This was a perfect, sweet and funny holiday novella that had me laughing out loud from the very beginning.
Sam was such a great character and he dealt with all the family drama so perfectly I was half in love with him from the moment he was groped in the foyer.
Noel’s family were classic. I loved them all so much I wanted to move in and join in the madness and mayhem. It was impossible not to love them all just purely for their quirkiness.
Noel was slightly on the annoying side but she did entirely redeem herself at the end and being a novella and such a funny one at that I didn't really notice until I tried to explain her now so I guess she gets a pass.
The amount of times I was in fits of laughter made this book worth every cent. If you're looking for a feel good sweet, sexy,funny holiday read you have to one click this.
Wow I am absolutely blown away that this is Scarlett Cole’s
debut novel. It was so well written and the characters were so well developed
and the story so gripping it felt like she has been doing this forever.
From the second I picked it up I was sucked in and I
couldn’t put it down until I had finished it at 3am this morning. Books like
this are why I read romance novels.
Unfortunately I was stupid and after reading the blurb I
figured this book was going to be super angsty and soul destroying and I put it
in the angst collection on my kindle and just haven’t been in the mood for
anything heavy since. But then yesterday I was in a mood and couldn’t figure
out what to read and this was the first one that jumped out at me and now I
have to confess I am a fucking idiot.
Despite the heavy theme and the sad circumstances this book
didn’t have me ugly crying (a few small tears don’t count right?) and I felt
nothing but warm fuzzies and love and hope for these beautiful characters.
Trent was beautiful and I loved that it wasn’t insta love but he felt a connection and he didn’t ignore it or do anything but build the connection and it just made me love him more and more and more. He was sweet and sensitive and just fucking perfect.
Harper started out broken and watching her growth and
strength was inspiring. She was such a beautiful, open, caring person from the
start but her journey was a hard one and I loved that she never gave in to her
fear or circumstances. Although most of the credit really should go to the
amazing and patient way Trent handled and treated her.
The secondary characters were such a part of the story I feel
as invested in them as I do Trent and Harper and I absolutely can’t wait until
January for the next installment in this amazing group of people.
However I am gonna be honest and say there were a few of my
pet peeves in this book that would normally have me spitting the dummy and
dropping this book to a 3 or 4 star rating they were completely understandable
and justified in this novel so I will mention them and build a bridge.
So heres my peeves.
Harper cried (a lot). I know that sounds cold the book is
about this traumatic thing she has been through that has led her to be standing
in front of Trent’s tattoo parlour but I am a suffer in silence, cry in your
pillow believer and Harper cried ………………… a lot. Now I can honestly say despite
the fact I am mentioning this yes it happened but when I found myself rolling
my eyes, rather than being annoyed at the book I was wondering WTF was wrong
with me that I was noticing she was crying and then I wanted to cuddle her and
give her chocolate and make it all better. So it worked and actually made me
respect her more. Weird right?
And the other thing is stupid misunderstandings from lack
of communication. Yeah this book had that. And normally that sends me off into
rant mode about the stupidity of humanity. But you know what they were stupid
misunderstandings but the lack of communication is 100% understandable and
added to the story perfectly rather than taking away from it.
So even though it had factors that are on my shit list this
book pulled a perfect 5 star rating because it made it well rounded and added
depth and made it more realistic and I loved it so hard, it will be with me for
ages.
You honestly need to run out and one click it right now.
Hmmm I am not really sure what to say or where to start with this one. I guess I should start at the beginning and for me that is Prick. I fucking loved it. And I had to read the rest of the series and to be honest it's been a little bit of a love hate relationship.
But as far as this book goes I think Sabrina summed it up when she said it was the most over the top of the series. And I absolutely agree with her but it's fiction and I enjoyed the over the top ness of the whole thing.
I loved the main characters and I loved the lack of drama and angst. And I was drawn in and invested from the very beginning. Albie was perfectly annoying and aggravating and entitled and just perfect. And Belle was frustrating and irritating and sweet and I really liked her.
Aside from Prince Albert’s Prince Albert I also loved that he was pretty damn good at the dirty talk and there was plenty of smoking hot sex to keep my panties wet.
But what I hated and what dropped my rating was the editing. And I am not referring to grammatical errors or spelling issues, I am talking about getting characters names WRONG repeatedly. Was the bodyguards name fucking Simon or Martin? Don't call the PR lady who is previously unintroduced by the main characters names. It pisses me off when I have to re-read a page repeatedly to realise it's a fuck up and it pulls me from the book for pages. And the bodyguards name had me flipping pages and ranting to my uninterested husband.
Ok rant over. Here's the thing, despite that I really enjoyed this book. But if you're going to have the same issue I did or if you can't stand an over the top storyline then maybe give this one a miss. That said I seriously did struggle to put this down today so if you think you can ignore those things this is well worth the read.
Check out my reviews for Prick and Cannon
I absolutely love Ginger
Scott’s writing. I fell in love with her Falling Series so hard and I added
this to my tbr pile and stalked her between books. And although I one clicked
it and looked at it every time I looked for my next book to read I kept putting
it off. I knew it would destroy me and I needed to find the time to hide away
with it.
Well I wasn’t wrong, it
destroyed me from the start, but it wasn’t at all what I expected from the
blurb and in all honesty I am glad I went into it semi blind. Every twist in
the story, every new tragedy, every piece of angst hit me like I was living it.
Kensi was so undeserving
of the things that befell her yet she never once made it about her and I think
that’s why I loved her so hard. She didn’t break and she kept fighting for the people
she loved.
Owen, well, he had his arsehole
, man whore moments but then I love that in a book boyfriend so it really just
made me love him even more when he showed his true nature and let himself love
Kensi.
This was an awesome book
despite the puffy eyes from all the ugly tears I have cried and just further cements
my crush on the amazing Ginger.
Fucking loved it.
This is yet another case of why the hell did I wait so long
to read this book? I mean seriously it has been on my kindle forever and I have
wanted to read it for just as long but I kept getting side tracked. Then I had
a bit of angst overload and picked it up and couldn’t put it down.
I really need to read more Penny Reid books. She has this
way of making me cry, swoon and piss myself laughing all within a single page
and I always find myself so invested in her characters I feel like I need to
tell everyone how awesome they are.
I did read the blurb for this one and I thought I knew was
I was getting and I kinda got what I expected, just not in the way I was
thinking it would happen but I also got so much more.
Duane had moments of absolute alpha that had me wanting to
wrap him up and take him home but sadly he also had moments of complete
stupidity and bullshit male thinking that I really wanted to slap him. However
when it counted he was perfect and the things that came out of his mouth were
pure poetry.
I loved meeting the Winston brothers and although I
probably shouldn’t admit it since we didn’t see nearly enough of them I do have
my favourites and I can’t wait to get to their books.
And while Jessica was sweet I had moments when her attitude
just drove me nuts. I mean don’t get me wrong I loved her and I really wanted
them to get together and start popping out cute little babies. I just wanted
her to pull her head out of her ass a little faster and get to the happily ever
after she was fighting for.
So if you’re looking for a sweet, funny, feel good book
with a touch of drama, a lot of action and some swoon worthy moments mixed in
you have to read this book now.
This was a steamy little novella with a very heaped dose of sweet. I have to admit I didn't really connect to screwed but I think that was more me than the book because this novella was perfect.
Despite having read screwed and knowing a little of the background of these characters I really had no idea how they were going to get together or how their story was going to go and I really don't think you need to read it if you're just chasing a short and steamy friends to lovers fix.
Holy shit. I feel like Kristen delved into my brain and pulled out the perfect man to make me feel all squirmy and squishy. Not only was Dex sexy as fuck with his beard and man bun but he was also sweet and loving and then you throw in his tattoos, piercings and the fact he has a dirty mouth and bam I am in love. And you would think all that would be enough but no then she throws in his ability with Gray and Ivy's new baby and him flying in to help babysit so they can get some sleep and boom ovaries exploded.
I mean seriously what more could you want in a man? Oh did I mention he was a virgin? And he plays professional football? That's right the unicorn of romance heroes. I mean damn do I even need to tell you about anything else? Why haven't you already started reading this?
Ok so maybe I can tell you a little about her. She is Ivy's flighty baby sister who we have heard a little about in the friend zone and to be honest there were moments I didn't like her a whole lot but then it was hard not to like her just purely on how much Dex loved her. He painted her in such an amazing light that even when she hugged me I got it. And even though there were a few times she did what seemed to be stupid selfish shit, she did do them for the right reasons. And maybe part of my issue was the fact she owned Dex heart and soul.
This series has been awesome from the start but damn did this one more than deliver. I feel like it was written as my own personal birthday present and I seriously couldn't recommend it more. It can be read as a complete stand alone but honestly if you like the sound of this one you will love the whole series so you may as well start at the beginning and get the full experience.
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