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˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗𝘿𝙄𝙎𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙄𝙈𝙀𝙍: 𝙄 𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙀𝙄𝙑𝙀𝘿 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙆 𝘼𝙎 𝘼𝙉 𝘼𝙍𝘾˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗

𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙞 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙍𝘾 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙩. 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙞 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙪𝙥 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚.

𝘼𝙡𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙞 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙞 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙/𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨
♥︎ 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙨 ♥︎
  ❥ 𝙎𝙚𝙭 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣  

𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠/ 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣📝
♥︎ 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨 ♥︎
  ❥ 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨
     ⤷ 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙨. 
  ❥ 𝙈𝘾 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 "𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙟𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨" 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙
  ❥ 𝘿𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩
     ⤷ 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚, 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙞 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮.
  ❥ 𝙇𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 = 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜/𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬
  ❥ 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖-𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚
     ⤷ 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 9 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 10 𝙞 𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙚𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚
  ❥ 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙞 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝘿𝙉𝙁

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𝙐𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠. 𝙄 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬𝙨. 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙞 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚. 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙩♥

This my first book of 2024! At first i was like wow this book is 5 🌟 but as i let it simmer and settle i realized this book was lacking a lot (this is why i wait a few days/weeks to post the review because i need to digest the content).

Plot + Writting + Conflicts
First i want to say that i was NOT a fan of the writting style. Some things were way too descriptive when it wasnt necessary and it kept distracting me from the story. The Plot was fast paced yet slow at the same time and i think it was because the book was very repetitive. There is DUO POV and DUO TIMELINE. I did have a theory about 2 of the plot twists and i was right (not necessarily a bad thing but it does bump it down a star). So from 5 🌟 to 4 🌟 becuase of predictability, now the other half star was because of the writting style. i know that writting shouldn't play a part in a rating but it did because it truely distracted me from the story, so from 4 🌟 to 3.5 🌟. 

Characters
Drew is soooo annoying and deserved everything he had coming to him. In the first 2 or 3 chapters you learn hes having an affair and cheating on his wife Fern. Drew is constantly making excuses to himself about his affair and how he can continue the affair forever. He also says how he will never get a divorce because hes a doctor and it would ruin his reputation like what?!?!? Maybe try working out your issues with your wife first before you go to plan b and cheat? Drew is NOT a likeable character at all. Fern? I liked her but lowkey she went to far lmao but at the same time who can blame her when theres a preup involved LOL. I was rooting for alice but it was inevitable and she brought it all upon herself. 

Positives
Again i really liked fern and her character developement. Like i said this did feel slow and repetitive at times but once the plot twist hit, i was in for  ride! The plot twists kept coming left and right, especially during the DUO TIMELINE. and the last few chapter were insane but again i did predict what was going to happen to rory because he was a lose end that needed to be tied up. I liked Rory's character as well especially durinng the plot twists, his character played a big role in EVERYTHING.
 
Overall Thoughts
Overall i did enjoy this book and i did enjoy MOST of the characters 😂. I just  wanted a little more from this story and i wanted more from the characters. 3.5 🌟 isnt bad but i wont be reading this book again. I think i would recommend it to anyone who wants to dabble in the thriller genre because this is a great place to start! 

3.5⭐️!
I love the sneaking around, the jokes made and i love all the characters. This book is basically based on the fact that Aurora has daddy issues lol and so does Russ. This book was good but there was a lot of frustrating things about the story line. Aurora was lowkey desperate but Russ was also too shy to admit anything and he does have a hard time letting people in. Aurora gave me the ick early on in the book when she said that she can go to any guy because she craves attention where she can get it (im pulling from memory because i cant find what page its on). Russ’ dad’s gambling addiction was sad to read. An invisible addiction to the world but as real as any addiction to those close and i do believe it was portrayed well in this book. It didn't overshadow the love story but showed what it can do to the family around. I think my favorite part of the story is the fact that the dogs named after fish including a dog named fish😂. Now lets move on to the epilogue! I love that the epilogue was “omg we have so many furry babies” instead of “omg were pregnant with a 2 year old” lol im tired of the pregnancy epilogues. Lastly Aurora is relatable when she said this to Russ “ thank you for letting me bring pets home even when you say no”😂 
All in all i liked this book and i did think it was a great pallet cleanser but icebreaker was definitely much better. In regard to recommending this book id say its a 50/50. i can see people thinking this book is boring or not worth reading. I enjoyed this book and read it in 3 days. Also this book is my #50 read of the year 🥳

3.25⭐️ I love love loveeeee fake dating tropes!! It’s 100% one of my favorites!! And my second favorite is enemies to lovers, the banter is amazing! In my opinion, this book was a little too long (82 chapters😖)and the insta love isn’t my favorite. I did feel like hazel wasn’t my favorite character in a book but Rory is so sweet and he gets tattoos to remind him of her?! Where can I find one like him wth😭. Im so happy this book did not have a 3rd-act breakup!! This book was adorable and it did have a few of my all time favorite tropes. I can’t wait to continue my journey with sports romance!! 🥰

This book was cute but the overuse of the nickname “songbird” was a little overkill. I loved the secret attraction towards each other without the other knowing. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the insta love but that’s a personal problem 😅. But I love love love books with dogs in them, it’s just sooooo cute! The spice was so spicy 🤪. Now let’s talk about her ex because that boyyyy had me fuming, such a douche for everything he has done to pippa. This book was okay but I don’t think I will read it again. Im trying to read more sports romance so this was a good start❤️

So bad, ew

3.5⭐️ this book was good but there were a little too many cringe phrases. at first i questioned if i was going to like this book because the MMC gave me the ick but he had a good redemption!! Im excited to read the next book!! The F1 Romance is such a vibe and a different take to Sports romance that i enjoyed and it was so refreshing !🥰

*DISCLAIMER* I RECEIVED THIS BOOK AS AN ARC//
3.5⭐️ This was a cute Christmas novella that definitely put me in the holiday spirit. If you need a quick read to get you in the spirit + reach your reading goal, id definitely recommend this! Tropes: Single to new born, birth mother not involved, second chance romance, Hallmark vibes❤️