i’ve read very fast not because i enjoyed, but because i need to finish my goodreads challenge. don’t get confused with that! well... slowburn? i don’ti’ve read very fast not because i enjoyed, but because i need to finish my goodreads challenge. don’t get confused with that! well... slowburn? i don’t think so, this is pure fastburn, and the bad type of you ask me, but i presume it was already obvious. fastburns can be good too, and very well written. which is clearly not the case of this shitty xmas romance. it’s just so empty, just fulfilled with shitty writing and development. it’s terrible from start to finish....more
how it has the secret baby without seeming that has secret baby trope? the trope wasn’t well developed, and if feels like it was skipped to when he fihow it has the secret baby without seeming that has secret baby trope? the trope wasn’t well developed, and if feels like it was skipped to when he finds out, but doesn’t have that emotion and drama, because it seems like it never happened. their chemistry is just okay, not big deal. and definitely one of the weakest sports romance i’ve read, and i’m a sucker for sports romance. kinda disappointing if you ask me....more
if the ending were just less disappointed, i would’ve rated with 3,5 stars but finally some couple that aren’t that toxic, but still toxic but with thaif the ending were just less disappointed, i would’ve rated with 3,5 stars but finally some couple that aren’t that toxic, but still toxic but with that light version of toxic. you guys know what i mean. and when i thought luca couldn’t get any nasty and worse, he decided to be so much worse. I HATE HIM SO MUCH!!!! lily deserves better, and romero is good for her, he actually cares about her, and he really loves her so much....more
**spoiler alert** this book was exhausting to read at the beginning, i won’t lie. but it was slowly changing, and thankfully when there was just 80 pa**spoiler alert** this book was exhausting to read at the beginning, i won’t lie. but it was slowly changing, and thankfully when there was just 80 pages left, this book changed so much and had drama, real drama, conflicts to test their relationship. and honestly... i did not expect that secret pregnancy at all! and that presumed miscarriage which it never happened!! I WAS SHOCKED!!!! THE KID IS ALIVE AND SHE RAISED AUSTEN ALL BY HERSELF!! omg if there’s one thing i love its second chance trope, but adding secret baby/child just makes everything better. it’s the perfect combination of tropes. the ending was rushed, i can’t deny that, but it was cute and heartwarming, maybe a bit much, but it’s so cute....more
**spoiler alert** what was this wonder of a book? oh my, i knew i would be really in love with this novel because i was so enchanted with hannah, and **spoiler alert** what was this wonder of a book? oh my, i knew i would be really in love with this novel because i was so enchanted with hannah, and this series did something innovative for me, like... i'm not the type of person to read a series of books one after the other, but this one had to be forced to make an exception, and in less than 24 hours i simply devoured this book. “...more
why i’m feeling disappointed? i love lauren’s books so much, but this one is a huge NO! they don’t have that chemistry, and i can’t root for them, i dwhy i’m feeling disappointed? i love lauren’s books so much, but this one is a huge NO! they don’t have that chemistry, and i can’t root for them, i don’t feel like they have they connection, and they’re both characters fulfilled with emptiness and lack of personality and charisma. i was reading and reading, and just hoping it was the last chapter. ...more
How did this happen? Why it only caught my attention during the last chapters? The previous book was beyond incredible, it was so thrilling, intri2,5
How did this happen? Why it only caught my attention during the last chapters? The previous book was beyond incredible, it was so thrilling, intriguing... and this one is just empty. It seems it only exist to be nothing important. I want to protect Mor!! She deserves everything!! Her monologue when she decided to come out was so beautiful and emotional....more
interesting dynamic, she’s investigating ian, the wall street guy, and can’t help that she’s falling in love with him. and i’m so surprised h3,5 stars
interesting dynamic, she’s investigating ian, the wall street guy, and can’t help that she’s falling in love with him. and i’m so surprised he’s decent, like... way to decent for someone that belongs to wall street. not even a slut vibe, not so much of a huge womanizer, just a tiny bit. i’m more interested about sabrina’s love story, that’s what catching my attention. lauren layne books gives so much comfort, i love the way she’s so good to write romances, even fastburns, which not everyone can write good ones. ...more
it’s just okay, the previous book was just a slight better, but the whole book just kept focusing about the group dynamic, than actually focusing on c it’s just okay, the previous book was just a slight better, but the whole book just kept focusing about the group dynamic, than actually focusing on claire&scott. they’re the love story and during most of the time, if felt like they were the second plan of this book. and no, i don’t see the javajunkie vibes....more
ughh so boring. how do you write fake dating during the xmas season without seeming it’s fake dating? and the couple... hard no. where’s the chemistry? ughh so boring. how do you write fake dating during the xmas season without seeming it’s fake dating? and the couple... hard no. where’s the chemistry? there’s no chemistry i love small town romance but not this one....more
i read this months ago, but i accidentally deleted my review but i hated!!! i just read it because there’s exes to lovers trope + second chance but theyi read this months ago, but i accidentally deleted my review but i hated!!! i just read it because there’s exes to lovers trope + second chance but they’re annoying and i don’t care about them at all. but at least i have one good memory from the day i finished reading this book, which was the day i discovered i was cured from of a tiny, hard-to-diagnose genetic flaw that i spent 12 years treating with an expensive doctor. to be honest, i don't remember exactly what i put in my review, but i know i expressed my anger a lot, i hated it so much, nicholas' family is rotten and they’re so nasty. and to be honest i don't think this is love, i don't feel it's a beautiful romance that makes me fall in love, it's not even 1% of that. i hate them both!! i couldn’t care less about them...more
this book is so wonderful, it's beautiful and super realistic. a pregnancy changes everything, after all you are generating a life, which wil3,5 stars
this book is so wonderful, it's beautiful and super realistic. a pregnancy changes everything, after all you are generating a life, which will put one more person on this earth, whose person you will be legally responsible for years and years, that you’ll love unconditionally. it's such a deep thing. and even a possible pregnancy, which makes you wonder “what if I'm pregnant?” it already leaves you thinking about the possible thousand possibilities that may or may not change your life completely. this book is super well written, but unfortunately over time, it ended up becoming a bit convoluted and repetitive. if this book had 230/250 pages for sure i would have absolutely nothing to complain about, but unfortunately it ended up being a very big factor that made me rate exactly 3 and a half stars. honestly i thought it was brilliant to be exactly nine lives, which makes a correlation with the period of a pregnancy, being exactly 9 months generating a life! so... each month can also be related to each reality she thought of, and imagined in a totally different way. it's so brilliant! i truly loved how it was portrayed that a woman not wanting children is completely normal, that it doesn't make her a bad or weird person, as these are just one of the first assumptions made when a woman says she doesn't want to have children, that she doesn't want to be mother. this is normal okay? it could be because the person doesn't want a child, doesn't have that vocation to be a mother, because they don't see themselves as being a mother, because they aren't able to get pregnant, or for other reasons too. and it doesn't matter! women shouldn't be forced to be mothers, it should be something you want, that you're sure you want to be a mother, that you know that's what you want. we talk about not only generating a life, but also creating, educating, loving unconditionally, and having the responsibility of a life in your hands, which will always come first. rose napolitano is an incredible woman, she’s strong, fierce and very determined in all versions of her, all nine lives of rose napolitano....more
the only time coho got it right was with verity, and that’s it. this is very problematic, cringe, poorly developed and she wasted the entire plot sincthe only time coho got it right was with verity, and that’s it. this is very problematic, cringe, poorly developed and she wasted the entire plot since the beginning because she wrote in the worst way. just terrible, but not her worst....more
It’s was very exhaustive to read this, Marcus is annoying and to be honest, the only I decided to read this book was due to the second chance2,5 stars
It’s was very exhaustive to read this, Marcus is annoying and to be honest, the only I decided to read this book was due to the second chance trope/exes to lovers trope. I mean the whole plot is about friends traveling during almost 400 pages, obviously it would get very tiring of reading it. ...more
this is incredible!! it’s absolutely brilliant. during 2 days i could only think about this book, and had so many effects on me, it felt so personal, sthis is incredible!! it’s absolutely brilliant. during 2 days i could only think about this book, and had so many effects on me, it felt so personal, somehow a bit relatable. it’s too personal, maybe one of the most personal things i’ve read in my life, and i’m considering only fiction to be more fair and specific. i have no words, i wish i had, but it’s incredible, the character has charisma? absolutely not, but she needs to have zero charisma, otherwise the book wouldn’t make any sense, she barely feels joy, excitement or strength to do basic things, and we’ve all been there, some of us been there for longer than we wanted to. and that’s why it’s realistic even knowing it’s fiction, but feels personal, and it’s easy to connect with the plot....more
i’m always ready to love any kind of friends to lovers kind of love story, but this one had a lot of ups and downs. the main problem... well 2,5 stars
i’m always ready to love any kind of friends to lovers kind of love story, but this one had a lot of ups and downs. the main problem... well that’s quite easy to say, the focused way too much about the kidney transplant plot, so much that they felt left behind, and they’re literally the stars of this book. and i can’t even say what the fuck has happened during the last 70 pages, i mean what was that? something okay turned into almost bad. it felt exhausting and tiring to keep reading the same thing over and over again
i’m getting so close of saying goodbye to this beautiful series, i’m truly in love with every character and couple. since the beginning gavi4,5 stars
i’m getting so close of saying goodbye to this beautiful series, i’m truly in love with every character and couple. since the beginning gavin & thea has been my number one couple, but vlad & elena really won my heart with this one. vlad and his huge charisma got me hooked since the first book, and he has finally received his main focus. i’ve waited for this... i’ve loved everything about them, you can’t give me childhood friends to lovers and make me hate them, there’s no way that something like can happen. it’s obvious that i’ll love them endlessly, and the marriage of convenience was just another quality. vlad is really the man, he worships elena so badly, all he wants in his life is his best friend, the love of his life, and he has both at the time. i’m so in love with them!! they’re adorable, and i couldn’t read this book patiently enjoying every second, because i thought about reading a bit and next thing i noticed, i had read more than 70 pages... well it’s very addictive if you haven’t noticed. also i would like to say that the action scenes in russia made everything better. i loved it!! the car trash part... OH MY GOD!! for one second i thought she had very serious injuries. thank god i was wrong. ...more
if i tell you guys i had no curiosity to figure out this whole mystery, it wasn’t what i expected, at least i could feel surprised, but c’mon!!! it’s if i tell you guys i had no curiosity to figure out this whole mystery, it wasn’t what i expected, at least i could feel surprised, but c’mon!!! it’s just too calm and okay to this type of genre. the biggest quality about this book is the mention to nick miller. ...more
**spoiler alert** I’m literally obsessed with this book, and deeply obsessed with Isolde and Adrian. For me, that’s real enemies to lovers, they’re ev**spoiler alert** I’m literally obsessed with this book, and deeply obsessed with Isolde and Adrian. For me, that’s real enemies to lovers, they’re everything. I’ve always felt so interested with anything related to vampires, and she joined with my all time favorite trope... She knew what she was doing here. And I’m very thankful for that.
**spoiler alert** i figured this book would have the same level of quality than daisy jones and the six and malibu rising has, but there’s no way i ca**spoiler alert** i figured this book would have the same level of quality than daisy jones and the six and malibu rising has, but there’s no way i can compare them. between the three of them, carrie soto is back can be considered the weakest, but somehow... tjr knows how to write strong and deep female characters, and i’m here for it! carrie surprised me, she’s so fierce, competitive, strong, independent, and so fearless. i honestly think this could’ve been a lot better if it was focused about her background, without making everything about tennis, i know it’s part of her career, but i know there’s so much more about her. javier soto... what a man!! the legend!! he was great, the perfect dad, coach and he was the world for carrie. and honestly i was almost forgetting to mention how much i’ve loved the latinx representation!! i’ve loved that. back to javier, he was the second main focus here (i’m talking about character okay?) and you may wonder why? he wasn’t just her dad, everything she had, he was more than that, javier was the man who believed in her more than she could ever imagine, maybe he believed more about her potential than she did. and he build and helped her to grow so beautifully, and obviously with all that, us readers couldn’t help to get so attached with him. i planned to finish this book yesterday but after reading his death, i had to sleep and finish the book later. I STILL HAD SO MUCH TO PROCESS. it’s devastating to know he wasn’t there to see her playing the final game. carrie soto i love you so much!! you already have a special place in my heart. i know that even knowing it wasn’t everything i expected, i still loved to know everything i could about carrie. ...more
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