this was so cute! this had me giggling and swinging my feet over how whipped this man was!! say it with me, WE LOVE WHIPPED MEN!! the banter, the chemthis was so cute! this had me giggling and swinging my feet over how whipped this man was!! say it with me, WE LOVE WHIPPED MEN!! the banter, the chemistry between these two was felt through my screen! i’m not the largest fan of marriage of convenience but i have a weakness for men proudly calling their wife, wife even if it’s fake! this series is turning out to be a good one, and i hope she continues bc i enjoy the glimpses into the f1 world!
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“My taunting eidolon, my lovely apparition, my beautiful phantom,” he murmured as a wet drop fell against the glass frame. “How many more nights must “My taunting eidolon, my lovely apparition, my beautiful phantom,” he murmured as a wet drop fell against the glass frame. “How many more nights must I mourn you?”
gabriel and his ruin, his damnation, his demise and his misfortune. silene had the saddest backstory from the three, my heart broke for her.
“You’re perfect. How can you fit so perfectly in my hold yet be the only thing I can’t hold onto forever? How can you be made for me so perfectly yet be the one thing I cannot have?”
“You’re Silene. My beautiful Silene with the gentlest, kindest hands. It wasn’t the violence that made you gentle, my ruin, it wasn’t the violence that softened you. You were kind and soft and gentle despite it. You won over all. In spite of all, you won. They could not change you, nor your heart—your kind, gentle heart. What they could not change they hurt. So let me take it away. Let me rip apart those memories for you.”
“Didn’t know the heavens had a smell.” “Mine does.” “Also didn’t know you owned one. But then, you seem to own many things.” “I don’t own her,” he said, reaching for a veil and pinning it at the back of her head. “But she does own me.”
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“My taunting eidolon, my lovely apparition, my beautiful phantom,” he murmured as a wet drop fell against the glass frame. “How many more nights must I mourn you?”
gabriel and his ruin, his damnation, his demise and his misfortune. silene had the saddest backstory from the three, my heart broke for her.
“You’re perfect. How can you fit so perfectly in my hold yet be the only thing I can’t hold onto forever? How can you be made for me so perfectly yet be the one thing I cannot have?”
“You’re Silene. My beautiful Silene with the gentlest, kindest hands. It wasn’t the violence that made you gentle, my ruin, it wasn’t the violence that softened you. You were kind and soft and gentle despite it. You won over all. In spite of all, you won. They could not change you, nor your heart—your kind, gentle heart. What they could not change they hurt. So let me take it away. Let me rip apart those memories for you.”
“Didn’t know the heavens had a smell.” “Mine does.” “Also didn’t know you owned one. But then, you seem to own many things.” “I don’t own her,” he said, reaching for a veil and pinning it at the back of her head. “But she does own me.”...more
if you’re in search for a mulan retelling with a badass female warrior fmc who is literally WAOLOM c “They would never let a woman hold on to power.”
if you’re in search for a mulan retelling with a badass female warrior fmc who is literally WAOLOM coded this is FOR YOU!! when meilin finds out she’s to marry an abusive man like her father she disguises herself as a man and enlists in the war, and with discovering she’s connected to the spirit realm and able to use this to her advantage she becomes invincible.
the way that she went though soo much in this book and she still was able to prove how much stronger and capable she was compared to every man?! the definition of a girl-boss idc! she took all the stereotypes thrown around about women in this book and proved each one wrong time after time. she didn’t care if she was smaller or in-experienced she pushed herself to prove just how strong and powerful she is.
“I was a woman, and I had dared go after more than my allotted cards in life. I had disguised myself as a boy, and I had gotten away with it. And now, like a novice gambler who bets once and wins, I was hungry for more. I felt ready to slide all my chips into the beckoning pot.”
now let’s talk about the romance,as for prince lui sky and cao ming lei, i was not at all expecting it, im a little torn i cannot lie i do think we should’ve gotten more interactions with sky and meilin because i thought they were really cute but i just really want to see a lot more lei in book two SO BAD!! i did not expect the romance to have me giggling like i was!
overall this was such an amazing read, i do think that the pacing mid-way felt slightly off and made it easy to put down but once you get into this book it’s easily fast paced and when people tell you there’s betrayals best believe they’re not joking, i was gasping out loud multiple times!!
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as the youngest of four sisters, i’ve had my fair share of fights, hugs, tears and laughter with all of them. to say my sisters and i couldn’t be moreas the youngest of four sisters, i’ve had my fair share of fights, hugs, tears and laughter with all of them. to say my sisters and i couldn’t be more different but so similar to the characters in this book is an understatement. this mostly felt realistic and being able to relate was kinda scary. i usually never pick up books that will remind me of my boring life but this was refreshing. it did give me slightly a bigger appreciation for my sisters and how much they’ve played second mother and all that they’ve shielded me from.
this book was so well written, i would a thousand percent buy a physical copy and im glad this was my first book by this author.
thank you to netgalley and publisher for providing this arc in exchange for an honest review
being awake during brain surgery is probably a better feeling than this entire book
no warning in this entire universe could have prepared me for this,being awake during brain surgery is probably a better feeling than this entire book
no warning in this entire universe could have prepared me for this, when i say i would be happier getting all my teeth taken out with no pain meds i mean it.
i postponed this ending for a full WEEK, i knew it was gonna hurt and the audacity for the authors to say i should be RELIEVED at the end of this????
fuck this series for consuming me because now i can’t sleep eat or breathe without thinking of them!
“I’ve known since I crowned you in my car. Just don’t ever forget you were my queen first.”
You’re what I latch onto to bring me back from the shadows.
4.5 stars
this series has taken over my life and i’m not happy about it. the way that n
You’re what I latch onto to bring me back from the shadows.
4.5 stars
this series has taken over my life and i’m not happy about it. the way that nothing really improves as you go on but you’re so addicted and consumed that you can’t help but get so emotionally attached and involved is so crazy!!
i’m gonna keep this short but my thoughts so far:
whoever decided that was a good ending, fuck you <3 i’m gonna continue to live in denial, i don’t wanna talk about it, this how i literally looked bc i had to go back and read it three times while balling my eyes out to make sure i didn’t get this shit wrong. i need names n numbers bc im coming for you
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”You make me wanna dress up trees, Blue. I’m one hundred percent a lunatic for you. And I don’t give a damn.”
“I’ve always been dishonestly yours. And it looks like that’s not changing.”
i’m not sure what i initially expected when i started this book but i
“I’ve always been dishonestly yours. And it looks like that’s not changing.”
i’m not sure what i initially expected when i started this book but i honestly enjoyed it so much. this book follows the family of con artists, specifically phoebe as she attempts to leave the life of crime behind with her best friend hailey but there’s only one speed bump in their way and it happens to be hailey’s older brother rocky.
rocky and phoebe seem to have a complex relationship in the past that we get slight glimpses of throughout the book. the authors really weren’t lying when they said angsty relationship and we get very push & pull interactions between the mc’s which could be a bit annoying at times but i love the banter and angst! while im not sure how i feel about phoebe just yet i loved rocky especially because he gave loren hale vibes plus i think we got more emotion from him<3
as for the side characters, i loved hailey and the rest of the siblings on both sides. i do not think anything could compare to the core six, a few characters did remind me of connor in the slightest way but as the books continue to release i feel like this found family will definitely be a top one!
a few issues i did have however, was the their relationship although we’re told it runs deep, it felt very surface level. the past moments were insightful but i wanted more vulnerability even though rocky and phoebe do not seem like emotional characters whatsoever. i had some other issues as well but im keeping this spoiler free but overall i enjoyed it a lot!!
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how i finished this in five hours in one sitting beats me but rtc ...more
I will fight this war to love you, Juliette Cai. I will fight this feud to have you, because it was this feud that gave you to me, twisted as
I will fight this war to love you, Juliette Cai. I will fight this feud to have you, because it was this feud that gave you to me, twisted as it is, and now I will take you away from it.
4.5 stars
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utterly speechless. page turning. the angst and tension delievered. the pain delivered. everything i needed in book one was given to me!!
“To have and to hold, where even death cannot part us,’ Juliette whispered. ‘In this life and the next,’ Roma returned, ‘for however long our souls remain, mine will always find yours.”