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Cousins Mya, Destiny, and Callie Woods are hardly BFFs, but a deathbed promise requires them to stay close. Never mind that they don't always like each other.
Destiny is a spoiled wannabe influencer who has a wonderful man, but greed might just make her lose him.
Mya is focused on building her fashion brand, because burying herself in work is easier than watching her cousin prepare to marry the man she foolishly dumped years ago.
Photographer Callie is still getting used to her new body as she tries to navigate the dating scene, the battle between settling and being alone…and the forced-upon role of mediator between her constantly-feuding cousins.
When an unexpected tragedy hits, will it bring them closer together or make them realize that life is too short to force relationships, even if it's family?
Content This book contains scenes with or mentioning drugged seduction, a fake miscarriage, a panic attack, and a character death.
Destiny is a spoiled wannabe influencer who has a wonderful man, but greed might just make her lose him.
Mya is focused on building her fashion brand, because burying herself in work is easier than watching her cousin prepare to marry the man she foolishly dumped years ago.
Photographer Callie is still getting used to her new body as she tries to navigate the dating scene, the battle between settling and being alone…and the forced-upon role of mediator between her constantly-feuding cousins.
When an unexpected tragedy hits, will it bring them closer together or make them realize that life is too short to force relationships, even if it's family?
Content This book contains scenes with or mentioning drugged seduction, a fake miscarriage, a panic attack, and a character death.
354 pages, Paperback
Published February 24, 2025
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January 4, 2026
Unputdownable
This little book had me giddy and locked in on page 1. Meeting these ladies on page one I was liike good lord why they acting so dumb over these situations. But when I say I got sucked in I mean I was laughing with them, shaking my head at them, humpphhing them, and side-eyeing them and highlighting buckets of paragraphs saying "That's right!" all while reading.
Sister-cousin #1, Mya the seamtress designer, we start off seeing she is clearly in love with the other one's boyfriend, but she has some weird hangup about relationships (smh, see dumb). I enjoyed her immensely even when I wanted to smack her across the head for not being open to love and closing herself off. I was rooting for her to work it out. There were times I was rooting for her and him and then her and that one, and then finally I was like nooooo and then yessss. Loved it.
Sister-cousin #2, Destiny the influencer, is self absorbed and unaware but everyone caters to her (smh, see dumb). She's very shallow but at first you can't help but shake your head at the immaturity. Hoping she'll get it together. As the story progressed I was like, what nahh, then whaaaa, then HELLLLL NOOOO, then what i the delulu and finally umhmmm. Loved it.
Sister-cousin #3, Callie the hopeless romantic, has self esteem issues. Callie started off so low self-esteem (smh, see dumb) but she gets there eventually. Her story arc involves an interracial romance and some ideas around racism and etc that that I wasn't overly fond of did but Callie at least started moving with a little bit of confidence. I loved her in the small doses and appreciated her role in the sistercousin triangle. Loved it.
The author has such a plain speaking way of writing 3rd person that loops you in so hard to the story. The book was unputdownable. I went through a Rollercoaster of emotions and feelings. So much of the story had layers around the major themes and I loved that. I loved how the author twined everything together
This little book had me giddy and locked in on page 1. Meeting these ladies on page one I was liike good lord why they acting so dumb over these situations. But when I say I got sucked in I mean I was laughing with them, shaking my head at them, humpphhing them, and side-eyeing them and highlighting buckets of paragraphs saying "That's right!" all while reading.
Sister-cousin #1, Mya the seamtress designer, we start off seeing she is clearly in love with the other one's boyfriend, but she has some weird hangup about relationships (smh, see dumb). I enjoyed her immensely even when I wanted to smack her across the head for not being open to love and closing herself off. I was rooting for her to work it out. There were times I was rooting for her and him and then her and that one, and then finally I was like nooooo and then yessss. Loved it.
Sister-cousin #2, Destiny the influencer, is self absorbed and unaware but everyone caters to her (smh, see dumb). She's very shallow but at first you can't help but shake your head at the immaturity. Hoping she'll get it together. As the story progressed I was like, what nahh, then whaaaa, then HELLLLL NOOOO, then what i the delulu and finally umhmmm. Loved it.
Sister-cousin #3, Callie the hopeless romantic, has self esteem issues. Callie started off so low self-esteem (smh, see dumb) but she gets there eventually. Her story arc involves an interracial romance and some ideas around racism and etc that that I wasn't overly fond of did but Callie at least started moving with a little bit of confidence. I loved her in the small doses and appreciated her role in the sistercousin triangle. Loved it.
The author has such a plain speaking way of writing 3rd person that loops you in so hard to the story. The book was unputdownable. I went through a Rollercoaster of emotions and feelings. So much of the story had layers around the major themes and I loved that. I loved how the author twined everything together
November 13, 2025
This story just didn’t work for me. Mya, Destiny, and Callie are first cousins, and the book starts with Destiny dating Julius while Mya and Julius are supposedly just friends. Destiny is written to be extremely rude, selfish, and overall a terrible person. It felt like the author made her that way on purpose so readers would automatically hate her and not question anything else that happens.
Because Destiny was written so badly, it almost felt like the story was trying to make her “deserve” whatever came later. But when Mya and Julius get together later on, and it’s revealed that they’re actually getting back together, it completely threw me for a loop.
Finding out they dated before Destiny made the entire love triangle uncomfortable. It didn’t make Mya look any better. She dated Julius first, then sat back and watched him date her first cousin, and stayed close friends with him the whole time. Then the moment Julius and Destiny break up, she gets right back with him as if nothing about that situation is weird. So even though the author clearly wrote Destiny to be the villain, Mya’s behavior was just as questionable. The story tried too hard to make one cousin the “bad one” so readers wouldn’t judge the other cousin for doing the exact same messy stuff. It didn’t feel natural or realistic at all.
Overall, I couldn’t enjoy the storyline. It wasn’t for me, and I’m glad it was free through Brae.
Because Destiny was written so badly, it almost felt like the story was trying to make her “deserve” whatever came later. But when Mya and Julius get together later on, and it’s revealed that they’re actually getting back together, it completely threw me for a loop.
Finding out they dated before Destiny made the entire love triangle uncomfortable. It didn’t make Mya look any better. She dated Julius first, then sat back and watched him date her first cousin, and stayed close friends with him the whole time. Then the moment Julius and Destiny break up, she gets right back with him as if nothing about that situation is weird. So even though the author clearly wrote Destiny to be the villain, Mya’s behavior was just as questionable. The story tried too hard to make one cousin the “bad one” so readers wouldn’t judge the other cousin for doing the exact same messy stuff. It didn’t feel natural or realistic at all.
Overall, I couldn’t enjoy the storyline. It wasn’t for me, and I’m glad it was free through Brae.
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