bookishzoe's review against another edition
5.0
“I may have been a good girl then, but you destroyed every piece of her. I actually feel bad for Emily, because you, Parker James, are where good girls go to die.”
People come into our lives for a multitude of reasons. Some come for fleeting moments, some are there for a lifetime, and then there are those, the ones who it doesn’t matter how long they are a part of your life. They make such an impact that a moment with them is more poignant than a lifetime with someone else.
“I’m done missing out on things with you, so I’m dancing with you now.”
“So why now?” I teased, feeling overwhelmed by the way he was looking at me. “I think the better question is what took me so long.”
But a broken heart was the worst listener in the world, and all that bitch could see was him. She didn’t care about anything else. It is easy to swallow down the lies when your heart is hungry.
“Don’t say that shit again, Livy.” His voice was stern, and I didn’t push him. “I have never wanted something so bad in my life.”
his mouth was next to my ear and he was whispering words that I never thought I’d hear. “I love you, Olivia.” “Parker.” His name was a cry on my lips. “I do. I fucking love you.”
She was chaos and madness, her heart never sitting still for long, and when I was with her, everything else crumbled away and I felt like I was home.
Emily was safe. She was the exact opposite from Livy, but in that moment, being safe terrified me more. I needed to know that I would taste the chaos again, and even though Livy’s fire scared the shit out of me, I had more fear of never again feeling her burn.
“You’re not supposed to marry someone because you’re scared of hurting them, Parker. You’re supposed to marry someone who sets you on fire. Someone who you can’t stop thinking about and who thinks about you more than they do themselves.”
it was impossible to tell your heart not to care when it had done nothing but care for so long.
“But my biggest regret, something I will live with for the rest of my life, is that you didn’t know how much I have loved you since I was sixteen years old. Every day, every single day, I have loved you. As much as I tried,” he cupped my chin in his hand. “I have never figured out how to not be madly in love with everything you do.”
I wanted him to dig his fingers into my soul and make love to the storm inside me. I wanted him to remind me how to breathe by taking my breath away, to love me recklessly.
What I needed was to feel his fire and know that I wasn’t burning alone.
I would take being bad with Parker James a million times over being good with anyone else.
People come into our lives for a multitude of reasons. Some come for fleeting moments, some are there for a lifetime, and then there are those, the ones who it doesn’t matter how long they are a part of your life. They make such an impact that a moment with them is more poignant than a lifetime with someone else.
“I’m done missing out on things with you, so I’m dancing with you now.”
“So why now?” I teased, feeling overwhelmed by the way he was looking at me. “I think the better question is what took me so long.”
But a broken heart was the worst listener in the world, and all that bitch could see was him. She didn’t care about anything else. It is easy to swallow down the lies when your heart is hungry.
“Don’t say that shit again, Livy.” His voice was stern, and I didn’t push him. “I have never wanted something so bad in my life.”
his mouth was next to my ear and he was whispering words that I never thought I’d hear. “I love you, Olivia.” “Parker.” His name was a cry on my lips. “I do. I fucking love you.”
She was chaos and madness, her heart never sitting still for long, and when I was with her, everything else crumbled away and I felt like I was home.
Emily was safe. She was the exact opposite from Livy, but in that moment, being safe terrified me more. I needed to know that I would taste the chaos again, and even though Livy’s fire scared the shit out of me, I had more fear of never again feeling her burn.
“You’re not supposed to marry someone because you’re scared of hurting them, Parker. You’re supposed to marry someone who sets you on fire. Someone who you can’t stop thinking about and who thinks about you more than they do themselves.”
it was impossible to tell your heart not to care when it had done nothing but care for so long.
“But my biggest regret, something I will live with for the rest of my life, is that you didn’t know how much I have loved you since I was sixteen years old. Every day, every single day, I have loved you. As much as I tried,” he cupped my chin in his hand. “I have never figured out how to not be madly in love with everything you do.”
I wanted him to dig his fingers into my soul and make love to the storm inside me. I wanted him to remind me how to breathe by taking my breath away, to love me recklessly.
What I needed was to feel his fire and know that I wasn’t burning alone.
I would take being bad with Parker James a million times over being good with anyone else.
leiaaaa's review against another edition
2.0
i wanted brothers best friend and what did i get? a stupid girl and a guy who cheats on his fiancé. 61% in i wanted to dnf but i wanted to see how it played it and it was not slay at all!!!!!!!!
bookish_faetasy01's review against another edition
4.0
Rating:
Plot: 4/⭐
Characters: 3.5/⭐
Writing: 3/⭐
Romance: 4/⭐
Spice: 2.5/
Plot: 4/⭐
Characters: 3.5/⭐
Writing: 3/⭐
Romance: 4/⭐
Spice: 2.5/
curlymunroe's review against another edition
3.0
The plot line is ok....but it's been done many times over. I enjoyed listening, narration was on point.
alexabyers's review against another edition
5.0
Parker and Liv - second chance, brothers best friend, engaged to be married.
Four years ago - Liv has always had a crush on her brothers best friend Parker. Liv was graduating and her and Parker had just began sneaking around when everything changed. Parker found out he got his ex pregnant. Olivia showed up looking for him and his ex told her. She took off and never looked back, even though she wanted to.
Present day - when Liv showed up for her shift, her boss said she was on bachelor party duty. She did her thing, only to end up in her brothers lap, next to her former crush who she had ran away from, only to find out he was the bachelor.
Four years ago - Liv has always had a crush on her brothers best friend Parker. Liv was graduating and her and Parker had just began sneaking around when everything changed. Parker found out he got his ex pregnant. Olivia showed up looking for him and his ex told her. She took off and never looked back, even though she wanted to.
Present day - when Liv showed up for her shift, her boss said she was on bachelor party duty. She did her thing, only to end up in her brothers lap, next to her former crush who she had ran away from, only to find out he was the bachelor.
halston's review against another edition
5.0
Wowza
Have some steamy scenes in here!!! It's a build up to them. Really good read. Read it in a day. If it wasn't for a birthday party I would have gotten done in a few hours.
Have some steamy scenes in here!!! It's a build up to them. Really good read. Read it in a day. If it wasn't for a birthday party I would have gotten done in a few hours.
owl_always_love_books's review against another edition
5.0
Audiobook review
Well I read this book after reading another one of holly’s books and let me just say how much I loved it and she will be one of my go to reads from now on.
The start of the book was
Well I read this book after reading another one of holly’s books and let me just say how much I loved it and she will be one of my go to reads from now on.
The start of the book was
dark_romantintique's review against another edition
3.0
3.5⭐️ This was a quick read. Although I like a straight to the point, no unnecessary fluff story, this almost seemed a bit too rushed. A lot of jumping back and forth between past and present. Overall a decent read, not anything memorable but not terrible either.