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A review by upturnedroots
Dark Wild Night by Christina Lauren
4.0
“People don’t just take breaks in relationships to catch up on work.”
Wait. What. They don't? Ah, so this is why I'm single. LMFAO.
“I’m not sure she even has a millisecond of time to think about romance, but it’s fine; I think about it enough for the both of us.”
I've liked all of the books in this series so far, and Ansel IS my favorite, but you know what, Oliver's steady calming energy is right up there too.
I wasn't expecting to relate to Lola and Oliver as much as I did. I understood their fears about not wanting to do things wrong and navigating professional and creative pressures. I especially enjoyed that the foundation of their support was in their friendship and the way they understood each other's careers and creative mindsets.
“I unload my life on pages, transporting myself to a different world and seeing how I might react, survive, thrive.”
"Figure out how to balance Oliver with a career you’ve wanted your whole life," he tells me. "Because you’ll end up with neither if you think you have to choose."
“I’ve realized . . . I’ve never needed to matter to someone as much as I need to matter to you.”
“I love you still. Whatever else you’re thinking, that’s not changed with the sunup. I loved you before last night. I’ll love you tomorrow. I’ve just said the words now.”
So here's a bunch more of my favorite quotes because Christina Lauren are masters of emotion:
She can fight her way back to me. She doesn’t need saving. If I went in there now and tried to walk her through everything between us, I’d always wonder if she’d have come back to me on her own.
I have to believe she’ll fight for us, that I’m not wrong about her. I have to believe that I want to be there for her, always, but that she doesn’t need me to be.
"You’re afraid you’re going to abandon the things you love."
"So you’re preemptively abandoning them. Or, if I know you as well as I think I do, you don’t let things get too deep in the first place."
“Stop,” he says quietly. “This isn’t what I mean. I don’t mean you should hide when you’re emotional. I mean you should recognize that I’m the guy who wants to see how you’re feeling. To hear about it.”
“But I need to know that you’re not going to leave, either. I can’t feel like I come second. You will always come first to me,” he says. “I will never take you away from your art, but I don’t ever want to feel like a distraction to you.”
Wait. What. They don't? Ah, so this is why I'm single. LMFAO.
“I’m not sure she even has a millisecond of time to think about romance, but it’s fine; I think about it enough for the both of us.”
I've liked all of the books in this series so far, and Ansel IS my favorite, but you know what, Oliver's steady calming energy is right up there too.
I wasn't expecting to relate to Lola and Oliver as much as I did. I understood their fears about not wanting to do things wrong and navigating professional and creative pressures. I especially enjoyed that the foundation of their support was in their friendship and the way they understood each other's careers and creative mindsets.
“I unload my life on pages, transporting myself to a different world and seeing how I might react, survive, thrive.”
"Figure out how to balance Oliver with a career you’ve wanted your whole life," he tells me. "Because you’ll end up with neither if you think you have to choose."
“I’ve realized . . . I’ve never needed to matter to someone as much as I need to matter to you.”
“I love you still. Whatever else you’re thinking, that’s not changed with the sunup. I loved you before last night. I’ll love you tomorrow. I’ve just said the words now.”
So here's a bunch more of my favorite quotes because Christina Lauren are masters of emotion:
She can fight her way back to me. She doesn’t need saving. If I went in there now and tried to walk her through everything between us, I’d always wonder if she’d have come back to me on her own.
I have to believe she’ll fight for us, that I’m not wrong about her. I have to believe that I want to be there for her, always, but that she doesn’t need me to be.
"You’re afraid you’re going to abandon the things you love."
"So you’re preemptively abandoning them. Or, if I know you as well as I think I do, you don’t let things get too deep in the first place."
“Stop,” he says quietly. “This isn’t what I mean. I don’t mean you should hide when you’re emotional. I mean you should recognize that I’m the guy who wants to see how you’re feeling. To hear about it.”
“But I need to know that you’re not going to leave, either. I can’t feel like I come second. You will always come first to me,” he says. “I will never take you away from your art, but I don’t ever want to feel like a distraction to you.”