.
but then i kept reading. and then i just got annoyed. it's probably just a me thing because i hateeee custody battles. it was stressing me out. they were stressing me out. and to find out that they didn't actually have to be stressed out to begin with?! i was furioussssssss lmao. i might sound like a cold hearted bitch right now, and listen, i admired sawyer for what he did, that's why he's one of the best mmcs, but it just didnt seem realistic to me. like it was very noble and all, but realistically....?
as for darlene, she was such a sweetheart. i could relate to her the most out of everyone. that one thing when she had good news to share but no one to share it with.. oooof it stung.
this was a slowburn in a way, like they didn't get together until the end because of their circumstances but they both knew they had strong feelings for each other pretty quickly into the story and would definitely have gotten together if the situation had been different.
but overall it was okay. it was still an emotional ride (just not really for the romance), and i loved all the side characters honestly, they carried this book on their backs!! i just wish i was more invested in the romance between darlene and sawyer because they were both good people who deserve good things.
and i also wish the whole situation wasn't what it was lol. i tried justifying it with like...ok if it wasnt't for this darlene and sawyer wouldn't even have met. but i still couldnt help but think oookay so if sawyer was more of an asshole we wouldn't even be here right now lol. and like if sawyer had chosen the other route, it wouldn't even have made him a bad person either! it would just be... *gasp* realistic!! so idk....feel like a bitch for saying this. sawyer is just a damn good man and definitely a waaay better person than i am lol ...more
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