Nanii

This is the final book in the midsummer series, and I was not prepared to dislike Miri as much as I did towards the end. I should’ve guessed that Miri would leave like she always did but I fully expected her to stay true to her promise and stay with Ivy & Carter. The long-awaited battle was more than I expected. I certainly did not expect two of the four to DIE (Jena how dare you play with my feelings like that?) Jena had me ready to crash out, my emotions were all over the place, but I knew it could not end with the four of them being separated. The spicy scenes were amazing as always. I loved that Ivy & Miri finally took control of their own lives (granted that Miri had to be dragged away from the altar after planning to go through with such a ridiculous wedding to please her grandmother). I will miss the four of them (some more than others) and though this is the end of Midsummer I look forward to more of Jena’s work.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🧚🏽‍♀️ MMFF

✨ Angsty

🧚🏽‍♀️ Evil Fairies

✨ Series Finale

🧚🏽‍♀️ Chaotic Bisexuals

✨ Arranged Marriage

🧚🏽‍♀️ Queer Shakespeare

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Mention of rape

✨ 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

I really wanted to like this book considering that it is my first sapphic mafia romance. I went into it intending to love it 100% and then Emilia entered the chat and showed her true colors. The audacity of that woman to choose everyone else but Chiara and then ask her to be by her side every step of the way (for her wedding) while Chiara suffered in silence was sealed the deal. Emilia was selfish. She wanted to have her cake and eat it too. The further I got into the story the more I hated her.

Stefan deserved better and if he turned out to be an absolute asshole after Chiara was so cold to him and then called off their engagement (because Emilia finally decided that she wanted to choose her because “Angelo couldn’t protect her the way Chiara could”) I wouldn’t have blamed him. No one will ever change my mind that if she (Emilia) hadn’t been kidnapped she never would’ve called off her engagement to Angelo. The plot itself was good and the writing style was even better, if it weren’t for Emilia and how much she irked my soul, this would’ve been rated higher.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, K.G. Smith and BookishBubbly PR for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🔫 Found Family

🌹 Mafia Romance

🔫 Forbidden Love

🌹 Touch Her & Die

🔫 Sapphic Romance

🌹 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

After receiving this in recent book mail I immediately downloaded the first book on Kindle Unlimited, I loved it and did as one usually does, immediately went into this one. I am now officially obsessed with this series.

“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞, 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤. 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞.”

Raven and Otto gave everything they were supposed to give. The spice and the pinning were everything. Everybody say “Thank you Charleigh & River” for the little incident that caused Raven’s immediate move to Otto’s place. Lol.

Raven is such a badass, I love her confidence and her personality. She went through a lot and I’m glad she found the happiness she deserved. I love that Otto calls her “Moonflower” I think it's just the cutest name (I am still a big fan of “Little Runner”)!

“𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧’ 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞, 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞’𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮.”

“𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭?”

𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. “𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.”

River found out about his sister & his best friend exactly how I expected him to find out but when I tell you that his reaction had me ready to fight him, I really mean it. I get why he was pissed at Otto BUT who would be better than someone he knows would protect her with his life? He also needs to remember that he’s dating his sister’s best friend so he should be the last one talking. I’m glad he came around quickly though, not that he had much of a choice (his sister was kidnapped).

I loved the flashback chapters that gave us a glimpse into their shared past and shed light on what happened to Haddie among other things. The ending left me like 🤔😲... I cannot wait until Kane’s book because I need answers. In case it wasn’t already obvious, I recommend the series.

𝐏.𝐒. 𝐇𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

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

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🌙 Age Gap

🌷 Forbidden

🌙 Small Town

🌷 Secret Society

🌙 Band of Brothers

🌷 Morally Gray Hero

🌙 Touch Her and Die

🌷 Brother’s Best Friend

🌙 Roommates to Lovers

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Domestic abuse • Kidnapping • Death • Murder • Family loss.

🌷 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

“𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞.”

This is my first read by A.L. Jackson and she did not disappoint.

This is the first book in the series, and it follows Charleigh Lowe and her life after she ran away from her abusive husband, after she lost the most important people in her life in a tragic car accident. For five years Charleigh had been alone in the grief of her parents, her newborn child, and her cousin who was eager to help her escape from the claws of a rich, powerful, and manipulative man.

River is a tattoo artist and in his spare time he along with his brothers (not blood but might as well be) find women and children in abusive situations and helps them escape and start a new life, and he does whatever he needs to do to make sure that they’re safe, whatever means necessary.

I loved everything about this book. The suspense, the hot pierced MMC, the found family, and the adorable child, if you read this and did not love Nolan then we cannot be friends. The plot twist was totally unexpected, but it was a very nice surprise. This reminds me a little bit of the movie Safe Haven (a great movie, I recommend watching it). The ending was everything and the bonus scene that we get through the link at the end of the e-book makes everything so much better. If the first book was this good, I can’t wait to get into Raven’s book.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🦋 Suspense

🩷 Single Dad

🦋 Pierced MMC

🩷 Found Family

🦋 Hurt/Comfort

🩷 Hidden Identity

🦋 Morally Gray Hero

🩷 Touch Her and Die

🦋 “Who TF Did This To You?”

🩷 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖