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Oh, Well Damn!!! I was not prepared!! I know I read the trigger warning but I was not ready for all the kinks and degradation that made me blush like a school girl so much throughout this book!! So this book starts off with Prom Queen and head cheerleader Jessica going to a Halloween party hosted by one of her old high school friend. When she arrives she comes face to face with the "freak" from her high school Manson. Now with the years of high school behind them a lot has change including Jessica going from being the bully to begging to have the "freak" degrade and f**ck her!

Wow!!! As I'm writing this review I'm still left speechless! There was so much that happened in one night with Jessica and Manson that it's so hard to process it all in one sitting! From the kinks, the degradation, the group play, and the sexual tension, what surprised me the most was how vulnerable both Manson and Jessica were with each other by the end of the night. You could clearly see that Manson thought the world of Jessica and always wanted her. Manson would put the world at Jessica's feet and kill anyone that got in the way of his love for her. I need more from their story!!!

Wow!!!! Ok Dana I see you with all the filth in the world in less than 90 pages!! This story starts off with Wes and his friends on a yacht off the coast of Greece for Jack and Quinlan wedding. While at the reception, Wes spots a beauty from his past, his childhood best friend Zoe.

Listen!!!! Dana has mastered the skill of making you care about these characters in the shortest amount of time and pages. This story is perfect for providing an update on Jack and Quinlan, introducing and captivating you in the spicy second chance romance of Wes and Zoe, and dropping little easter eggs about Owen. Hands down the best friend group I've ever read about!

“You can stop swimming now, Lilly. We finally reached the shore.” – Atlas

★★★★★/5

This was my first Meredith Wild book that wasn't co-written and I am very pleased!! This story starts off with Isabel working as an English teacher in Rio where she is trying to move froward with her life and not think about the man who broke her and left her with a gaping hole in her heart. But what happens when said man shows up at her front door step, claims he doesn't remember her and is there to kill her?

This book is fast pace, full of tension and secrets, and one that will leave you wanting to binge the rest of the series in one day. Even though Tristian can be rough around the edges and don't have many social skills, this man is so perfect! He's loving when he claims he doesn't have a heart, he's attentive even when he doesn't want to be, and he can lay down some pipe even though he says it doesn't mean anything! I can't wait to read book two!

“I want to be able to love you more than I fear losing you, and I don’t know how. Teach me, Bree. Please teach me. Don’t let me destroy this.” – Archer Hale

★★★★★/5

Wow!!! I listen to this on audiobook and it was hot!! This story starts off with Evie making a huge mistake at work that is pointed out by none other than her a-hole boss Logan. In order to get this issue fixed before they present to their client, Evie has to come up with almost 10k by the following week. Evie has no choice but to turn to her bestfriend, who is a professional escort, for help. After Evie agrees to being an escort for one night only to make the money she needs for work, what happens when the man she’s supposed to service is none other than her boss, Logan?

If you are looking for a lot of smut with little plot, then this book is perfect for you!! It’s kinky, spicy, has some girl on girl action and Logan is pure alpha male!! He broody, protective, and overly jealous when it comes to all things Evie! I was very surprised with how emotionally aware he was with himself and Evie! He knew what he wanted for the start and he made all of his intentions clear! I’m excited for book 2!

I don’t know what it was but I didn’t like this one at all. The story starts off with Kiana being stood up by her boyfriend, Chris who says he couldn’t go to “The Dream” party because he had to work. Turns out, when Kiana checked social media she saw that Chris was not at work but at a strip club getting danced on. So she decides she’s going to go to the party anyway in hopes of finding a date there. Once she gets to the party she runs to this very handsome man named Miles.

This story just didn’t do it for me. I know it’s a novella/short story but I didn’t care about these characters at all and there was no character development like the other hookup short stories. Nothing about Kiana and Miles interaction scream happiness, or gave me butterflies, or made me excited for the one sex scene. It just fell flat to me.

“Your enemies are my enemies, your friends are my friends, and if you wanted, I would burn down the world for you.” – Alex Volkov

★★★★/5

“I don’t need happily ever after. I need to be by your side. I need you happy and healthy and safe. Goddammit Bridget, I need you. In any way I can have you.” – Rhys Larsen

★★★★/5

Yea…sorry loves but this one didn’t do it for me. If I had to rate this book purely off of vibes and smut it would be an instant 4.5/5 star but as a complete package it didn’t hit. The story started out very strong and I was invested and in love with both characters but the follow through and execution fell so flat. Josh and Jules bickering was fun and enjoyable in the beginning but it quickly became silly and childish 200 pages in. I didn’t like how Josh felt like he was the same man as Rhys and Alex but in a different font. It felt like I was reading about Alex but make him Asian and a doctor. I didn’t feel like the stakes were high enough in this book compared to the first two and the third act break up and resolution wrapped up to fast for me. I wanted Josh to grovel more than 12 days!!! All in all I had high hopes for this book but it didn’t come through for me.