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Once again ES knows how to write a story! but I just felt there could have been more drama especially bailey’s family storyline and given beau’s SF background.

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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thefantasybookaddict's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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carly713's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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adub345's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Amount of spice: 🔥🔥🔥
Explicitness: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Tropes/Themes:
❤ Fake Engagement
❤ Small Town Romance
❤ Fun Family Dynamics
❤ Age Gap
❤ No Third Act Break Up (In my opinion)

I stand by what I said all of these books need to be at LEAST 100 pages shorter. I really enjoyed this one but like every other Elsie Silver book I’ve read, it just didn’t quite hit the spot, potentially with the exception of Summer and Rhett who are still my faves. The family dynamics as usual, were great, it was a super easy read and the fake engagement trope always hooks me in. It does have a slightly different vibe to the previous books and was probably most similar to Powerless in my opinion.

I thought it started really well and I liked their dynamic and back and forth but as I read on Bailey began to feel a little juvenile and it made the age gap feel a little icky. It was also so clear that Elsie has clearly done very minimal research on PTSD before writing this because I don’t think I’ve ever seen a psychiatrist prescribe good sex as a treatment for PTSD. I did enjoy the spice more in this book than the previous books. It feels like Elsie got more and more tame with the spice in each book and I kind of liked that (I’m a vanilla gal).

Also, the whole bar thing at the end was so unnecessary. There was absolutely no reason he had to be the one owning the bar and it was too obvious this was thrown in at the end for some conflict

I would recommend this if you love a small town, cutesy, heartwarming romance and a fake engagement trope.

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emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I liked this book and this series in general. I really love Elise Silves writing style an I think I will read other books of her in the futur.

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