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Impossible Universe #2
The Sun & Her Burn
From Wall Street Journal best-selling author Giana Darling comes a MMF romance about a movie star caught in a decade old scandal, a marriage of convenience, and forbidden love under Hollywood’s unforgiving spotlight.
Ten years after my scandalous affair with the world’s most famous actor, Adam Meyers, and his gorgeous ex-wife, Savannah, I’ve achieved almost everything
I’ve ever dreamed of.
Fame, wealth, and critical acclaim as both an actor and screen writer.
So, why does it all feel so hollow?
When a tabloid threatens to expose Adam’s most painful secret, I can’t ignore the urge to rush to his rescue—even after a decade of heartbreak.
Only, he needs a woman to help him and Savannah is remarried.
Instead, I turn to an unlikely friend, Linnea Kai, who is as desperate for salvation as Adam is.
It’s my turn to propose a deal that will change all of our lives.
A marriage of convenience only inconvenienced by the fact I’m falling in love with them both.
*The second book in The Impossible Universe Trilogy. Must be read after The Moon & His Tides.*
Ten years after my scandalous affair with the world’s most famous actor, Adam Meyers, and his gorgeous ex-wife, Savannah, I’ve achieved almost everything
I’ve ever dreamed of.
Fame, wealth, and critical acclaim as both an actor and screen writer.
So, why does it all feel so hollow?
When a tabloid threatens to expose Adam’s most painful secret, I can’t ignore the urge to rush to his rescue—even after a decade of heartbreak.
Only, he needs a woman to help him and Savannah is remarried.
Instead, I turn to an unlikely friend, Linnea Kai, who is as desperate for salvation as Adam is.
It’s my turn to propose a deal that will change all of our lives.
A marriage of convenience only inconvenienced by the fact I’m falling in love with them both.
*The second book in The Impossible Universe Trilogy. Must be read after The Moon & His Tides.*
549 pages, Paperback
Published July 25, 2025
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August 4, 2025
4 ⭐️
SEBASTIAN 😭😭😭 he deserves soooo much better, I fell so in love with him in the moon and his tides and I just need him to get everything he deserves!
Yet again another heartbreaking cliff hanger which leaves me loving Giana for making me so invested but also wanting to send her my therapy bill.
Again the writing style in this was beautiful, it sucks you in emotionally and doesn’t let go from the start
I did feel like some parts of the book dragged a little in the middle and the story probably could’ve been 100 pages shorter, but honestly I was enjoying the writing so much it was still an easyyy 4/4.25 star read for me.
I loved getting to know Linnea more in this book as well, I really like her character in book 1 (the time jump hurt my feelings but also fixed me all at the same time as it meant we got to have Linnea in the storyline)
And the SPICE ❤️🔥 this series is one of the spiciest I’ve read alllll year
SEBASTIAN 😭😭😭 he deserves soooo much better, I fell so in love with him in the moon and his tides and I just need him to get everything he deserves!
Yet again another heartbreaking cliff hanger which leaves me loving Giana for making me so invested but also wanting to send her my therapy bill.
Again the writing style in this was beautiful, it sucks you in emotionally and doesn’t let go from the start
I did feel like some parts of the book dragged a little in the middle and the story probably could’ve been 100 pages shorter, but honestly I was enjoying the writing so much it was still an easyyy 4/4.25 star read for me.
I loved getting to know Linnea more in this book as well, I really like her character in book 1 (the time jump hurt my feelings but also fixed me all at the same time as it meant we got to have Linnea in the storyline)
And the SPICE ❤️🔥 this series is one of the spiciest I’ve read alllll year
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July 24, 2025
Listen... I am not made for cliffhangers!!! They get me so fired up and rage-y! Like, I want to cuss and scream and swear to never read the author again for absolutely torturing me with this painful ANGST!
But, damn, it takes a talented author to pace a story so well and get me absolutely wrapped up in the drama. It didn't feel like it was too long and even though I am now absolutely shattered, I can't wait to be hurt again.
I do want to say that I have a feeling this angst-y, sexy, story from Giana Darling will someday hold up to anything Sierra Simone has written. And if you know what I mean, you know what I mean. There is a quality to an SS story that makes you long to hurt and suffer with the characters. I find that same magic here in the Impossible Universe.
Giana Darling warned us all from the start that this would not be an easy path and if the cliffhanger after book 1 didn't clue me in... well, I have only myself to blame. I can only hope there won't be a 10 year time jump with this final book. I don't think my heart can take it.
A quick note on the characters, since I should probably mention them. Linnae was a wonderful addition to this messy tale. She was instantly engaging and helped propel us along after the tragedy of the ending of book 1. She truly was the sunshine to the moon and stars of this world. Adam and Sebastian are still thrilling and charming in equal measure. I adore them so much. I am rooting for their HEA with all my heart!
Until next time... I'll be pining away with the best of them.
4.5 Stars
4 on the spice scale
CW: homophobia (both external & internal), caretaking of an ill parent, blackmail
*Thank you to VPR and the author for an ARC of this title.*
But, damn, it takes a talented author to pace a story so well and get me absolutely wrapped up in the drama. It didn't feel like it was too long and even though I am now absolutely shattered, I can't wait to be hurt again.
I do want to say that I have a feeling this angst-y, sexy, story from Giana Darling will someday hold up to anything Sierra Simone has written. And if you know what I mean, you know what I mean. There is a quality to an SS story that makes you long to hurt and suffer with the characters. I find that same magic here in the Impossible Universe.
Giana Darling warned us all from the start that this would not be an easy path and if the cliffhanger after book 1 didn't clue me in... well, I have only myself to blame. I can only hope there won't be a 10 year time jump with this final book. I don't think my heart can take it.
A quick note on the characters, since I should probably mention them. Linnae was a wonderful addition to this messy tale. She was instantly engaging and helped propel us along after the tragedy of the ending of book 1. She truly was the sunshine to the moon and stars of this world. Adam and Sebastian are still thrilling and charming in equal measure. I adore them so much. I am rooting for their HEA with all my heart!
Until next time... I'll be pining away with the best of them.
4.5 Stars
4 on the spice scale
CW: homophobia (both external & internal), caretaking of an ill parent, blackmail
*Thank you to VPR and the author for an ARC of this title.*
July 23, 2025
i feel extremely conflicted when it comes to my thoughts on this book, especially as i am in the minority of it not being a 5 star read for me. i think as of right now im going to land around a 3.5 rounded up unless upon reflection i end up settling with a 4??? right now i think im a bit shell shocked by the end and not in the best of ways.
i really enjoyed the majority of the book, especially the relationship between linnea, seb and adam. the relationship aspect was LEAGUES better than book one with fuck ass savannah (sorry not sorry, she is the worst). i loved linnea in every way possible, i loved how strong and caring she is, i loved how she helped be the bridge to bring sebastian and adam back together and made it known that it was okay for them to want/love each other separately from her and not just for her amusement the way sav did to them. i loved watching the boys cherish and spoil her, doing whatever they could to help in her personal life. the three of them were all together very lovely and romantic 🥹
where it all fell apart bit flat for me would be the plot. while there technically isnt much of it until the last few chapters as this is very character driven (which isnt my issue), i really just didn’t care for the direction it went in. a huge feeling i get while reading these books is sebastian deserves better and i feel like i am screaming it even louder this time around (which i didnt think would be possible) because i hate how he has to always be the one walking away and the one on the outside because his s/o constantly chooses their career over love and happiness 🥲. while i get the point of the ending/cliff hanger, it just simply wasnt my favorite. im going to leave this statement where it is because anything i could possibly say about it would be a bit of a spoiler. while i obviously know that everything wouldnt end in rainbows and sunshine yet because it is a trilogy, it has still left me feeling some type of way.
im really hoping the last book will pick up in the plot department, i’m hoping that the despair i feel now wont last too long into it either. especially because im not sure just how much savannah i can take without breaking my kindle 😂. at this point all i want is sebastian’s happiness, for adam to choose something other than his career and for linnea to get everything she wants bc thats what she deserves and i hope that i dont have to wait until the very end for it 😂😭
i really enjoyed the majority of the book, especially the relationship between linnea, seb and adam. the relationship aspect was LEAGUES better than book one with fuck ass savannah (sorry not sorry, she is the worst). i loved linnea in every way possible, i loved how strong and caring she is, i loved how she helped be the bridge to bring sebastian and adam back together and made it known that it was okay for them to want/love each other separately from her and not just for her amusement the way sav did to them. i loved watching the boys cherish and spoil her, doing whatever they could to help in her personal life. the three of them were all together very lovely and romantic 🥹
where it all fell apart bit flat for me would be the plot. while there technically isnt much of it until the last few chapters as this is very character driven (which isnt my issue), i really just didn’t care for the direction it went in. a huge feeling i get while reading these books is sebastian deserves better and i feel like i am screaming it even louder this time around (which i didnt think would be possible) because i hate how he has to always be the one walking away and the one on the outside because his s/o constantly chooses their career over love and happiness 🥲. while i get the point of the ending/cliff hanger, it just simply wasnt my favorite. im going to leave this statement where it is because anything i could possibly say about it would be a bit of a spoiler. while i obviously know that everything wouldnt end in rainbows and sunshine yet because it is a trilogy, it has still left me feeling some type of way.
im really hoping the last book will pick up in the plot department, i’m hoping that the despair i feel now wont last too long into it either. especially because im not sure just how much savannah i can take without breaking my kindle 😂. at this point all i want is sebastian’s happiness, for adam to choose something other than his career and for linnea to get everything she wants bc thats what she deserves and i hope that i dont have to wait until the very end for it 😂😭
July 18, 2025
I hurt.. bad
July 24, 2025
Let me start by saying I have loved many of Giana Darling’s books. Quite a few were five star reads for me. Her writing is always moving and gorgeous, After the Fall had me sobbing like a baby. The Sun and Her Burn was a highly anticipated read for me which is why it sucks that it was unfortunately a massive disappointment.
When I finished The Moon and His Tides, I thought I could see where the story might go or at least where I hoped it would go. The book had been so close to being a five star and it was only one thing that kept it from being one. Mainly that the throuple didn’t ring true to me. It felt like Adam and Sebastian’s love story and Savvy was only there to be a bridge/beard. It felt like Adam was fully gay but had so much internalized hate on the issue, he needed his wife to bring in the men he would much prefer to be with. Neither man’s interest in her seemed to go beyond sex. Not one of the two made any real effort to form a real relationship with her like they had with each other. Hilarious since they spend all of book two solely blaming her for this.
I loved we’d be getting a reverse age gap especially since they are so rare and I’m starting to get burnt out that every romance novel is an age gap with men in their thirties and forties who seems solely incapable of finding love unless the FMC is in her twenties and I say this as a girl who spent her late teens and early twenties being a girl dating much older guys in their thirties. So Savannah being older was a refreshing change. Instead I now realize it was never going to be this and book one was just a massive set up for the out with the old in with the newer, younger model. Basically a villain’s origin story because of course. I know many readers disliked her as the FMC. She came off cold and like an ice princess. She had difficulty opening herself up and liked to have the control in the relationship outside of the bedroom. However I didn’t mind that. To me it made her complex. It was hinted that she had sad backstory and really thought moving forward we would see her journey to breaking down her walls and learning to fully giver her heart.
Then I heard we were getting a new FMC for book two. That was when I had my first worry. But I was still trying to trust the process. Once I learned who exactly the FMC was, I’ll admit my concerns grew. I however held out hope that maybe I would be proven wrong and the theme I was concerned over would be looked or handled in a different way possibly with a care and grace it is rarely afforded. Unfortunately the major concern I had was ultimately fulfilled and followed the path it primarily does both in real life and fiction.
This book became the tired narrative of the older women whose complexities and baggage that come from the decisions, she was forced to make in her youth being swapped out for a much younger , brighter version with less emotional baggage. The fact that Savannah knew her as child was just really driving the nail deeper. Even worse as usual the ex-wife was turned into some harpy villain instead of being allowed the grace of just not being a good fit and being allowed her own happiness.
Which brings us to our new FMC. Who try as I might I just could not like. Funny because I did like her as a gawky awkward far from perfect girl in book one. It is hard for me to believe Linnea was actually written by a woman and not a middle aged man going through a divorce and midlife crisis. Aside from being a good 18 years younger than our last FMC, she’s also happened to have suddenly blossomed into a literal buxom Malibu Barbie manic pixie dream girl who happens to also be possibly the most selfless, hardworking woman alive. Don’t believe me she uprooted her whole life, put her dreams on hold and is now working multiple jobs to care for her neglectful mother who is now suffering from early onset dementia. Look if Linnea had been a woman around Adam’s age who was just a better fit for our two MMCs would I have rated this book higher, yup absolutely no question. If the first book had an equally young FMC from the start again I probably would’ve rated this book much higher. Hell maybe even if we had just kept Linnea as the gawky awkward girl we met in book one and hadn’t turned her into this ultimate dream girl in every way with zero flaws but alas no. This just read like some guy’s midlife crisis fantasy complete with blaming all the past issues on the ex-wife every time either MMC was drooling over their new young girlfriend.
Also Linnea’s character held no complexities. Everything was surface level. Her “issues “ were external problems that allowed the men in her life to play the knight in shining armor. They were in no way rooted in her as a person whereas all of Savannah’s issues were rooted in her as person.
It probably also didn’t help that the book I read right before this had a similar vibe. Ex-wife, new much younger girlfriend complete with the ex being very intense and favoring a color palette made up of neutrals and the younger girlfriend being a free spirit bursting with colors, grumpy curmudgeon meets sunshine. That book was a four star read for me and very close to being a five, the difference being the care that was taken with these themes and issues. The ex-wife wasn’t made the villain in fact the new wife actually went out of her way to befriend the ex and the husband took the time to realize while at one point he loved her, they just weren’t what each other needed. It never felt like the ex was being replaced with a younger model who was just more fun and had fewer issues. Everyone in that book genuinely wanted all parties to have found the love they deserved and in fact the end saw the main couple hanging out with the exwife and her new love who was the ex husband’s best friend and a better fit for her. It felt mature, layered and grounded. No one had to be the villain.
And really Savannah didn’t have to be here. Oscar Hampton could have easily carried the role of villain for the entire series, no problem. We didn’t need multiple. It felt like in order to successfully swap out FMCs mid series, the author felt you had to absolutely hate the first one in order to accept the second which was far from true. It could have been a more nuanced and layered approach but alas we got the sledgehammer and not the scalpel.
While I was happy to see Adam getting the much needed therapy he should have had in book one and the discussion on mental health especially within the LGBTQIA+ community, I was sad he couldn’t realize that part of the difference this time around was he was dealing with his issues and was more open to his needs which had he done it ten years earlier might have changed things there. Nope instead he settled for it was all my ex’s fault, my own issues played no part.
I did love seeing Sebastian and Adam together. As I said I spent a lot of the first book thinking it should have been just their love story and never been a throuple to begin with. Had that been this book’s journey, again probably would’ve been a four or five star.
Truly unsure if I’ll even read book three, even with the cliffhanger because I’m not sure if I need another four hundred pages of this tired narrative that unfortunately plays out over and over in real life and this time it’s glaringly obvious that’s exactly what it will be. The last scene between Adam and Savannah proved that. I’ll probably just find someone’s spoiler review to see how the cliffhangers were wrapped up and skip feeling like this for a third book.
August 5, 2025
♾️⭐️ 4🌶️
First of all, Giana, WHAT THE FUUUUCK was that ending 😭😭😭 It had crossed my mind and I had gone back and forth thinking she wouldn’t do it, okay maybe she would. And she did😩 Ever since I finished The Moon & His Tides I have been waiting on the edge of my seat for this one after that ended on another brutal cliffhanger.
This book will have you feeling ALL of the emotions. The way I was so excited for Adam & Seb to get their second chance at love after 10 years of being apart and Linnea to be the one to bring them together. Adam & Seb were just as wonderful as I remember them from the first book and Linnea was such a strong FMC. She challenged Adam and I think he desperately needed that. The love story in this book is heart breakingly beautiful and holy hell is the spice fantastic. Chapter 25 & 26 🥵🥵 Holy hot damn.
Giana, your writing is beautiful even though you broke my heart. I refuse to believe this is how things end for these three. I need the last book of this trilogy like I need air. If you haven’t started this trilogy yet, you need to. It is truly phenomenal but those cliff hangers are brutal. 😅 so if you don’t like them, maybe don’t read them until the last book is out.
Tropes
🌞second chance romance
🌑age gap
✨marriage of convenience
🌞MMF
🌑slow burn to high heat
✨emotional damage 😅
Thank you @gianadarlingauthor and @valentine_pr_ for the ARC!
First of all, Giana, WHAT THE FUUUUCK was that ending 😭😭😭 It had crossed my mind and I had gone back and forth thinking she wouldn’t do it, okay maybe she would. And she did😩 Ever since I finished The Moon & His Tides I have been waiting on the edge of my seat for this one after that ended on another brutal cliffhanger.
This book will have you feeling ALL of the emotions. The way I was so excited for Adam & Seb to get their second chance at love after 10 years of being apart and Linnea to be the one to bring them together. Adam & Seb were just as wonderful as I remember them from the first book and Linnea was such a strong FMC. She challenged Adam and I think he desperately needed that. The love story in this book is heart breakingly beautiful and holy hell is the spice fantastic. Chapter 25 & 26 🥵🥵 Holy hot damn.
Giana, your writing is beautiful even though you broke my heart. I refuse to believe this is how things end for these three. I need the last book of this trilogy like I need air. If you haven’t started this trilogy yet, you need to. It is truly phenomenal but those cliff hangers are brutal. 😅 so if you don’t like them, maybe don’t read them until the last book is out.
Tropes
🌞second chance romance
🌑age gap
✨marriage of convenience
🌞MMF
🌑slow burn to high heat
✨emotional damage 😅
Thank you @gianadarlingauthor and @valentine_pr_ for the ARC!
July 21, 2025
THE CLIFFHANGER!!!! I didn’t see it coming but my heart truly dropped.
The second book in this trilogy has absolutely redeemed the series for me. I love that Linnea was our heroine in this book, because she was exactly who Sebastian and Adam needed. Savannah was (and still is) horrid, and I think the author set us up in the first book to slowly show just how bad things could be in a poly relationship when one person’s selfishness harms the entire dynamic. Linnea breathed life into this throuple, and the three of them truly understood each other in a way that made the reader believe, “yes, this will work for them one day”.
But that day ain’t today cause that CLIFFHANGER. I need the third book NOW.
The second book in this trilogy has absolutely redeemed the series for me. I love that Linnea was our heroine in this book, because she was exactly who Sebastian and Adam needed. Savannah was (and still is) horrid, and I think the author set us up in the first book to slowly show just how bad things could be in a poly relationship when one person’s selfishness harms the entire dynamic. Linnea breathed life into this throuple, and the three of them truly understood each other in a way that made the reader believe, “yes, this will work for them one day”.
But that day ain’t today cause that CLIFFHANGER. I need the third book NOW.
August 2, 2025
♾️ ⭐️ | 4 🌶️
🌙 MMF
☀️ Age gap
✨ Marriage of Convenience
🌙 Second Chance
☀️ Hollywood romance
✨ Slow burn
Well, I thought nothing could top The Moon & His Tides (which was an infinity star book for me), but Giana Darling outdid herself with this one.
I truly don’t have the words to describe my love for these characters and their story. It’s heartbreaking, renewing, hopeful, tragic, and beautiful. I was torn apart and stitched back together through the author’s incredibly poetic words and the love these 3 shared for each other.
I don’t think any quote on a screen I could create could do this story and how it affected me the justice it deserves.
This series brings so many incredible issues to light: mental health, homophobia (internalized & external), loving again after heartbreak, the capacity for love, money, the cost of fame, and so many more.
I feel like I could ramble on and on so anyway here’s my review… just read the trilogy, please. You’ll hurt, but it’s absolutely worth the hurt. These characters are unlike any I have ever read and their journey to find themselves and the love they deserve will be with me for life.
Thank you @gianadarlingauthor and @valentine_pr_ for the opportunity to arc read The Sun & Her Burn. This story means so much to me.
🌙 MMF
☀️ Age gap
✨ Marriage of Convenience
🌙 Second Chance
☀️ Hollywood romance
✨ Slow burn
Well, I thought nothing could top The Moon & His Tides (which was an infinity star book for me), but Giana Darling outdid herself with this one.
I truly don’t have the words to describe my love for these characters and their story. It’s heartbreaking, renewing, hopeful, tragic, and beautiful. I was torn apart and stitched back together through the author’s incredibly poetic words and the love these 3 shared for each other.
I don’t think any quote on a screen I could create could do this story and how it affected me the justice it deserves.
This series brings so many incredible issues to light: mental health, homophobia (internalized & external), loving again after heartbreak, the capacity for love, money, the cost of fame, and so many more.
I feel like I could ramble on and on so anyway here’s my review… just read the trilogy, please. You’ll hurt, but it’s absolutely worth the hurt. These characters are unlike any I have ever read and their journey to find themselves and the love they deserve will be with me for life.
Thank you @gianadarlingauthor and @valentine_pr_ for the opportunity to arc read The Sun & Her Burn. This story means so much to me.
August 10, 2025
I longed for Book 2- and was so happy to get to read it on KU.
Book 1 left with my heart in with the cliffhanger.
The story is so well written about this MMF love story. It's a slow burn that will make you ache and root for the characters. I love love love Sebastian he has the biggest heart giving up everything including love to help those he loves be it family or partners. You will learn a lot more about Adam but I still feel is character is still on the cusp of a break through that needs to be shared in the series.
Linnea was amazing in the first book and adored her in this book.
I was or am pretty angry how this book ended (cliffhanger) as I have some strong feelings towards Savvy and now I have to wait again I was so anxious to get to the ending of this love story only to have to wait again which is part of why it's only a 4.5 stars rounded up
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Mini review:
Book 2
MMF Romance
secrets - lies
Movie star
Writer
10yr penpals
fake marriage
fake dating
childhood crush
manipulating ex
Jealous ex
stalker
cliffhanger
final book
out in November
I can’t wait
Book 1 left with my heart in with the cliffhanger.
The story is so well written about this MMF love story. It's a slow burn that will make you ache and root for the characters. I love love love Sebastian he has the biggest heart giving up everything including love to help those he loves be it family or partners. You will learn a lot more about Adam but I still feel is character is still on the cusp of a break through that needs to be shared in the series.
Linnea was amazing in the first book and adored her in this book.
I was or am pretty angry how this book ended (cliffhanger) as I have some strong feelings towards Savvy and now I have to wait again I was so anxious to get to the ending of this love story only to have to wait again which is part of why it's only a 4.5 stars rounded up
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Mini review:
Book 2
MMF Romance
secrets - lies
Movie star
Writer
10yr penpals
fake marriage
fake dating
childhood crush
manipulating ex
Jealous ex
stalker
cliffhanger
final book
out in November
I can’t wait
July 24, 2025
If yearning were a sport, this book would win gold.
Book 2 in the Impossible Universe Trilogy
What to expect:
💔 Second chances
🤐 Secrets
🔥 Yearning
🖋️ Poetic prose
Giana Darling does it again—I’m floored by how much I felt for these characters. The multi-POV format doesn’t just work; it *elevates* the story, giving depth and richness to every character arc. It's both heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measure.
Sebastian might be the most unapologetically romantic male lead I’ve ever read. A bleeding heart wrapped in devotion—he’s pure swoon.
And Linea? I’m obsessed. Her confidence radiates off the page and makes her impossible not to love.
Then there’s Adam—the broody, secretive, posh one who clings to control like armor. Complex, closed-off, and totally magnetic.
If you crave romance with lyrical writing, character growth, and enough spice to light the page on fire, this one's for you.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
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Book 2 in the Impossible Universe Trilogy
What to expect:
💔 Second chances
🤐 Secrets
🔥 Yearning
🖋️ Poetic prose
Giana Darling does it again—I’m floored by how much I felt for these characters. The multi-POV format doesn’t just work; it *elevates* the story, giving depth and richness to every character arc. It's both heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measure.
Sebastian might be the most unapologetically romantic male lead I’ve ever read. A bleeding heart wrapped in devotion—he’s pure swoon.
And Linea? I’m obsessed. Her confidence radiates off the page and makes her impossible not to love.
Then there’s Adam—the broody, secretive, posh one who clings to control like armor. Complex, closed-off, and totally magnetic.
If you crave romance with lyrical writing, character growth, and enough spice to light the page on fire, this one's for you.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
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July 29, 2025
SOS. I need someone to do damage control. I can’t take the angst. The heartache. The trials and errors these characters go through. All their mistakes and aches.
I want to wring everyone’s necks and tell them go sit in a corner and think about their decisions and consequences.
But I can’t. I had to read it all and let it go the way it did and now I’m in bitter pieces.
Oof. This trilogy or series or whatever it may be is all angst and poetic romance and full of emotion.
It’s stunning.
These characters are so flawed and breathtakingly beautiful. Together they just make the perfect trio. If only they could be that in public. But they can’t.
So the second M to FMM is a secret to the world.
If you like
FMM
Marriage of convenience turned to something real.
Hollywood/Famous Characters
Insane Spice
Angst and Heart Ache
Second Chances
Age Gaps
And just because Giana Darling changed the main characters up for book two doesn’t mean the other original characters are gone….
“For now, we could be new, strange and beautiful us.”
“If I was the moon, as Sebastian had so often inferred, I wanted her to be the sun reflecting light and warmth into my cold, dark life.”
Adam. Linnea. Seb.
Where do they go from here?
I’m literally dying for book three because shit will hit the fan and make a mess of every single character.
I want to wring everyone’s necks and tell them go sit in a corner and think about their decisions and consequences.
But I can’t. I had to read it all and let it go the way it did and now I’m in bitter pieces.
Oof. This trilogy or series or whatever it may be is all angst and poetic romance and full of emotion.
It’s stunning.
These characters are so flawed and breathtakingly beautiful. Together they just make the perfect trio. If only they could be that in public. But they can’t.
So the second M to FMM is a secret to the world.
If you like
FMM
Marriage of convenience turned to something real.
Hollywood/Famous Characters
Insane Spice
Angst and Heart Ache
Second Chances
Age Gaps
And just because Giana Darling changed the main characters up for book two doesn’t mean the other original characters are gone….
“For now, we could be new, strange and beautiful us.”
“If I was the moon, as Sebastian had so often inferred, I wanted her to be the sun reflecting light and warmth into my cold, dark life.”
Adam. Linnea. Seb.
Where do they go from here?
I’m literally dying for book three because shit will hit the fan and make a mess of every single character.
August 7, 2025
4.5
Book 2 in the Impossible Universe Trilogy
🌙 Marriage of convenience
☀️ Second chance romance
🌊 Age gap
🌙 Mmf
☀️ Hollywood romance
🌊 Opposites attract
🌙 Cliffhanger
Alright when I heard about the elephant in the room.... (The FMC from book 1, isn't the same here 😳) I was NERVOUS. But clearly I shouldn't have been. Giana did this SO well!! Her writing is poetic and beautiful for these imperfect souls just trying to find their path in life.
Even though Savannah isn't the female that lights up the sky for these two she is still heavily in the story and I think that is the key factor that got me on board with this less conventional trilogy.
This one is SIGNIFICANTLY less spicy than book 1 but when the spice hits its perfection. 🔥
Buddy reading this ARC with Melissa and Annie was the best decision ever. We had so much fun sharing our thoughts!
I am so thankful to @gianadarlingauthor and @valentine_pr_ for this arc!
Book 2 in the Impossible Universe Trilogy
🌙 Marriage of convenience
☀️ Second chance romance
🌊 Age gap
🌙 Mmf
☀️ Hollywood romance
🌊 Opposites attract
🌙 Cliffhanger
Alright when I heard about the elephant in the room.... (The FMC from book 1, isn't the same here 😳) I was NERVOUS. But clearly I shouldn't have been. Giana did this SO well!! Her writing is poetic and beautiful for these imperfect souls just trying to find their path in life.
Even though Savannah isn't the female that lights up the sky for these two she is still heavily in the story and I think that is the key factor that got me on board with this less conventional trilogy.
This one is SIGNIFICANTLY less spicy than book 1 but when the spice hits its perfection. 🔥
Buddy reading this ARC with Melissa and Annie was the best decision ever. We had so much fun sharing our thoughts!
I am so thankful to @gianadarlingauthor and @valentine_pr_ for this arc!
July 26, 2025
Update upon finishing: 3.5 stars
This would have been a solid 4 stars, but Sebastian had to be dumb again 😅😅😅😅 Ahhhhh him going back to Savy mid book and professing his feelings for her kind of killed this for me 🫠. Love Linnea though, tbh she’s one of my top fav Giana Darling fmcs. Adam’s character was well balanced too. Wish there was more of a focus on Sebastian being obsessed/in love with Adam and Linnea and not constantly thinking he wasn’t good enough for them or that he was still in “love” with Savy.
Pre-review:
Ahhhh just read the first chapter (from Giana’s newsletter)!!!! The FMC looks like it’s going to not be Savannah and Seb pretty much acknowledges that she’s a narcissist in it!!!!! So excited for this and how head over heels he is for this new mystery woman!
Fingers crossed that Savannah is not the fmc 🫠
Update: the fmc is Linnea and there’s going to be a marriage of convenience 👀 Very interested to see where this is going to go!
This would have been a solid 4 stars, but Sebastian had to be dumb again 😅😅😅😅 Ahhhhh him going back to Savy mid book and professing his feelings for her kind of killed this for me 🫠. Love Linnea though, tbh she’s one of my top fav Giana Darling fmcs. Adam’s character was well balanced too. Wish there was more of a focus on Sebastian being obsessed/in love with Adam and Linnea and not constantly thinking he wasn’t good enough for them or that he was still in “love” with Savy.
Pre-review:
Ahhhh just read the first chapter (from Giana’s newsletter)!!!! The FMC looks like it’s going to not be Savannah and Seb pretty much acknowledges that she’s a narcissist in it!!!!! So excited for this and how head over heels he is for this new mystery woman!
Fingers crossed that Savannah is not the fmc 🫠
Update: the fmc is Linnea and there’s going to be a marriage of convenience 👀 Very interested to see where this is going to go!
July 24, 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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This book was everything I needed and wanted from Giana Darling. The angst, longing, and healing the characters go through was killing me, but in the best way. While I enjoyed the first book, this one completely blew me away. Giana’s writing is so beautiful, poetic, and eloquent. It moves me every time.
You need to read the first book to understand the history between Sebastian, Adam, and Savannah. This picks up 10 years after their relationship ended. Seb is now an extremely successful actor and has not spoken to Adam in the last 10 years. He runs into Linnea during an interview, and they rekindle their friendship. They had become friends during his time with Adam and Savannah, and they have written to each other for years. Linnea has grown into a beautiful woman, and Seb is starting to return her crush, but he doesn’t feel like he can give his full heart after what happened in the previous book.
Adam is experiencing another scandal about his sexuality when a man from his past is outing him to the press. Seb wants to be there for him and help him through the crisis, and he comes up with a plan to have Linnea be his fake girlfriend. It would help her career since she is trying to become an actress and help her financially while she takes care of her mother, who is suffering from frontotemporal dementia.
Linnea helps bring Seb and Adam together, but she fits in with them perfectly. They make sense together, and she helped heal through their past and come together in a beautiful way. She brought sunshine and joy back to their lives.
I had a few issues with the first book because I hated Savannah, but of course Giana had a plan with how this trilogy would unfold and she redeemed everything by switching up the heroine with the amazing Linnea Kai. This woman stole my heart and is one of my favorite Giana Darling heroines (right up there with Elena). She was so full of life, loyalty, and love. She was the perfect person for Adam and Sebastian. I loved how she was so honest and open with them, the complete opposite of how selfish Savannah was. I even started to hate Savannah more in this book because Linnea was such a giving and loving person. She appreciated the love between Adam and Seb and loved watching them together, unlike Savy, who made it all about her.
I appreciated how this was more of a slow burn between them, but once they all came together, things got so hot. The sex was next level, but also emotional.
The cliffhanger killed me, and I was so frustrated, but I trust Giana. I need the final book now!
Thank you to Giana Darling for providing the ARC.
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This book was everything I needed and wanted from Giana Darling. The angst, longing, and healing the characters go through was killing me, but in the best way. While I enjoyed the first book, this one completely blew me away. Giana’s writing is so beautiful, poetic, and eloquent. It moves me every time.
You need to read the first book to understand the history between Sebastian, Adam, and Savannah. This picks up 10 years after their relationship ended. Seb is now an extremely successful actor and has not spoken to Adam in the last 10 years. He runs into Linnea during an interview, and they rekindle their friendship. They had become friends during his time with Adam and Savannah, and they have written to each other for years. Linnea has grown into a beautiful woman, and Seb is starting to return her crush, but he doesn’t feel like he can give his full heart after what happened in the previous book.
Adam is experiencing another scandal about his sexuality when a man from his past is outing him to the press. Seb wants to be there for him and help him through the crisis, and he comes up with a plan to have Linnea be his fake girlfriend. It would help her career since she is trying to become an actress and help her financially while she takes care of her mother, who is suffering from frontotemporal dementia.
Linnea helps bring Seb and Adam together, but she fits in with them perfectly. They make sense together, and she helped heal through their past and come together in a beautiful way. She brought sunshine and joy back to their lives.
I had a few issues with the first book because I hated Savannah, but of course Giana had a plan with how this trilogy would unfold and she redeemed everything by switching up the heroine with the amazing Linnea Kai. This woman stole my heart and is one of my favorite Giana Darling heroines (right up there with Elena). She was so full of life, loyalty, and love. She was the perfect person for Adam and Sebastian. I loved how she was so honest and open with them, the complete opposite of how selfish Savannah was. I even started to hate Savannah more in this book because Linnea was such a giving and loving person. She appreciated the love between Adam and Seb and loved watching them together, unlike Savy, who made it all about her.
I appreciated how this was more of a slow burn between them, but once they all came together, things got so hot. The sex was next level, but also emotional.
The cliffhanger killed me, and I was so frustrated, but I trust Giana. I need the final book now!
Thank you to Giana Darling for providing the ARC.
July 22, 2025
This book was nothing but amazing.
Addictive. Full of angst. Love. Healing. Wanting to throw your kindle. Giana really does know how to break your heart, then repair it but then break it again ya know? But I LOVE her for it.
Book two of the Impossible universe trilogy has us back with Adam & Sebastian but 10 YEARS LATER!! I thought I loved The Moon & His Tides but the way Giana writes a story is so damn beautiful she made me love this one so much more, I didn’t even know that was possible.
The connection and chemistry between Adam & Seb is still as beautiful as it was but add in Miss Linnea Kai, the three of them were electric. I can’t even explain it.
Linnea herself was the most favourite thing about this book, I love her and want to be her friend. The way she fit like a missing piece you didn’t know you needed, it’s what they needed.
SEBASTIAN LOMBARDI. This man. My heart breaks for this guy for real. I have nothing but hope he finds what he truly deserves 🥺
“𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.”
I’m quite honestly very mad, wondering how Miss Giana can make me love her and hate her all the same time for the way she’s ended this book. The queen of all cliffhangers 😭 I can’t. Immediately need book 3 in my hands.
Addictive. Full of angst. Love. Healing. Wanting to throw your kindle. Giana really does know how to break your heart, then repair it but then break it again ya know? But I LOVE her for it.
Book two of the Impossible universe trilogy has us back with Adam & Sebastian but 10 YEARS LATER!! I thought I loved The Moon & His Tides but the way Giana writes a story is so damn beautiful she made me love this one so much more, I didn’t even know that was possible.
The connection and chemistry between Adam & Seb is still as beautiful as it was but add in Miss Linnea Kai, the three of them were electric. I can’t even explain it.
Linnea herself was the most favourite thing about this book, I love her and want to be her friend. The way she fit like a missing piece you didn’t know you needed, it’s what they needed.
SEBASTIAN LOMBARDI. This man. My heart breaks for this guy for real. I have nothing but hope he finds what he truly deserves 🥺
“𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.”
I’m quite honestly very mad, wondering how Miss Giana can make me love her and hate her all the same time for the way she’s ended this book. The queen of all cliffhangers 😭 I can’t. Immediately need book 3 in my hands.
August 2, 2025
4.75 STARS
EACH BOOK JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER!!
I love everyone in this story well except one (and they shall not be named, I CANT STAND THEM) but everyone else. I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH!!
Giana’s writing is just unmatched in my eyes, the way she writes and the way she can suck you into her stories. I am here for it!
AND OMG THAT ENDING 😭😭😭
I cant wait for the last book!!
(arc review) out now!
EACH BOOK JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER!!
I love everyone in this story well except one (and they shall not be named, I CANT STAND THEM) but everyone else. I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH!!
Giana’s writing is just unmatched in my eyes, the way she writes and the way she can suck you into her stories. I am here for it!
AND OMG THAT ENDING 😭😭😭
I cant wait for the last book!!
(arc review) out now!
July 21, 2025
I knew that this book was going to wreck me going in and when it ended on a cliffhanger because it is book 2 of a trilogy, but in all seriousness... MY HEART. 😭😭
Book 2 begins 10 years after the events of book 1 and if you have not read, I HIGHLY recommend that it be read so the full depth of Sebastian's relationships with Savannah and Adam can be understood. While participating in an interview, Sebastian runs into Linnea, his friend from England who had moved to Los Angles to help her mother during her illness.
As their friendship reignites, Sebastian sees an opportunity to have Linnea help Adam with some unsavory press. Adam's requirement? A marriage of convenience with Linnea. While she agrees to the relationship with Adam, she continues to harbor her crush for Sebastian. But as all three continue to spend more and more time together, the chemistry and the attraction between all three combusts.
Savannah who? I am SO GLAD that Linnea has been introduced to Adam and Sebastian again. Adam and Sebastian are two moons in orbit around each other, and Linnea has the gravitational pull to bring them back together. And Giana's writing is lyrical and so freaking good. I finished this book in one sitting. I could not put it down. The spice? Intoxicating. The drama? Enthralling. My heart? Broken by certain decisions.
I am already theorizing about where book 3 is going to take us, but I have full faith that Giana, Sebastian, Linnea and Adam will repair my heart after sending it through the wringer. Thank you so much to Giana and Valentine PR for the early copy of The Sun & Her Burn!
Tropes:
MMF
Hollywood romance
Marriage of Convenience
Secret Relationship
Age Gap
Emotional turmoil
Book 2 begins 10 years after the events of book 1 and if you have not read, I HIGHLY recommend that it be read so the full depth of Sebastian's relationships with Savannah and Adam can be understood. While participating in an interview, Sebastian runs into Linnea, his friend from England who had moved to Los Angles to help her mother during her illness.
As their friendship reignites, Sebastian sees an opportunity to have Linnea help Adam with some unsavory press. Adam's requirement? A marriage of convenience with Linnea. While she agrees to the relationship with Adam, she continues to harbor her crush for Sebastian. But as all three continue to spend more and more time together, the chemistry and the attraction between all three combusts.
Savannah who? I am SO GLAD that Linnea has been introduced to Adam and Sebastian again. Adam and Sebastian are two moons in orbit around each other, and Linnea has the gravitational pull to bring them back together. And Giana's writing is lyrical and so freaking good. I finished this book in one sitting. I could not put it down. The spice? Intoxicating. The drama? Enthralling. My heart? Broken by certain decisions.
I am already theorizing about where book 3 is going to take us, but I have full faith that Giana, Sebastian, Linnea and Adam will repair my heart after sending it through the wringer. Thank you so much to Giana and Valentine PR for the early copy of The Sun & Her Burn!
Tropes:
MMF
Hollywood romance
Marriage of Convenience
Secret Relationship
Age Gap
Emotional turmoil
August 11, 2025
oh my Darling, Seb!
I’ve never added a throuple to my GOATBB (greatest of all time book boyfriend) list, but I have to name Sebastian Lombardi as my first on this short list.
Sebastian is entirely too selfless for his own good, but he is the dream. This second book of the series cements why Giana Darling is one of the best writers of romance I’ve read. I typically get impatient with the pushmi-pullyu of on again off again love, but I can feel their desire for each other burning holes through my heart and lighting up the pages with the fire of their impossible universe. Sebastian, Adam, and now Linnea are so perfectly made for each other in a way that Savannah wasn’t. And while I sincerely hope it will be Linnea that completes the Universe, I also trust the author implicitly to handle The Stars and Their Sky with the utmost sensitivity and make it the most unforgettable trilogy I’ve ever read.
It’s already the best duo I’ve read. I actually found myself slowing down to savour Giana Darling’s beautiful writing and the inevitable cliffhanger.
It would be excruciating to wait almost six months to have my heart patched up again, if there weren’t a whole family of Lombardis and their loves to get me through until The Stars and Their Sky is released. I feel I am in very good hands.
I’ve never added a throuple to my GOATBB (greatest of all time book boyfriend) list, but I have to name Sebastian Lombardi as my first on this short list.
Sebastian is entirely too selfless for his own good, but he is the dream. This second book of the series cements why Giana Darling is one of the best writers of romance I’ve read. I typically get impatient with the pushmi-pullyu of on again off again love, but I can feel their desire for each other burning holes through my heart and lighting up the pages with the fire of their impossible universe. Sebastian, Adam, and now Linnea are so perfectly made for each other in a way that Savannah wasn’t. And while I sincerely hope it will be Linnea that completes the Universe, I also trust the author implicitly to handle The Stars and Their Sky with the utmost sensitivity and make it the most unforgettable trilogy I’ve ever read.
It’s already the best duo I’ve read. I actually found myself slowing down to savour Giana Darling’s beautiful writing and the inevitable cliffhanger.
It would be excruciating to wait almost six months to have my heart patched up again, if there weren’t a whole family of Lombardis and their loves to get me through until The Stars and Their Sky is released. I feel I am in very good hands.
July 23, 2025
I was spellbound this story hijacked my heart, mind body and soul. I devoured this masterpiece in one sitting the writing left me breathless and speechless and that ending left me with my jaw on the floor.
This story was passionate, poetic it left me feeling tingles throughout my whole body there’s just something about Seb he is such a beautiful human. I love how he loves and his connection with Adam and Linnea left me completely breathless.
This book has so many different layers it will consume you leaving you completely obsessed. I couldn't stop turning pages. I had to have it all. Every word in this book was everything!
Giana writing is perfect her ability to literary Create masterpieces after masterpieces I can’t wait for the next one…
“6 stars!”
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
This story was passionate, poetic it left me feeling tingles throughout my whole body there’s just something about Seb he is such a beautiful human. I love how he loves and his connection with Adam and Linnea left me completely breathless.
This book has so many different layers it will consume you leaving you completely obsessed. I couldn't stop turning pages. I had to have it all. Every word in this book was everything!
Giana writing is perfect her ability to literary Create masterpieces after masterpieces I can’t wait for the next one…
“6 stars!”
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
July 31, 2025
Another hit from Giana Darling! Listen, as someone who’s a big fan of her work, I genuinely enjoyed this book. There were moments that shook me, moments that made me blush, and moments where I found myself internally screaming at what’s happening in the book—but that’s what makes Giana’s books so fun. You always get an emotional ride out of them.
The Sun & Her Burn picks up ten years after The Moon & His Tides, and let me tell you, after finishing book one, I was on the edge of my seat waiting for book two. And this book did not disappoint! If I’m being honest, I wasn’t a fan of Savannah in the first book, so imagine my delight when TS&HB opened with Sebastian trying to save Adam’s career by arranging a marriage between Adam and Linnea. The rollercoaster these two go on together was absolutely fascinating to read.
I won’t spoil the story, but as always, the connection between Sebastian and Adam is so evident and alive—and seeing how Linnea completes their story was captivating.
I will say, the ending had me SCREAMING at Sebastian because—pookie, what are you doing?! But honestly, I can’t wait to see how their story ends. All I know is that these three are endgame, and however that plays out is going to be thrilling to read.
Thank you, Giana Darling, for another five-star read! ❤️
The Sun & Her Burn picks up ten years after The Moon & His Tides, and let me tell you, after finishing book one, I was on the edge of my seat waiting for book two. And this book did not disappoint! If I’m being honest, I wasn’t a fan of Savannah in the first book, so imagine my delight when TS&HB opened with Sebastian trying to save Adam’s career by arranging a marriage between Adam and Linnea. The rollercoaster these two go on together was absolutely fascinating to read.
I won’t spoil the story, but as always, the connection between Sebastian and Adam is so evident and alive—and seeing how Linnea completes their story was captivating.
I will say, the ending had me SCREAMING at Sebastian because—pookie, what are you doing?! But honestly, I can’t wait to see how their story ends. All I know is that these three are endgame, and however that plays out is going to be thrilling to read.
Thank you, Giana Darling, for another five-star read! ❤️
July 24, 2025
I had missed these characters! The book takes olace10 years after the first book, and we revisit Sebastian, who is famous now, and Adam who is now divorced and in a tricky spot.
What we have here is a slow burn, MMF romance and a marriage of convenience.
I absolutely loved the pacing and of course the undeniable chemistry of our protagonists.
Please beware that this is part of a series and not a standalone.
What we have here is a slow burn, MMF romance and a marriage of convenience.
I absolutely loved the pacing and of course the undeniable chemistry of our protagonists.
Please beware that this is part of a series and not a standalone.
July 23, 2025
After the ending of the previous book, I was really curious to see how this one will play out. Just three words: it was good (and hot)!!!!
I particularly liked the first half. Introducing Linnea as the new heroine was well done and she was so likable from the very beginning. She was well rounded as a character and I never had the feeling like she was misplaced. She was the right heroine and now it makes sense why Savannah felt off to me.
I very much enjoyed the connection and affection that Linnea and Sebastian shared in the beginning, which was a very interesting balance to her relationship to Adam. All the dynamics were very intriguing and full of sparks, to say the least.
I did not expect the cliffhanger of this one, but I'm definitely curious for the end of this trilogy.
I particularly liked the first half. Introducing Linnea as the new heroine was well done and she was so likable from the very beginning. She was well rounded as a character and I never had the feeling like she was misplaced. She was the right heroine and now it makes sense why Savannah felt off to me.
I very much enjoyed the connection and affection that Linnea and Sebastian shared in the beginning, which was a very interesting balance to her relationship to Adam. All the dynamics were very intriguing and full of sparks, to say the least.
I did not expect the cliffhanger of this one, but I'm definitely curious for the end of this trilogy.
July 23, 2025
I honestly can’t put into words how much I love this series. It makes you feel every emotion. The plot to spice ratio is PERFECT.
I’m unwell from the ending.. but know I recommend this series with my whole chest. This series reminds me why I love to read.
I’m unwell from the ending.. but know I recommend this series with my whole chest. This series reminds me why I love to read.
August 2, 2025
Brb while I sit quietly in a corner simultaneously fuming and crying over that ending. Gimme book 3 RIGHT NOW W A HAPPY ENDING DAMN IT
July 22, 2025
3.5⭐️
Sebastian has spent the last ten years rising to fame as an award-winning actor and screenwriter, but despite his success, something inside him still feels empty. No matter how many red carpets he walks, he’s never quite moved on from the scandalous and emotional tangle of his past—the intense, unforgettable relationship he shared with Adam and Savannah Meyers. Though he does his best to avoid Adam now, Sebastian can’t help being drawn into Savannah’s orbit again and again—close, but never quite what they once were.
He’s learned to handle questions about his love life with practiced charm, but behind the façade, he’s lonely and tired of pretending. That is, until a chance encounter during an interview halts him in his tracks. He spots a beautiful woman at the bar —Linnea. It turns out she wasn’t just a stranger from his past but a close friend from when he was 18, someone he quietly stayed connected to over the years. Unbeknownst to many, Sebastian had been sending Linnea postcards for years, and she’d saved them all.
This revelation sparks a surprising, tender thread of connection that brings Linnea into the center of his life once again. What unfolds is a story about rekindled friendship, aching love, and the kind of second chances that force you to confront your past, your truth, and the people you can’t let go of.
Linnea, we soon learn, has been putting her own life on hold to care for her mother with dementia. When Sebastian sees her struggle, he steps in—offering her not only help but an opportunity to finally chase her own dreams. At the same time, rumors surrounding Adam’s sexuality are gaining traction in the media, threatening to expose a part of him he’s kept private. It’s in this moment that Sebastian faces the love of his life once more and proposes a solution to help them both—a marriage of convenience.
Linnea becomes a grounding presence for Adam, helping lift him from his isolation. At the same time, her light draws Sebastian back into Adam’s heart. In turn, the two become Sebastian’s creative spark. For the first time in ten years, he writes again. That script—once promised to Savannah—is delivered to her with a single, heartbreaking boundary: she can read it, but she will never produce it. Sebastian is finally stepping out of the emotional shadow Savannah cast over him, accepting that she was never going to choose him.
As the trio’s relationship deepens, Sebastian starts to feel like an outsider once again. Despite everything they’ve shared, he’s left questioning whether this time—after all the growth, pain, and healing—he’ll be the one chosen. Then in the end, he finally is.
My thoughts:
- My feelings at the end of the book: confused, unfulfilled, disappointed, I’m actually quite sad about it and my husband even asked me what was wrong LOL
-pissed at the ending (but I see what the author did there”
- I think this book should’ve been a 6-7 year ahead instead of a 10.
- i feel like it started strong then fell flat, like there should’ve been more
- not sure how i feel about savannahs role in the plot. Like i feel that there should’ve been a different moment/reason that Sebastian finally realized he was moving on from her. Or more moments where she was the antagonist
- this is a trilogy?? wtf
June 30th, 2025 - my prediction that never happened 😭
This better be a friends to lovers between Sebastian and Linnea… whether they stayed in touch or rekindled. I’m thinking it’ll be a forced proximity, maybe a movie together? Possibly fake dating???
Then Adam and Sebastian reunite… maybe Adam is a producer of the above movie?? and they rekindle then it becomes an MMF between these three.
Obviously Sebastian learns that Savannah was highly toxic seeing how she has treated Adam over the years, but she’ll be the main antagonist and try either to exploit, seduce, or something wild against Linnea. We hate her
My two cents. Can’t wait 😜
Sebastian has spent the last ten years rising to fame as an award-winning actor and screenwriter, but despite his success, something inside him still feels empty. No matter how many red carpets he walks, he’s never quite moved on from the scandalous and emotional tangle of his past—the intense, unforgettable relationship he shared with Adam and Savannah Meyers. Though he does his best to avoid Adam now, Sebastian can’t help being drawn into Savannah’s orbit again and again—close, but never quite what they once were.
He’s learned to handle questions about his love life with practiced charm, but behind the façade, he’s lonely and tired of pretending. That is, until a chance encounter during an interview halts him in his tracks. He spots a beautiful woman at the bar —Linnea. It turns out she wasn’t just a stranger from his past but a close friend from when he was 18, someone he quietly stayed connected to over the years. Unbeknownst to many, Sebastian had been sending Linnea postcards for years, and she’d saved them all.
This revelation sparks a surprising, tender thread of connection that brings Linnea into the center of his life once again. What unfolds is a story about rekindled friendship, aching love, and the kind of second chances that force you to confront your past, your truth, and the people you can’t let go of.
Linnea, we soon learn, has been putting her own life on hold to care for her mother with dementia. When Sebastian sees her struggle, he steps in—offering her not only help but an opportunity to finally chase her own dreams. At the same time, rumors surrounding Adam’s sexuality are gaining traction in the media, threatening to expose a part of him he’s kept private. It’s in this moment that Sebastian faces the love of his life once more and proposes a solution to help them both—a marriage of convenience.
Linnea becomes a grounding presence for Adam, helping lift him from his isolation. At the same time, her light draws Sebastian back into Adam’s heart. In turn, the two become Sebastian’s creative spark. For the first time in ten years, he writes again. That script—once promised to Savannah—is delivered to her with a single, heartbreaking boundary: she can read it, but she will never produce it. Sebastian is finally stepping out of the emotional shadow Savannah cast over him, accepting that she was never going to choose him.
As the trio’s relationship deepens, Sebastian starts to feel like an outsider once again. Despite everything they’ve shared, he’s left questioning whether this time—after all the growth, pain, and healing—he’ll be the one chosen. Then in the end, he finally is.
My thoughts:
- My feelings at the end of the book: confused, unfulfilled, disappointed, I’m actually quite sad about it and my husband even asked me what was wrong LOL
-pissed at the ending (but I see what the author did there”
- I think this book should’ve been a 6-7 year ahead instead of a 10.
- i feel like it started strong then fell flat, like there should’ve been more
- not sure how i feel about savannahs role in the plot. Like i feel that there should’ve been a different moment/reason that Sebastian finally realized he was moving on from her. Or more moments where she was the antagonist
- this is a trilogy?? wtf
June 30th, 2025 - my prediction that never happened 😭
This better be a friends to lovers between Sebastian and Linnea… whether they stayed in touch or rekindled. I’m thinking it’ll be a forced proximity, maybe a movie together? Possibly fake dating???
Then Adam and Sebastian reunite… maybe Adam is a producer of the above movie?? and they rekindle then it becomes an MMF between these three.
Obviously Sebastian learns that Savannah was highly toxic seeing how she has treated Adam over the years, but she’ll be the main antagonist and try either to exploit, seduce, or something wild against Linnea. We hate her
My two cents. Can’t wait 😜
December 12, 2025
Possible spoilers ahead....
ARC Review of the Sun and Her Burn by Giana Darling
I really enjoyed this one, I'll start with that since this book has received alot of criticism for changing the female main character. I loved that Giana did that. Savannah from the first book, the moon and his tides was unlikeable, judgmental and more often than not mean and self centered. I needed less of her and Giana turned her into the villain of this story. Kudos!
This is book 2 in the Impossible Universe trilogy by Giana Darling. I loved Linnea our new FMC. We were introduced to her in the first book when she was 16. 16 you exclaim?? No, this book takes place 10 years after the first one and Linnea is 26. Selfless Linnea is battling her life dealing with her ill mother and also juggling her dream career of being a hollywood actress. Enter Sebastian (a now very successful screenwriter and actor), 29, her pen pal and best friend over the years. Sebastian our leading man is stiil struggling with his broken heart of losing his lovers, Adam 38, and Savannah, Adam's now ex-wife. Sebastian finds a way to help Adam who is dealing with scandal of his bisexuality while also helping Linnea gain the spotlight and the attention of Hollywood by setting up Linnea and Adam in a fake relationship. Messiness and drama ensues. And thats where the story leads us.
Unlike the first book, this story stays spicy thru out the book. This one is more of a slowburn, while all characters pine and yearn for each other, not quite crossing that line ....until they do! and insert all the fire emojis! This got incredibly spicy and flat out filthy. Giana writes in a lyrical way that is reminiscent of Sierra Simone and Elodie Hart, if you are familiar. The passion and poetry of this thrupple was jumping off the page directly into my blood stream! It was fantastic in a way that stood out from all the rest of the smutty reads you are used to. This thrupple was, for lack of a better word, famished for each other. They could not get enough of each other.
I cant wait for book 3 to finish off this trilogy. Like the first book in this series, it leaves us heartbroken and with a gut wrenching cliffhanger.
What will become of Sebastian, Adam and Linnea...we will find out soon enough! 4.5/5
i'm knocking off half a star because it was too long, I think it could have been shorter but a banger of a book!
ARC Review of the Sun and Her Burn by Giana Darling
I really enjoyed this one, I'll start with that since this book has received alot of criticism for changing the female main character. I loved that Giana did that. Savannah from the first book, the moon and his tides was unlikeable, judgmental and more often than not mean and self centered. I needed less of her and Giana turned her into the villain of this story. Kudos!
This is book 2 in the Impossible Universe trilogy by Giana Darling. I loved Linnea our new FMC. We were introduced to her in the first book when she was 16. 16 you exclaim?? No, this book takes place 10 years after the first one and Linnea is 26. Selfless Linnea is battling her life dealing with her ill mother and also juggling her dream career of being a hollywood actress. Enter Sebastian (a now very successful screenwriter and actor), 29, her pen pal and best friend over the years. Sebastian our leading man is stiil struggling with his broken heart of losing his lovers, Adam 38, and Savannah, Adam's now ex-wife. Sebastian finds a way to help Adam who is dealing with scandal of his bisexuality while also helping Linnea gain the spotlight and the attention of Hollywood by setting up Linnea and Adam in a fake relationship. Messiness and drama ensues. And thats where the story leads us.
Unlike the first book, this story stays spicy thru out the book. This one is more of a slowburn, while all characters pine and yearn for each other, not quite crossing that line ....until they do! and insert all the fire emojis! This got incredibly spicy and flat out filthy. Giana writes in a lyrical way that is reminiscent of Sierra Simone and Elodie Hart, if you are familiar. The passion and poetry of this thrupple was jumping off the page directly into my blood stream! It was fantastic in a way that stood out from all the rest of the smutty reads you are used to. This thrupple was, for lack of a better word, famished for each other. They could not get enough of each other.
I cant wait for book 3 to finish off this trilogy. Like the first book in this series, it leaves us heartbroken and with a gut wrenching cliffhanger.
What will become of Sebastian, Adam and Linnea...we will find out soon enough! 4.5/5
i'm knocking off half a star because it was too long, I think it could have been shorter but a banger of a book!
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July 27, 2025DNF @ 39%
July 24, 2025
This story completely wrecked me and yet I’m ready for more. If you’re familiar with Giana’s brand of writing you already know to brace for heartbreak, this second instalment of the 𝙸𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎 trilogy is no exception. And this is my, not so gentle, push to enter this impossibly complicated world. The wreckage has never been more wonderful and worthy.
~𝙈𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚, 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙣𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙭𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜~
I was already in love with Sebastian and Adam, I didn’t think I could fall harder, once again, Giana exceeded my expectations and she plunged me into an endless obsession for these two tortured heroes. Sebastian’s nature which is so fierce and powerful, his ability to love big and never think to protect his huge heart. Adam’s struggle to accept his own nature the struggle to acknowledge how worthy of happiness he is.
~𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮, 𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩~
When Linnea was announced to make an appearance in book two, I was over the moon, I have always had a liking for her character and I could tell she would grow up to be a wonderful woman. I never doubted her aura and the way she would fit the story, however, I hadn’t considered her enthralling persona and my consequent inevitable fall, head over heels, into her character. I love her big heart, her giving and selfless nature, her curiosity, I was ensnared by her nurturing spirit and her fragility which sought love and protection.
~𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙄 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚~
Book two takes place 10 years after the painful ending of the first opus. Sebastian’s heart is still broken and Adam is as miserable as ever. Savannah seems to be the only one who moved on… enter Linnea whose sunny personality captures Sebastian instantly. Although they have been in contact over the years, Seb isn’t aware of how beautifully his Linnea has blossomed. As they reconnect, a crisis involving Adam is about to break out and threaten to destroy his carefully built career and life. In comes Sebastian, with a brilliant idea who could not only solve Adam’s problems but also mend his broken heart. Could this new scenario also stitch old wounds?
~𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙~
I won’t lie and say this is an easy story to read, these characters are flawed, they have issues but they also have big hearts and their love is just as strong; it may seem paradoxical but I crave this kind of torment, the way the author makes my heart weep, the pain and ache I get from this pages is pure bliss.
~𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤~
I’m aware Savannah is the female character from book one, I haven’t forgotten her and rest assured that the author hasn’t erased her. She’s very much part of the story and you’ll have to read in order to understand and see what her part is.
I’ll be honest, I have never fully liked Savannah, I couldn’t connect to her and I have always been hesitant about her. However, Giana provides some insight into her character and I had the chance to learn more about her, I can see why’s s and how’s of her disposition, I’m still weary about her but more light has been shed on her personality.
Giana won’t spare your soul from being ripped apart but she’ll provide a beautiful story of an impossible love and amazing characters, the lyrical style is completed by a masterfully crafted chemistry, the intimate moments are filled with sensual energy as well as emotional strength. A heady cocktail that will leave you begging for more.
~“𝙋𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.”~
Speaking of begging… that cliffhanger at the end is pure torture no matter how much warning I give you, it will break you, I wish you could prepare but I urge your bravery to take the plunge.
~𝙈𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚, 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙣𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙭𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜~
I was already in love with Sebastian and Adam, I didn’t think I could fall harder, once again, Giana exceeded my expectations and she plunged me into an endless obsession for these two tortured heroes. Sebastian’s nature which is so fierce and powerful, his ability to love big and never think to protect his huge heart. Adam’s struggle to accept his own nature the struggle to acknowledge how worthy of happiness he is.
~𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮, 𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩~
When Linnea was announced to make an appearance in book two, I was over the moon, I have always had a liking for her character and I could tell she would grow up to be a wonderful woman. I never doubted her aura and the way she would fit the story, however, I hadn’t considered her enthralling persona and my consequent inevitable fall, head over heels, into her character. I love her big heart, her giving and selfless nature, her curiosity, I was ensnared by her nurturing spirit and her fragility which sought love and protection.
~𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙄 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚~
Book two takes place 10 years after the painful ending of the first opus. Sebastian’s heart is still broken and Adam is as miserable as ever. Savannah seems to be the only one who moved on… enter Linnea whose sunny personality captures Sebastian instantly. Although they have been in contact over the years, Seb isn’t aware of how beautifully his Linnea has blossomed. As they reconnect, a crisis involving Adam is about to break out and threaten to destroy his carefully built career and life. In comes Sebastian, with a brilliant idea who could not only solve Adam’s problems but also mend his broken heart. Could this new scenario also stitch old wounds?
~𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙~
I won’t lie and say this is an easy story to read, these characters are flawed, they have issues but they also have big hearts and their love is just as strong; it may seem paradoxical but I crave this kind of torment, the way the author makes my heart weep, the pain and ache I get from this pages is pure bliss.
~𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤~
I’m aware Savannah is the female character from book one, I haven’t forgotten her and rest assured that the author hasn’t erased her. She’s very much part of the story and you’ll have to read in order to understand and see what her part is.
I’ll be honest, I have never fully liked Savannah, I couldn’t connect to her and I have always been hesitant about her. However, Giana provides some insight into her character and I had the chance to learn more about her, I can see why’s s and how’s of her disposition, I’m still weary about her but more light has been shed on her personality.
Giana won’t spare your soul from being ripped apart but she’ll provide a beautiful story of an impossible love and amazing characters, the lyrical style is completed by a masterfully crafted chemistry, the intimate moments are filled with sensual energy as well as emotional strength. A heady cocktail that will leave you begging for more.
~“𝙋𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.”~
Speaking of begging… that cliffhanger at the end is pure torture no matter how much warning I give you, it will break you, I wish you could prepare but I urge your bravery to take the plunge.
July 22, 2025
ARC Review:
This is book two in the Impossible Universe Trilogy, and I was not ready. Not emotionally, not mentally. t wrecked me—in the best, most painful way.
If you haven’t read The Moon and His Tides, start there first. Because book one ends on a jaw-dropping cliffhanger—and this book picks up the wreckage ten years later… and sets it on fire.
We reunite with Sebastian, who’s being interviewed about his last movie when Linnea walks in. Yes—that Linnea. The sixteen-year-old girl we briefly met by Adam Meyers’ pool is now grown. She’s been taking care of her mom who has FTD (frontotemporal dementia), while working two jobs just to keep them afloat.
Meanwhile, Adam has spent the past decade surviving media blackmail, scandals, and rumours about his sexuality. When Sebastian returns after ten years, he brings an outrageous solution: Adam should marry someone—to silence the tabloids. That someone? Linnea. A fake relationship.
But here’s the twist: Linnea is in love with Sebastian.
Adam and Linnea meet and let’s just say—it’s not exactly friendly. But she agrees to go along with the fake relationship if it’ll help her afford better care for her mother. So now we have:
Adam, closed off and painfully guarded.
Sebastian, the kind of heartbreak that walks and breathes—graceful, ruthless, unforgettable.
Linnea, the sunbeam trying to save them all
This isn’t a love triangle. It’s a gravitational collapse.
It’s three broken souls trying to build something beautiful in a world that keeps telling them they can’t.
Sebastian will always be that character for me. He steps into every scene like a slow-burning disaster—tailored suit, razor-edged words, and that look he gives Adam? Like he’s staring at a ghost, and somehow, that ghost is the only thing keeping him breathing. With his enormous heart and words of affirmation, He’s love and grief and heartbreak wrapped in a man who would bleed for the people he loves.
Linnea? My favourite. She’s all light on the surface, with shadows she keeps tucked away. Adam and Sebastian never expected her—but she’s the piece they didn’t know they needed. Her love is tender but immovable. Her strength runs quite, deep, and hits like a wave you never saw coming. She’s curiosity with a desperate need to fix the ones she loves.
Adam, the tortured, beautiful man who cares by giving, touching, and sometimes even disappearing because he thinks he’s not enough. He broke me. He's meant for more,deserves more.
I want to curl under a blanket and live in this pain. Giana Darling doesn’t just write romance—she writes soul ache. Every page had me breathing hard, my heart pounding. She’s the only author who makes me feel this unhinged in the best way.
She hits us with another cliffhanger.
It doesn’t just bring the pain—it tears it wide open.
I’m not just desperate for book three. I need it to breathe.
Thank you @gianadarlingauthor and @valentinepr for the ARC. I’m sobbing in gratitude.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is book two in the Impossible Universe Trilogy, and I was not ready. Not emotionally, not mentally. t wrecked me—in the best, most painful way.
If you haven’t read The Moon and His Tides, start there first. Because book one ends on a jaw-dropping cliffhanger—and this book picks up the wreckage ten years later… and sets it on fire.
We reunite with Sebastian, who’s being interviewed about his last movie when Linnea walks in. Yes—that Linnea. The sixteen-year-old girl we briefly met by Adam Meyers’ pool is now grown. She’s been taking care of her mom who has FTD (frontotemporal dementia), while working two jobs just to keep them afloat.
Meanwhile, Adam has spent the past decade surviving media blackmail, scandals, and rumours about his sexuality. When Sebastian returns after ten years, he brings an outrageous solution: Adam should marry someone—to silence the tabloids. That someone? Linnea. A fake relationship.
But here’s the twist: Linnea is in love with Sebastian.
Adam and Linnea meet and let’s just say—it’s not exactly friendly. But she agrees to go along with the fake relationship if it’ll help her afford better care for her mother. So now we have:
Adam, closed off and painfully guarded.
Sebastian, the kind of heartbreak that walks and breathes—graceful, ruthless, unforgettable.
Linnea, the sunbeam trying to save them all
This isn’t a love triangle. It’s a gravitational collapse.
It’s three broken souls trying to build something beautiful in a world that keeps telling them they can’t.
Sebastian will always be that character for me. He steps into every scene like a slow-burning disaster—tailored suit, razor-edged words, and that look he gives Adam? Like he’s staring at a ghost, and somehow, that ghost is the only thing keeping him breathing. With his enormous heart and words of affirmation, He’s love and grief and heartbreak wrapped in a man who would bleed for the people he loves.
Linnea? My favourite. She’s all light on the surface, with shadows she keeps tucked away. Adam and Sebastian never expected her—but she’s the piece they didn’t know they needed. Her love is tender but immovable. Her strength runs quite, deep, and hits like a wave you never saw coming. She’s curiosity with a desperate need to fix the ones she loves.
Adam, the tortured, beautiful man who cares by giving, touching, and sometimes even disappearing because he thinks he’s not enough. He broke me. He's meant for more,deserves more.
I want to curl under a blanket and live in this pain. Giana Darling doesn’t just write romance—she writes soul ache. Every page had me breathing hard, my heart pounding. She’s the only author who makes me feel this unhinged in the best way.
She hits us with another cliffhanger.
It doesn’t just bring the pain—it tears it wide open.
I’m not just desperate for book three. I need it to breathe.
Thank you @gianadarlingauthor and @valentinepr for the ARC. I’m sobbing in gratitude.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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