Queen Move

4.5 stars

I buddy read this book with Ali. We started this series back in June and we've read 1 book each month. If you want to see my thoughts on those books you can read them here and here. I gave those first two books a 3.5 and a 3 star rating. They were both ok, but the politics took over in those books and that really affected my enjoyment of them. This book was the opposite. The romance was the main focus with a little bit of politics thrown in and I loved that. This is a second chance childhood friends to lovers romance. Ezra and Kimba were friends since the day they were born but something happened that separated them for 20 years. They reconnect after 20 years and the feelings are still strong and the story goes from there. I loved Kimba and Ezra together and I loved the communication in this book but there was some unexpected drama which caused the third act break up that I wasn't the biggest fan of. The ending also felt a bit rushed to me. Overall, this one was definitely the best out of the 3 books.

3.75/5

it was really good until like the 65%-75% mark. i just felt like the end was super rushed? like after i finished it, i still had this feeling that it wasn't done and that there were like so many unanswered questions. that could just be me but the ending threw me off. i still enjoyed it nonetheless.

The second-chance romance trope is probably my favorite but you couple that with childhood friends to lovers and it's an automatic pickup for me. I loved this one. It had really great tension between the character and really good characterization.

Queen Move is unique and powerful and left me speechless. Almost nothing in it went the way I expected, it was frustrating at times but it was still amazing. In the end, Kimba and Ezra's journey made a lot of sense. Love is messy. But I still wish Kimba didn't have to go through so much... She's a fantastic character and I loved her! WHAT A QUEEN! What a journey.
Speechless.

3.5 stars

This was so well-written that it was such a joy to read. I appreciated both characters a lot. However, the ending was a bit too dramatic for my tastes I am not a fan of the baby from an ex trope. . So I enjoyed the ending a bit less. But it was still a good book and I'm sure this is more a me-problem than a problem with the book itself.

This is one steamy read!

Tru and Ezra were neighbours/childhood friends and had an unbreakable bond...until he moved away at 13.

When they reunite years later, their bond is stronger than ever and what ensues is an emotional, sexy story.
Ezra is my book boyfriend for 2020. Intelligent, sensitive, understanding...he truly is swoon-worthy.

Thoroughly enjoyed this.