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You know when you read a book and you feel like if you don’t read it in one sitting then you’ll enjoy it less because the rush of the newness leaves and its appeal dies down?? Yeah, this was 𝗡𝗢𝗧 that.

This book was EVERYTHING. I MEAN 𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹𝒀𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑮.

I’ve highlighted so much. WAY TOO MUCH 🙆‍♀️
I read this so slowly because I knew when it would be over I’d be a wreck. 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗥𝗨𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦. My standards are too high now. 🤠

The writing was 𝘐𝘔𝘔𝘈𝘊𝘜𝘓𝘈𝘛𝘌． I can go on and on about how beautifully written this masterpiece was. The diversity in this book was amazing to see!

There was not a 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘 dry page. Not one. I drank every damn page like it was my only source of water.

This wasn’t the typical third-act conflict type of book. NOPE. It was riddled with ups and downs but you can’t help but feel everything with these characters. It had depth and was plain amazing till the freaking end. (𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴)

𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗳𝗳𝘆, 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮-𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘆. 𝙊𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙂𝙊𝙊𝘿.

It had lots of my favourite tropes.
The found family trope in here was the cutest shit I’ve read in ages. The communication between the MCs was like a balm to my soul bc after all of the miscommunication tropes, I thoroughly BASKED in it.

The small moments guys. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐌𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒.
They gave me all the feels. The soft touches. Him randomly tucking her hair behind her ear. Her just staring at him bc he’s so damn hot. The forehead kisses. The way she calls him “bub” 🤭🦋🦋
There’s so much more where this came from I promise!

𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗪𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗦 is my newly anointed HUSBAND from sports romance. This man is the most caring, reckless and loving creature that managed to work his way into my soul. He’s so thoughtful and his inner monologue is so funny. But their banter is even better 🤌❤️‍🔥
He actually had his own life in this book too. Sometimes dual povs just feel like one because they’re both living the same thing. But this book showed the distinction between their thought processes and how they’re actual individuals, not the same brain.

Gosh, 𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔 𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗡 was so relatable. It was so hard seeing her go through all that shit but watching her grow stronger and healthier was so rewarding. I’m so proud of how she dealt with things.
I loved how she became amazing friends with the team and cared about them like family. I loved her for saying what she wanted and sticking to it too. I’m so glad she had a spine and stood up for herself when it mattered.

I’m genuinely so impressed this is a debut novel and I cannot WAIT to read more from Hannah Grace!!

Whew! I didn’t realise the review would be this long but here I am.
Ugh, it was amazing <3

This book has got to be the highlight of this year FOR SURE! 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟬% 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗!!

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐓𝐖𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠!

𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲:
- If you loved the addicted/Calloway sisters series or just enjoy reading KBR’s writing then pick this book up Right Now!

- Henry was hilarious but so damn lovable. If he gets a book, I apologise in advance for who I become when it comes out.

𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀: 🎧
Attitude- Aaron Carpenter
3 Min - Chris Lee
Dance with you - Sal Houdini
Yellow roses - Joey Myron
Unlovable- Delacey
More than enough - Alina Baraz
Positions- Ariana Grande
Vibez - ZAYN
Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We

𝗙𝗮𝘃 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀:

❤️‍🔥 “𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐲. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞.”

💛 “𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭?” 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬, 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞. “𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝.” 
~HAHAHAHSHHSHSJSKMIEJE

🤍“𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞?”
“𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬.”
~🤭💗

💛 “𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭”
~❤️❤️

🤍“𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮?” 
“𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲.” 

💛 “𝐒𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐩”
~🦋🦋

❤️ “𝐈 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚. 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐲 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲.”

💛 “𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝. ”
~ULTIMATE HUSBAND MATERIAL 💘🤌

💛 “𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥. 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠”

💛 “𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥,” 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬.
“𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮.”
“𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐲.”
“𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠.”

❤️ “𝐈’𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐇𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬.”
“𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚. 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭.”

❤️‍🔥“𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞.”
~🤰✨

💛“𝐄𝐠𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞.” 
“𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞,” 𝐈 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤. 
“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬?” 
“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚.”


𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀:
From Lukov with love - Mariana Zapata
Strictly on ice - Helen Buckley
Addicted series - Krista & Becca Ritchie
Calloway Sisters series- Krista & Becca Ritchie
Off-campus series - Elle Kennedy