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Grey Brooks is on a mission to keep her career afloat now that the end of her long-running teen soap has her (unsuccessfully) pounding the pavement again. With a life-changing role on the line, she’s finally desperate enough to agree to her publicist’s scheme… faking a love affair with a disgraced Hollywood heartthrob who needs the publicity, but for very different reasons. Ethan Atkins just wants to be left alone. Between his high-profile divorce, his struggles with drinking, and his grief over the death of his longtime creative partner and best friend, he’s slowly let himself fade into the background. But if he ever wants to produce the last movie he and his partner wrote together, Ethan needs to clean up his reputation and step back into the spotlight. A gossip-inducing affair with a gorgeous actress might be just the ticket, even if it’s the last thing he wants to do.

I gotta admit that I was very skeptical about this book before reading it. But now that I have read it I gotta admit that it had surprised me in a positive way. But let me explain everything in this review so if you are interested in hearing my thoughts about this book then keep reading my dear reader. 

The plot of this book is very drama like because there is a lot of drama happening in this book. And the overall plot of this book is a roller coaster of emotions which the characters in this book go through.

The plot of this book is on the heavier side even though I was expecting the plot of this book to be light and sweet but this book was everything but what I have expected.

The plot of this book involves a lot of dark sides of fame and being a actor / actress in Hollywood. This involves a lot of addiction, anger issues, imposter syndrome, child actors and what abuse they face and overall what people don’t think about when it comes to the actors / actresses in Hollywood.

But I gotta admit here that the plot was uninteresting at times for me personally. I found it hard to say interested and engaged in the plot of this book. And the closer I got tot the end of this book the more I was thinking about DNF-ing this book. Which in the end I didn’t do because I wanted to read this book to the end to see if reading this entire book was worth it. 

There are times where the book drags for way too long and makes the entire book feel like the author was paid by the word count for this book. 

The characters in this book were okay for the most part. I personally found them to be okay characters. But I couldn’t bring myself to care about them and their journeys in this book. 

I personally feel like the characters in this book didn’t have a lot of depth to them. It could be something about me not being fan of following journeys to actors and actresses which the 2 main characters of this book are.

We don’t learn much about the characters backstories even though we see glimpses of their past. We still remain in the dark about why exactly did Ethan divorce his ex-wife or why Gray’s relationship with her mother is so tense and hostile as it is. 

The writing style of this book was pretty generic to a YA-mixed-with-Romance novel type. Which really didn’t impress me. 

The writing style felt like the narrator of this story didn’t care either about the plot to tell it in a good way. Which in a way affected me because it gave me another thing to dislike about this book.

At times the writing style was confusing to me. Because it times the writing style would say something like “she stood behind him as he turned” and I wouldn’t know who “she” was until the next paragraph where the book decided to explain who “she” was.

Even thou I said plenty of negative things about this book. I still had a lot of fun with this book because it was a easygoing book where we as readers don’t have to use a lot of brain power to get through the book.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

As a renowned chef, single-dad Archer never planned on moving to a small town, let alone running a pancake restaurant. But Dream Harbor needs a new chef, and Archer needs a community to help raise his daughter, Olive. Iris has never managed to hold down a job for more than a few months. So when Mayor Kelly suggests Archer is looking for a nanny, and Iris might be available, she shudders at the thought. But in need of money she reluctantly agrees.

This book is the 4th book in the “Dream Harbor” book series. And I need to admit here that this book is in my opinion the weakest book in this series so far. But as always I will explain everything in this review so if you are interested then keep reading.

The plot is kinda of decent in this book. But it isn’t as cozy as in the other books in this series. There was something about the plot in this book that didn’t made me interested enough in it. 

The main reason why I didn’t like the plot in this book as much as in the other books in this series is because I’m not a big fan of the single-dad and the nanny hooking up and falling in love with each other. I personally am okay with a lot of things but the single-dad and the nanny has something to it which makes me uncomfortable. This is something which I don’t like in books I’m reading which is the main reason why I say that this book is the worst book in this series so far.

The majority of the book is just the single dad saying “I don’t want to live here” and “I don’t know how to be a parent”. While the nanny says “I cant believe I find my boss attractive”  and “I don’t like kids so why am I a nanny?”.  Those 4 lines are pretty much a dozen of times in this book. Which really made me bored and uninterested in this book because of how much those 4 lines are used in this book. Which made me feel like I’m reading the same thing over and over again for this entire book.

The characters here aren’t that good as they were in the 3 previous books in this book. It might have something to do that Archer is a completely new character in this series and we didn’t get him introduced to us in the previous books in this series. And when it comes to Iris, we only got her introduced to us in book 3 in this series. And even thou she was in book 3, we didn’t get to spend a lot of time with her or get to know her. 

In this book we don’t get to know Archer and Iris on a deeper level beside them freaking out about not knowing how to take care of a 5-year-old. All we get to know about Iris and Archer is that Iris had many jobs in her life and Archer worked in some fancy restaurants in Europe and wanted to be a famous cook. And thats pretty much all we get to know about those characters. 

The characters from previous books are pretty much none existing because we only get like 2 or 3 scenes where we get to see Kira (the main character from book 3) and we get one scene with Logan (the main character from book 1) and thats pretty much it. Which in a way annoyed me because I really loved the characters from the previous books in this series. And this book not having those characters feels in a way like a stand alone book rather than a book in a series. Because the previous books in this series had characters from the previous books in this series. 

The writing style was easily my favorite part of this book, because it was the same as in the other books in this series. The writing style in this book is easy and straightforward. The writing style is pretty much a YA writing style because of how easy and simple it is and it makes the book fast to read. At the same time the writing style really goes well with the easy going plot of this book.

I Give This Book 2 / 5

Kira North hates Christmas. Which is unfortunate since she just bought a Christmas tree farm in a town that’s too cute for its own good. Bennett Ellis is on vacation in Dream Harbor taking a break from his life in California. And most importantly, taking a break from his latest run of disastrous dates. After a run in with Kira in her fields, Ben has no intention of offering to help the grumpy owner set up her tree farm, despite the fact she’s clearly got no idea what she’s doing. Kira knows she should stop being so stubborn, but her farm is not all cute and cozy like people always show on social media, it’s borderline dangerous with no heating, and she’d rather no one saw it.

I gotta admit that this book have reminded me a lot of does cute and cozy hallmark Christmas movies which are set in a small town. I gotta admit that this book might be my favorite book in this series so far. But as always I will explain everything in this review so if you are interested in reading my opinions about this book then keep reading.

The plot in this book is very cozy and sweet, because the grumpy Kira which have moved to the small town and bought a Christmas tree farm doesn’t like Christmas and is very grumpy. While Bennet on the other hand is visiting his sister Jeanie (the main character from the first book in this series) and he loves Christmas and is all helpful to everyone and a good guy overall. Kira and Bennet are the opposite but they fall in love which each other, and it turns into this huge hallmark themed cozy Christmas book even thou I have read this book this month, which means we are still 3 months away from Christmas. So kind of an early Christmas start for me.

The characters in this book as better than they have been in the 2 previous books, it could be the fact that I used 3 books of getting to know the characters in this series which means I had a lot of time to get to know them a lot and love them a lot. 

Kira and Bennet are kind of new characters even thou we had meet them in the previous books in this series. But in this book we really get to know them well while in the previous 2 books in this series we only have gotten glimpses of them and didn’t get to know them well as we do in this book.

But I gotta admit that Bennet and Kira aren’t my favorite main characters in this series, I still prefer Logan and Jeanie as the main characters. I might be a little biased here because of the first book of this series completely hooking me onto this series which I love more and more the deeper I get into it.

The writing style in this book is amazing, it was like the author knew what words to use to completely hook me into the plot of this book and not let go of my attention and interested until the very end of this book.

This book had made me completely in love with Dream Harbor so much that I would have easily moved to Dream Harbor if it was a real town. Because the whole town is just have this sweet and cozy vibe to it which made me fall in love with it. Which really shows how much I like this series.

I Give This Book 4 / 5

When a secret message turns up hidden in a book in the Cinnamon Bun Bookstore, Hazel can’t understand it. As more secret codes appear between the pages, she decides to follow the trail of clues… she just need someone to help her out. Gorgeous and outgoing fisherman, Noah, is always up for an adventure. And a scavenger hunt sounds like a lot of fun. Even better that the cute bookseller he’s been crushing on for months is the one who wants his help!

This book is the second book in the “Dream Harbor” book series which so far I’m really liking. I reviewed the first book in the series a few days ago, so if you are interested in hearing my thoughts about the first book in the series you can read that review too. 

I gotta admit that this second book is a little bit weaker and worse than the first book in this series. But I still liked this book even thou it isn’t the best book in this series so far. But I’m only 2 books into a soon 6 books series (the 6th book in this series is expected to be published sometime before summer 2026).

The plot in this book was pretty generic plot line for a small town romance book. But this book does have a same cozy and sweet mood to it which the first book in this series has. This book has the same fall cozy read in front of a fireplace vibe which I love when books have and that instantly makes me like the book if a book has this vibe to it.

I need to admit here, that the love aspect of this book, was very generic and basic which really didn’t make me like this book as much as I wanted to. Because it feels like one of the dozens of romance books where 2 friends fall in love with each other over summer which this book is all about.

The characters are just the same as they were in the first book. In a way I liked them more in this book because I spend 2 full books getting to know the characters in this series. But at the same time I wish we could see more of Jeanie (the main character from the first book in this series). We get very little of Jeanie in this book because the main character in this book Hazel.

Hazel is a bookstore manager and once again, the main character in this series has my dream job of being a manager at a bookstore. I personally think that every book-lover has at least once in their lives dreamed about being a bookstore manager, or at least I have dreamed about that multiple times in my life.

The writing style in this book is very easy going and straightforward. Which doesn’t require a lot of brain power to enjoy this book and find this book interesting. 

The writing style in this book goes very well with the easy going plot in this book which really makes this book fun and easy to read.

I gotta admit there that I was less interested in this second book of the series than I was in the first book. But I still had fun time reading this book. I was very clued to this book as I was reading it and when I wasn’t reading it I was constantly thinking about what would happen next in this book. Which really shows how engaged I was with the plot of this book.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

When Jeanie’s aunt gifts her the beloved Pumpkin Spice Café in the small town of Dream Harbor, Jeanie jumps at the chance for a fresh start away from her very dull desk job. Logan is a local farmer who avoids Dream Harbor’s gossip at all costs. But Jeanie’s arrival disrupts Logan’s routine and he wants nothing to do with the irritatingly upbeat new girl, except that he finds himself inexplicably drawn to her. Will Jeanie’s happy-go-lucky attitude win over the grumpy-but-gorgeous Logan, or has this city girl found the one person in town who won’t fall for her charm, or her pumpkin spice lattes.

I have to start with this interview by saying that I was very skeptical about this book and the whole series in general before getting into it. Because I thought it would be one of those very overhyped books and series that would appear on my BookTok feed. But after finishing this book I need to admit that I had really much liked this book and am very interested in reading the rest of this series. 

The plot in this book is very cheesy but also very very cozy. Even thou I’m not a huge fan of romance books I kinda admit that I really liked the plot in this book. There was something about it which made me very interested and engaged in the plot even thou its not my usual read. 

The reason why I say this book is a cozy read is because the plot in this book is very sweet, endearing and funny which makes it a perfect autumn where you can sit infant of a fireplace wrapped in a blanket and read a sweet and funny book. Which this book is easily is in my opinion.

The plot in this book is very simple and easy going, which makes it a perfect read if you don’t want to use a lot of brain power while reading a book. The plot is very interesting and enjoyable. And as I’ve said above the plot in this book is very cozy where all you want to do is chill in a comfy chair and read all day.  

I personally liked the plot of this book so much as I does, because my all time biggest dream is to own my own coffee shop at some point in my life. And the fact that this book is about jeanie who’s aunt gifts her with a coffee shop. 

The characters in this book were very good. Because they felt like real human beings which I would have no problem becoming best friends with in real life. All of the characters we get in this book are written very well and I had no problem at all in loving the characters in this book.

Each of the characters we get in this book, have their own personalities and something that makes them unique and stand out from the rest of the characters in this book.

The writing style in this book is very simple and easy going. Which really goes well together with the plot. Both the writing style and storyline in this book are very straightforward and you don’t need to use a lot of brain power while reading this book to enjoy it.

I Give This Book 4 / 5

Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him. It’s such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother’s best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life.

I need to admit here that I was pretty skeptical about this book before getting into it. Because I’ve read one book by the author before reading this one which was “Cruel Winter with You” which was okay but not the best. So I thought that this book would also be a pretty average read, when in reality it was easily in my top 10 best books I’ve read this year. If you want me to make a list of the 10 best books and 10 worst books I’ve read this year at the end of 2025, let me know in the comments. 

The plot of this book was very incredible. Because from the first page of this book I was complete sucked into the plot of it and I had the hardest time ever putting this book down. And when I wasn’t reading it, I was constantly thinking about it and thinking about what would happen next.

The plot in this book was very sweet and cute. The main plot of this book is the main character named Maya, going to Italy for her older brother’s wedding where she meets again her brother’s best friend which she had a crush on for years even thou he is 15 years older than her. So we get a lot of the age-gap romance situation in this book which was pretty cheesy but at the same time also very sweet and cute in my opinion at least. 

The characters in this book book are just as incredible as the plot. The characters in this book have a lot of depth and personalities to them which make them feel like real human beings. 

Each of the characters in this book have their own personalities to them and something which makes them unique or standout from the rest of the characters we get in this book.

We get a handful of characters in this book, I personally had a pretty hard time figuring out who is who amongst the characters in the beginning of the book but the deeper I got into this book the easier and easier it was to tell the characters apart in this book and actually find them to be likable and relatable. Which made me like this book even more because of how much I loved the characters in this book.

The writing style in this book was very good. Because it was like the author knew exactly what words to use to completely grab my attention and not let it go until the very end of this book. 

As you might think, this book has a lot of drama going on. The drama that takes place takes us on a roller coaster of emotions which shows how good of a job the author did writing this book.

Even thou this book is over 400 pages long, I read it in 2 or 3 days because of how sucked I got into the plot of this book. And because how interesting and enjoyable I found this book to be.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

These fraternity boys just made a BIG mistake.Spring break in Cancun was supposed to be a non-stop party. Beer, sun, and bragging about all the hot girls that they’d hooked up with. Getting kidnapped by a criminal syndicate was not part of the plan.

What the fuck have I just read ? I really don’t know here. Because I usually hate this kind of books.

I personally have a lot of problems with this book, but before we start with the negative sides of this book in my opinion lets talk about the very few positive things which this book has. 

The things I somehow liked about this book is that for one this book is a very quick read, since it is only 56 pages long, which means under an hour read. And the second thing which I somehow liked about this book is that it is for sure very unique and I haven’t read anything even close to the theme of this book.

Now that we are done talking about the positive sites of this book for me. Lets get to the negative things I have to say about this book. 

One of the things which I really didn’t like about this book was the the author of this book makes a fair share of comments about women which I found to be pretty weird and wrong. But again it could have been just me overthinking things about this book. 

The second thing which I didn’t like about this book was the fact that the two guys were sold as slaves to some rich old white guy to be sold to other old white guys I didn’t like that. Because it feels very wrong to me. Because the author did just threat the 2 guys as sex dolls rather than “human beings” even thou it is a very fictional book. 

The third thing which I didn’t like about this book was the fact the the main characters was sort of gay, but he slept with girls from his university just to fit in with the rest of fraternity guys which really for me felt like “gay shaming” like if the whole story happened during 19-century or before.

The writing style was felt very YA type, which made this book easier and quicker to read. But if I had a teenager who wanted to read this book I would have burned all the kindles in the house if that was the case.

After I read this book I found out that this book is the first book of a 13 book series (13 books were published in this series of the time I wrote this review for this book so the amount of books in this series could have changed). And I personally don’t have any interest in continuing the series. Even if somehow read all the books published up to date and this series is the only unread books I’m still not gonna do it. 

I Give This Book 2 / 5

Finding Perfect is a novella that brings back some of Colleen’s most beloved characters. Told from the point of view of Daniel from Finding Cinderella, readers will finally get the conclusion they’ve been hoping for. For the best reading experience, make sure you’ve read all four books that come together to make up this heartwarming story: Hopeless, Losing Hope, Finding Cinderella, and All Your Perfects.

Here we are again talking about another Colleen Hoover book which didn’t work for me personally. 

This book is a part of a series written by Colleen Hoover named “Hopeless” and it is set right after “All your perfects” which I have reviewed a few months ago.

I gotta say that this book isn’t as bad as the majority of Colleen Hoover’s books I’ve read so far. If you have been around my website for awhile now, you may know that Colleen Hoover is my most misliked author I come across so far in life. But I gotta give her some complements when it comes to this book because this book isn’t as bad as the other books I’ve read from her. Which in my opinion says a lot.

This book doesn’t give me a lot to talk about because it is very short. But what I can say for sure about this book is that it is very simple and very far from being a good book

In my opinion the best part about this book was the writing style it had. But don’t get me wrong, the writing style in this book wasn’t great. But it was much better than the plot, characters and the rest of the aspects of this book. 

The characters in this book are okay if you dont think about them during reading this book or afterwards. Because they are okay if you just follow the story and go with the flow of this book. But the moment you start thinking about them or looking into them you realize that they are very shallow and flat. But also very annoying. 

I Give This Book 2 / 5

Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.

Even thou I liked the first book in this so called two book series, I gotta say that writing this book was very unnecessary to write and even more unnecessary to publish for people to read. Because its so much worse than the first book.

The entire plot of this book is the main female character being afraid to say and do anything because she is afraid of her ex-husband. Which really annoyed me because she was acting like a 5 year old girl who was afraid that her dad would take away her iPad rather than a grown woman. And her ex-husband, you know the one who pushed her down the stairs and tried to rape her, has still keys to her apartment and walks into it like he owns the place. Like how big of a coward is the female character ? That she is afraid to ask for the keys her ex husband has  and tell him to stop showing up unannounced ?

The guy the main character is just as bad as she is. Because he goes all along with her idea of going into those secret “dates” and hide around like they are a pair of teenagers who aren’t allowed to date yet. But also the guy is said to be the Gordon Ramsay of this book, but all he does in this book is sit in his office and look at the pictures of the female character. 

The writing style in this book feels like it was written by a the most girly teenager who thinks that she has her life figured out even when its clear for everyone reading this book thats the opposite.

I have nothing good to say about this book (nor about Colleen Hoover as an author in general) other than dont read this book or any of Colleen Hoover’s books because they aren’t worth the money spend on them and even less worthy of the time you will spend reading. 

I Give This Book 1 / 5

Daunted by the singular sexual tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house. But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, Anastasia cannot resist. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and Anastasia learns more about the harrowing past of her damaged, driven, and demanding Fifty Shades. While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront her anger and envy of the women who came before her and make the most important decision of her life. Erotic, sparkling and suspenseful, Fifty Shades Darker is the irresistibly addictive second part of the Fifty Shades trilogy.

With this book I’m done with this series, I cant take it anymore because the more books I read in this series the more I suffer.

The writing style gets even more worse than in the previous books in this series. And I was so foolish to thing that a writing style in the first book couldn’t get any worse but in this book “the insufferable writing style” gets a whole new level added to the ranks.

After reading this book I really found out the series I will hate the most in my life. And of course the winner here is this series. You cant write anything worse than this series. Because this series is the benchmark of anything bad in world.

The plot in this book is so insufferable. With each chapter you go deeper into this book the more torture this book brings you and the more ridiculous it becomes. And yes I gotta admit that I DNF-ed this book after reading 250 pages of this book.

The characters in this book are so cartoonish that it really makes this book to a parody of a book. All the characters are so cringy and the dialogs between Christian Gray and Anastasia Steel is so far fetched and lame as fuck. 

I personally think that a grade school kid would be able to write much better dialogs and characters than what we get in this book.

I Give This Book 1 / 5