C.M. Nascosta is an author and professional procrastinator from Cleveland, Ohio. As a child, she thought that living on Lake Erie meant one was eerie by nature, and her corresponding love of all things strange and unusual started young. She’s always preferred beasts to boys, the macabre to the milquetoast, the unknown darkness in the shadows to the Chad next door. She lives in a crumbling old Victorian with a scaredy-cat dachshund, where she writes nontraditional romances featuring beastly boys with equal parts heart and heat, and is waiting for the Hallmark Channel to get with the program and start a paranormal lovers series.
4.5 rounded up - The long awaited Reunions is upon us and believe me when I say you better BUCKLE UP. This baby is thicc and packs a plot punch that I couldn’t get enough of! One thing CM excels at is weaving lore and Easter eggs throughout her books into a web that reveals itself as you zoom out, something I never tire of! . My flabbers were sufficiently ghasted as the dots started to connect in a big way in this installment for Silva and Tate’s storyline. Without saying too much, I was constantly torn between cheering her on and being terrified for her as she takes more and more risks. I was blown away by her arc - she’s a fictional character and yet I found myself so incredibly proud of her! I also found Ris and Ainsley’s growth in this one especially heartwarming, endearing me to them more than any of the previous novels. I loved watching their partnership strengthen page by page! Lurielle and Khash’s journey into parenthood was also a joy to read (something I’m not usually keen on in my books but if anyone could convince me, it’s CM), once again serving poignancy as Lurielle grapples with breaking generational trauma. The way CM writes about grief, relationship dynamics, mental health, etc is so achingly REAL, so refreshing to read even if it is set against a town full of beings that don’t exist (to our knowledge anyway lol a girl can dream). . Don’t let the emotional depth fool you though, this book is still a spicy treat that also had me absolutely cackling with glee in true Cambric Creek style. I lost track of the amount of times I laughed myself silly, rounding out the experience in a lovely way. . If I had to account for the lack of a full 5 star, I’d have to say it boils down to me wanting a tad more accountability when it came to certain characters treatment/perspective of Silva. I’m an unapologetic Silva sympathizer so while it didn’t seem to bother her (she even apologized for not keeping in touch), I wish the people in her life had owned up to judging her harshly and making unfair assessments despite being her “friends”. While I was happy for everyone in their respective relationships, it dulled the group dynamic a bit for me. Otherwise this was such an impressive end to a forever favorite series of mine, a conclusion that was definitely worth the wait!
I have been anticipating this book for over 2 years now. And the fact that it took me 7 days to get through it says a lot.
The writing and the world building were easily 5 stars. The page count initially had me very excited. Two books in one? Yes please!
But this book was hard to get through. A little bit bc of the slow pacing, but mostly because the subject matter was depressing. I found myself choosing other books to read because I didn’t want to be depressed all day from reading this one.
Overall thoughts: Ris and Ainsley were the best part of this book. Their relationship journey, the playful banter, their sweet dog Fitz… I would go back and reread all of their chapters.
Lurielle and Khash were fine. It was a journey of becoming parents. And honestly it was pretty spot on. But that was painful to read. Not enjoyable. It was PTSD.
Silva and Tate. No. Just no. This was like taking two interesting, messy characters that had the potential to become a really fascinating look at what it means to get your shit together and show up for the person you love. But instead they just became increasingly self-involved and awful. They were Catherine and Heathcliff, Daisy and Gatsby, Anna and Vronsky. So very disappointing.
Tate less so. He, I think, genuinely loved Silva and made hard but necessary choices. I don’t understand why everyone was so angry at him. He didn’t leave his affairs in disarray. He tried to make sure everyone was taken care of. He shared what information he could but prioritized protecting his loved ones over full disclosure. Essentially he went off to war because Silva put herself at risk and then everyone was pissed he saved the day? This is like being angry when a POW returns because “why didn’t you just not get captured?” These people make no sense!
This was not a lovely, feel-good romance à la MGMF. This was literary realism à la Anna Karenina. And just as weirdly skewed in its perception of people and love.
A LOT of women hating other women. That through line really caught me off guard. Everyone hated their mother. Everyone hated groups of women. They only really liked each other. And honestly Silva only really liked herself. And her daughter. Silva acknowledges *multiple* times that she’s a snob. But she seems proud of the fact. The elvish clans are full of terrible women. The mom’s group is full of terrible women. All the women in Tannar’s and Khash’s families are terrible. That is so far removed from real life. What an odd storyline to anchor the book in. The contempt was overwhelming and off putting.
And I think what was most surprising, was a total lack of Nacosta’s signature and wonderful social commentary and calling out corrupt systems. The closest thing was maybe Ris’s attempt to start an alternative to the exclusive elvish country clubs. But it was till a pay to participate club selling expensive tables for fundraising. It wasn’t dismantling clique clubs, it was just starting a rival one built on the same template.
This whole book just had me scratching my head at the very uncharacteristic tone from what I’ve come to expect and love about a Nacosta book. I’ve read them all. Most of them twice. And this (and He Loves Me Not) was an unwelcome departure from the rest of her work.
********** The following is my play-by-play commentary as I read the book. Spoilers ahead. So stop here if you haven’t finished the book and don’t want it spoiled.
Are we all supposed to be ok with Silva using Tannar? This is like sociopath behavior.
The gene suppression thing Silva did to her baby is creepy. I don’t understand her motivations at all. Why would she choose “fitting in” over a baby that looks like Tate?
Silva valued that Tate “put her first” in everything, but she didn’t do that for him. Even her “rescue” attempts were wishy-washy and half-baked.
I don’t love how judgemental Silva is of everyone. It’s very “not like other girls”. I’m sure most elves are pretty decent if she would give them a chance.
Ainsley and Ris fav couple so far. 34%
Real tired of Silvia’s ambivalence. Real tired of all the “riddles”. Not enough Tate.
Little wing is weird. Wings come in pairs. This makes it seem broken from the start. And kind of grotesque? Like an insect wing pulled off.
Are Tannar and his family really terrible? Or is Silva just the worst?
I just can’t with Silva’s stupidity anymore. She married Tannar for security when Tate had already provided everything for her? A house and passive income.
There’s no rhyme or reason to the fae world and Nacosta doesn’t bother creating any. Needlessly vicious. Even Run Run Rabbit isn’t as dark as the hunt in Autumn. Hunting a child?? Why Nacosta? Why? Why was Tate called to the bonfire court in the first place? What debt was owed? Was all this separation and pain really bc Silva made a wish and threw a coin in a well? I don’t like the implications of that.
The reunion with Tate was infuriating. Nothing I hate more than easily cleared up misunderstandings.
“Silva had no idea what to do next.” Excuse me?!?! Why not??? How could she possibly reject Tate? Why would she??
Silva still wearing her ring was stupid. Put it in a safe. A safety deposit box. A jewelry box for crying out loud!
Keeping Tate and Silva apart for 500 pages was a travesty.
Also Silva is the worst and doesn’t deserve Tate. My baby daddy is in the hospital and I’m not checking in every day? Yeah right.
I was trying to hold on to hope that this book would redeem itself. But chapter 24 - Tate in the hospital - was where my hope died. Just the worst. Maybe it was a useful writing exercise but it should not have been included in the book. Silva is the worst. I honestly can’t believe she still moved out?! Wtf? Does she hate Tate?
Kora was PTSD for those of us with colicky babies.
I hate everything about how Tate and Silva were written. If I were Tate I’d be begging her to leave whoever she married, I would not be sheepishly “bowing out”.
The fact Silva didn’t immediately say “our little girl” when Tate said she should get back to “her little girl” was infuriating.
Emotional immaturity to heighten drama is barf
Literally hate Silva. Giving Tate an ultimatum after he’s half dead from sacrificing himself to save her by getting her stupid coin back. Dude can barely take care of himself and she’s all high and mighty “you need to make a choice” and then just leaves him there?? Why is she not staying to help take care of him?? He needs you!!
The five days it took to read this book felt like five years
Did they not have phones? Why does Silva just keep surprising him by showing up to his apartment with no warning? Why would she set her daughter up to be potentially disappointed if they showed up to Tate’s apartment and he’s not there?
“To earn the role of father”??? You make it sound like he knew Silva was pregnant and ran out on her. He literally had no idea. In his mind he’s only been gone five days and he was there to get back her stupid coin.
Silva is the kind of person who posts something like “if you can’t love me at my worst you don’t deserve me at my best” while simultaneously demanding perfection from everyone else.
I genuinely don’t understand why everyone is so angry with Tate? When Ris asks why Tate “couldn’t have just died” I realized there are no likeable people in this book. If my loved ones came back from the dead I’d be ecstatic. Is everyone in this book terrible?
Silva can’t even be a decent person in therapy?? She’s jealous that Tate is “winning” therapy?? It’s more than a differing attchment style, Silva has a personality disorder. She meets criteria for borderline personality disorder. And possible narcissistic personality disorder.
Gaslighting her kid about “not being mad at Tate.” Real classy Silva.
Strongly disagree with how Silva handled telling her daughter that Tate is her father. You let the cat do it?!
Their first time having sex after 5 years was so gross. Blood from his stitches as lube ??? What am I even reading?! This book had some of the least sexy sex I’ve ever read.
A lot of women hating women in this book. Why?
Lurielles mom group sounds like it was researched online not something actually experienced. Most moms and women are really nice and helpful.
Ambushing Tate with her mom and grandma? Not cool Silva!
Ainsley’s dog and Tate’s house were the best storylines in this book
Silva’s snobbery about Tannar’s Midwest family is offensive.
The sex scenes are written as if your friend is telling you about the sex she had with her husband over coffee. Not sexy. Just weirdly uncomfortable.
I don’t know what is happening in Nacosta’s life, but her writing continues to get darker and darker. Did she seriously just end this book and series on the precipice of war??
Also, we really never get to know why Tate felt like he was running into a brick wall every time they entered Cambric Creek?
The Girls Weekend series has been a wonder, just the epitome of what CM Nascosta does best. She hooks you in with a titillating premise (three elf women going for a no-string frolic weekend at a resort mostly populated by Orcs), and then hit you with a fundamentally authentic treatment of universal issues: shifting friend dynamics, finding community, dealing with relationships that start one way and evolve, navigating cultural differences, mental health, shame, guilt, abandonment, and every conflicted facet of parenting, as both child and mother. All this with three intricately woven storylines and series lore paying off in ways small and large, time stuttering and jumps to track, and books that feel propulsively engaging and eminently rereadable.
As we start book four our characters are isolated, and each very much on the brink of change. Nascosta does fantastic work in this book bringing their paths back together, but for review purposes I'll take them apart. She has said that this book is very much Silva and Tate's story, and it is, but the other two resonated emotionally with me in a way I could have hardly anticipated, and add so much to the overall story.
When Tate leaves Silva in the preceding Invitations he just disappears (off to the Fae side of the veil). She is left devastated and pregnant, and agrees to marry another elf, who will pass the baby off as his. In the other books of the series she has been bifurcated between Silva of the Day and Night, one the elf that conforms to the suffocating dictates of the culture, and one who is free to love Tate on their own terms. Here, her two sides have knit together, or "the cracks in her performance were beginning to show." She's completely disassociated from the culture, focussing her attention on trying to find Tate, falling down rabbit holes in her search. Once her pregnancy really starts progressing, she is locked in. She's literally done all she can to find Tate, and her priorities completely change with the baby. She has spent the series second guessing herself and doubting Tate's feelings, and now she is fully focussed. "Silva of the Daytime was gone. Strangely enough, so was Silva of the Nighttime. She no longer felt splintered into pieces."
Tate battles his way out of the Fae world (aided by a literal lifeline from Silva), and returns to find time passes differently there. He's kept his grandfather's watch to keep him safe from losing time, to focus on the "Tick, tick, tick. He was counting on that steady tick" but it wasn't enough. I loved this section of the book. Tate and Silva have found their way back, and they have to work through their absence, and the transition from Silva going it alone as a single mom (she's left her crap husband) to co-parenting and learning to trust and love again. She's different now, asking for what she wants and not settling. Tate is too. He literally risked everything to keep Silva safe and get back to her. It's still a transition, hard to Silva to cede the role she has with her daughter. "You wanted him back. All you've wanted for five years was for hime to come home. So why does it feel like you want to push him away?" I love how Nascosta addresses the anger she feels being left, even knowing he would have done anything to prevent it, and his grief at the experiences he's missed, even knowing Silva did what she had to to protect herself and their child.
Ris and Ainsley have built a life together that works, chock full of business, "Color and life and movement, for they were never not coming or going from someplace else, sometimes barely passing in the doorway as they did so." Ainsley was extraordinarily hurt by Tate's leaving without a word, and suffered a real mental health crisis about it. They are fully committed to each other, and doing the work with his grief and their relationship. They are about to change, and the catalyst is their new dog. Instead of the puppy they wanted, they adopt an abused greyhound, "this was the dog he was going to want. Its small life upended, all that was familiar gone. Damaged and a little broken, like him." A dog who needs a soft place to land, and "time and patience" to heal.
With the dog Ris and Ainsley slow down to focus on each other, priorities changed. "It finally felt like they were living together, building a life together within those four walls, rather than just inhabiting the same space for a few hours at night and passing in the doorway." Ris starts the steps of knitting together a larger community, for elves and other people who are suffocated by the expectations of their cultures, and who are in relationships with partners of differing lifespans. As someone who has cofounded a book group and community resistance organization, as well as run a political campaign, I can tell you Nascosta got the community organizing aspects completely right.
During the course of this book Lurielle and Khash become parents, and Nascosta captures the experience of new motherhood shockingly well. Lurielle has so many universal experiences, the changing relationship with extended family, the conflicted feelings about working v. wasting the career she's invested in, family and societal expectations, everything. Not to completely self-insert into this book, but I, too, had an easy, agreeable baby and then a colicky terror. "Reclassifying Kael as an easy baby only served to underscore what she'd already begun to suspect - that she wasn't that great of a mother. She'd simply lucked out." The entire parenting journey, the mother groups, the careful monitoring, the relief at finding a like-minded friend, so resonant.
In a way, Lurielle and Khash have been a little removed from the series. They found each other that first weekend, and were communicative and supportive and appreciative of each other, while keeping friendships with the others. They've been the Steady Eddies of the series, working through their issues (while also having my favorite storylines), and living their lives, the most conventional of the couples.
If the series has been about people who are missing or exiled from community, then by the end they've found it. Crappy parents are dealt with on their own terms, boundaries are held, extended family is held at bay while found family and friends embraced and given space to flourish. These three couples are finding their own community, and most gratifyingly have found their way back to each other with hurts acknowledged and friendships remade. And they have all found their way back to Cambric Creek, metaphorical (and real) protective wards that kept them from settling in a place they all loved, and learned to love finally removed.
Listen… I’m not sure about this one. I want to give it three and a half stars, but I genuinely love this series, so my heart keeps rounding it up to four. I’m somewhere in the messy middle, and here’s why.
This book is LONG ... over 700 pages, and honestly, I loved seeing everyone glow up. Silva, Lurielle, and Ris are deep in their grown‑woman era, juggling babies, jobs, trauma, magic, and the kind of responsibilities that make you stare at the ceiling at 3 a.m. Silva especially? My girl finally stopped being soft and apologetic and stepped into full “I will protect my child and myself, and you can choke on your opinions” mode. Silva of the day and Silva of the night both said: we’re done being meek. And I lived for it.
Lurielle and Kash were sweet and steady, and her year‑long pregnancy had me stressed on her behalf. The way she loves her baby but also desperately needs to return to work for her sanity? That was painfully real. And Ris and Ainsley… whew. Ainsley is still dealing with the emotional fallout of Tate disappearing, and it shows. Their relationship feels fragile and human in a way that made me root for them even harder.
And let me be dramatic for a second: I CRIED when Tate came back. Full‑body, ugly cry. I truly did not think he was going to make it out of the other side. That moment hit like a truck — all the fear, all the grief, all the hope you didn’t want to admit you still had. I had to close the book and just breathe.
But here’s where the side‑eye comes in: the ending. Because… what was that? After waiting for this book, thinking this was the finale, thinking we were finally getting the closure we deserved, we get… that? I can’t even call it a “happy for now.” It’s more like “happy in this exact second, don’t ask about tomorrow.” And the way it opens a door to something else? Ma’am. I did not sign up for another arc. I wanted a bow. I wanted a moment. I wanted to feel like we’d reached the end of something. Instead, I’m sitting here blinking like, “tf was that?”
So yes, I’m torn. The character development was top‑tier. The emotional beats hit. The glow‑ups were glowing. But the ending left me feeling unfulfilled and a little betrayed. I love this series too much to go lower than four stars… but my spirit is absolutely hovering at a 3.5
🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾💞💞💞
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This was a fucking masterpiece and the perfect way to end the series. This is one of those books that finished me (but in a good, bittersweet kind of way?) and I don't know if or when I'll recover..
I binge read the first three books in this series about a year ago. When I went to read the last book, with #3 ending on a cliffhanger, I was utterly confused. It was supposed to have been published 6 months before at that point, and it took me a few days to discover it still hadn't been released yet. That said, authors are real people and life happens. I'm just so, so glad to finally have this resolution!
I was pleasantly surprised that the author didn't go for the standard "man comes back, woman falls into his arms, they pick up right where they left off and live HEA." She made Silva and Tate work for it. Despite being set in an alternate reality and the main characters not being human, their lives, trials, and relationships are pretty realistic. And I love that in the end, Tate is still "the scariest thing in the dark."
I docked a star because I quickly realized that while I love Silva & Tate and kinda adore Ainsley & Ris, I don't actually care too much about Khash & Lurielle. I found myself skimming over their chapters pretty quickly in order to get back to the characters I was interested in. The other thing I didn't care for was that the story seemed rushed along a bit. Five years is covered in less than 400 pages. One of the character's pregnancies occurs in one chapter, from conception to infanthood. I felt like maybe it should have been 2 books with a little more meat to them. It might have made me more interested in Khash & Lurielle that way, because I truly did like them well enough in the previous books. I really enjoy the Cambric Creek world, and look forward to more - though I definitely could read solely about Tate all day long! Maybe we can hear about his life going forward? 🤞
Did I read this in one sitting? Yes. Am I okay? No. Yes. Maybe.
4.5/5 rounding up (mild spoilers so proceed with caution)
First I need to say thank you to CM Nascosta for writing three FMCs who are so different from each other yet are each so relatable. I could see bits of myself reflected in Lurielle, Ris, and Silva throughout all the GW series but especially this one.
Lurielle’s body image struggles hit a cord with me throughout this series and that was even more pronounced in Reunions. As a plus size woman who also struggled with the change between “have you tried XYZ diet” and “oh it’s okay you’re fat now because you’re pregnant” it was so validating to see those struggles in Lurielle’s story. A lot of romance tends to dull characters through pregnancy and imply their problems all go away because they got the HEA. This didn’t happen in Reunions to either of the FMCs who went through pregnancies and I am grateful.
Ris was always the character I related to the least, even though I love her. In Reunions, you get to see Ris dig into herself, finding purpose in her life beyond being busy. Her dedication to her relationship after spending most of the first three books vehemently against anything serious didn’t feel like a betrayal to her character like I feared it would be at the end of Invitations; instead it felt like she finally accepted that what she wanted had changed and that is OKAY! We love a woman who can accept change
Silva. My dove. My angel. I love that she and Tate went to counseling and I love that she maintained her priority to her daughter instead of immediately falling over Tate. She is not the naive elf of Girls Weekend but her shift in personality felt natural and not at all forced, even with the faster pace of the story.
I applaud the growth of these three characters and am so happy with how they ended their stories… I mean unless there is more coming about then bc I need more Kael/Kora/Aelin hijinks
My ONLY gripe (and the reason for the 4.5/5) is I wish Khash was more present. I feel like we got a lot more of Ainsley and MUCH more of Tate, which is great, but I wanted to see more of Khash’s growth as a partner/parent. It felt like he was sort of pushed into more of a supporting role rather than one of the MMCs.
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I was a latecomer to the series and binged the first three books last year, and I have thought about them constantly since then. There is something delightfully wonderful and magical in the world C.M. Nascosta has woven with hints, tight threads, and such radiant storytelling that it left me breathless. The organic feel of each relationship in this series is raw, sometimes gritty and painful, but filled with such longing and hope for the future that you can't stop yourself from cheering them on when they do well and ugly cry when their hearts break. I did an unreal amount of snort laughing and ugly crying in this conclusion to the Girls Weekend series. Silva has my heart, Ris has all of my bravery, and Lurielle is the hope for the future for me. The way each of them learn to navigate this world filled with such soul crushing pressure to conform, loneliness, generational trauma, heartbreak and grief is truly inspiring. I adore that they each seek out mental health counseling and grow with their partners, except for one and he deserved what he got. I love this group and the journey they go on to become better at being themselves, partners, parents, and community villagers.
This is a thick book, and there is nothing I love more. I am convinced that once I let this one sink it, I will surely start the series again to find more fascinating details I missed on my reading bender. This book was heartbreaking, beautiful, and everything I needed it to be. I have been a Silva supporter from the first page. Watching her bloom into who she was always meant to be was painful to witness but so satisfying. She deserved every scrap of happiness she pulled together as many of us do. I am so happy with the ending. This is a story that gives hope to any of us who have felt broken. There is always something to keep us going and there are endless possibilities in trying again and again. You are more than worthy of happiness.
What does it cost to be happy? To build a life for yourself rather than to the expectations of others?
The Girls Weekend series is one of the best explorations of adult female freindships and self-discovery I've ever read. As we've watched Lurielle, Ris, and Silva move from their young and single early adulthood to their maturing and finding relationships and even themselves, these books are so real and at times so raw. Their stories are by turn joyful, heartbreaking, and messy, and that's what makes them so amazing.
I knew going in that this book would be an emotional ride, and it was everything I expected and so much more. This was female pain, grief, rage, and joy put into word on the page so real that I read through tears more often than not.
We've been with these characters over years as their lives changed. One of thing that will stay with me for a long time is how they all journeyed to their own happiness. All three of them could have crumbled under the pressure of expectations, but instead they worked to find themselves and what they really want out of their lives.
Their relationships have also matured along with the characters, but they are no less amazing for the time that has passes. Again they are a real portrait of what it takes to build an enduring life together. The ups and downs of long-term love are not shied away from, instead they are the thing that engages the reader so that we don't want to ever let the characters go.
Saying goodbye to some of my favourite characters in a favourite series was always going to be hard. But I'm also sat here with tears streaming down my face and a heart full of joy at the story I've just finished. Thank you so much, CM Nascosta, for this incredible story and these amazing women.
My, how the girls have grown from their first girls weekend. I love Lurielle & Khash, adore Ris & Ainsley, and am simply obsessed with Silve & Tate. And this was the book I’ve been waiting for since I finished Invitations in 2024.
Every relationship (friendship, familial, partner, one with self) grows and evolves and is stunted and there are highs and lows and realizations and breaks. Reunions is the aftermath of HEAs, the girls are cohabitating, there’s pregnancies, and kids, playgroups, and preschool, and mom groups. I love the realizations that Ris and Lurielle have. But it was Tate and Silva’s story that have me in a chokehold. It’s a gritty fantastical journey and it’s hard earned. Be prepared for ups and downs and bumpy paths and hurt: it’s all worth it.
I have waited SO long! It felt like an eternity (it was only 2 years). I’m not even upset anymore. There is nothing else I could have wished for. I am happy beyond comprehension. Just read the book. Don’t start at the end start from the beginning and just bask in the glory that was this series. Also read all the other books associated. Great Easter eggs across the board. If C.M. Nascosta puts it out I’m reading it.
A heartwarming conclusion to an absolute adventure of a series
From the moment I read the first book I was glued and I’ve been eagerly awaiting Reunions for ages. The characters wiggle their way into your heart and you become so invested in their growth.
Love and grief are at the center of everything and C.M. Nascosta paints a realistic portrait of both in a way that keeps me absolutely hooked. I will hold this story close to my heart and cannot recommend it enough.
A wonderful and well worth the wait conclusion to an incredible series. I’m so sad it’s over, but that didn’t stop me from inhaling this mammoth of a book in less than 24 hours. I know I’ll be dreaming up a continuation for Lurielle, Silva and Ris in my head for years to come (UNTIL A TIMESKIP OF THE NEXT GENERATION?! One can only hope 😭🥰)
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Is it really over? I feel like I need more closure. Before I read Reunions I reread the whole series and it is a gem. She is really in a class of her own. Reunions was great- but like I said- I need a bit more. I probably will re-read the books I have not given a second read. I need it.
Sugar and spice made the first 3 so nice. Getting to see actual development and growth and evolution, perfection. A great close to this fun set. Also, nurturing your friendships is important.
Therapy. That’s the key. Just like in “the real world”, understanding one’s emotions allows for easier communication and trust. Who would have guessed? ☺️🖤