Ok so I've been most excited to get my hands on Scarlett's book. I am pretty engrossed in the Kings and the other members of this group. And I really love a complete boss lady who makes grown men tremble with the raising of an eyebrow. But I didn't read the blurb and had no idea this was a second chance book.

 

Which obviously is my mistake. Because as far as tropes go, that one's way down there for me. And I spent a lot of time trying to reconcile the history of Cade and Scarlett with the years in between. The chemistry between them was off the charts. And I would assume that they had spent a lot of time in each other's company since they originally parted. So why did it take so long for something to happen? 

 

Now obviously I'm aware that it's a timeline for the series kind of thing, I just hate the separation. The plus of course being Brynlee. Who I completely adored but she was just a bit too mature for her age. Which again I know is knit picking, but I live with 3 year olds and a six year old and she was better suited to a six year old.

 

Now with all of that said, I still really loved the writing. Once Scarlett and Cade got back together, I really loved them and their relationship. We got a lot of the awesome characters we have met previously and I'm excited to get the rest of the sibling’s stories. And seeing the way everyone has progressed with weddings and babies makes me love the fact I can just relax and binge these in KU.

 

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Blurb

Pro football might see me as their favorite underdog, but Madison Westfield would rather see me six feet under. 

 

My ex-best friend’s little sister has every reason to hate me. 

 

I took her boyfriend’s spot on this team, her brother might lose his too, and our short-lived engagement years ago is part of the reason our families are locked in a grudge match that has the whole league on edge. 

 

Ruining me would fix most of her problems, but she's stuck trying to work a PR miracle with my career instead. Making my way through her build-a-better-image checklist is the kind of torture I'll gladly sign up for, especially if I get to help her prove everyone wrong. 

 

But it means we're spending a lot of time alone together, and when it comes to Madison, I'll take any chance she gives me. 

 

Even if it means there's hell to pay—on and off the field.

 

"𝙄𝙛 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 1 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙄 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙." - 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙯𝙞𝙚, 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨

 

 

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Maggie Rawdon has quickly become a one click author for me. The only issue is I've read everything she has written so far, and I hate having to wait for her to write them so I can read them. First world problems, I know. The other issue is that despite them not all being the same series there's a lot of crossovers in characters so while I'm reading, I have these moments where I have to stop and think about if I've met the character previously. Luckily for me they all are stand-alones so the fact I forget more than I remember doesn't affect the story.

 

I waited to read Before the Chaos until I could jump straight into this after. And I'm glad I did because I fell hard for both Quentin and Madison. I couldn't wait to see how everything was going to be resolved. I only wish that Quentin hadn't let ten years go by before he tried to fix it all. Like seriously why couldn't you have gone grovelling after the first year?

 

Because Quentin and Madison were meant to be together. The chemistry between them was electric and I couldn't get enough of the way Quentin loved her so completely. I just literally can't understand why he waited ten freaking years. And the fact that Madison just got on with her life made me so happy. I can't stand it when the women pine and wait while the man is off living their best life. 

 

The book was awesome. The story was great, and I couldn't put it down, hence me still lying in bed in my PJs, sorry fam. I adore all the previous couples and I can't wait to see who we are getting next, hopefully Bea and Cooper. But for now, I'm going to stare dreamily off into space thinking about the perfection that was Quentin.

 

 

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I put off reading this book after I put down the last book because I had this impression of Felicity, and I wasn't sure I would like her story. So, I had it sitting on my kindle taunting me every time I tried to figure out what I was going to read next. I am so glad I just dove into.

 

First the story didn't go at all as I was expecting. And since everything we already knew about Felicity was from other people's perspectives, I quickly discovered my opinion on her was biased. Once I got to know her and her history, I loved her and was team Felicity.

 

Silas was the perfect man for Felicity. And he just kept proving it over and over. I loved that they were both prepared to fight for their relationship. Especially after the way things had fallen apart the first time around. I felt all of their history and chemistry and fell in love with them along the journey.

 

There's also been a great addition of new characters that I can't wait to see more of in the rest of the series.

 

 

 

 

I’m struggling to review this book and honestly, I think I kind of did it an injustice reading it now. I was in the mood to read a book but I couldn’t pick one, so I just jumped into this one and I wasn’t really feeling it. Second chance romance aren’t my favourite, and I didn’t read the blurb going in. So, when Emmy woke up alone I was annoyed AF and I didn’t really want to keep reading because I wanted an over the top, full on possessive alpha.

 

I had moments of intense dislike for each of the characters actions but overall, I liked both characters. They just kept making decisions that were stupid or annoying and making me want to smack them both in the head. But then they would work it out between themselves, and I would be forced to get over it and see what was going to happen next.

 

Emmy was a lot easier for me to like and understand her behaviour. And I did like the twists and turns of their story. It all felt incredibly fated and watching them figure out their issues and learn to work on them together was fun and had me desperate to keep flipping the pages to see who was doing what and why.

 

Getting more of the town and characters was awesome and I love that these are all on KU now so I can binge them whenever I want, hopefully I read the next one when I am in a better mood and more prepared for it.

 

 

 

Here's the thing, I have a serious love hate relationship with second chance romance. If it's not done to perfection I hate it, I need a VERY legitimate reason for the break up; I need BOTH or neither character to have been celibate depending on the break up; and then I need grovelling, like major, world class grovelling. So when I read the blurb for this book I was thinking hard pass.

 

But it kept popping up so I pre-ordered thinking I would eventually get there, like when the next one starts popping up but as soon as it landed on my Kindle I had to read more of this series because I am absolutely loving it.

 

From the first page I was engrossed. Having it told in dual point of view meant that I knew there was more to the story than Talia thought. And I had to know what that was, because Foster was so openly in love with Talia and so desperate to have her hear him out. But damn, did I feel Talia's heartbreak. As much as I felt the chemistry and I went on that whole rollercoaster of emotions. I couldn't put the book down.

 

This book was so perfectly written and the story was beautiful and I'm so glad that I jumped right in. And I'm already dying for the next book, in fact I'm off to see if the preorder is up because I need that story.

 

 

My TBR list is not thanking me for finding all these awesome new to me authors through the True North world. And since some of my favourite themes are college sport, I really feel like I've hit the jackpot with Moo U.

 

Faith and Sebastien was a slightly harder story for me to read. Not because of the writing but because it had all the factors I tend to avoid in books. It was a second chance story, and their main issue was their failure to communicate. Which tends to have me screaming at my kindle calling them all kinds of names.

 

This time wasn't so bad and I'm glad going in that I haven't even thought about looking at the blurbs for these books. Because both Faith and Sebastien were completely awesome, and I enjoyed their story. Yes, they made stupid mistakes, but I got where they were coming from. And neither of them acted like idiots or aceholes. They just dealt and learnt and matured and that is what I want from my NA characters.

 

And omg I have to mention that I loved that epilogue, it was the perfect cherry on top.

 

So I've added a new author to the stalk list and I can't wait to have the time to read her backlist. But for now I'm jumping straight into Darkroom. Kisses.

 

 

I can't believe that that's the last Bailey book. I feel like I need my own 12 step program to recover. I want so much more but hopefully we will still get little snippets and catch ups when we get to meet Ethels grandkids.

So I really wasn't expecting Sedona and Jamison’s story to hit me quite so hard. And I definitely didn't expect to have the feels I got from it. To be honest I really don't recall seeing the fact Jamison had an addiction to alcohol so I wasn't sure why Sedona up and left him at 8 months pregnant, but I figured it would be dramatic.

Being close to a few alcoholics makes me sensitive to this subject and honestly not in a good way. So once I learnt that was Jamison's issue I didn't expect to forgive him. But he worked so hard to overcome it and I understood what lead him there. I still had a few issues, but Sedona was so strong and sensible in her approach I feel like she held my hand and walked me through it.

From the beginning I was team Sedona and I loved that she was so independent and working so hard to be the best mother. And even when she was hurt by how everything played out between her and Jamison she didn't play games, she just tried to keep her relationship separate to the relationship she wanted Palmer to have with her father.

And like I said, Jamison worked so hard for what he wanted. And he went balls to the wall to prove and earn everything to Sedona and Palmer and the rest of the Bailey clan. I had a slight issue with Palmer not being very age appropriate but it worked for the story and it was close enough. If I wasn't with my 2 and 3 year old every day I probably wouldn't have noticed it.

But for now I'm going to mourn the end of my Bailey siblings and pray that the ladies write us a nice little novella wrapping everyone up in a neat little epilogue or Buzz Wheel post. And I will be keeping my fingers crossed that we see them in the Green’s books.