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- poly
- omegaverse
- older sister's best friend

Spencer has been in love with his older sister's best friend Ivy since he was a kid, and always hoped they would one day be together. But when Ivy emerges as an alpha and finds her pack before Spencer even knows his designation, he's devastated. Everything he ever wanted is no longer an option, and he spirals into a deep depression.

When it's finally his time to head to Calling Wood to find a pack, Spencer is less than enthused. Still heartbroken and pining after Ivy, Spencer does everything he can to avoid her and her pack, but everything changes when Spencer smells Ivy and realizes that they're fated to be together after all...

Poor sweet Spencer. He struggled so hard with his designation and was utterly heartbroken when he thought he would never get to be with Ivy after she had already found her pack, but fate had other plans. I just wanted to give him all the love and hugs!

Outside of Spencer, I absolutely adored Everlee's character, she was just so sassy and adorable, and such a sneak when it came to getting the whole pack together. Plus she was always so wonderful with Spencer and his panic attacks, and I really loved their friendship and a dynamic as a whole.

I will say that I wish Ivy, Calix and Carter had more of a personality. Their Alpha characters honestly just blurred together for me. Also the drama with the spurned Alpha pack was a little OTT, but whatever lol 

- witch + dragon shifter
- hurt x comfort
- age gap 
- found family 

Avery lives a solitary life as a dragon, spending his days with his nose stuck in a book and wishing for a family of his own. Avery's wish may be well within reach, as sparks fly between him and local baker, Jack. 

While Jack is very much interested in pursuing Avery, he's concerned their differences will be too much to sustain a permanent relationship, as Avery is much more well off than Jack and his family--not that Avery cares. 

Both Avery and Jack were absolute sweethearts, and my heart ached for them as both of them often felt inadequate. Avery 1000% deserved better than what he got from his 'father', and just wanted love, affection, and the family he was never allowed to have. Whereas Jack wanted to give him those things, but didn't feel like he was enough for Avery. 

I really loved that Jack's family was so quick to accept and love on Avery, and that he finally got his wish. He truly deserved all the happiness in the world, and I loved his and Jack's story so much!

Listen… When I Was Theirs broke me. I knew going in this was going to be heavy on the emotions, but my god I wasn’t prepared to be this genuinely devastated. 

I sobbed, so fucking much. Seriously, so so much. I honestly didn’t think I would ever stop crying, but I didn’t because this ended up being such a beautifully written story about healing and finding love after loss & every little moment mended my broken heart. 

Highly recommend if you enjoy getting your heart shattered and sobbing uncontrollably. 

The blurb for In Every Universe had me so excited to jump into this story because the concept was unlike anything I've stumbled upon, but unfortunately (and disappointingly) the AU concept just isn't given the deep dive it deserved and was pretty surface level. I mean overall, it wasn't a bad read by any means, I just wanted more from it.

𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐩. 𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥. 𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭-𝐢𝐟𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞-𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭. 

Oh gosh, the way I love these two so much! 

I didn't think that anyone could hold a candle to Trent and Miles, but Ben and Robin completely blew those two out the water. If had I had to be completely honest, I was a goner for Robin the minute I saw how desperately he wanted the love and affection that Ben doled out to him. He was absolutely the sweetest and kindest lonely little man, and I just wanted to hug him forever.

𝐀 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐠𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐂 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧.

 & don't even get me started on Ben. That man, despite his grumpy exterior, was an absolute teddy bear and the most perfect boyfriend to ever book boyfriend. He was just to awkward and adorable, and I loved how patient and perceptive he was with Robin, but also dominating in the best way (which I'll admit I wasn't expecting lol).

These two just balanced each other out so well, and I loved every sweet and steamy minute of their story so much that I never wanted it to end!

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 

As her thirtieth birthday looms closer, Hazel can’t help but feel like she missed out on getting a little crazy while she kept her nose stuck in a book. 

When she starts finding secret messages in books throughout her store, Hazel takes it as a sign to have a little adventure—better late than never! 

Who better to help her than Noah, Dream Harbor’s fun loving fisherman who is always down for an adventure, and the pair set off on a scavenger hunt that sends them all around town.  

Sparks fly the more time Hazel and Noah spend together, and soon the tension and chemistry between them is too hard to deny. 

I loved The Cinnamon Bun Book Store so much! Hazel and Noah were adorable and their story was just so swoony and sweet! Plus I absolutely loved the concept of the scavenger hunt Hazel was sent on and the mystery behind it too. So fun!

- small town romance 

- opposites attract

- reverse age gap (5 years)

- forced proximity 

- he falls first 

Tam prefers being alone, but when money gets too tight he's forced to take on a lodger to help cover rent and plans to avoid his new tenant for the duration of his six month lease.

That idea goes up in smoke the minute he meets Bhodi. Both men have been burned in the past, and despite the instant chemistry between them, the two are hesitant to fuck up their budding friendship.

As Tam and Bhodi grow closer, their feelings for each other are getting harder to resist, and soon the lines between friendship and more begin to blur.

Honestly, these two were absolutely precious! Their story was a tad bit angsty, but also incredibly sweet. I loved that these two tried to resist each other and the chemistry between them to build a healthy solid friendship before they boned instead of just diving into it.