HILARIOUS & LIVELY! 100% BEWITCHING! Single Dad + Age Gap + brooding Firefighter/former military It's like this book was made for me! Okay..not just foHILARIOUS & LIVELY! 100% BEWITCHING! Single Dad + Age Gap + brooding Firefighter/former military It's like this book was made for me! Okay..not just for me! I'm telling you... GO GET THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW!!!
First & foremost, Luna & Hallie!!! These two MADE this book! You won't be able to get through a single scene with them without smiling or laughing! I can't begin to tell you how many times I was in tears from laughing at these two's antics! Especially those early morning meetings beside their daddy's bed! Winnie is generous, a bit quirky & just honestly one of the beautiful heroines I've ever read. Both inside & out...I'm not sure anyone could ever hate a thing about her. She loves with everything she is & in my eyes deserves for someone to make her the their whole world. Dex...oh my sweet grumpy Dex!!! This man is going to do things that will make you angry and want to throttle him but in no way will you be able to do that. The moment he opens up enough to let you see what has made him the way he is all you're going to want to do is hug him.
I'm sure you also noticed that this is listed as #6 of Cloverleigh Farms series, well.....I've actually never read any of that series. Not for lack of want...just a sooo many books not enough time kind of thing. One...I'll definitely be going back to read those because I ADORED the side characters in this series and Melanie gave enough about the characters so you could understand who they were to the hero and heroine of THIS book but she still left enough mystery that I can go back and read the first 5 books now and they are not spoiled! I LOVE that! I'm excited to read the past characters and even more excited for the ones coming next!
If you love single dad &/or age gap romances, this is perfect for you! These two together are EVERYTHING!!! I loved every moment and even the ones that hurt led to one of my favorite epilogues I've read this year!
I already knew going into this book that my heartstrings were going to be tugged. Not only was I returning to a favoriteNOSTALGIC! HEARTFELT! AMUSING!
I already knew going into this book that my heartstrings were going to be tugged. Not only was I returning to a favorite world of mine but I live for second generation stories! I did not prepare myself completely for how Aspen & Bennett would completely steal my heart. I knew I'd love them, but my word! I completely ADORE them! From the sweet quiet moments to the loud wild ones! Everything about these two is PERFECT! Right down to their messy crazy rules!
Childhood best friends turned something more...but that something more is teetering on the edge of heartbreak! Watching Aspen & Bennett work their way around each other had me wanting to throttle them but also smiling and laughing. The history and memories surrounding these two is something that NOTHING else can compete with!
Their parents just happen to be my ABSOLUTE favorite from the Commander series by Kristy, so I should have known these two were going to wrap me around their fingers!! Of course, Rebellious is a complete standalone that can be read without any others. However...should you LOVE Kristy's writing and the life that she puts into these characters then you should go back and start with Pitcher from the Commander in Briefs series!
From the moment that Cotton announced a second generation for the Raiders world, I was ecstatic!
Rixon is my FAVORITE series of hers! One of my favoriFrom the moment that Cotton announced a second generation for the Raiders world, I was ecstatic!
Rixon is my FAVORITE series of hers! One of my favorite football series! Cameron Chase was and always will be my #1 Raider, but he had to scoot over a bit to allow just a little bit of room for his little brother. Xander had me intrigued from the original series, he went through so much pain and heartbreak at such a young age! I was dying to know how those events would alter his world. No way could you read his story without a tear seeping through! At the end of Lily's book (Off Limits) Cotton snagged me in a way that ensured I would most definitely be reading this book the MOMENT I could get it in my hands!
I love the Rixon world; and these kids of the original Raiders taking on their parents world by storm is great! Seeing the original Raiders step into parent roles and see how they navigate the brutal world of parenting has definitely been interesting and at times funny but in this book it was heartbreaking! Peyton & Xander's relationship definitely checks off that forbidden box for me; but more than that. There is tragedy connecting them in a way that NO ONE else in their world can understand!
Want to start from the beginning? Rixon High #0.5 - Blurred Lines (Avery Chase - Cam & Hailey's son) #1 - Off Limits (Lily Ford - Jason & Felicity Ford's daughter) #2 - Tragic Lies (Xander - Cam Chase's brother & Peyton - Lily's best friend) ..more coming in this series!!!!
RIVETING! CHAOTIC! ENIGMATIC! Penelope just hooked me with the promise of intrigue and danger wrapped up in familiarity.
You ever move away from your RIVETING! CHAOTIC! ENIGMATIC! Penelope just hooked me with the promise of intrigue and danger wrapped up in familiarity.
You ever move away from your hometown and then come back YEARS later...and it just feels so much like coming home. That nostalgic feeling of knowing where everything is and seeing everyone yet you know nothing because during your absence...things changed! There's a whole new crew running the show and their games are much more intense than when you were last really there. You almost know what to expect yet at the same time, the intensity has been upped to unknown levels and it's almost like there are no boundaries anymore so it's almost like walking into an unknown situation completely blind. Yea, that pretty much sums up Falls Boys for me! And I can't begin to tell you how much I loved this intense, adrenaline-filled feeling that almost every scene in this book left me with.
I've been reading Fall Away since 2014 and the moment I knew there would be a second gen; I've been dying for these kids' stories! I was anxious to step back into this world but I had no idea where she would take it...now having finished Falls Boys I can't imagine their world in any other way! It was perfection...I won't go into any single bit of it because my review would quadruple in size but also I am a firm believer that you should experience this book the same way I did. 100% spoiler free!
But we will definitely talk about Aro for a minute! Aro Teresa Marquez!! This badass girl that changed everything for Hawke Trent! Remember her name!!! This girl is EVERYTHING a heroine should be! I truly believe that for the rest of this series we are going to see this girl accomplish some amazing things! I loved her boldness, strength and the dedication she had at such a young age to the ones most important to her! I can't even lie, not once did I dislike this girl! At all! Curious about the path she was going to take....perhaps! But each and every time I was so eager to see what she would do! Hawke has always intrigued me and I loved getting to REALLY see him! His inner thoughts revealing so much more than you could have ever imagined! Be prepared to swoon a bit, because this guy just showed up his dad and uncles!
Falls Boys was a WILD return to a favorite world....that's just SO MUCH MORE than it was when we left it years ago! If you loved the original Fall Away crew and you also loved Devil's Night then I think you will fall HEAD OVER HEELS for this one! ...more
A PERFECTLY FLAWED LOVE STORY & NEW BEGINNINGS!! This book was the perfect transition from one generation of this world to the next AND included a romaA PERFECTLY FLAWED LOVE STORY & NEW BEGINNINGS!! This book was the perfect transition from one generation of this world to the next AND included a romance that you probably didn't know you wanted!
It's a bit hard to write a 100% authentic review about this book because I read this book YEARS ago and sadly I didn't review it back then so I definitely wanted to leave my thoughts this time around! I already knew the entire story but rereading it this time around has left me with different feelings! Both times I was focused on different parts of it but ultimately both times I loved it and couldn't get enough. I simply adore the way that Penelope wrote this book! The way she gave us their story but also opening our eyes up to another generation of Fall Away kids.
I loved seeing every Fall Away couple pop in and getting to see their children! This book made me love the OG parents of Fall Away that I already loved even more and the ones that I didn't love; gave me pieces to really think about in correlation to their choices and actions in past books! I know I'll never love them like I do the 3 Fall Away couples but I do love that I got to see who they were and are now. I'm really excited for the each of the second generation kids to get their own books but I am SUPER anxious for Quinn's book! This is not her book, she will get her own full length book later on and I'm completely dying for it!! That epilogue....I NEED THEIR LOVE!!! The best part is this time I am reading it, I know that I'm so much closer to getting her story than I was all those years ago when I read it for the first time!...more