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➜ this blog is for books; rants, reviews, thoughts, moodboards whatever

➜ if there is spoilers i will let you know! (they'll either be under the cut or just announced)

➜ current read: scoring the player - rebecca jenshak

spoilers for stay away from the hollands under the cut

PS: Omg that banner is so cool!

hiii!! it is still active i just haven't updated it in forever because i forgot about it lol 😭😭😭

⤷ 4 stars ⟢

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ⵌthoughts ᝰ.ᐟ this imo was a much better book than the first. dik what about it made it better maybe, the authors writing style improved or something but i found this one to be so cute and giggly.

it was an enemies to lovers, second chance trope WITHOUT a 3rd act break up. i think i was singing to the heavens when i realised that wasn't happening i mean ofc a different thing happened but no thrid act break up counts as a win!!!

guys i swear i remember stuff about this book i just cant write it down rn cause (1 im ridiculously untalented at remembering what i wanted to write in a review (2 very excited to start reading the next book in this series because they're the whole reason i picked these books up in the first place.

⋮ ꒰ characters ꒱ ⋮

°˖➴ violet i love her. like simple as that. she's so me core with holding grudges cause MAN i can hold one 😭 it was so much fun to read about her preparing the dress for (i forgot her name guys this isnt good) *that celebrity* and how she describes why she makes what she makes. it was so cute. and the inner turmoil going ...i kinda like him but NO i dont shut up idiot. was funny to read about. her love for historical movies literally just about made me wanna go watch persuasion i kid you not lmao.

°˖➴ gavin this man. *chefs kiss* i love him. give me him. he was such a sweetie i could actually just die happy on the spot if he smiled at me. like when he stayed with violet while she was sick and looked after her was when i folded - aka the beginning of the book. nsdjsd it was super intersting to read about his relationship with his family, and him just blatantly drooling over violet is the best thing ive read for a while.

જ⁀➴ quotes ⟢

"i'll read to you later" - gavin

i think thats all that needs to be put here.

[" i needed to get lost in a book. more than i needed anything else."]

| ✮ 3 stars |

[short review]

THOUGHTS ° ᡣ𐭩 . ° .

if i have to hear about ander's "MiNtY gReEn EyEs" ONE. MORE. TIME. IM. GOING. TO. LOSE. IT.

like. 19 times. nineteen. for a 357 pg book. i dont think i'll ever be able to hear the word minty in a sentence without getting flashbacks to this book.

also, please ashley never for the love of god describe a guy with white blond hair and minty green eyes ever again. what in the draco malfoy rip off are you trying to create?????

on a side note: it was really interesting to read about the fictional town and the cute way all the characters interacted.

if im being completely honest here. i've forgotten quite a bit abt this book mostly due to the fact that i left this for a while before writing this review. and because the book just wasnt that memorable. like i can remember key parts and stuff but other than that i cant remember character's names *cough* the main characters *cough*

the ending felt weird and like rushed (though i didn't guess the plot twist) i was kind of just left sitting there like huh???? ok i guess?

so yeah idk it wasn't my cup of tea. i was interested when i realised that the dead romantics is 'connected' to this book in a little way and now i wanna read it hehe.

[" you meant her harm... and that is enough for me."]

| ✮ 3.5 stars |

[very short review]

THOUGHTS ° ᡣ𐭩 . ° .

guys its been a week since i actual read it and i can't remember it that well. it was a fun book like the banter and the tension and wtv but like i can't remember much else 😭.

the writing was kinda mid but i guess i was still invested. i wanted to know who was behind everything AND THE ENDING THE ENDING. (there's a reason why i wanna buy the second book today.) bsdjsd anyway yeah im invested in the story line but shdgas.

["Trust me, Lib," I said, picturing her lips. "In a crowd of million ski masks, I'd still be able to find you."]

| ✮ 3 stars |

ᝰ.ᐟ ⊹ arc review thank you to netgalley + simon and schuster for providing me with an e-arc in exchange for an honest review

THOUGHTS ° ᡣ𐭩 . ° . [minor spoilers]

ok. i put this review off for a couple days cause i knew this was gonna be harder to write because i love lynn painter books, really. buuttt i was horribly disappointed with this one. i'm the biggest wesliz fan but... like yeah i cant even form coherent thoughts about it. like this was unnecessary there was no point in shattering their relationship to write this.

like it was good to see wes's pov and everything but it felt so... idk yeah. (see im still struggling so bad to find words.)

one thing i would formally like to invite lynn to STOP doing though is shoving every taylor/ pop culture reference on the planet into the book. like holy shit woman. i few is okay BUT NOT THAT MANY COME ON!!!! they were in the middle of a fucking argument and wes is quoting illicit affairs or some bullshit. usually i love finding little references on page but this felt like too much.

i feel like she's whipped out her computer and gone straight to some dog fanpage or just plainly scrolled through edits seeing people saying "this song is so wesliz coded" and shoved those songs into the book. there is an on page reference to in between reference saying its their montage song.

also um this shit: ”little liz can’t come to the phone right now. why? oh. because she’s dead.” and somehow when jack antonoff was randomly brought up??? like some people are good at weaving taylor swift lyrics into books. lynn you are not.

also lynn take this a plea to never use the word "growl" or "growled" in a sentence ever again when describing your male characters. and to never write this sentence “she’s one of the guys you know? she’s just… different,” EVER AGAIN. PLEASE.

WHAT I DID LIKE THO WAS THE TINY TINY CRUMBS OF BAILEYCHARLIE AND NICKEMELIE (even tho nick was only mentioned and i dont think emelie was even there but eh)

CHARACTERS ° ᡣ𐭩 . ° .

liz - ok so weirdly enough she was the most tolerable and still intolerable at the same time. like she was so different from the liz in bttm the sunshiney, wearing dresses of all different colours and her love of romcoms. she was described as anti-love and was practically a full on different character seriously. if you liked the first book maybe dont have high expectations for nltm. like i do understand she had her heart broken and so obviously that makes sense for some of the change but it had been two years and as liz likes to say SO FUCKING MUCH "she's moved on, she's moved past it, its in the past" well for someone who's moved on you sure like to avoid the past a lot. also idk who tf she was trying to fool with that whole "i don't like wes, im over him." shit like gurl- you were literally kissing 2.5 seconds ago whats with the switching sides. and there was SO much about her leaving "little liz" behind. like what was so wrong with liking flowers and romcoms? and being a hopeless romantic and wearing bright colours?

wes - okay so it was quiet heartbreaking to hear abt wes's side of this book (except for the whole pursuing liz part) and i did feel sorry for him. but like what happened to the sweet, caring wes in the first book. and tell me why i had to read THIS sentence “climb on me like a good girl,” LIKE MY EYES LYNN WTF????? i did not sign up for this wes, like no stop telling me how obsessed you are with liz's lips or how she's a mythological sex goddess- boy sit ur ass down. and don't even get me started on the beginning of the book. WHAT WAS THAT SHIT? why was wes acting like a 7yr old excited for school and talking (so much) abt his love for scootering? SCOOTERING. LYNN PAINTER WHAT THE EVER LOVING HELL? SCOOTERING. DO YOU HAVE SOME OBSESSION WITH THEM OR SOMETHING? WHY DID THOSE DUMB THINGS KEEP SHOWING UP?? like tell me why i needed to read this shit: "i fucking loved the scooters ..... wes + scooters = HEA" ..... lynn.

QUOTES ° ᡣ𐭩 . ° .

im not going to bother to find any of these, see: im too lazy

["Riddles are for people who enjoy playing,” .... “Do you consider yourself playful, Mr. Hawthorne?”]

| ✮ 4 stars |

THOUGHTS ° ᡣ𐭩 . ° . [!!!!SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!] this is very long guys sorry