I truly just don’t have the bandwidth for this one right now lol. The likelihood of it impressing me is pretty slim, so I’m just going to pause for riI truly just don’t have the bandwidth for this one right now lol. The likelihood of it impressing me is pretty slim, so I’m just going to pause for right now and try again another time.
After not really liking the cinnamon bun bookstore- the second book and so I’m skeptical but I’ll give it a whirl bc of the tropes and the cover� ...more
I actually really loved this one! Don’t let the 3 stars fool you. I just had a couple of issues... ❤️
First this cover is so gorgeous and that's what iI actually really loved this one! Don’t let the 3 stars fool you. I just had a couple of issues... ❤️
First this cover is so gorgeous and that's what initally drew me to the book. And the story was really great too!
We follow our FMC, Madison who's living in California with her parents who also happy to be fairly wealthy. She's kinda just been going through the motions of life- During a memorial for her grandmother who recently passed - that her boyfriend of 3 years was supposed to attend with her, she goes looking for him and finds him cheating on her with another girl.
Fed up and about over it all she walks out the door and closes it behind her and doesn't even say a word. Madison grabs the opportunity to leave her house in the middle of the night with her aunt Emma and head back to her grandmother's house with her and just decompress for a while.
Lost Hollow. Ugh. I love this place. It really gives all the twilight vibes.
Listen - anywhere in the PNW is Forks to me mm kay. LOL. I loved the small town mountain/forest vibes.
The story is told in dual POV alternating between our FMC, Madison and our MMC, Ezra - it's probably closer to around 2/3 her POV but that's okay - I loved being able to get Ezra's take on what was going on.
The romance between these two was pretty good. I really am a sucker for a 'college/late HS' romance and even a bully romance I enjoy - this gave both. It wasn't overly bully the MMC came across more as a grump to me than a bully, although some of his comments like trying to embarrass her were a little cringe - like referencing her sucking his dick loudly at her work place. Okay cave man.
I did have a few issues with the writing - on occasion it would really feel like this was written by a dude lol?
A few scenes and phrases just didn't impress me or felt out of place.
˚₊� ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Aunt Emma banging a rando on the park bench while her niece has a front row seat with all the town kids? Weird and didn't really fit the character?
˚₊� ͟͟͞͞➳❥ One of the female characters describes and sums up the FMC as 'hot, blonde and with huge tits' really? I've never described a woman like that as a woman. Get this character a thesaurus.
˚₊� ͟͟͞͞➳❥ There's quite a bit of spice in this one which worked for the characters and the story - it made all the sense in the world for me for them to be getting it on as much as they did, but the first sexual encounter between the two was sudden and out of no where. One min they're on a boat and the next he's randomly fondling her breasts. Little jarring.
Overall I loved the story and was hooked from the beginning. I wish there was a little more to the end. Things seemed to be wrapped up very quickly and suddenly.
I do recommend if you love the PNW small town vibes (think Forks!) an angsty romance with a good dose of spice!
So, I actually really liked a lot of things about this story but I also had a couple of issues.
We follow our fmc brooklyn who’s newly divorced and ou So, I actually really liked a lot of things about this story but I also had a couple of issues.
We follow our fmc brooklyn who’s newly divorced and our mmc, Thomas who lost his wife during childbirth 8 years prior.
Thomas works for his family’s resort as a financial director, I believe which seems to be a very large and lucrative one.
The events director at the resort is moving and asks Brooklyn if she’d take the job - hating to leave it in the hand of anyone not quite capable of. Brooklyn wants to accept immediately of course, what a dream job- her one hang up is, she doesn’t think Thomas likes her very much due to an accidental drunken run in.
I really liked the set up of this one. It was heartwarming that even though Thomas had lost his wife and his adorable little girl lost her mother that they still had such a large loving family dynamic.
All of the OGrady men are single - including the father who is a widower as well and Thomas’s two brothers Patrick and Matthew.
There’s quite a lot of foreshadowing going on for the brothers which definitely makes me want to get to their stories in their own books, but it was so much foreshadowing that it took away from the couple in this book.
The relationship between Brooklyn and Thomas seemed to move extremely quick. After one quasi date he wanted “everything � with her which seemed like a stretch to me due to him not having a relationship in 8 years.
I’m not saying it’s not entirely possible, but the author failed to show me why either of these two were smitten with each other so fast and when they uttered I love you I actually scoffed and rolled my eyes.
As cute as little Clara was, there was too much of her in this book. And when Brooklyn has internal thoughts about Thomas’s hard dick in the presence of the kid it really icked me out.
The kid was all over this book. And I didn’t feel that we got enough grown up time. I don’t even mean that in reference to spice, just adult time. Without all the kid talk.
I did really enjoy the small town vibes - this isn’t exactly a small town, but it feels that way. And again, the family vibes hit so hard. I loved this big family of men who are absolutely wrapped around this little girls finger.
I’m also excited to get to the two brothers stories next. One I believe is going to be childhood friends to lovers who were forced to separate and the other is an ex pro or college hockey player who was injured and can no longer play.
I think this is worth the read if you enjoy a good family rep, enjoy single dads that are ALL about their little princess and a good small town vibe.
What am I doing living over here when I'm supposed to be living in either Rose Hill or Chestnut Springs!!
So, last year Bruna and I attempted the firsWhat am I doing living over here when I'm supposed to be living in either Rose Hill or Chestnut Springs!!
So, last year Bruna and I attempted the first book in this series and we both DNF because we couldn't get into it! But! Then I absolutely loved Wild Side so I gave this one a shot and I'm so glad I did bc this was so good!
Elsie writes the most foul mouthed, dominant yet caring and MMC's that worship the ground their women walk on! She absolutely delivered with Wes and Skylar. I'm also not even mad one bit that this series has many single dads - I will eat that trope up all day long.
The pacing is really good - the kids are the cutest. The foul mouthed parrot cracked me up.
This was really fun and I loved it - I'll give book 1 another try now ...more
Sigh. DNF around 65%. The MMC and FMC are both Mary Sues. I really tried to get into this one and wanted to love it because I really enjoyed another oSigh. DNF around 65%. The MMC and FMC are both Mary Sues. I really tried to get into this one and wanted to love it because I really enjoyed another of the author's books, but I just couldn't connect to these two.
I wasn't a big fan of the fmc and how she was a little pushy when it came to the care of the child. Idk. It was for the benefit of the kid, don't get me wrong and it all works out... she just grated me. And then the spice was pretty cringe.
So, I'm not the biggest fan of the Delilah Green books, I think they're okay but a little too hokey for me. I enjoyed the Christmas book from AHB, so So, I'm not the biggest fan of the Delilah Green books, I think they're okay but a little too hokey for me. I enjoyed the Christmas book from AHB, so I thought I'd give this one a try. However, it's even more hokey than the Delilah Green books.
I really wasn't connecting with the characters in this one and idk the whole town feels so fake - it's just not my jam personally - but I think if you enjoy romcoms in general and or if you've enjoyed other books by AHB you'll likely enjoy this one.
I Kinda understand the rating being pretty low before release now. I just refuse to do it to myself this year. DNF @80%
╰➤ˎˊ� Unbearably tense, utterlI Kinda understand the rating being pretty low before release now. I just refuse to do it to myself this year. DNF @80%
╰➤ˎˊ� Unbearably tense, utterly propulsive, and studded with folklore and horror, Something in the Walls is perfect for anyone who loves Midsommar and The Haunting of Hill House.
While I really did enjoy this one- I feel like I'm doing myself such a disservice by comparing it to Chestnut Springs. I can't help it While I really did enjoy this one- I feel like I'm doing myself such a disservice by comparing it to Chestnut Springs. I can't help it ...more
� ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ “Fucking my employee is off the table. The farm is in too much trouble. But fucking with my employee� now that’s another story altogether. Of� ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ “Fucking my employee is off the table. The farm is in too much trouble. But fucking with my employee� now that’s another story altogether. Off to the races, honey.� ...more
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