Nanii

I thought I was going to love this book from start to finish… that’s not the case. Francesca was naive as hell when it came to her family, which made her annoying. How do you walk in on your sister in your husband’s bed, acknowledge that she was trying to ruin your marriage on behalf of your mother, and then believe her when she calls crying that she’s pregnant and that she needs help to escape, that she cannot leave on her own because apparently, they took all her belongings except her phone 🤨… Francesca walked into a trap that everyone else could see from a mile away because “she’s my sister” man, fuck your sister. I hate FMCs that allow their family to run every aspect of their lives. Yes, I get that her inheritance was on the line, but I seriously would’ve said “fuck the inheritance”. If you can’t have free will, what good is the inheritance?

I hate that after Graham went to find his wife they took Florence with them. This ho lied to get her sister in the hands of Giovanni and her mother and they just forgave her? Fuck that, let that ho claw her own way out of the prison she so willingly accepted.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Penelope Black, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

Dog Mom

Mutual Pining

Slow Burn Swoon

He Calls Her Sunshine

Marriage of Convenience

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I ATE THIS BOOK UP. I have never read a dark rom-com but I was here for it. I loved Ezra and Kindra though I wish Ezra would’ve told her the truth sooner. I felt so bad after she found out the truth about her brother and I’m glad she was able to accept that her brother was a monster. Bennett got on my nerves a little bit, but I got where he was coming from so that gained him points and him assaulting fruit was not on my bingo card. It was disturbing and hilarious asf because my lord there are TWO other women on that island (not counting the FMC) and this man goes for a PINEAPPLE(???). Cat was annoying and a bit dramatic, she gave me weird vibes at first. The hatred those two have for each other has me excited for their book though!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🪚 Banter

🔪 Serial Killers

🪚 Dark Humor

🔪 Plus-Sized FMC

🪚 MMC w/ Glasses

🔪 Forced Proximity

🪚 Dangerous Chemistry

🔪 Black Cat x Cinnamon Roll

🪚 One-Night Stand that spirals into CHAOS

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Non-consensual cannibalism • Gorey hobbies • Macabre retreat activities • Consensual drowning • Mentions of child abuse

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• 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐭” 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠? Yes.

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐭”? Also, yes.

I LOVED Abigail and Logan’s relationship. I loved that Abbie was not opposed to the arranged marriage and that Logan made an effort to get to know her and go on dates before getting down to business 😉😏. I am obsessed with Logan, his love for animals and his desire to take down everyone in the sex trafficking “business” might’ve gained him lots of points. The spice was spicing, and the friendships were everything. What happened to that one side character was unnecessary! 😢 They didn’t have to, nor did they deserve to go out like that. THEY DESERVED BETTER! Apart from that death I honestly have no complaints about this book. Loved it and I 100% recommend it!

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Shannon Jade, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

💀 Mafia

💚 “My Wife”

💀 “Good Slut”

💚 Pierced Hero

💀 Forced Proximity

💚 Viking x Princess

💀 Grumpy x Sunshine

💚 Arranged Marriage

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Violence • Diagnosis and mentions of infertility • Death of a side character • Mentions of sex trafficking • Praise & degradation • Spanking

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Sarah’s husband goes missing and I immediately think that she killed him. Boy, was I wrong…

The book was doing so well and then we were given that ending… It was a bit disappointing. Sarah was acting suspicious so rightfully I spent the entire book blaming her for her husband’s disappearance and the whole time she had nothing to do with it. There is so much build-up for nothing IMO. The new information that was received about her husband was a bit shocking (out of everything he could’ve been doing I did not expect what he was actually doing) but it was entertaining at least. I wouldn’t recommend this book but if you’re going into it just know it's more of a mystery than a thriller. I hope to find better books from this author.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Listener copy. Although this book was given to me as an ALC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Tamara L. Miller and NetGalley for the ALC opportunity!

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