this was actually kind of funny. if i got abducted by aliens & got stranded on a strange planet & was told i was now stuck there and could NEVER go bathis was actually kind of funny. if i got abducted by aliens & got stranded on a strange planet & was told i was now stuck there and could NEVER go back to earth because iT wouLD be AgaiNst tHe ALien Law, i would have a psychotic breakdown.
not our girl jade, though. girlie was VIBINGGGGG. and we love that for her. all it took was one incredibly hot alien to change her mind about going back to earth. so real bestie.
i mean i get it, especially if you have no strong attachments to earth. stay on an alien planet where women are worshipped and you get to be married to a sexy alien and you don't have to work.. or go back to earth where you have no one, the men suck, world leaders are leading us to ruin AND you have to work?
oh wow very cute and very smutty!! it really was a cozy omegaverse. i wasn't expecting it to actually be decent lol also look at that stunning cover!!oh wow very cute and very smutty!! it really was a cozy omegaverse. i wasn't expecting it to actually be decent lol also look at that stunning cover!!!...more
I DON'T CARE ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE HER NAME IS JILL AND HE CALLS HER JILLY BEANS!!! I DON'T CARE ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE HER NAME IS JILL AND HE CALLS HER JILLY BEANS!!! ...more
“Whatever it is, you’re going to be okay. I promise. I’ll make sure of it.”
I find a bit of myself in Emily, so when Jack said that to her it did a
“Whatever it is, you’re going to be okay. I promise. I’ll make sure of it.”
I find a bit of myself in Emily, so when Jack said that to her it did a little something to my heart. I've always needed to hear that from the people around me, but I never did.
At least I got to hear it through fiction, spoken by one of the most perfect fictional men in romance, Jackson Bennett.
“I’m listening, Emily. What do you need?” “I need you to fix it.” “Name it. I’ll do it for you.”
I loved every single second of this. I'd categorize this as fluffy romance, but some of the moments did pinch my heart a little just because they were so perfect it made me bitter because real life could never be like that for me ...more
I'm going to hold off on my rating for now because it was a sure 5-star from me for the firstThis was ✨CINEMA✨
..........until that thing happened lol.
I'm going to hold off on my rating for now because it was a sure 5-star from me for the first 99% of it, but the cliffy.... makes me consider a 1-star LMAOOO BUT!!! that might be my anxiety talking ...more
It's got a little bit of everything; witty banter, found family, and a little enemies to lovers! WrittPerfect cowboy romance!! Exactly what I needed!!
It's got a little bit of everything; witty banter, found family, and a little enemies to lovers! Written so well too. It grabbed my attention right from the start which is impressive considering my lack of focus lately. The introduction to the story felt effortless!
I love how I can relate to both Cash and Mollie. even though they're complete opposites.
Cash with his sense of duty and mountains of responsibility; him being apprehensive about starting his own family because he feels like he already has too many people to take care of & who depend on him.
And Mollie, who feels lonely and lost, anxious about making the wrong choices for her life, and feels like she doesn't belong anywhere or with anyone. The stomachache she gets because she unconsciously always have fear about the uncertainty of her future Is SO real. I'm afraid I can relate to that way too much lmao
Seeing them talk through their personal problems with each other was healing for me in a way. I enjoyed their little moments of vulnerability.
Also, does this remind anyone of The Simple Wild?! Daughter trying to connect with her estranged father in his little town. Finding out father has a family consisting of the people who live in that little town, and she realizes those people know her father better than her... butting heads with the father's grumpy right-hand man? Right-hand man thinking the daughter is just a spoiled city girl? Mom who fled the little town and took the daughter with her because that life was not for her?
It's not a bad thing especially because I just finished reading The Simple Wild and was in need of something similar, but I couldn't help but think to myself didn't I JUST read this?...more
DEVOURED!!! in like half a day lol never finished a book so fast in my life
“Mark your alpha. Claim me so that no other does.”
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Hunter fuckingDEVOURED!!! in like half a day lol never finished a book so fast in my life
“Mark your alpha. Claim me so that no other does.”
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Hunter fucking REEVES everybody. I'm afraid my weakness is always when the grumpy, unapproachable, hotter than the sun, powerful beyond belief alpha MMC begs to be claimed by his omega. I'm just like other girls ...more
KREWWW!!!!!!!!! ridiculous name but i forgive you. he's so elijah reed coded (quiet reserved tech god?!) and yet another proof of why it's alwaysssssKREWWW!!!!!!!!! ridiculous name but i forgive you. he's so elijah reed coded (quiet reserved tech god?!) and yet another proof of why it's alwaysssss the quiet ones ...more
“And then she laughed. I fell in love with her all over again.”
6 stars. Not even a single doubt in my mind about it. I think this is the b
“And then she laughed. I fell in love with her all over again.”
6 stars. Not even a single doubt in my mind about it. I think this is the best contemporary romance I've read in 2024.
I know it because I just finished this book a moment ago and I'm already looking for others that will give me the same feelings and I can tell it's gonna be a hard task. The bar is currently kinda high up there.
RY heard me say BRING BACK MEN WHO YEARN and immediately got to work on creating Hudson motherfuckin Ellis.
“I didn’t want to be some anonymous, fleeting, erasable guest in her life like the others who had come before me. I wanted to be engraved, etched, and carved so deeply into her soul that she’d never get me out.”
This worked for me because it checked every single one of my romance boxes I didn't even know I had. This year I kind of neglected contemporary for fantasy because nothing in contemporary had what I wanted in my romance.
Variation reminded me of why I love romance novels so much. I adored all the little details and layers in this book. No lines were useless or felt like an afterthought or a filler.
Even a twitch of the eye or a light smirk from one of the characters meant something. I blushed and giggled over hand placements. Something as simple as Hudson holding Allie while they were swimming had me GRINNING like an idiot. She smiled. Just smiled. And he fell in love and it made me blush so hard. THAT is why I love romance novels.
“Her eyes lit with mischief, and if I hadn’t fallen for her eleven years ago, that look would have done it. Hook. Line. Sinker.”
Hudson and Allie fell in love when they were teenagers. This story is about their second first chance because they never really got to start it the first time.
They hadn't talked to each other in ten years, but Allie was back in Hudson's little town recovering from an injury, and she hated him, while Hudson still pined for her.
“I’ll fold,” I promised, my voice lowering. “I’ll turn myself inside out if it means I get to be hers.”
Allie is a famous ballerina and Hudson is a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. It made for an interesting story. I enjoyed all the ballet parts and also all the rescue parts.
This book felt like RY was READY to write contemporary romance. The plot was great and the characters were all SO incredible and so necessary. Some of them were frustrating but it the drama really spicy and I was so seated for it.
I loved the Rousseau sisters, the Ellis siblings, Juniper, Hudson's best friend, and all of Allie's friends and foes. Even the Mother. I kinda pictured her as Sylvie from Emily in Paris but with Elis Grey's attitude lmao ...more
“I made you my person, and you don’t fit in my life, but my life no longer fits me without you.”
A winner from Jewel E. Ann. What a beautif
“I made you my person, and you don’t fit in my life, but my life no longer fits me without you.”
A winner from Jewel E. Ann. What a beautiful love story.
I think what I loved most about this is that the story felt normal and real. Jamie (25), the fmc, is a travel nurse. Fitz (35), the mmc, is a smoke jumper. Just two regular people falling in love with *for the most part* real-life problems getting in the way.
Both of them are such GREAT characters. They had incredible banter, and their love for each other was SO convincing, I was so hurt for both of them, mainly Jamie.
That girl, I swear. I wouldn't know what to do if I was in Jamie's position, I definitely wouldn't be as strong. Loving someone who you knew could never go all in with you... I would throw myself a pity party and curse at the universe for putting myself in that position. But not Jamie. She didn't even beg. It was hurting her, but she didn't know how to stop being in love with someone like Fitz.
And Fitz was an amazing mmc. He was honest, and he was really funny. He wasn't *that* grumpy, but he wasn't really a fan of people. Jamie was a very likable person, and ten years younger than him. Yet they fit like a puzzle piece.
I loved it when I could see why they would fall in love with each other.
This book was a real page-turner because I needed to find out if they would ever find a way to meet in the middle. Their problems were so real and valid that even I couldn't find a way out for them. It was one of those things where the love just HAD to be bigger than everything else.
“Jaymes, if I were normal, I’d love you enough. The problem is, I’m not normal, so I’d love you too much.”
I loved that all the cards were on the table from the beginning. Fitz made it clear what he could and could not do, and Jamie made it clear even though she wanted and wished she could fix him, she wouldn't do that for him. He needed to want to fix it himself. So no one was really leading anyone on, but boy did it still hurt.
The mystery and the twist at the end were incredible. It was heartbreaking and sad and frustrating and I loved every single second of it.
The epilogue got me SOBBING. Good to know that it's possible for the love between two people to be bigger than everything else. What a bittersweet conclusion to a very real love story.
“Jaymes isn’t the girl of my dreams. I never allowed myself that luxury. She’s the girl who has taught me how to dream.”
this book is like if someone asked me what my dream scenario would be in a zombie apocalypse........and i'm not even talking about tthis was so fun!!!
this book is like if someone asked me what my dream scenario would be in a zombie apocalypse........and i'm not even talking about the four men being in love with you. i'm talking about the survival base.
the fmc's base in this book is like what i would daydream if there were a zombie apocalypse. electricity? cozy trailer home? crazy amount of food - including all kinds of CHEESES?! A GAME ROOM?!
one of em even had the time AND the ingredients to make japanese gyoza ✨FROM SCRATCH✨
not me staring at my kindle on that particular page thinking that these people actually live better than me because i currently cannot just go into my kitchen and have all the ingredients ready to make gyoza and im not the one living in the middle of the dead ...more
When they invented the term the most perfect fictional man they actually had KRYLL in mind. In fact, the word "perfect" was created specifically to deWhen they invented the term the most perfect fictional man they actually had KRYLL in mind. In fact, the word "perfect" was created specifically to describe him. Argue with the wall!!!!
⤷ “This view leaves me breathless,” I gush, unable to contain the awe it strikes in my bones. “I couldn’t agree more.” Turning to him, my cheeks heat when I realize he’s not basking in our surroundings like I am. No. He’s staring straight at me.
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Like I knew I would love him because my weakness is always the quiet, distant, mysterious guy BUT DIDN'T EXPECT TO LOVE HIM THIS MUCH WHAT THE FUCK
Brace yourself because I'm gonna word vomit - I'm gonna use this opportunity to FREAK OUT over our fae princess and her stupid kryptos <3
The way Kryll treats Addi, the way he talks to Addi, the way he handles Addi???? He just knows when to give her space but also acknowledges that he's so far gone when it comes to her, he seems to always know what she needs, and what to say, but he's also a little shy, and maybe a little insecure, and it's just all SO PERFECT?!
I thought I knew why his nickname for Addi is princess, even after he said that "you think I call you princess because of *that*?" I thought I could read between the lines there. BUT OH BOYYYYYYYY I DIDNT REALIZE HE MEANS PRINCESS...........LIKE THAT. MAN I COULD TALK ABOUT THIS FOR HOURSSSSSSSS KRYLL THE MAN THAT YOU ARE
but also BRODY?! the way he shows his love for Addi in this book is SO heartwarming.
gone is the manwhore Brody we know in the beginning of book 1 and we love that for him
also his lil moment of vulnerability there????
⤷“How do I make her love me?”
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AND THEN RAIDEN?!?!
I have to mention that I LOVE that these boys show their love for Addi in different ways - not all perfect but at the end of the day all it comes down to is that they love her (THEY'RE STILL IN DENIAL ABOUT IT BUT IM NOT STUPID YALL ARE IN LOVE JUST ADMIT IT)
While Kryll and Brody knows when to give Addi her space to breathe, Raiden just DOES NOT want to be apart from Addi, like EVER. And he ain't shy about letting everyone know that either.
⤷ I’m done wasting time letting her be mad at me. Well, she can stay mad, but I’m done staying away.
Vampire origins are known to be self centered & only care about themselves, so this feeling of protectiveness & longing are new to Raiden. I love the way he slowly learns how to *healthily* love someone. His whole *I know I need to do some groveling and I'm willing to do SO much of it I just need you to tell me how to grovel because I've never done it* thing was SO CUTE MAN ...more
ALEC CARRIED THE BOOK!! and I don't even like him!!
I know this series is being compared to bonds that tie a lot bc people think it's a copy of each otALEC CARRIED THE BOOK!! and I don't even like him!!
I know this series is being compared to bonds that tie a lot bc people think it's a copy of each other (this one was released first) tho I personally think they're so different lol but while bonds that tie got too complex at some point, this book is NOT COMPLEX ENOUGH
Because the whole thing with Alec was so underwhelming and I was flabbergasted when he came clean about why he was being a dick and our fmc was SHOCKED like she couldn't believe that's why Alec did what he did.... and I was like ...more
Of COURSE, I'm gonna rate this 5 stars. Jane just gave me THE Elijah scenes of my goddamn dreams.
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If someone asks why I hyperfixate on Elijah aOf COURSE, I'm gonna rate this 5 stars. Jane just gave me THE Elijah scenes of my goddamn dreams.
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If someone asks why I hyperfixate on Elijah and Gabriel so much I'm just gonna shove this book in their face. Like, here. Read the Elijah Reed sacred texts. It will change your life.
What I didn't expect to happen tho, was everything with Kalen. I knew he had it in him, I just didn't think I would see it, at least not in this book. The breathing breaks I had to take during that chapter? INSANE. So hot. Nothing will ever compare. It's so over for me.
Oscar's "everything I have is yours till I die," and "I need you (with me) to sleep," because Isobel is his safe place? Hello? Are we not gonna freak out over this because????????? He loves her so much and is so grateful for her because Isobel is such a kind and beautiful and selfless little angel????????? I will NEVER shut up about this.
And Mikel's "What if I try?" GOOD BYEEEEEEEEEEEEE SLASH MY HEART AND LEAVE ME TO DIE I love Mikel so much.
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I love that in this book you finally get to see the dynamic of Isobel and half of the guys being in some sort of a relationship. The cuddles, kisses, touches and sleepovers. But we also get the slowburn and the yearning from the other half. Truly the best of both worlds.
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I am a BIG fan of the progression with the side characters as well, like Braun Carter. I know. The DAD. Wasn't expecting that at all. I also need to see more of Bellamy and Sophia!!! They crack me up so much. Wouldn't mind a spin-off actually HEHEEEEE
I can't wait to see what Jane will do next, especially with Niko, Gabriel, Mikel, and Moses. OH MY GOD MOSES. He was insanely hot in this book oh my god. So excited for him. And also more Kalen because phew........... we need more, ma'am.
Also just want to bring attention to Jane's insane talent at writing group texts, or just text messages in general.
They sound simple but not all authors can write natural text messages. Sometimes they even put me off of a book. Jane writes them in a way that I can see myself or people around my age saying something similar over text (as in they don't sound like a 78 yr old grandfather wrote it)
One of Ironside's greatest strengths is the god-tier group chats.
And while we're on that topic...... the banter. Same thing as the text messages, the banter in this whole series is always so natural and believable. Like something me and my friends would actually say when we joke around. I love it a lot.
Another Jane Washington book going into my comfort read pile (✿◡‿◡)
I waited for this for 5 months and finished it in like 2 days even though I TRIED really hard to read it as slow as I could. Brb gonna cry myself to sleep until June ...more
exactly as advertised! grumpy reclused hero and quirky heroine <3
i wish the tension were stronger tho! i feel like it all ended too quickly. would've exactly as advertised! grumpy reclused hero and quirky heroine <3
i wish the tension were stronger tho! i feel like it all ended too quickly. would've loved a little more push and pull. and maybe idk i would've loved to see the town be surprised af at seeing the mmc with a girlfriend after he got together with the fmc since he was known to keep to himself and be alone all the time.
but this was successful in pulling me into the universe, probably gonna binge the rest of the series and then go over to the miles brothers series.
also note: i didn't read the first two books of the series because i didn't feel like doing it and i had no problem following! incase there are people wondering <3
i actually fell in love immediately the moment the character leo appeared, and he was in this probably like a chapter. i was SO delighted when i found out he has his own book lmaoooooo...more
Marie Mistry I didn't know you were capable of writing a masterpiece like this....... vice college for young demons might have burned me but this bookMarie Mistry I didn't know you were capable of writing a masterpiece like this....... vice college for young demons might have burned me but this book more than made up for it
the lore !!! the world !! the characters !!! I am in love. especially the fmc, Nilsa. god I didn't realize how HOT being a witch assassin would make her.
Nilsa, the love of my life, Mother Lunar's favorite daughter, Sun's favorite part of the darkness, and mother to All Assassins
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and the guys!!!! I fell in love from the start. my favorites are Nos and Kier but the rest aren't far behind either. so far I've loved how the romance is written. the slow burn is still there but you can still feel their devotion. a nice balance <3
I LOVEEE the side characters as well especially ELSIE my beloved. when she first appeared I was a little annoyed ngl I thought she was gonna be an unnecessary extra plotline.. but she proved me wrong and now I just want to wrap her in bubble wrap and protect her from harm forever
I'm so excited to see where things are going because I'm so invested in the universe now!!...more
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