romancedispatch's reviews
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It isn’t often that a book makes me angry, but this one really managed it. I loved The Royal We and had high expectations of this sequel. Instead, I was so disappointed that I needed to collect myself before writing this review.

All the time while reading this book, I kept asking myself, what the hell?

The relationship between Nick and Bex was SO GOOD in the first book, but here it’s like they are not even bothering to work at their marriage?!
At the beginning of the book, Nick confronts both his wife and his brother on what happened at the end of TRW and asks some strong questions that need answering (honestly, I would ask them too in such a situation)
What did Freddie feel towards Bex while she was with Nick? What does he feel now? How could he ever suggest they elope together, that she leaves him? What does Bex feel?

And no one answers these questions! In fact, Bex rekindles her friendship with Freddie without concern, without care that this may deeply upset and concern her HUSBAND (as it does!), and Nick is supposed to just roll with it? HOW IS THIS NORMAL?

And then, after they fight, of course Nick, being the impulsive man-child that he always was, retaliates and goes flirting and cheating with Annabelle. Again, HOW IS THIS NORMAL? Is this how you’re supposed to work at making your marriage last? And furthermore one year later, after Bex finds this out, because Nick BRINGS HER TO THE SAME PARTY WHERE EVERYONE WITNESSED the events of that night and everyone know he cheated on her... she finds this out and SHE ISN’T EVEN ANGRY, no, because Nick’s logic ‘makes sense’... WHAT ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT.

Honestly, throughout the book, I kept waiting for the moment Bex will wake up and leave Nick because their marriage is not working anymore. But that never happens.

And, oh, don’t let me start on the ENDING, what the hell is that? Poor Freddie is IN LOVE with Bex, he cannot ever have her, he is stuck settling for someone else, but still gets to donate his SPERM to Nick and Bex, so they can have their family and an heir? WHAT IN THE WORLD!

Honestly, the only part I enjoyed was seeing Eleanor and Marta open up to Bex. The rest of it just made me angry.
I wish the story had been told differently and regret having read this sequel at all, because it ruined Bex and Nick’s love story, which I had love so much in The Royal We.
Such a shame.

Loved this short novella on Roxy and James! I read it after “Sunset in Central Park” and I think it fits perfectly there because Roxy and James were most involved in the coming together of Frankie and Matt. I’m really happy that there was a happy ending for them, too! Sarah Morgan never disappoints!

I enjoyed this rom-com very much! Very sweet, relatable characters, and the plot was entertaining and easy to follow. All in all a good read, and I can imagine the book developing into a series, showing next Rob and Stacey’s story and then Noah, and so on.

I only gave 4 stars because personally I found Chris’ grasping of Everly’s anxiety a bit “out of the blue”.

As someone who struggles with social anxiety myself, I have never met a man who “just happens to notice” the telltale signs of anxiety just because he likes me. In fact, they are even less likely to see the signs if they are into you. So that threw me off a bit.

It would have made more sense to me if Chris had known someone with anxiety issues before, but since he didn’t, it wasn’t believable to me that he was so attentive and even knew how to help Everly dealing with it.

Still, I enjoyed this read and look forward to maybe seeing these characters again.

“The moon was high and full, the night was ripe for witchy business, and Danika Brown had honey on her tit. The left one, specifically.
‘For f*uck’s sake,’ she muttered, and swiped it off.”


My first thought as I read this first sentence of the book was, “HA! What the hell did I just read?”, and then immediately “Oh, I am going to have SO much fun with this!”

And I did. I LOVED this book! If I could give it a thousand stars, I would. This is the funniest Rom-com I’ve EVER read (and who knows me knows that I’ve read quite a few).

Seriously, this book is so well written that you find yourself snorting with laughter at Dani Brown‘s incredible witty banter, then swooning at her adorable flirting with security guard Zaf Ansari, all in the space of a sentence, never wanting to put the book down.

I don’t want to spoiler, so I‘ll just say that this romance is heart-warming and so delicate, and the book will show the reader that happily-ever-Afters are never a given, but instead something that is achieved through hard work, on your relationship and on yourself.

Also, the Book does a wonderful, honest and tactful job of describing the issues that come with social anxiety and panic, and that for me deserves special brownie points, since so many writers (with the best intentions) still get it wrong.

To sum it up: this is a book for the hopeless romantics, and I dare say also for everyone that has lost a little bit of faith in love, and wants to remind themselves that happy endings are possible, if one puts the hard work in.

Ahhh, this book. I have so many feelings about this book.

I started this series with the story of Dani Brown, (2nd book) which is hilarious, and sexy, and fast-paced.
This one is completely different, both in pace and in the type of romance it displays.

This is the story of one Chloe Brown, who, at the age of 31, with a history of fibromyalgia and after a near-death experience, decides that she is not living her life fully, that she is merely surviving, and so, she must take action and change things.
She writes a list. Of things that excite her, and possibly scare her a bit, potentially difficult to achieve. Like making new friends, riding a bike, doing something bad, getting drunk, having meaningless sex. You know, the usual.

Enter Redford “Red” Morgan: tall, strong, sexy, ginger.
Artist. Mr Congeniality. Beloved superintendent of Chloe’s building, always cheerful, the man who likes everyone but her. Or so she believes. But when the two of them start getting closer, and Chloe enlists Red to help her completing her Get A Life List, new truths come to life, and with them powerful feelings.

I loved this slow-burn romance and I loved the way both main characters get to deal with their issues, both physical (fibromyalgia) as well as emotional (lack of trust, anxiety, fear of abandonment). Talia Hibbert is a talented writer and all her stories I’ve read so far have managed to snug a special place in my old romantic heart.

Here’s to more of her novels - I have a feeling that Eve’s story will be her best one yet.