Audrey

The hot gentleman on the subway is where it started for Alia Dunn. After she almost has a one-night stand with him, he ghosts her. Yet he haunts her when he becomes the production assistant on one of her dream productions for her travel network, but she's got bigger problems than Drew Irons on her set, and its name is Blaine, the host of her show.

Blaine is an alcoholic, and drug addict who can't get shit together in order to save his career as an actor. But stardom is nepotism, and he is cast as the host. Unsurprisingly, he sucks. Drew has to pretty much show him how it's done. And even though there's tension between the two, Alia is grateful for Drew. She becomes very grateful.

After a string of misunderstandings, Alia and Drew realize that both of them said things that they shouldn't have. There's an undeniable pull between them, and they decide to explore it. Under Alia's stringent rules, after all, she is his superior. Through their passion, more misunderstandings come to light, though Alia realizes she's falling for Drew, which scares the shit out of her. When Blaine messes things up big time again, tensions fly, and Alia must figure out what's real.

This book was awesome! One of the best books I've read in a while. I would give it like a 4.5 but alas, that's not possible. Alia had some trauma that made her act the way she does, sometimes cold but very protective of herself and those she loves. She's a well-rounded character, and it's super cool that she's a POC. And Drew was cool too, he had flaws but so did Alia, and he seemed genuinely so in love with her.

There was a good amount of sex in this book compared to most of the books that I read, but it wasn't bad! It was written well, not too over the top, it definitely solidified their romance and their attraction, and sometimes I feel like some books don't do that well, they just write sex to write it. It's pretty descriptive though so heads up if you're not into reading that sort of thing!

Overall, great book! Definitely recommend! Great writing and great characters!

Piper Bellinger is the typical LA party girl with a massive Instagram following as well as a lack of responsibility and discipline. She gets away with everything. That is until she is arrested for breaking and entering after throwing the wildest party of her life after her most recent dumping. Her step-father ships her off to her hometown, Westport, Washington to learn her lesson. She has barely any memories of the town, other than her deceased father had died there.

In tow with her sister, Hannah, she heads to the small fishing town that is anything but the glitz and glam of LA. Her attitude and disapproving glares get under the skin of gruff ship captain, Brendan Taggart. He doesn't like how she's walked into town with her attitude of arrogance and hatred towards his beloved town. Yet, despite his annoyance, he finds himself inexplicably drawn to her. He feels this urge to take care of her, which eventually leads to a growing flirtationship between the two. She understands him and he understands her, as the people, they are, not what the world expects of them. This story is about having faith. In others, and yourself. It's about finding love and yourself in the places you'd least expect it.

Tessa Bailey's writing is swoon-worthy and real. She does an amazing job in creating her characters with flaws. She makes you dislike the characters and then fall in love with them, something that's hard to do. Her portrayal of Breandan as this gruff, strong, and emotionally unavailable ship captain is phenomenal, as she breaks down his walls, giving him a sense of vulnerability as he learns to show real emotion. Brendan falls first and we get to hear every piece of it, and it's beautiful.

I loved this book. A lot. The only reason why I didn't give it 5 stars is because of the amount and the very graphic sex scenes. I'm no prude and I know others may like it, but there was a lot of it and some of it just wasn't for me. Details were described in full detail, so be forewarned folks. I didn't hate all of the sex scenes, but some of them were just a bit much, especially with Brendan's dirty talk. However, I loved the rest of the book and I am excited to read Hook, Line, and Sinker!

Fox Thornton. The Westport heartbreaker. Hannah Bellinger, the feisty short stack, who's heart Fox would never break. Will these two best friends be able to stay away from another while she breaks down Fox's emotional walls whilst he shows her what it's like to be the main character?

Ever since Fox and Hannah met through her sister, Piper, and his best friend, Brendan, the two have had this inexplicable connection. Cue the daily late night texts about what kind of music day they had while Hannah is in LA and Fox on his fishing charter. Cue the feelings sinking in.

When Hannah is in town working on a movie, she decides to stay with Fox, due to her ears being permanently scarred by her sister and Brendan. Being under the same roof makes it hard to fight and hide the attraction that Fox and Hannah feel towards one another. Cue Fox's reputation of being town harlot and Brendan's overprotectiveness of his future sister in law. Fox and Hannah are in for it, that's for sure. He's never felt this away about a woman, he's finally able to open the floodgates for her. But will they stay open?

This story is about working through your own insecurities and sharing them with the ones you love. It's about letting love in and learning not be scared of it. It's about taking chances and treating yourself like the main character.

Tessa Bailey did it again folks. She knows how to do it. She writes complex characters that have real life issues. She's able to show real and raw emotion in her words and the intensity of love as well. The way she uses the male love internet in this story as the one who is learning to break his walls down is beautiful. It's a great change of pace and shows the reality of life, that's it not always the women who need the help. Great story, great characters, a lovely book!

I loved this and to be honest, I cried at the end haha.

I am sitting here right now in Barnes and Nobles on the verge of tears if I'm being frank. Charlie Lastra will now and forever be my book husband. Sorry ladies.

Sharks don't have fairytale endings, especially with grump editors in the dingy town of Sunshine Falls on a trip with their bubblegum princess sister. Do they?

Nora Stephens laughs at Hallmark movies and typical romance books where one-half of the romantic leads move to a small town and falls in love with an inn owner, leaving behind their high-strung villainess of a girlfriend. However, her life is one, with her being the workaholic villainess. However, she has a good heart, she does it all to take care of her sister who became her responsibility when their mother died.

After another one of her boyfriends leaves her for a small town princess, Nora meets Charlie Lastra, a brooding editor who's kind of a dick. She immediately is drawn to him but also hates him as well. Their meeting does not go well, obviously. To lift up her sister's spirits, Nora's sister, Libby decides to take Nora on a trip to Sunshine Falls, a place from Libby's favorite book which is written by one of Nora's clients. Nora does anything to make her sister happy, and she wants to close the distance she has been feeling between them. She agrees but is unhappy about it.

To her surprise, she runs into no one other than, Charlie Lastra himself, in Sunshine Falls. Did I mention that he hates the book written about the town? The two end up bumping into each other and eventually start to work together, though the rude comments and digs don't come to an end. Nora starts to rethink her original opinion of not only Sunshine Falls, but Charlie. But sharks don't get happy endings. Do they?

I fucking loved this book with all my heart. One of the best books I've ever read. The banter between Nora and Charlie and the tension between them killed me, even after they got together. Charlie has a sweet side and so does Nora. She's no shark, she's just an anxious bitch like the rest of us, trying to control everything in her life that she can. And Charlie is no grumpy dick, he has been through shit. Emily Henry does an amazing job with her characters in this novel, giving every single one of them flaws, yet making them all redeemable.

Henry's writing is impeccable in this novel. Her descriptions of feelings, of sensations, are truly breathtaking and so refreshing. She does not hold back on the deep, deep feelings that human beings possess, she describes every single excruciating sensation so profoundly and so truthfully. Feelings feel poetic in her words.

This is a large claim, but this is the best book I've read. Emily Henry's writing in this novel is breathtaking, heartbreaking, and even frustrating at times, but it's truly impeccable. I highly recommend it, I cannot wait for the next one!

So this is the first Colleen Hoover book I've tried. There's so much hype around her so I was excited. But this book? Not it for me. DNF at like 20%. Things happened too fast for me, and while I like complex characters, I didn't find redeeming qualities in Ryle. Lily was okay, I met Atlas for just a second.

I also didn't love how Ryle and Lily had so much angst which was basically built up only meeting each other twice and barely talking with one another. It was entirely unrealistic to me. I want to read another Colleen in the future, but I need recommendations. We'll see if her writing is for me or not.