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Review:
*I received an audio copy of this book via NetGalley. This has not influenced my review.*
This was such a cute book! I loved it!
The romance was sweet and loving and sexy. There was only a tiny bit of angst, the problems were really just the situation they were stuck in. Mostly it was just them being so cute together. Also being so hot together, because the sex scenes were so lovely and full of just as much sweetness and care as the rest of the relationship.
The sibling and friendship relationships were sweet too.
I was a bit worried from the description that the third person in the marriage arrangement might be getting hurt, but no, she’s best friends with Coal and doesn’t actually want to marry him either, and she’s supportive of Coal and Hex.
There was also a nice hopeful story about someone enacting change and standing up to his abusive, controlling dad.
The holiday stuff was fun! I’m not actually a big Halloween person, but this author made the Halloween stuff sound so cool. A+ aesthetics. I was always a Christmas person, but I think I wanna go hang out with Hex and his court.
I listened to the audiobook, and the narration by Ellis Evans was wonderful! He did such a perfect job of bringing Coal to life. It sounded natural and conversational and engaging and really suited all the voice and personality the character had.
Overall, I had a great time listening to this and loved both the sweet romance and the hopeful story!
Recommended For:
Anyone who likes sweet, loving, sexy romances, supportive friend and sibling relationships, holidays, and hopeful stories about making change.
Glad there wasn’t more angst than necessary…and a supportive third person!
It’s funny, because I would have pegged you for a Halloween person 😂. You know, since you love all things supernatural/paranormal.
I actually enjoy angst, but I know some people don’t, and I can also appreciate a sweet, low-angst romance.
I can see why, but that’s the thing, I don’t need Halloween. It’s paranormal year-round for me 😄 But if Halloween were more of the emo aesthetic that it was in this book, I think I’d be more into it lol.
I will be reading next month, and now I’m very excited because of your rating😁
I’m about to read your review now!
My favorite holiday is Christmas. I love the music and lights. And of course presents.
Yes! When I used to feel more festive about holidays, I would start listening to Christmas music the day after Thanksgiving. And I loved the decorations too. And of course, who doesn’t love presents lol.
This sounds so fun and unique! I think my sister ordered this one so hopefully I’ll get to read it soon!
Yay, I hope you love it too!
Holiday reads already? I should probably do that too = they are usually quicker, cute reads.
It was a review copy, I didn’t really have a choice about when to read it, haha. But it is partly Halloween themed, and that’s soonish 😅 It was very cute, definitely recommend!