˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ “I hurt everyone, Little Fox. But you have to be alive to hate me.” His eyes iced over. “I do not want you dead, and I’ll kill anyone who tr
˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ “I hurt everyone, Little Fox. But you have to be alive to hate me.” His eyes iced over. “I do not want you dead, and I’ll kill anyone who tries.”
my first five star in two months. this book was so magical and might have cured my book slump. i love evajacks. evajacks can cure me from any sickness. but evajacks can also break my heart and leave me like this:
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the hollow chapters.
“I mean … it’s just one night,” he said softly. “In the morning, you can forget it. You can go back to pretending you don’t like me, and I can pretend that I don’t care. But for tonight, let me pretend you’re mine.”
the way they tended to each other’s wounds. the most intimate thing two people can do for each other in books. left me absolutely speechless and on the ground sobbing.
and the ending?? omg i’m absolutely ruined, my heart is broken, and i am out for cold blood murder. i ride at dawn.
quotes:
She’d let him crush her, let him break her, just as long as he never let her go.
She meant to say, For tonight, I’m yours, but all that came out was “I’m yours.”
“It hurts, Jacks.” “I know, love. I’m going to take you somewhere safe.”
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!!
thank you to netgalley and berkley publishing group for this arc in exchange for an honest review ——
how i finished this in five hours in one sitting beats me but rtc ...more
“Then I’d only ever look at you. Would you only ever look at me if I asked?” “You don’t have to. I don’t think I’ve ever looked at anyone before.”
“Then I’d only ever look at you. Would you only ever look at me if I asked?” “You don’t have to. I don’t think I’ve ever looked at anyone before.”
winter and az. az and winter.
he called her his sun.
“I’ll see you from afar, but you’re so stunning this close. This must be why they always warn to never fly so close to the sun.”
quotes:
“Are you at my mercy?” “Or am I at yours?”
“So, I’ll just whisper it then. You said happiness comes in many forms. Mine is shaped like you. Has a mind shaped like yours, and a voice I never want out of my head.”
“You said that it is enough.” “It is. But I pity the world that holds you and doesn’t see you.”...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.”
“Because I’m willing to lose everything,” he says, his eyes blacker than the surrounding darkness, than the sky outside, “so long as I don’t l
“Because I’m willing to lose everything,” he says, his eyes blacker than the surrounding darkness, than the sky outside, “so long as I don’t lose you.”
4.5 stars
i honestly loved this book, the most perfect academic rivals to lovers!! i loved the rivalry, the banter, and most of all the romance!
i tend to find with most rivals to lovers it’s always so rushed, or you never actually see the rivalry for yourself but this was down so well, the balance between everything in such a short amount of pages
sadie wen. a mirrorball and this is me trying girl fr. people-pleaser n academic validation seeker, i saw so much of myself in her. seeing her vent through her emails was kinda funny and although the second hand embarrassment was kinda strong i’m glad they did get out!
julius gong. although i feel like we only got a base-layer of his character, i understood his sibling relationship to my core. i love characters who act like they hate the other character but will do anything to be in their presence!
“I can’t pretend to care about the things that once interested me. I can’t fall asleep. I play through every look you’ve ever cast in my direction. I read through your emails over and over until they’re carved into my memory. You did this to me…”
sadiejulius made this book everything, i felt so giddy after every little petty argument between them!! this book just delivers on everything it says it will...more
He came for the girl... And got the monster instead.
i am honestly shocked by how much i enjoyed this. icl it took me like three days to get past
He came for the girl... And got the monster instead.
i am honestly shocked by how much i enjoyed this. icl it took me like three days to get past chapter one but the rest of it was so easy and fast-paced. i love the gothic vibes and the element of the cards and the mist.
romance wise, i do prefer more of a slower-burn but i ate up every crumb of ravyn and elspeth i would be given. the romance was very much on the back-burner but i was here for the fantasy so i didn’t mind. i think this book is very straightforward and to the point and that makes it extremely easy to sit down and binge.
overall, im looking forward to picking up the second book and can’t wait to get more pov’s (especially elm’s hehe)...more
She let them all go because he was her home, her shelter. Her endless fire, burning through the dark.
4.5 stars
at first, i was very hesi
She let them all go because he was her home, her shelter. Her endless fire, burning through the dark.
4.5 stars
at first, i was very hesitant to jump back into it because icl the first book was very boring and although i enjoyed it, it was putting me to sleep a bit. but this felt completely different i love rebecca ross’ writing style, she makes you feel so entwined with the pages. i felt like i was there.
this series is definitely different from all other fantasy books ive read and im not sure how to describe the vibes it gave me but it felt like i was in the setting of the movie brave with this enchanted forest and whisps and elemental spirits all around me!!
i think we also got a lot more romance from my loves torin&sidra and jack&adaira!!! their romance is so pure and blissful i love watching their confessions of love and how you can so deeply tell how the mmc’s care for the fmc’s.
As if it were weakness to share one's burdens with another. But I am with you now. I am yours, and I want you to lay your burdens down on me, Adaira.
jack & adaira. they are SO CUTEEEEEE. personally, they’re my favs. although at times it feels very isn’t lovey, it’s so adorable how they call each other old nemesis ...more
Because the things that mattered most never really left. The love stays. The love always stays, and so do we.
4.25 stars
i fell in love wit
Because the things that mattered most never really left. The love stays. The love always stays, and so do we.
4.25 stars
i fell in love with this book, with her previous book tdr i couldn’t stand her characters and i hated the romance in it but with this book, i fell in love with everything about it.
clementine was left an apartment by her aunt after she passed. from her aunt’s stories this apartment is magic and when she finds iwan who turns out to be from seven years in the past she realizes her aunt was telling the truth the entire time.
this not only felt like a romance book but also a story about grief and feeling like yourself again when you lose the person who brought out the best in life.
I didn't need to be fixed. I just needed...to be reminded that I was human.
i don’t know why exactly but i loved clementine, she was honestly relatable in a way, she was very real and her feelings about her aunt were so sad especially later knowing how her aunt passed. also in the way in which she would question why exactly she was in publishing even if she knew deep down she didn’t love it…very very real.
I used to have lovely dinners with a man named Iwan, who told me that you could find romance in a piece of chocolate and love in a lemon pie.
now iwan was literally so cute. the way he called her lemon and how he expressed his love for cooking with every bone in his body. the parallels between the past and present were a little sad imo but i liked it. he was such a cutie pie.
when i say this is invisible string coded i mean it with my chest. i don’t care how repetitive im going to get but the way there were literal strings tying them together in both the “past” and present. i saw one of the connections coming and was like “pshhh predictable” but to find out there was more...i was screaming in the best way possible.
although i loved this, it isn’t a five-star and that’s because i wish we got more interactions btwn past iwan and clementine, and for that, it seemed very insta-love, and with the aunts passing it felt like it just briefly covered that. i understand why but idk i think she could have touched on it a little more bc it was very heartbreaking.
besides that, i really recommend this if you want something short, cute, and heartwarming. ...more
And I’ll save your life again and again, aimlessly hoping you will allow me to stay in it.
3.25 stars
i wanted to write a long review for
And I’ll save your life again and again, aimlessly hoping you will allow me to stay in it.
3.25 stars
i wanted to write a long review for this and now i don’t
if you want originality you prob won’t like this, you def can tell more than just inspo was taken from hunger games (i haven’t read red queen so i can’t speak on that), i never want to see the phrases “ocean eyes”, “grey eyes”, and “vicious little thing” ever again. although this book is lowkey too long it was decently paced and although there’s a bunch of plot holes in the world building, i think there’s room for the second book to answer those questions so ill give it that.
now the best part of this was kai azer himself
"She is a devil. She is a deity. She is a man's downfall in human form. She is my downfall."
mr “who did this to you”, so broody n so morally grey!! i ate up their banter n his inner monologue didn’t make me want to throw up! i don’t think i would’ve enjoyed it as much if it didn’t have his pov tbh, and heavy on the slow burn which i love so it really didn’t bother me whatsoever and that ending kinda left me interested hoping we would get a lot more answers in the next book.
and to answer it all, it did not cure my slump ):as a debut novel i applaud lauren but it def has a whole lotta room for improvement.
— pls cure my slump pls cure my slump pls cure my slump...more
"Wholly." His eyes burned into mine and he said, "When you're in the room, every single cell in my body—every nerve, every muscle, every breat
"Wholly." His eyes burned into mine and he said, "When you're in the room, every single cell in my body—every nerve, every muscle, every breath—is lost in you."
i’m in love with charliebailey!! they are literally so cute, from the prequel i knew i was going to enjoy the book, but wow i did not expect to love it the way i did!
this might be very bold of me to say but i might’ve liked it more than bttm *gasp* i cannot pick if i like wes or charlie more, but they’re cousins so the charm must obviously run in the family.
bailey met charlie a year ago on a flight after her parents’ divorce. the big question comes up: ”can guys and girls be just friends?”
it’s a year later and now they’re coworkers! i wonder how that’s going to go..
there’s a bit of a mix btwn fake-dating & bonding over a bet created. now i had said i heard somewhere that this gave 10 things about you vibes and it turns out this came from the publisher themselves!! so as for that here’s my answer:
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now that doesn’t mean i didn’t like it, i mean i did give it four stars and i for the most part find myself to be a picky rater, but i loved this! like it didn’t give katpatrick but theyre perfection i don’t think anything could compare. this gave more she’s all that imo! the rom com vibes were def there and i ate it up.
There was a vibe to the way she dressed, the whole I-don't-think-that-cardigan-even-fits-her-but-damn-she-looks-perfect kind of thing.
charlie was such a cutie!! he listens to conan gray for gods sake! and although his chapters were literally 2-5 pages only SADLY, i couldn’t get enough. his inner monologue was everything, the way he canceled a party at his house because SHE NEEDED HIM?!?! big fucking sigh.
i did have a few issues however, i hate how, as a child of divorce, authors make the main characters extremely dramatic over divorce like yes i understand bc ive never had a “normal childhood” but to say that children of divorce are like soldiers and are comparing scars is a bit dramatic…
plus these book are so incredibly unrealistic and it annoys me bc shit like this never happens but it’s YA so i need to stop being such a scrooge.
overall: i loved this, it was so cute & romcom. bailey might be my fav fmc from these books, but they’re all so incredibly similar atp it’s hard to tell who is who. but would def recommend for a cute short read <3
—— saw somewhere that this gave 10 things i hate about you vibes which just happens to be my fav movie, so now i must confirm if it’s true or not!!...more
“My secret—my truth, Mia—is that you belong to me. Always have. Always will.”
this was everything. i loved it. book slump? she’s gone now
“My secret—my truth, Mia—is that you belong to me. Always have. Always will.”
this was everything. i loved it. book slump? she’s gone now don’t know her.
quotes:
“I dare you to let me show you how obsessed I was with you ten years ago.”
That even after all these years, I haven’t found anyone who makes me smile or laugh or feel at home the way you did?”
“I want to know you’re sure because this has been brewing for a very long time, and I intend to take everything you’re willing to give me. And I expect you to take everything I give.”
“Every second my hands aren’t on you, every minute my mouth has to wait to taste you, it’s torture, Mia.”