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…rtc. “…and I feel beyond sure that I hold my entire universe…”

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*I reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All thoughts are my own. 

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Ash (Ashton James) • Marcus

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“Your son makes me brave…”

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What are the ingredients for this book? 
A few major pinches of betrayal
1oz of a life changing kiss 
A million grams of growth
The biggest cup of care
A big spoonful of forgiveness 
A thousand liters of finding your purpose
And the loudest volume finding the people to do just that with. 

I adore the feeling when an author makes their characters equally loving people, that you don’t root for one but root for them together. This book had a bit of mystery and two man that don’t hold back. When the feelings started, let’s just say we got two goners. 

Ps. Rebecca, I am still trying to process the 6’10. Legs in the air. I mean a+ for the visual. I’m going to leave you all with that. 

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Taylor Swift - invisible string 

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“I feel a piece of me slide into place, and I know there's no coming back. This is the moment everything changes.” // “Because my future starts now.” // "But I'm trying to be better. You make me want to be better." // “…and raises up on his toes to press a kiss to my cheek.” // “His husky whisper is almost inaudible. "Beautiful.”” // "There's more where that came from.” // "Can I just be Ash to you?" // “As I follow his instruction, I realize just how exposed I am. I'm wearing nothing but my bow tie, the too-tight jock, and black dress socks.” // "No one else gets to have you ever again." // "I care about you this much." // “I'll never get over the fact that he's mine.” …

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*I reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All thoughts are my own. 

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…rtc.  “Just so you know, I would have done it.” 

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*I reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All thoughts are my own. 

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…rtc. “Something inside me always senses him. Finds him. My life will forever collide with his.” 

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James Arthur - Naked

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*I reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All thoughts are my own. 

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Waylon • Silas 

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“I can go back to being First Gentleman, then?” - “I should be so lucky.”

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This one had so many moments that had me weak at the knees. And the vibe of this town, I would love to escape and have a moment to breathe. I can’t wait for the next - I really got attached to all characters. 

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“He smelled damned good. Like, summer flowers and fresh hay good. If you’d asked me how I thought citified corporate type would smell, it wouldn’t have been like home.” // “His laugh filled my little house with something it had been missing. A warmth and ease that made me want to settle in like a fox in a burrow.” // “Be gentle with me…” // “Did a good job of shutting off that never-ending chatter of yours.” // “I was stupid for him. Completely and utterly in thrall. Lust was a stronger power than I’d ever imagined or experienced before.” // “I was beginning to think this shower was the key to my future happiness.” // “…and it had occurred to me I would have rather been there in that vehicle on the wide, empty highway than anywhere else on earth.” // “A beautiful, broke, brazen cowboy from the corner of nowhere. A golden boy, majestic and true.” // “Maybe loving someone is the easiest thing in the world once you stop fighting it.” …

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Brad (Bee, Bub) • Joey (Joey-roo)

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“Quick question before you go. Are you into hugs?” <3.

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BIG. BOLD. YES. When is the movie coming out? Thank you Emmy for the rom-com reading time of my life. Milli+/10.

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Taylor Swift - The Alchemy 

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Bill Medley, Jennifer Warner - (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life 

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“Damn. Pretty sure you could crack my neck in half with those things.” // “And when he tossed his head back, laughing at something his friend was saying? I had the distinct thought that Christ, I’d give anything to hear him laugh for me like that.” // “Do you think I’d make a good Baby?” // “It’s customary to wink at your gym-bros, Jason.” // “A good cuddle sesh.” // “By the time I’m through with him, he’ll be head over heels in love.” // “Bub.” // “Yeah… Maybe don’t call him that. It’s mine.” // “Choosing to love? I don’t think there’s anything greater than that.” // “Most people put up walls, whether or not they intend to. But you’re just honest. You’re honest about who you are. It’s a rare quality.” // “I nearly reach for his hand…” // “I just… I can’t quit him. I don’t want to.” // “If there’s one thing I’m sure about, it’s him.” // “It’s good, I think, to remember we’re all real under the surface. And the way we treat each other matters.” // “I wonder if he’d prefer a spring or fall wedding.” // “Wade fearlessly into the unknown.” // “I interlace the fingers of our right hands together, bracing my left just below his stomach…” 😱🫶🏼😭😱. // “It’s that feeling you get when the sun comes out and your skin warms and all you can do is turn your face toward the source of that heat because nothing has ever felt that good.” // “You’re my exclusive kangaroo. No one’s getting all up in your pouch except for me.” // “And every step led me to you.” …

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Rowe (Thomas) • Sebastian (Bash)

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“…and I’m thinking… one chance for every lie you’ve told.”

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How lovely and fun! <3. <3. <3. I loved this with a passion, that’s what I call real enjoyment from reading. I am stoked for every book in this series. 

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“Beneath the freckles that dotted his nose and cheeks like a kaleidoscope of tiny butterflies…” // “Do the brave, exciting thing. Don’t be scared.” // “A world where things were brighter, more colorful, and just all around… better.” // “None of Rowe was real. And, I was starting to think, all of him was.” // “You’re very unexpected, Rowe.” // “Maybe it was reckless and shortsighted, but I chose the fairy tale.” //  “Things don’t have to be complicated to be amazing, right?” // “Just the two of us. Just… this.” // “Like a supernova. Like free fall, in that heart-stopping moment before the parachute opens.” // “…I’ll come after you.” // “Every word out of his mouth, every second in his presence, made me feel alive. Like the world was filled with more possibility than I’d ever let myself recognize.” // “My Prince of Lies would win every time.” // “…and the greatest adventure I’ve ever encountered.” …

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…rtc. “I deserve to get better.” ♾️.

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My heart exploded. 400+ highlights after. The little big things. 

I will leave you for now with a passage from book one: “You made me a promise, so I will hold you to that: help me survive what comes next.” - “Is that all I can do?” - “It is what only you can do.” 

The Golden Raven is a testimony of it. Some might think that nothing happened but everything did between them once again. The few short moments that spoke volumes. JereJean ♾️. A continuation of healing separately and because of each other. A beginning of mending both hearts and tension ready to snap. 

Full review after I quiet down. The family formed, Foxes, Trojans, the one forming. I love this foundation. Jean <3.

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Kailee Morgue - Discovery 

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Sleeping At Last - Turning Page 

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Troye Sivan - TALK ME DOWN 

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Stacey • Dash

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“Don’t you feel it? The heartbeat of the world? It beats loudest when I’m near you.” <3. 

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Mock said - you want friends to lovers? Hold my motherefffing drink… holy all that’s holy. Pining galore, like these humongous cocktails, a Long Island Ice Tea, back and forth, forth and back, we have been served. 

A needy, hurt boy and a natural caretaker soul? I mean 🧎🏻‍♀️…it was inventible. While reading the previous books we all wondered why aren’t they together, why Dash is with someone named Syd not Stace… why is Dash so co-depended on Stacey and vice versa and what the hell happened for them to end up as they were?

Mock answers all these questions and all other ones I didn’t think I needed to be answered but got them with this book and let me tell you, I needed them too. Seeing how these boys came to live in the same house, things before even book one. This one is a special one <3.

It’s a repeat from me but the best found family is written by Mock. End of. She’s making me feral with each book for other characters and their potential HEA’s, like I need them all, the redemptions, the happiness, the all. 

Dash and Stacey, have my heart. These two madly in love fools, go through it but you know what’s the most beautiful thing - they go through it together, as friends, best friends and then soulmates. From the beginning till the end standing by each other, together. 

I felt like I was fighting with them for that HEA and when it snapped, let’s just say I’ve heard the angels sing - alleluja. Bravo. 

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James Arthur - Just Us 

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“His eyes are brown. Just brown. But they’re deep, and they suck me in. There’s a shyness to them and a vulnerability so raw…” // “If anyone hurts him, I’ll rip them apart.” // “I chose friendzone for life over nothing at all, even though it kills me…” // “But my heart beats with those feelings no matter what I do.” // “I’ve lived half my life in those big arms of his.” // “Even when you think you don’t have my attention, you have it…” // “My arms reach around, and I imagine that I’m trapping him with me forever.” // “I shouldn’t feel the relief, knowing that I can, but I do, and it’s the sweetest hit of relief I’ll ever have.” // “With Stacey, it’s a free fall into warm rain, into ultimate solace.” // “His damn Bambi eyes look into my soul…” // “He’s not just coming out of his shell, he’s busting out of it, leaving the shell in ruins.” // “Taking the damn jersey with me.” // “This time, I wrap my arms around him with purpose, like I always do but with the intent of imprinting myself into his soul.” // “The thoughts won’t stop, but they stop when I’m with you.” // “Or a kick-ass road map from who you were to who you’ve become.” // “Dash’s Mercenary Angel” // “Your best pathway is with me…” …

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*I received an advance copy directly from the Author in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.

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Avery • Kaleb…<3.

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“But never will I ever turn my back on the person you helped me become; the person you saw all along.” ♾️.

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Let’s do this a bit differently. In this age, I feel just anyone can write a story, click publish. But in a sea of authors I can fish out a handful of ones that feel so authentic just by the way they write. I am not going to list my sacred list of authors I will sink with ♾️. to the deep end but be sure that CE Ricci is one of them. 
I will forever stand by this author. Only a few can evoke such emotions out of me by a written word. And it’s always a pleasure to be reunited with CE’s words. It’s the balance, the subtelness, the characters traits you want to coccoon and surround yourself with. It’s the hard truths, all in the details, it’s the humanity. And the tears. Yup, I will admit I didn’t think this one will call them up but there we were. 

Welcome home, Avery and Kaleb ♾️.

“You can always tell me the hard things, kid.” <3. 

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Taylor Swift - this is me trying

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Point North, Jeris Johnson - Dark Days

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guccihighwaters - in the dark

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“Just like I know the parts of myself I’ve refused to give voice…” // “Maybe instead of worrying about what he might accidentally teach them, you can make this summer about what you know you can teach him.” // “…no matter how much I wish I didn’t. It’s attraction. Desire.” // “It’s isolating, living like this…” // “…what is sure to be the greatest kiss of my life.” // “I’m your equal!” // “When it comes to sexuality, I’ve realized sometimes the ones who scream the loudest against us are the ones harboring the very same secret.” // “Believe in yourself, kid. You belong here.” - “So do you, you know.” // “…blue eyes glowing with the reflection of the sunset.” // “Because you feel safe. That’s not something I’ve really felt before.” // “Don’t make me regret this.” - “Never will I ever.” // “His mind, his flaws, his insecurities.” // “But isn’t betraying my heart worse?” // “…and he’s the most beautiful, heartbreaking thing I’ve ever laid eyes on.” // “You silenced the deafening screams, taught me how to lock up the darkness and finally let in the light.” // “Avery!” …

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