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First by this author for me & I absolutely loved it. Landon & Casey & their families & friends made this a fantastic read. Loved that the author didn’t overdo the relationship angst & that it was resolved within a a few games. Definitely on a hockey kick again & this was a great one to start off with. Cooper North was yet again a great narrator for this 📖. Listened via Anyplay.

Well, I’m invested but not impressed by Declan at all. Being 25+ through this trilogy does not give me great hopes for his character growth. Very happy to have Solo narrate! I suppose I have to concede that girls mature faster than boys especially after puberty generally speaking but seriously I really had to suspend belief that Declan was really invested in beginning a relationship with Owen & as I continued to read was very unimpressed with Declan & his superiority complex & how his attitude & behavior negatively impacted Owen & his trust in Declan from the start. Declan unfortunately was of the opinion that Owen should just be able to automatically trust him, only for him to run away when his health got super bad & not only that but ran to Ridge. Utter absolute childishness & no apology once he finally got his head out of you know where & honestly bc he’s a child in a man’s body it saddens my heart that authors aren’t railed against such promotion in their writing as if it should all just be swept under the rug or put on the dusty shelf. 😖 Anyway, I do plan to finish the trilogy bc my hope is that Dec finally puts Owen first, before himself & stops disciplining Owen for “his sake” or “because he made daddy mad”??!!! 😳 WTF is this disgusting nonsense. I could go on but I think I have said enough honestly & I guess every new author to me is always going to be a gamble. Listened via Anyplay.

Okay, okay, okay… my review of the past two books were a bit sharp. That said, this one finally held up to expectation! Loved John Solo’s narration throughout, loved the final epilogue with all the updates on everyone & I mean everyone! Oscar, Auggie (August), Summer, Charles, David (butler), Silas (chauffeur), Ridge, James & Harper (cancer survivor). It was fast learning about everyone but more than satisfactory. Overall I still have issues with Declan’s behavior with Owen & there only being one apology actually on page & I have found that a fictional character who has messed up with their significant other or potential relationship must have sufficient groveling & here Owen is too much of a pushover character & is usually waiting to be baited into fury or whatever emotion & sufficiently stand up for himself as he is NOT a little. Okay off my soapbox, my TED talk is done  🤭 listened via Anyplay.

Well, this one really didn’t hit the mark the first book did as we definitely got to see more of the dynamic between Owen & Declan. While I did like that Dec took Owen’s kids (especially the twins) interrogation, I did not appreciate the humiliation Dec treated Owen with regarding Ridge’s presence & tear on their budding relationship let alone no apology even though Owen was definitely owed one for Ridge’s use of ‘daddy’. To make Owen feel unworthy when Declan hadn’t done a thing to actually fix the issue & then punish Owen bc he didn’t have faith in Dec?? 😳 oh hell to the NO! I’m VERY unimpressed & not expecting anything to change in book 3. The power dynamic that Declan has always swung in his own direction is absolutely despicable & I don’t care how young he is. He gets off on pushing Owen & it’s sickening, childish manipulation & how the writer wrote Owen to be such a pushover in these scenes is senseless. For any reader, definitely be aware of this!! Listened via Anyplay.

So it’s overall a 5 star book for me but for the duet? While the epilogue in this one does point towards HEA, it’s like too many other books that end in a rush. I like Dev, Keyes’ best friend but I’m not really interested in his story even though there’s probably cameos from Keyes, his MC brothers & maybe Alec. While I didn’t think these books were a time, I do know that potentially I will never think of these characters again 🤷🏻‍♀️ that is my personal opinion. Kayden Lukakis did a fabulous job narrating these stories! Listened via Anyplay.

This duet was fantastic! I will definitely be contemplating adding it to my buy list after the New Year. Now my thoughts on this book. Mark Bailey & Eddie are two people with a few years between them & some serious heartache. I was generally intrigued by Bailey in book 1 & was happy to find that there was a book for him. I personally loved the in depth look of the 60’s & how much has understandably changed since then but also what was still present in the 90’s. Really liked that we got an inside look at baseball then, it being the only sport allowed in our house growing up. I’m pleasantly surprised by Cat Sebastian’s writing & plan to read other works of hers in the near future. Listened via Anyplay.

My first by Cat Sebastian & while I personally need to be careful of stories like this, with the angst between Andy & Nick which is never a favorite of mine was nonetheless a very well written piece. Joel Leslie is a fantastic narrator & didn’t in my opinion portray the guys badly. I plan on reading book 2 in the near future & listened via Anyplay.

Such a great duet! Both books were excellent. This book about Bellamy & his mate who we kinda learned about in the previous book. Bellamy we learned at the end of book 1 came down with the sickness taking many in Etlia. Personally, I had predilections about Bellamy & Oscar’s jokes about his wolf, but also put things together that he must have been in hiding. Well, boy isn’t that the truth! Ashwood was a wonderful adult character who like all humans have made mistakes & hurt others immensely. In this case, Ashwood is the only one who can save Bellamy from the “scarlet fever” & after much pride & prejudice on Bellamy’s part finally decides that after learning more about what happened to Ashwood when B ran away, makes the decision that by getting well he could potentially vanquish their enemy for Ashwood’s sake & for his mother’s untimely demise. Anyway, don’t want to give all the story away so I’ll leave it at that. Happy reading! Listened via Anyplay.

Listened via Anyplay. I believe this is my first book by the author & goodness I’m feeling all the emotions (in a good way). The group of individuals at the Moon Flower, including Madam Langley were fabulous. I loved how she crafted Mr. Blackburn! Such a lovely gentleman & how he saw the connection as strong as fate between Galen & Azriel (mates duh 🙄😂). So many reviews or actually all the ones I could find never bring this up, so I will! From the start, Galen is intrigued by Azriel & as time progresses through Galen’s POV in this book we learn how he feels a weird to him attraction which then morphs into a heartache or bone ache when they’re separated & only truly feels at ease once he sets eyes on Az again. Mate bond. Anyway I’m excited to read the sequel & Iggy Toma yet again was a wonderful voice for this story. 💜

Listened via Anyplay. I do enjoy MC & either regular folk or attorney/lawyer but when it’s a series I’m finding that it can take me longer to get through depending on the author & the genre the story is set in. In this case, with the storyline being contemporary I will listen to book 2 bc that will conclude Alec’s & Key’s story but I’m not sure I will listen to the remaining 2 books. I do like Kindle Alexander’s writing & my hesitancy to say I loved this book is simply that the story isn’t finished & I’m wary because the stakes are high for the 2 MCs endgame, but I did enjoy getting to know Alec & Key!