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kaelasbooked's review against another edition
3.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Helen Hardt has always written such fast paced, spicy romance books that I instantly love and Bloom was no different.
The BDSM scene was newer for me to read about but I love the educational side of it and learning alongside the FMC, Frankie. I love that how Helen is able to make you relate with her character and feel their struggles as you read their journey while diving into taboo topics.
Her side characters always play such small but significant roles in each book and it has you excited to read the next book in the series and continue to see where the stories further develop.
Thank you to the author, Helen Hardt, and Entangled Publishing LLC for the ARC.
Helen Hardt has always written such fast paced, spicy romance books that I instantly love and Bloom was no different.
The BDSM scene was newer for me to read about but I love the educational side of it and learning alongside the FMC, Frankie. I love that how Helen is able to make you relate with her character and feel their struggles as you read their journey while diving into taboo topics.
Her side characters always play such small but significant roles in each book and it has you excited to read the next book in the series and continue to see where the stories further develop.
Thank you to the author, Helen Hardt, and Entangled Publishing LLC for the ARC.
kaelasbooked's review
4.0
Helen Hardt has always written such fast paced, spicy romance books that I instantly love and Bloom was no different.
The BDSM scene was newer for me to read about but I love the educational side of it and learning alongside the FMC, Frankie. I love that how Helen is able to make you relate with her character and feel their struggles as you read their journey while diving into taboo topics.
Her side characters always play such small but significant roles in each book and it has you excited to read the next book in the series and continue to see where the stories further develop.
The BDSM scene was newer for me to read about but I love the educational side of it and learning alongside the FMC, Frankie. I love that how Helen is able to make you relate with her character and feel their struggles as you read their journey while diving into taboo topics.
Her side characters always play such small but significant roles in each book and it has you excited to read the next book in the series and continue to see where the stories further develop.
jennifersuzette's review against another edition
4.0
Thank you to Entangled Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange of an honest review.
We start out this book with Frankie going to dinner with her sister, sister's boyfriend, and her parents. Her sister, Mandy, announces her engagement on Frankie's would be wedding day. Frankie leaves in a huff, her fiance cheated on her after 6 years together, and she ducks into a nearby bar. Enter the Phantom, like the musical, and sparks immediately fly. Throughout the book Frankie is introduced to the BDSM lifestyle, while writing an article for work, and falls in love.
I really did enjoy this book, and completely devoured it. It was easy reading, fast storyline. I have not read the first book in the series but didn't feel like I was missing anything. My main complaint is just that Hunter and Frankie both seemed a bit immature. Hunter just screaming about his privacy, the blow ups were very sudden and didn't have great reconciliation.
Overall 3.5 rounded up to 4 stars.
We start out this book with Frankie going to dinner with her sister, sister's boyfriend, and her parents. Her sister, Mandy, announces her engagement on Frankie's would be wedding day. Frankie leaves in a huff, her fiance cheated on her after 6 years together, and she ducks into a nearby bar. Enter the Phantom, like the musical, and sparks immediately fly. Throughout the book Frankie is introduced to the BDSM lifestyle, while writing an article for work, and falls in love.
I really did enjoy this book, and completely devoured it. It was easy reading, fast storyline. I have not read the first book in the series but didn't feel like I was missing anything. My main complaint is just that Hunter and Frankie both seemed a bit immature. Hunter just screaming about his privacy, the blow ups were very sudden and didn't have great reconciliation.
Overall 3.5 rounded up to 4 stars.
lisyreads's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
raeheardx's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
kayleealine's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
emmys_rayne_05's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.5
Horribly written and I hate saying that but the characters sucked, the plot was easy to read and entertaining I read it very quickly, but it lacked substance and I didn't care. First book is not just a little better but ten times better than this.
greenteabookme's review
2.0
Bloom was not the book for me. It had a strong intriguing start and I didn’t mind Frankie at the beginning, but I found her to be and unreliable FMC, and much of her was kind of whiny and frustrating. And she was so rude to poor Tom (this date dialogue was very tough to read as well).
As for Phantom… nothing about his disguise was appealing or attractive to me, so I had difficulty engaging with their relationship. I had high hopes / guesses for who the phantom would turn out to be and the direction the book would take and unfortunately was disappointed by how off I was.
All-in-all it had a lot of potential just fell really flat, and I wish I’d DNF’d. I would try something else by this author though.
Thanks Entangled and NetGalley for the arc to read and review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
As for Phantom… nothing about his disguise was appealing or attractive to me, so I had difficulty engaging with their relationship. I had high hopes / guesses for who the phantom would turn out to be and the direction the book would take and unfortunately was disappointed by how off I was.
All-in-all it had a lot of potential just fell really flat, and I wish I’d DNF’d. I would try something else by this author though.
Thanks Entangled and NetGalley for the arc to read and review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
greenteabookme's review against another edition
2.0
Bloom was not the book for me. It had a strong intriguing start and I didn’t mind Frankie at the beginning, but I found her to be and unreliable FMC, and much of her was kind of whiny and frustrating. And she was so rude to poor Tom (this date dialogue was very tough to read as well).
As for Phantom… nothing about his disguise was appealing or attractive to me, so I had difficulty engaging with their relationship. I had high hopes / guesses for who the phantom would turn out to be and the direction the book would take and unfortunately was disappointed by how off I was.
All-in-all it had a lot of potential just fell really flat, and I wish I’d DNF’d. I would try something else by this author though.
Thanks Entangled and NetGalley for the arc to read and review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
As for Phantom… nothing about his disguise was appealing or attractive to me, so I had difficulty engaging with their relationship. I had high hopes / guesses for who the phantom would turn out to be and the direction the book would take and unfortunately was disappointed by how off I was.
All-in-all it had a lot of potential just fell really flat, and I wish I’d DNF’d. I would try something else by this author though.
Thanks Entangled and NetGalley for the arc to read and review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.