Jess

• READ IF YOU LIKE: 
- Paranormal
- Witches in Training
- Secrets
- Small-town
- Slow Burn
- Grumpy Hero

• RATING: 3.5/5 ⭐️

Are you like me? Can you forever live in Karla Sorenson's Washington Wolves World? I just cannot get enough of this series and the world Karla has created. ‘The Plan' was absolute everything.
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• Persephone's POV
  - Continuous Series
  - Dark Fantasy Romance
  - Mythology Retelling
  - God of the Dead
  - Goddess of Spring
  - Ex-Lovers
  - Lies & Secrets
  - A lot of miscommunications
  - Affirmations
  - Jealousy
  - Bargains
  - Friendships
  - Returning side characters

• British Lit
  - Friends to Lovers
  - Close Proximity
  - Toxic Relationships/Emotional Abuse
  
  • RATING: 4/5 ⭐️

4.5 stars. oh my heart!

Interesting story. Enjoyable. 3.5 ⭐️

Oh my heart, totally loved this story. A steamy sexy, ‘You've Got Mail', with a hot grumpy football player!! I also cannot wait for the new book in this series.

2.75 stars... ugh i don't know how i feel but I need to know how this continues.

- College
- Dark Romance
- Bully
- Enemies to Lovers
- Mafia family rivals
- Angst
- Cliffhanger

TW: Sexual Assault, Bullying, Dub-con, Non-con, Mistreatment.

• Duke
  - Nerdy Redhead
  - Angsty
  - Slow Burn
  - Forbidden
  - Freckles
  - Summer Fling
  - Time Jump
  - Second Chances

4.5

- Enemies to Lovers
- Second Chances
- Workplace Romance
- Spicy
- Flashbacks
- Mafia
- Complicated Past

4.75

- enemies to lovers
- revenge
- second chances
- obsession
- workplace romance
- spicy
- alpha a.hole
- first loves
- family drama
- complicated past
- flashbacks

4.5

- One Night Stand
- Hidden Identity
- Complicated Past
- Sexual Assault
- Age Gap (8 yrs)
- Dark Romance
- Supply Closet

3.75/4 stars. I enjoyed the story from beginning to end. I do wish that there was more in the development of Rachel and Mason's relationship. I feel like there may have been some missed opportunities. I would have like to have read more scenes between the two of them to really build the change in Mason as he overcomes his struggles.

But overall a very enjoyable story.

• READ IF YOU LIKE: 
- Dark Romance
- Fantasy
- Magic
- Witches
- Steamy

• RATING: 4/5 ⭐️

Characters from/part of Happiness for Beginners. Totally recommend reading that first before the novella... Loved it.

This was a perfect recap of Jake & Helen first meet, it great listen to where it all started.

• IF YOU LIKE:
- Love at First Sight
- The What Ifs
- The Start of Something...
- Forced Proximity
- Age Gap

• Dark Romance
  - Suspense
  - best friend's sister.
  - Russian family
  - Uncover heroine
  - Keeping a secret.
  - Revenge
  - Angsty
  - Steamy
  

• Childhood Friends to Enemies to Lovers
  - Bully
  - Dark Romance
  - High School
  - Emotional/Tear Jerker
  - Broken Hero
  - Broken Heroine
  - Family Drama
  - Unexpected Twist
  - Virgin Main Character
  - Possessive Alpha

• Dark Romance
  - Blind FMC
  - Revenge
  - Complicated Past
  - Mental Health
  - Sexual Abuse (Past)
  - Flashbacks
  - Steamy
  - Protective/Possessive
  

(11/15/23): Reread: 4 ⭐️

- Dark
- Bully
- Flashbacks (high school)
- Revenge
- College
- Basketball Player
- Pranks
- Devil's Night

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⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

I'm torn with my review on this book. The story had me fully invested through and through because honestly I needed to know how Erika & Michael's story was going to end. As you start reading the story you're in dire need finding out what truly happened to them and their group of friends in their past, so those flashback chapters were exciting to me. A+ on the intimate scenes between Erika & Michael, they were

• Dark Romance
  - Paranormal
  - Vampire x Wolf Shifter
  - Familiars
  - Flashbacks (1500s)
  - Intro to Cheryl & Ronan's story
  - Fated Mates
  - Multiple POVs: Manu, Karl, Ronan, and Cheryl
  - Ahhh!!! Cliffhanger!

GENRE/TROPES: 
- Celebrity MC (actor)
- Second Chances
- Mutual Pining
- Slow burn
- Flashbacks/Time Jump

• RATING: 4/5 ⭐️
• STEAM LVL: PG-13

• Age Gap
  - Catholic Boarding School
  - Virgin FMC
  - BDSM
  - Forbidden/Taboo
  - Dark
  - Slow Burn
  - Sexual Tension
  - Spicy AF

2.5 stars for me.
I was a bit disappointed in this one. Im a fan of Elle Kennedy's stories but for some reason this one felt a little flat for me. I didn't really connect with the characters and the story felt a little overdone, nothing to give it a wow factor.

However, I do want to read the second book about the brother, I am curious to see where he's story goes.

4.5 stars - perfect summer reads about friends and first loves. Great debut for this author, cant wait to see what else she comes out with.

Omg, I ducking loved this book!