Community Reviews
(Thank you Peachy Keen and the author Lola King for the eARC in exchange for a spoiler free review)
3.5⭐
Please read trigger warnings before reading this book!
This is my first book from Lola. I did not read the Stoneview Stories series or the prequel novella Queen of Broken Hearts prior to this, I was still able to read this without getting confused so this book is indeed a standalone.
The blurb attracted me, I don’t usually read books that has a heavy focus on the past or complicated relationships but this book really did well in pulling me in for the first half. I couldn’t put the book down.
At the 50% mark, the story started getting a little draggy so I ended up skim reading some parts to get through to 70%. There were unnecessary conversations and the plot didn’t seem to move along as quick as the first half. This book is 42 chapters long, some of the chapters could have been cut down since the content were more “fillers”. Plot wise, the development could have been better.
I usually don’t like characters being toxic to one another but it had a great impact in the smut scenes for this book. I started to like Rose the more she spoke up because she was bold and didn’t hold herself back. I didn’t see a connection between her and Rachel because it felt more lust to me, Rachel seemed more like a sub-character to me but this may be because I didn’t read the prequel. The connection between Sam and Lik was explosive but also lacked the same depth. I felt that Rose and Sam had the most genuine connection even though this book has a #whychoose theme. But given their intertwined past, it made sense for them to be with one another. The character development for these four characters were the same throughout, we only saw them shine more in smut scenes than plot wise so I hope to see more of that in the next book.
This book ended in a cliffhanger and I’m excited to see how the next book will be!
Merged review:
(Thank you Peachy Keen and the author Lola King for the eARC in exchange for a spoiler free review)
3.5⭐
Please read trigger warnings before reading this book!
This is my first book from Lola. I did not read the Stoneview Stories series or the prequel novella Queen of Broken Hearts prior to this, I was still able to read this without getting confused so this book is indeed a standalone.
The blurb attracted me, I don’t usually read books that has a heavy focus on the past or complicated relationships but this book really did well in pulling me in for the first half. I couldn’t put the book down.
At the 50% mark, the story started getting a little draggy so I ended up skim reading some parts to get through to 70%. There were unnecessary conversations and the plot didn’t seem to move along as quick as the first half. This book is 42 chapters long, some of the chapters could have been cut down since the content were more “fillers”. Plot wise, the development could have been better.
I usually don’t like characters being toxic to one another but it had a great impact in the smut scenes for this book. I started to like Rose the more she spoke up because she was bold and didn’t hold herself back. I didn’t see a connection between her and Rachel because it felt more lust to me, Rachel seemed more like a sub-character to me but this may be because I didn’t read the prequel. The connection between Sam and Lik was explosive but also lacked the same depth. I felt that Rose and Sam had the most genuine connection even though this book has a #whychoose theme. But given their intertwined past, it made sense for them to be with one another. The character development for these four characters were the same throughout, we only saw them shine more in smut scenes than plot wise so I hope to see more of that in the next book.
This book ended in a cliffhanger and I’m excited to see how the next book will be!
3.5⭐
Please read trigger warnings before reading this book!
This is my first book from Lola. I did not read the Stoneview Stories series or the prequel novella Queen of Broken Hearts prior to this, I was still able to read this without getting confused so this book is indeed a standalone.
The blurb attracted me, I don’t usually read books that has a heavy focus on the past or complicated relationships but this book really did well in pulling me in for the first half. I couldn’t put the book down.
At the 50% mark, the story started getting a little draggy so I ended up skim reading some parts to get through to 70%. There were unnecessary conversations and the plot didn’t seem to move along as quick as the first half. This book is 42 chapters long, some of the chapters could have been cut down since the content were more “fillers”. Plot wise, the development could have been better.
I usually don’t like characters being toxic to one another but it had a great impact in the smut scenes for this book. I started to like Rose the more she spoke up because she was bold and didn’t hold herself back. I didn’t see a connection between her and Rachel because it felt more lust to me, Rachel seemed more like a sub-character to me but this may be because I didn’t read the prequel. The connection between Sam and Lik was explosive but also lacked the same depth. I felt that Rose and Sam had the most genuine connection even though this book has a #whychoose theme. But given their intertwined past, it made sense for them to be with one another. The character development for these four characters were the same throughout, we only saw them shine more in smut scenes than plot wise so I hope to see more of that in the next book.
This book ended in a cliffhanger and I’m excited to see how the next book will be!
Merged review:
(Thank you Peachy Keen and the author Lola King for the eARC in exchange for a spoiler free review)
3.5⭐
Please read trigger warnings before reading this book!
This is my first book from Lola. I did not read the Stoneview Stories series or the prequel novella Queen of Broken Hearts prior to this, I was still able to read this without getting confused so this book is indeed a standalone.
The blurb attracted me, I don’t usually read books that has a heavy focus on the past or complicated relationships but this book really did well in pulling me in for the first half. I couldn’t put the book down.
At the 50% mark, the story started getting a little draggy so I ended up skim reading some parts to get through to 70%. There were unnecessary conversations and the plot didn’t seem to move along as quick as the first half. This book is 42 chapters long, some of the chapters could have been cut down since the content were more “fillers”. Plot wise, the development could have been better.
I usually don’t like characters being toxic to one another but it had a great impact in the smut scenes for this book. I started to like Rose the more she spoke up because she was bold and didn’t hold herself back. I didn’t see a connection between her and Rachel because it felt more lust to me, Rachel seemed more like a sub-character to me but this may be because I didn’t read the prequel. The connection between Sam and Lik was explosive but also lacked the same depth. I felt that Rose and Sam had the most genuine connection even though this book has a #whychoose theme. But given their intertwined past, it made sense for them to be with one another. The character development for these four characters were the same throughout, we only saw them shine more in smut scenes than plot wise so I hope to see more of that in the next book.
This book ended in a cliffhanger and I’m excited to see how the next book will be!
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