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Disclaimer: An eARC was provided via Give Me Books PR and the Author as part of the Blog Tour. The Thoughts, opinions & feelings expressed in the review are therefore, my own.

Ask Me Why is my introduction to the author, Harloe Rose – and let me tell, this book made me sit up and take notice of the kind of talent and expectations that this author displays.

Braelyn and Brance – oh how these two brilliant, intelligent and strong characters HATED each other at the start. Their interactions; their communications were brimming with intensity; enough so that it made me uncomfortably focused on how much I was getting invested in their interactions with each other.

While their intense interactions are ones that do get the reader’s attention at start, it’s the gradual understanding of their emotions, their motivations that keep the reader occupied throughout the book.


Both Braelyn and Brance broke my heart – they are such strong individuals, but they have been broken down by their pasts in such a way that somehow the ones who emerged from those pieces were a but harder, a lot more critical and less open.

The only one who bought a smile on either of their lips and laughter in their eyes was the adorable son of Brance, Ollie – and one who becomes the catalyst of something far more precious and purer between these broken individuals.


What I also adored about this book is that both protagonists stand strong individually – with Braelyn far emotionally fragile than Brance, but that didn’t in any way negate her strength and her ability to survive. On the other, Brance’s cockiness might get on a female’s nerves; I absolutely respected the fact that he never resorted to petty drama (Read: Other Woman) despite believing the worst of Braelyn.

Ask Me Why is an emotionally devastating romance that somehow ends up giving its readers the better gift of hope, love and loyalty at the end of the day (or rather the book.)



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