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A review by ofbooksandromance
Ornamental by E.M. Lindsey
4.0
4.5 stars
“It wasn’t just in the moment. I do love you. I’m falling so fucking hard in love with you it’s a little scary. But I couldn’t hold it in.”
First things first, please don’t ask me why I decided to read the eight book of a series as a standalone, but somehow it really worked for me and I enjoyed this book, so much. This book just did it for me. It hit all of my buttons and it was the perfect mix of everything I enjoy and want to read in a book.
I’m so into everything about this book. The plot. The setting. The characters. The romance. The rep. The stories. Just all of it, I just enjoyed everything about this book so much.
Brief summary
Raf lost his job and his marriage because he has Tourette’s and seizures and he relapsed and the people in his life didn’t accept him. He’s broke and lost in life, so he asks his brother for help. His brother owns a tattoo shop and a guy called Luke works there. Raf and Luke start hanging out together more and more and they fall in love.
The romance in this book was just phonomenal. It was so sweet and tender and it really worked for me. This book is slow burn and we get to slowly see Luke and Raf start to get to know each other and become friends. The more they spend time to together, the more we get to see them fall for each other. And I just loved that so much. I loved seeing how much time they spend together and how their love for each other slowly developed through all of the moments they spent together. I loved how they wanted to spend all of their time together and how they always wanted to be with each other. The romance in this book was just so sweet and it melted my heart. This book was just so romantic and I really loved every seconds of it.
Side note, I just loved how Raf and Luke comforted each other through everything and how they were always there for each other. It was just the cutest thing to read about.
I’m a fan of age gaps in books. Luke and Raf have over a 20 years age difference and I really loved how the book dealt with it. I loved how it wasn’t really an issue for them because they enjoyed each other and the time that they spent together and thats all that mattered to them. I also loved how they never seemed too different because of their age that they couldn’t make their relationship work. These two just fit together and I loved how the book showed that.
I’m also a fan of sexual discoveries stories. Raf had never been with a guy before and a big part of the book was him figuring out his attraction to guys. I just enjoyed these parts of this book so much. They were just so well done and an absolute joy to read about.
Also, the rep in this book was just so good. I expected it to be because this author always does the best rep, but it just really worked for me. Raf has Tourette’s, seizures and some neurological issues and I really loved how they were such a big part of who he is. And I really loved how Luke handled them, he was just the best and always accepting of Rafe. I loved it so much. This part of the book was just absolutely perfect to me.
This book is all about finding the people who will always be there for you and bounding with them and I loved them so much. It was just so wonderful to read about and it just melted my heart due to how sweet it was.
This book was just so sweet but also so emotional. It truly had my entire heart and I enjoyed it so much. This book was just it for me. This book felt like it was made for me and I enjoyed every seconds of it so much. This book just melted my heart so much and it was a wonderful reading experience.
I received an arc of this book and this is my honest opinion
“It wasn’t just in the moment. I do love you. I’m falling so fucking hard in love with you it’s a little scary. But I couldn’t hold it in.”
First things first, please don’t ask me why I decided to read the eight book of a series as a standalone, but somehow it really worked for me and I enjoyed this book, so much. This book just did it for me. It hit all of my buttons and it was the perfect mix of everything I enjoy and want to read in a book.
I’m so into everything about this book. The plot. The setting. The characters. The romance. The rep. The stories. Just all of it, I just enjoyed everything about this book so much.
Brief summary
Raf lost his job and his marriage because he has Tourette’s and seizures and he relapsed and the people in his life didn’t accept him. He’s broke and lost in life, so he asks his brother for help. His brother owns a tattoo shop and a guy called Luke works there. Raf and Luke start hanging out together more and more and they fall in love.
The romance in this book was just phonomenal. It was so sweet and tender and it really worked for me. This book is slow burn and we get to slowly see Luke and Raf start to get to know each other and become friends. The more they spend time to together, the more we get to see them fall for each other. And I just loved that so much. I loved seeing how much time they spend together and how their love for each other slowly developed through all of the moments they spent together. I loved how they wanted to spend all of their time together and how they always wanted to be with each other. The romance in this book was just so sweet and it melted my heart. This book was just so romantic and I really loved every seconds of it.
Side note, I just loved how Raf and Luke comforted each other through everything and how they were always there for each other. It was just the cutest thing to read about.
I’m a fan of age gaps in books. Luke and Raf have over a 20 years age difference and I really loved how the book dealt with it. I loved how it wasn’t really an issue for them because they enjoyed each other and the time that they spent together and thats all that mattered to them. I also loved how they never seemed too different because of their age that they couldn’t make their relationship work. These two just fit together and I loved how the book showed that.
I’m also a fan of sexual discoveries stories. Raf had never been with a guy before and a big part of the book was him figuring out his attraction to guys. I just enjoyed these parts of this book so much. They were just so well done and an absolute joy to read about.
Also, the rep in this book was just so good. I expected it to be because this author always does the best rep, but it just really worked for me. Raf has Tourette’s, seizures and some neurological issues and I really loved how they were such a big part of who he is. And I really loved how Luke handled them, he was just the best and always accepting of Rafe. I loved it so much. This part of the book was just absolutely perfect to me.
This book is all about finding the people who will always be there for you and bounding with them and I loved them so much. It was just so wonderful to read about and it just melted my heart due to how sweet it was.
This book was just so sweet but also so emotional. It truly had my entire heart and I enjoyed it so much. This book was just it for me. This book felt like it was made for me and I enjoyed every seconds of it so much. This book just melted my heart so much and it was a wonderful reading experience.
I received an arc of this book and this is my honest opinion