what_rachel_reads's review against another edition
3.0
Only chose this on Scribd because Jason Clarke was narrating. The suspense was alright what with the things the bad guy was taunting her with but overall it was middle of the road.
whitney0498's review
5.0
I received this book free for an honest review and I absolutely loved it. This book is a spinoff of the Wishful novels so you get to see some of the characters that you originally fell in love with in Wishful. I absolutely loved this book and I finished it in a day. I just couldn’t put it down until the last page and I immediately wanted more. Judd and Autumn you first meet in Know Me Well which if you haven’t read you need to read that one as well as this one. This book expands on what you see in the first book you see them in and if just makes you fall in love with. I loved seeing how strong their bond is to go through what they have gone through and still be so close and even with all they went through they still had a happy ending. I can’t wait to read more of this series absolutely loved it.
whitney0498's review against another edition
5.0
I have been provided with a copy of Make You Feel My Love by the author via Booksprout for an impartial review. This book was previously titled If I Didn’t Care and has since been updated and expanded. I absolutely loved this book. This book is the first book in the Wishing For A Hero series and is a spinoff of the Wishful novels so you get to see some of the characters that you originally fell in love with in Wishful. I absolutely loved this book and I finished it in a day. I just couldn’t put it down until the last page and I immediately wanted more. Judd and Autumn you first meet in Know Me Well which if you haven’t read you need to read that one as well as this one. This book expands on what you see in the first book you see them in and if just makes you fall in love with. I loved seeing how strong their bond is to go through what they have gone through and still be so close and even with all they went through they still had a happy ending. I can’t wait to read more of this series absolutely loved it.
elenajohansen's review
3.0
I thought I had caught up with all the Wishful novels I owned, I missed this one, so here I go.
It's not great, but it's not terrible.
As far as the romance is concerned, I feel the emotion, I feel the weight of the history between our lovebirds, but I'm thoroughly pissed off that everything about them is based on assumptions, misunderstandings, and miscommunication. Autumn opens the book by deciding to confess her feelings despite Judd being in a relationship, but backs down when she realizes (mistakenly) that he's about to propose to his girlfriend. She lies about what she meant to say (twice! when the first excuse doesn't hold up anymore she makes up a new lie!) and decides to leave town even though she doesn't actually want to, because it's better for both of them that way. Judd, on the other hand, has been hiding his feelings as well, telling himself it's for Autumn's good all these years, yet doesn't even tell her when his girlfriend (rightly) dumps him, just letting her assume he's still in a relationship.
So they're both stubborn idiots who would rather martyr themselves for the other than actually talk about anything until events force them to. Which means they're awful people in some ways, yet oddly perfect for each other.
As for the suspense plot, it starts out easy enough to follow, though it was obvious to me from the very beginning that Autumn's ex-con father was a red herring. I didn't catch on to the real culprit until he'd shown up a few times, but it wasn't because there were clues I saw to help me figure it out, it was simply because the cast of characters wasn't large enough to support multiple possible villains. Once I was sure it wasn't daddy dearest, there was only one other character it could be who didn't have a clear role to play elsewhere in the story--especially because a lot of the minor characters we already know from other Wishful books and are clearly not going to be sacrificed on the altar of being a villain in this one.
What bothered me, though, was just how little sense the ending made. It's easy to write off a stalker's behavior as delusional, and it's not always wrong, but his delusions didn't really gel with his demeanor earlier in the story, and basing those delusions on the plot of a novel the heroine has written, that we the readers don't have full access to and have to figure out via explanation by the heroine and third-party interpretation from other characters--honestly, it's a giant mess I couldn't untangle.
And the very, very ending, the "will you marry me?" that becomes "well let's get married literally right now because I organized the whole thing behind your back and everyone's already here"--way too rushed for me. A proposal would have been enough, thanks.
It's not great, but it's not terrible.
As far as the romance is concerned, I feel the emotion, I feel the weight of the history between our lovebirds, but I'm thoroughly pissed off that everything about them is based on assumptions, misunderstandings, and miscommunication. Autumn opens the book by deciding to confess her feelings despite Judd being in a relationship, but backs down when she realizes (mistakenly) that he's about to propose to his girlfriend. She lies about what she meant to say (twice! when the first excuse doesn't hold up anymore she makes up a new lie!) and decides to leave town even though she doesn't actually want to, because it's better for both of them that way. Judd, on the other hand, has been hiding his feelings as well, telling himself it's for Autumn's good all these years, yet doesn't even tell her when his girlfriend (rightly) dumps him, just letting her assume he's still in a relationship.
So they're both stubborn idiots who would rather martyr themselves for the other than actually talk about anything until events force them to. Which means they're awful people in some ways, yet oddly perfect for each other.
As for the suspense plot, it starts out easy enough to follow, though it was obvious to me from the very beginning that Autumn's ex-con father was a red herring. I didn't catch on to the real culprit until he'd shown up a few times, but it wasn't because there were clues I saw to help me figure it out, it was simply because the cast of characters wasn't large enough to support multiple possible villains. Once I was sure it wasn't daddy dearest, there was only one other character it could be who didn't have a clear role to play elsewhere in the story--especially because a lot of the minor characters we already know from other Wishful books and are clearly not going to be sacrificed on the altar of being a villain in this one.
What bothered me, though, was just how little sense the ending made. It's easy to write off a stalker's behavior as delusional, and it's not always wrong, but his delusions didn't really gel with his demeanor earlier in the story, and basing those delusions on the plot of a novel the heroine has written, that we the readers don't have full access to and have to figure out via explanation by the heroine and third-party interpretation from other characters--honestly, it's a giant mess I couldn't untangle.
And the very, very ending, the "will you marry me?" that becomes "well let's get married literally right now because I organized the whole thing behind your back and everyone's already here"--way too rushed for me. A proposal would have been enough, thanks.
megallenbooks's review
5.0
My go-to novel for a steamy but sweet romantic suspense. I love Autumn and Judd and honestly the pacing in this is so so good. It all sorts of wonderful.
I also like the meta feel of the book, as Autumn writes her own romantic suspense and she is a character in a romantic suspense. So it provides some nice insight into the life of a self-published author. It also intrigues me as to Kait Nolan's life. Does she have a Judd in her like the same way Autumn has a Cooper? If only we were all so lucky.
I also like the meta feel of the book, as Autumn writes her own romantic suspense and she is a character in a romantic suspense. So it provides some nice insight into the life of a self-published author. It also intrigues me as to Kait Nolan's life. Does she have a Judd in her like the same way Autumn has a Cooper? If only we were all so lucky.
ceriyates's review against another edition
4.0
Received an ARC in exchange for leaving a review
I really enjoyed this story, I'm a sucker for friends to lovers stories at the best of times, but this had a little drama thrown in for good measure.
There were a few little unbelievable moments but they weren't bad enough to put me off, and I did guess who the culprit was pretty early on, but I was still glued to the book and finished it in a couple of hours. Definitely recommend as a little light summer read.
I really enjoyed this story, I'm a sucker for friends to lovers stories at the best of times, but this had a little drama thrown in for good measure.
There were a few little unbelievable moments but they weren't bad enough to put me off, and I did guess who the culprit was pretty early on, but I was still glued to the book and finished it in a couple of hours. Definitely recommend as a little light summer read.
casseyt's review
5.0
An intense dislike of the trope used in this book...but just loved this despite it's flaws.
casseyt's review against another edition
4.0
I loved Autumn and Judd's story in Kait's first take on them. This rework doesn't diminish that love at all. Their bond is just as strong, as tangible as wonderful as it was the first time I'd read them. My enjoyment was definitely increased by having read more of Kait's works - the town and its people are more familiar. I thoroughly enjoyed this read.
*I'm a lucky fish and on the author's ARC team*
*I'm a lucky fish and on the author's ARC team*
jreads716's review against another edition
4.0
Loved this re-do of a story I already loved! A great best friends to lovers story, with a dose of suspense.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.