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I am so happy to learn about book 4.5 with the bonus chapters in Zav's POV.

These books are just solid, I don't have much to say otherwise. Val is funny, Sinadari is funny. Her getting her yoga studio, funny af.

Nothing noteworthy honestly. Parker's lines just felt way forced. And still not happy about what felt like forced history. But it worked out I suppose.

I atleast felt their chemistry, and felt like they actually had some personality. The cameos for Aleks and Stevie just PMO because it was them just being horndogs (as expected) reminding me of how awful book 1 was.

Like seriously. I was like why are we so obsessed with each other already. And why are we willing to throw away part of career so willy nilly already. We are just that hot huh. Like their first date, she explained her job and then they wanted to fuck. End date. HUH? WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE? WHERE IS SOME PERSONALITY.

And the gamer talk IRL really fucking threw me out. I cringed so hard I died and came back to life, when they were reverse uno-ing Decker at the end. Truly. The gamer talk everywhere else was fine, but the end FUCKED me up.

Also I nearly crashed out reading the blurb for book 2. Why are we ruining Sydney's character like that. When was there any sort of chemistry between Parker and Sydney in book 1? IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP IN THE ROOM WITH US?

I was really ready to tank my review, when Marion shared Layton's story with his brother. I cringed so hard that I put my kindle down and went to bed.

Luckily we saved it, with how Philip handled the information and that it actually really paid off for Layton.

How everything came together and the emotional impact of everything worked really well. And since I feel I enjoyed it more than book 1, I gave it a 4.5.

Seriously though, why didn't Philip have to grovel harder after leaving Sorrel in the library? He is lucky she basically hates herself, cause he got off WAIT too fucking easy there.

Genuinely, I don't think anything bad happened after the 50% mark. Everything after that was just about how much they love each other, and the milestones in their relationship.

And yet to actually advance towards the proposal and whatever- I HAD TO READ 100 PAGES OF THE SAME BOOK BUT FROM THEO'S POV. And it brought absolutely nothing. And the timeline was confusing, even when I was trying to give it a chance.

Like it would've made more sense to start the counting of days from the crash. Why are we counting backwards from a mystery point in time (assumingly the proposal?). I still don't freakin know.

I start working summer school this month, so unclear how it'll affect my reading habits. The numbers might not be entirely accurate, but I think I'll touch atleast one of each on my list.

Just hoping for more. I really want to start Rina Kent, because I am itching for some dark romance and she's been on my list awhile. Once I'm done with the regency romance series, I'm thinking I'll replace it with Ana Huang or the Windy City series. Tommen Boys is a thought too, but I think those books are a little dark? Or heavy.

I won't fault the book for me not really being in the mood for it. But my dad read ToG, so it was only fair I read his recommendation. So a solid 4 it is.

I love all the witty banter and this thing we got going on with Zav. But when the action happens, I'm like blah blah skim skim.

I added a +.25 because the 3rd act break up wasn't really a thing like I had expected, AND the resolution to their relationship was decent. Fitz evolution was appreciated.