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It Ends With Us (It Ends With Us #1)

by Colleen Hoover

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★

🦋 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 🦋

“Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most.”

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

I finally read it! I finally f-ing read it! And you know what, y’all were right, the book was so good I finished it in 3 days, 3 DAYS PEOPLE! Idk about you all but that’s fast for me. This book had my emotions all over the place. I thought part one was all unicorns and rainbows, I was smiling, I was giggling, overall I was happy with the contents of the book (from what I was reading) and then Colleen said “surprise mf” and the whole Ryle burns his hand incident happens 🤦🏽‍♀️— jaw dropped and my heart shattered. For those who have read it, I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. He was so “perfect” and now I just can’t stand him. And then Atlas 😩 let’s just say I’m 100% #TeamAtlas. Part 2 of the book I kind of just figured Ryle was going to continue being abusive so I couldn’t bring myself to be happy for Lily when she decided to stay. I was very much done with Lily & Ryle and needed Lily & Atlas content 🙃 which is why I’m so excited to start the second book.

𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Domestic violence, mentions of SA.

𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲? ⇝ Yes, it’s a great book.

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

To say that I am disappointed would be an understatement. People on Booktok overhyped this book and I was even scared of reading it because I thought it wouldn’t live up to the expectations I had. I should’ve listened to my gut and kept it as a shelf trophy. I had been trying since June 2024 to finish this book because I am stubborn and really wanted to read AND ENJOY my first Penelope Douglas book… Now I don’t want to pick Birthday Girl up because of the same fear, that it’s overhyped, and it won’t live up to expectations.

Let’s talk about my problem with this book and it certainly wasn’t that she was sleeping with her STEP uncle and STEP cousins. Tiernan being fucking 17 years old when her parents commit suicide and decide that it would be best for her STEP (this is important) uncle to care for her did not sit well with me. She’s shipped off (away from the one person who cared for her when her parents didn’t) to the middle of nowhere with three men she’s never even met before. The smut didn’t happen until she was 18 but I would’ve preferred the FMC a little older from the very beginning. I immediately hated the “you’re the woman you cook for us attitude” and hated Kaleb even more. Kaleb is mute and, in my opinion, has way too many issues that he needs to deal with and heal from. His first encounter with Tiernan was him assaulting her, needing his brother to pull him off of the poor girl. No amount of childhood trauma excuses sexually assaulting someone else or assaulting in general which he did to Tiernan more than once. I will never understand why she chose the psychopath instead of the other brother, EVER.

Do yourselves a favor, read the negative reviews, and listen to them. For once, I agree with them.

Throttle Me (Men of Inked #1)

by Chelle Bliss

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

I. Ate. This. Book. Up. Could not put it down. City was just IT for me (maybe that’s just the h*rny part of me talking but every word that man said had me squirming & smiling like a dummy.) He’s the tatted up, bad boy, biker type with a good heart. The minute that man was introduced I was like “yup, I found a new book boyfriend.” Meanwhile here is Suzy, a math teacher, who seems to be a goodie two-shoes to everyone, looking for the white picket fence, “American dream” as she called it but to her best friend Sophia and her best friend’s Fiancée Kayden, she was as dirty minded as the rest of us but damn was that girl JUDGY as f**k. She had a checklist, a checklist that every man she’s dated filled BUT the chemistry was absolutely not there & they never once cared to satisfy her in bed. Hmm, some would take that to mean “f**k the checklist” but not her. She was definitely my least favorite character.

The book is not for everyone (not everyone can get past the judgmental side of Suzy Sunshine) but I definitely recommend it to my h*rny little friends out there.

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

This one had a plot twist I was not expecting, I would recommend to specific friends but not to everyone.

Honestly? I hated Belly's character; in the book & in the show. I get it Conrad is her first love but that doesn't mean you have to string everyone along when he changes his mind over & over again. Poor Cam-Cameron & Jeremiah.