I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that made me both laugh and cry as much as Lakeshire Park did.
An invitation to a party in Lakeshire Park is the laI don’t think I’ve ever read a book that made me both laugh and cry as much as Lakeshire Park did.
An invitation to a party in Lakeshire Park is the last opportunity for the Moore sisters to marry before their stepfather dies and they are left in the streets with nothing more than the clothes they have on. Luckily for Amelia Moore, Sir Ronald seems to like her sister Clara as much as her sister does. If only Peter Wood stopped trying to convince his friend his own sister would be a way better match, Clara may have a chance.
But Amelia won’t let the horrible man put her sister’s happiness in jeopardy: she will do whatever is needed to make sure Peter stays away from her sister and Ronald, even if that means having to spend every single afternoon with the devil herself.
Megan Walker created such an amazing romance I don’t know where to start. I loved that Amelia and Peter started with the wrong foot only to make it worse when they realize that their sisters will be competing for the same gentleman. How Peter quickly realized Amelia was the one he wanted and made sure to spend every single second available with her, even if that meant making up silly pacts.
If there is something that squeezes my cold heart until it floods, it’s unrequited love. I loved suffered witnessing how much pain Amelia was causing Peter without meaning to, how she was completely oblivious of how much he loved her. It was so painful, seeing him getting hopeful every single time. I understood why Amelia didn’t like him at first and it was delightful to see her trying to fight the feelings that kept growing the more time she spent next to him. The worst part is that you get why Amelia was the way she was. She only had a few days to make sure her sister got married, or got married herself if needed to save them both. There was no time for flirting and falling in love, she needed to harden her heart and be pragmatic.
There exists a peaceful moment when one first opens one's eyes, when all the world is just as it should be. And then you blink, and just like that the moment vanishes like smoke in the wind.
Sometimes I have a problem with books that are fun because they often feel superficial. Not this time. I barely ever shed a tear, but I sobbed reading Amelia’s struggles. I had the time of my life laughing along with them. I have no words to make justice to this, but this is how you write a romance. Although I wished it wasn’t a clean romance, when you have a love as big as theirs, not having smut is a price I’m more than willing to pay.
Overall, I would highly recommend Lakeshire Park if you want a historical romance that has a heroine who feels as human as you, a hero you will want to marry yourself and a well-thought plot that will keep you on your toes.
If anyone asks why I read gay romance I’m sending them this book.
For the Fans is one of those rare books able to make 736 pages feel short. WhileIf anyone asks why I read gay romance I’m sending them this book.
For the Fans is one of those rare books able to make 736 pages feel short. While some people find the first part too slow, I knew it was going to be The Book for me since the first chapter. And when the introduction period passed and everything started to happen? It blew my mind.
After losing his dad over ten years ago, Avi knows his mom deserves to fall in love again. The only problem is that his new stepfather comes with a very annoying son who is determined to make Avi’s life hell. Avi doesn’t even get why Kyran hates him so much, when it’s clear he’s better in every sport and subject. But when things start to go wrong for Kyran’s dad and they decide to create videos for the fans to get the money they need, Avi’ll realize there is a lot more going on inside Kyran than what meets the eye. Maybe they could have been more than enemies all along…
I absolutely love this book. The author made so many great choices I’m kicking myself for not enjoying taboo romance because I’d read her entire backlist just for how good this was.
First great choice were the characters; Avi is the nice one, the relatable introvert you’ll fall in love with the second you meet him. He’s sassy, clever, and the best dirty talker probably more cool than what you’d expect in a teen but I was too into him to care. Kyran is the kind of character I’d usually hate if it wasn’t because I trusted the author would make the best redemption arc for him. Ky had almost as many angry-issues as Jiang Cheng; he was pretentious, rude and spent the first 30% acting as a spoiled brat. You can’t imagine how satisfying it was seeing his character growth throughout the book.
Avi stealing hearts from chapter 1: I’m kind of a weirdo, and I don’t want to have to change myself just to make friends. I’m a strong believer in it’ll happen if and when it happens. () Ah, the introvert’s paradox. Waiting for other nerds to come to you.
Kyran advocating for insta-hate: Avi smiles at (his mom), and I roll my eyes. Why does he smile so much? It makes him look deranged.
The romance structure had everything I love: from angsty slow burn to the best smut, these two went through every phase of being enemies, friends and lovers. But mainly I enjoyed seeing how Kyran slowly started to be unable to hide, showing how much he wanted Avi even when his words cut like glass. There is nothing I love more than seeing the character who was mean to your baby falling first. And while I didn’t need a reason for Kyran to be like that at the beginning of the book–I was fine as long as he redeemed himself-, there is one.
“Boy, if other people worked as hard as you at denying themselves good things, we’d be living in a world without corndogs.” Kyran scoffed, giving me one of his looks while I stepped over to him slowly. “Are you a masochist or something? ‘Cause I’ll edge you…if that’s what you want.”
The typical problem of long books is that they tend to drag out, especially towards the middle. But For the Fans was so full of plot that more pages only meant more time to glow. Small ideas like giving a twist to the cheerleader-captain cliché and making Avi the mascot of Kyran’s team are what make a great book unforgettable, and that’s what the author did here. While you are reading it, it feels like the over seven hundred pages of content fall in place, everything well-thought to give you the perfect composition when you reach the end.
There was only one thing that wasn’t solved but I have a feeling the author’s planning on doing Theo’s story and it will be explained there. But what really got into my nerves was another author adding Spanish sentences that make no sense because they translated everything literally. In this case, even google translator would have done a better job-yes, I checked. It annoys me to no end because they could have just said ‘they said in Spanish’ and that’s it! What’s the point of adding something you didn’t bother to search? It makes me skeptical about everything because, if you can’t check if you wrote something correctly in Spanish-which is the second most spoken language in native speakers-, how am I supposed to believe you handled correctly the representation you included in your book?
To sum up, For the Fans is one of the most satisfying romances I’ve read in all aspects, from progression to structure to character growth, rich in details and characters to fall in love. I’d highly recommend giving it a try–while I pray for the author to write some not-taboo romances from time to time because my shelves are hungry for books like this one.
PD1: For some reason I thought this book was going to be dark–probably because the author said so in the foreword–, but I wouldn't say it was dark. However, it deals with sensitive topics so you should check the TWs before trying it if you have triggers.
PD2: For those who know Spanish, they translated ‘to be’ like ‘estar’ instead of ‘ser’. The character meant to say ‘he’s not his boyfriend’ but instead they said ‘no está su novio’ when they thought the boy they were talking about was straight and single...
In my head it was die or get high. And I had too many people depending on me not to die.
Every person he loves is someone more to protect. He is oIn my head it was die or get high. And I had too many people depending on me not to die.
Every person he loves is someone more to protect. He is only twelve, yet he can’t afford to follow his heart, to be carefree and dream. Until she sees him and decides she doesn’t care if he doesn’t have any room left for her. She’s stubborn enough to set her own place in his heart.
She knows he wants her. She just needs to wait. And wait. And wait. Maybe it’s for the best. Being with other guys is comfortable, easy and painless. If he acknowledged what they felt was real, he'd be able to break her heart. She has seen her mom’s break too many times to want to suffer the same.
But she can’t stay away. Little by little, she sees his facade crack. Little by little, she gets closer, falls deeper and deeper. She can’t stop herself. She has to save him.
Saving 6 was not like I expected it was going to be-I didn’t realize they had changed the blurb, so I went thinking it was a second-chance romance with pregnancy trope-, yet it met my very high expectations. I read this baby in two sittings and have so many highlights I could write another full-length novel with them.
My problem with B13/K13 was that I was never into the hero/damsel-in-distress dynamics between Shannon and Johnny, but I still ended up loving them. In Saving 6, Chloe Walsh decides to completely steal my heart by giving me ✨BANTER✨. You can’t imagine how much I loved reading about two stubborn people bickering like an old couple. I didn’t even care that it was a bit too insta-love to be a super slow burn, Joey and Aoife’s names were written together in the stars, in black ink and surrounded by a red heart.
“You saw me back there,” she stated evenly, green eyes snaring at me. “I did.” “You kept walking.” I nodded like a fool. “I did.” “Don’t do that again” Fuck me. “I won’t.”
I don’t know if reading B13 made me brace myself for the worst, but I think this one has most of the physical damage off scene-which I appreciated, because reading it the first time around was more than enough for a lifetime. In any case, Saving 6 was more focused on the main couple than B13, which had its pros (more banter, more Aoife, more Joey) and its cons (less amazing secondary characters). While I missed having my heart stolen by a dozen characters-Gibs, I miss you like crazy, I’m so thankful I could at least have a glimpse of your awesomeness-, Aoife and Joey were so damn great together I didn’t realize this fact until I sat down to write this review.
“I never knew devastation until he walked into my world and gave me a glimpse of his. I never knew heart break until he decimated my heart by decimating his body.
Aoife was everything I ever wanted in a heroine. My problem with ‘bad boys’ heroes is that they tend to be paired up with sweet heroines that let them do as they please. Well, Aoife was not one of those. She was all confidence, telling Joey to stop messing around and admit he loves her. She didn’t get no for an answer, pushed and pushed until she got what she wanted, yet she was caring enough to put him first. Even when her heart was cracking, she was the only one holding him, loving him, while everything around him threatened to fall apart.
“Don’t ever think that I don’t have feelings, () because the only time that I allow myself to feel anything is when I’m with you.”
Joey, my baby. I felt your pain during B13 and K13, and it was not different the third time around. I know his mom was a victim in all this, but she didn’t deserve him. I saw red every time she said that Joey was exactly like his father, when Joey was the one answering her calls for help, receiving the blows that were meant for her, protecting her sons, taking care of her daughter, giving her money he earned, feeding her baby... Yet she kept telling him that he was like his father. It broke my heart how Joey first fighted the words, until they got stuck in his head as truths.
“For the last fucking time, he’s Joey, not Dada. Joey! Your actual Dada beat the shit out of your fake one last night.”
I hate ‘damaged heroes’ that keep pushing the heroine away because ‘it’s the best for her’. But this time was different. Maybe because Joey was only eighteen when the story finishes, twelve when it starts. Maybe because he didn’t spend 700 pages going back and forth, more like half the book failing to ignore her presence. Or maybe because, after spending his whole life saving everyone else around him, it was only fair that someone tried to save him in exchange.
I only wished we had more secondary characters and that we didn’t have the hero beating innocent boys to punish the girls-yes, it happened again. I’m not saying they should go and punch the girls, but beating the brother/boyfriend for something they did not do is not the solution. We could also criticize that Joey and Aoife had more game when they were thirteen than people of my age… but let’s be honest: I highlighted every single scene.
“So, do you have a name?” “Does it matter? () We both know that you’ll be calling me baby by the end of the day.
In short: this book is AMAZING if you love dialogues, banter, slow burn, sassy heroines and bad boys that are actually too good for their own good. But the best part is that we have the second one coming in March!! Chloe really spoiled us this time ...more
After three years acting like they hate each other, maybe it’s time to leave behind the foreplay and start to acknowledge they might be better as loveAfter three years acting like they hate each other, maybe it’s time to leave behind the foreplay and start to acknowledge they might be better as lovers...
“Braxton Walker… do you ever smile?” () “Tysson Langley, do you ever shut up?”
While Playing Games is not technically an enemies to lovers, it does have its most important feature: the banter. Ty and Brax bicker like an old married couple, are always looking for the other and keep denying any kind of attraction. Although Brax refuses to fall for another jock, when Tysson starts working with him it becomes harder and harder to not shut him up with a kiss…
“Did you miss me?” “Yeah.” Brax shrugged, and I froze, not expecting that answer. “It was tearing me up inside. I just… don’t know how I’ll ever be happy if you’re not with me every minute of every day. It’s like a piece of my heart-no, all my heart and my lungs and-“ “Shut up.”
This book was the definition of solid fun since the very first chapter. You have the bad boy, the golden player, the ever-present sassy dialogues, some romantic scenes and smut. There were also problems the characters had to deal with on their own, even thought they were always there to support each other or tell them exactly what they don’t want, but need, to hear. I love when the authors add character development as well as romance progression, because it always gives the character more depth while showing how good they are together during difficult moments too.
Probably not very different from other college romance you’ve read before, but still very enjoyable if banter and fun are what you are looking for!
“I know this might come as a surprise to you… I know it does to me, but… you’re kinda sweet.” I hit him in the face with a pillow. “Take it back.”
⚠️This review contains heavy amounts of fangirling, internally screaming and very biased opinions. Read at your own risks.
The day has come. I’ve been ⚠️This review contains heavy amounts of fangirling, internally screaming and very biased opinions. Read at your own risks.
The day has come. I’ve been waiting dying to read this since the first time we were introduced to Charles and Zeke in book 1. Now I’m left with my heart full of love, a hangover from spending all night reading and the sadness of having finished threatening to give me a reading slump.
I’ll skip the synopsis about Zeke and Charles’ love story because I want you to experience it the same way I did: with surprise, laughter and external screaming - I literally ran to tell my mom, even though she had no prior knowledge of any of this. I’ll tell you instead that Frat Wars is a series about two rival Frats that love to prank each other and have a game that consists in stealing objects from each other. Well, that’s the fun subplot. The spotlight is always on a light, wholesome romance between two beautiful men who are perfect together.
Although they all can be read as standalones, I’d advise you to read at least the first one (King of Thieves) before reading this, because Zeke and Charles’ story hits different when you have experienced shipping them during at least an entire book, making it a very slow burn romance you'll sell your soul to witness yet you are not given more than a tease.
↬ The characters. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Saxon James always makes characters that hit different, that are easy to relate to at least at some point and a writing that makes me feel along with them.
I had HUGE hopes for Charles and he did not disappoint. I think he might be my favorite hero of the entire series sorry, Chad, I love you too. Here we have a nervous, clumsy boy with a tendency to fail and spill drinks all over himself when a certain swimmer is around. I loved how transparent he was, how he couldn’t help but show what he was feeling -usually in the form of unsteady hands, red cheeks and stuttering-, still he was confident and never ceased to amaze me by pulling himself in a vulnerable position asking for what he wanted. He offered his heart, his feelings and his desires without giving it a second thought, with a courage that made me fall for him, wanting to hug him in case anything went wrong and they end up trampled on.
I aim the pillow at his head and cross to my closet for actual clothes. He doesn’t leave while I get dressed (). Instead of playing it cool though, my neck heats, and it takes me three attempts to get my pants on. Fuck my life. It’s going to be a day.
Zeke was a complete surprise. I don’t know if I had the wrong picture of him, but in the first chapters my hopes went downhill and I braced myself to have to deal with an insensitive idiot who was going to hurt my baby. Then I realized that Zeke may be oblivious and compartmentalize all he wanted, but he didn’t hesitate to admit what he was feeling - thank God for that, because he didn’t have a clue of the power he had over Charles.
“Thanks, Charlie.” He steps in and presses his lips to my hair. Like always. And like always, it both hurts and feels amazing all at once.
While Charles was an open book, Zeke was impossible to read. Charles was nervous around him, Zeke was always calm and cool. I was a bit annoyed by Zeke's overall lack of romantic investment, but I loved how he cherished all the unique features that made Charles who he was, how he showed him affection with actions -even if his mind needed a bit to catch up-, and how he loved to tease him. They were complete opposites but, girl, were they amazing together.
"Charles?" He's lowered one of the windows and is leaning across the passenger seat to look at me. "You really think I'd hang around school this late for no reason?"
I wasn’t as much into the secondary plot this time. Instead of the typical game and pranks, we have a mystery going on: someone is scheming against Sigma Beta Psi by posting lies online and they would have to work together to figure out who they are before the dean shuts it down. It was quite predictable and not as much fun as the previous games, but a really good excuse for our dearest frat presidents to meet ;)
I loved their romance: light, fun, sweet and steamy, it gave me all I wanted and more. I loved their dialogues, their dynamics, their connection. I know it’s not a perfect book, that it’s simple, sometimes a bit unrealistic, a bit too easy… but I couldn’t care less. I can’t remember the last time a book made me fangirl this much -probably King of Thieves (#1)-, and it was the perfect ending for a series I’ll treasure forever.
“Shut up.” A whine plays in his throat. “ Are you going to fuck me or what?” I grab his ass and pull him between my legs. “Kiss me, Zeke. Fuck me, Zeke. Anything else, Your Highness?”
If you still haven’t tried Frat Wars, here’s a list of reasons why (if) you should:
✅ College romance with the twist of having their unique game, pranks and a whole cast of great secondary characters that make it feel like a complete different setting
✅ perfect to forget about real life, fangirling and laughing while you follow the characters in their shenanigans
✅ Entertainment guaranteed: zero drama, all fluffy, happy feelings to fill your heart with warmth and love
✅ THE smut
✅ awesome character dynamics, sparking chemistry and relatable MCs that you can’t help but fall for
Sassy, fun and a complete delight to read, An Inconvenient Vow manages to have the vibes of the old classic romances without losing the modern writingSassy, fun and a complete delight to read, An Inconvenient Vow manages to have the vibes of the old classic romances without losing the modern writing.
“You accept then?” He asked gruffly. “My love?” When she opened her mouth, he threw up his hand. “Do not make your reply. I already know I will not like whatever words tremble on those lips.”
Jeffrey is the arrogant, handsome and straightforward heir of a Duke, but he is never too proud to apologize for his faults. He had vowed at eighteen not to bed any woman -kissing included-, which made him adorably innocent. Until he meets someone who will make him want to break all his vows.
“What is it?” Sabina asked with surprise. “You are undressing,” he said stiffly, hot color suffusing his face. Sabina's jaw almost dropped. “I have only removed my headdress.”
“I want to…”Jeffree’s words were gruff, his eyes studiously avoiding hers. “I want to touch your hair. Can I?”
Sabina is not afraid of saying exactly what she thinks. She is also not afraid of losing all her respectability in order to save her sister from a scandal. Only that she didn’t expect Jeffrey to be a gentleman and marry her to save them both.
“I am sure your family congratulated you on losing such a shrewish wife so quickly. That is quite a feat. It took my first husband a twelvemonth to do so.” Jeffree bristled. “I did not lose you. You ran off.”
If you love sassy dialogues between two soulmates that are too busy arguing to realize they are perfect for each other, look no further: Sabina and Jeffrey won’t disappoint. Sabina was so funny, Jeffrey so correct and blunt. I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed banter so much.
“You pig!” Sabina fumed. “You know how I hate it when you call me madam!” Jeffree have a short laugh. “How fortunate that I do not mind your own dubious manner of addressing me.” “Loathsome wretch!” “Never at a loss of words, are you?” he murmured, and for one astonishing moment, she thought he was about to smile. “I did not know what my tastes ran to,” he said suddenly in a low, gravelly voice that robbed Sabina of all breath again. “Not until I met you.”
There is also groveling, because Sabina can’t believe Jeffrey has feelings for her and he would do whatever it takes to show her. I also found it endearing that he was angry at himself for not remembering the first time they met.
“You must have been unaccustomedly well-behaved that day,” he said sounding vaguely accusatory, “else I would have notice you, to be sure. () You are not a woman to be overlooked.”
The only thing I would change is that the first part was a bit slow, and there were some scenes with secondary characters that I didn’t find as enchanting. Maybe because I wanted to read their banter all day long.
“Did we meet?” Sabina asked. “We did, madam,” Hugo answered stiffly. “Don’t call her that,” Jeffree shot back. “Only I call her madam.” Hugo blinked. “Er… my lady.”
Overall, An Inconvenient Vow is a HR with marriage of convenience, perfect for lovers of banters, arrogant yet innocent heroes and blunt heroines.
“You have me. I am the only man you have need of.”
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