Chloe
that was a pretty alright story! I really enjoyed the auction + Spain trip arc but everything before and after was slightly drab.
Her constant pushing him away also got old pretty quickly. BUT LORD, THE IN-BETWEEN SHIT WAS SOOO GOOD!!! THEIR BANTER AND SPICE MADE MY KNEES SHAKE AND MY LEGS WOBBLE. I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF THE FAMILY INTERACTIONS W/ HIM & HIS UTTER DEVOTION TO HER... AND THE SMUT??? THAT SHIT WAS A BIT TOO HOT. OMG. HE IS JUST SO SMEXY and some of the things lina would say were just so funnyyy.
I have to say though - although the ending fell flat, the actual Spanish love deception portion of the book was unbearably good.
the whole vibe was so fun and I really loved it - kinda gave me a Crazy Rich Asians family dynamic vibe but Spanish (this has also brought to my attention the fact that one of my fav tropes/family tropes is that kind of crazy, rushed, adrenaline-pumped families whereby everyone is moving hella chaotically but love each other very much & then an outsider is welcomed to the fray and they soon realise how hectic it is) basically, I love the family dynamics x lina x aaron too much.
aaron is definitely the embodiment of the female gaze.
FORGOT TO MENTION — THE FUCKING TWILIGHT REFERENCES???? ABSOLUTE QUEEN, that in and of itself should give this book a 10 because WITH THE AMOUNT OF REFERENCES I SAW, I KNOW THAT SHIT WAS PURPOSEFUL TO REACH OUT TO THE FANS — AND BEBS — I HEARD YOUUUUU, WE HEARD YOUUUU <3333. shine bright like a diamond frfr
“my balls have officially become a prisoner of war.”
And I, like his balls, felt as though I was a prisoner confined within the pages of this book.
while reading this, my brain cells did that thing that skin cells do when u get sunburnt.
3.5 ⭐ rating (rounded up to 4⭐) only because this book had the most plot I've read since Yr12 Literature (which says more about my reading habits than anything else) & it put my single functioning brain cell into overdrive without the reprieve of ‘slippery folds' (I'm an incel).
smash
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i can't actually remember the last time I read smut, so tamlin whipping his dick out was quite~ the surprise.
+ this shit still goes hard
Alessandra carried this book.
It is my opinion that she is single-handedly the best fl I have ever crossed paths with. Reading her POV was a genuine delight and I, thankfully, did not want to end my mental suffering after reading an entire book in her perspective, as I do with most other female leads.
This book is a guilty pleasure read though because everything else was mid. But her? She is my queen (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ).
Do yourself a favour and read this book just to see the funny shit she pulls. The way she treats her father & that opening with her POV of her little affair with Helikopter is absolutely hilarious.
lovely use of my time :DD
when i get to hell, satan's punishment will be making me read fanfics about mammy k's funeral. god, im obsessed with these characters.
philippe is single-handedly one of my favourite characters of all time. legitimately, every single time he showed up and left, I cried. I LOVE YOU PHILIPPE!!!
this book is so good!!! I loved everything about it, including matthew's amusing, historical social network.
while annabelle was playing ‘hard to get,' i was toying with the idea that i might never finish this book...
“His eyes glittered in happiness. “Let me tell you about the time I met the King of the Vampires...””
I just want to take a moment to congratulate myself before I go mental here. Thank you, me, for being a freaking god of brain usage.
I FUCKING KNEWWWWWWW ITTTTT. I FUCKING KNEWWW ITTTT. There was that one line in that one Harrow Faire book where the characters were describing some sussy powerful being (a man) walking through the Faire & I had (in the moment) just been like... ‘that... that's Dracula' after also having read Kingsley's other book on zaddy Drac. AND I WAS FUCKING RIGHT, AS VERIFIED BY THE QUOTE ABOVE. AND THIS JUST CONFIRMS THE FRICKING KATHRYNN ANN KINGSLEY CINEMATIC (bookematic??) UNIVERSE (KAKC(b?)U).
To be completely candid, I am having trouble writing this review as the complete girth and weight of my juicy ass brain is putting me off balance & making me slightly woozy. But I guess I just can't help it?? IM FREAKING TOO BIG BRAINED FOR THIS SIMPLE LIFE.
I KNEW THERE WAS A KAKC(b?)U AT PLAY HERE AND I WAS RIGHT. I don't know if she confirmed this before (she probably like 100% did) but even if she has, I wouldn't need to see the post because I KNEW ALL ALONG WITH MY SUPERIOR INVESTIGATIVE BATMAN POWERS.
i don't know if it shows, but I am so proud of my deductive abilities. NO ONE will ever understand the chills that full body slammed me when I read that line because, as previously stated, I KNEW IT. she never even mentioned that one obscure line about the powerful dude walking through the circus that one time, BUT I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THAT KING OF VAMPIRES SHIT.
yes. yes grl. i love Kathryn Ann Kingsley. If she has zero fans, I am dead.
I dnf'd it when a ritualistic necrophilia scene occurred & the victim was described as sliding across the floor from “the force of the penetration” which was simply too absurd for me at the late hour at which I was reading this (20%) but tbh, I was just waiting for a reason to stop reading bc all the banter was starting to make me crazy.
there was not a single moment throughout this entire book where I found myself thinking, “I know exactly what is going on right now.”
this book itself, was alright. barely.
but, just save yourself the pain in the long run. put. the. book. down. NOW.
I'm trying to help you, believe me.