Four daddies missing their baby girl. One baby girl left completely shattered. It’ll take more than a contract to fix what’s broken between them.
It’s over. It’s really over. All I want to do is move on with my life. Get back on track with my goals and achieve my dream future. Graduate. Get a job. Buy a house. Adopt a cat. That’s it. No more sugar daddies. Just the regular life of a college student. Maybe even date a boy or two. I just need to stay strong and think of my future. But they are making it fucking impossible. Everywhere I turn, one of them is there. It’s like they are working as a unit to wear me down. At my dorm. In class. Between classes. Morning, afternoon, and night. Even my fucking dorm room. Nowhere is off-limits. I can’t escape them. They are using every one of their skills to show me exactly what I’m missing. And the worst part about all of this? I think it might be working.
I have been waiting for this book for what feels like my entire personality.
The ARC landed on my Kindle this morning and any plans I had for the day immediately ceased to exist. I fed my son breakfast, made sure he was alive and functioning, and then disappeared into Baby Girl for two straight hours.
At one point my son wanted my Kindle and I was genuinely inconvenienced by the existence of parenting because I NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
Harley Madison really said, "Let's see how much emotional damage I can do today," and apparently the answer is quite a lot.
Listen. I understand why Emery needed this journey. I understand why she needed to find herself. I understand why she needed to take back her voice, explore her options, figure out who she is outside of the men she loves, and make sure every decision she made was truly her own.
I understand all of that.
I respect all of that.
I still spent half this book screaming internally, "GIRL, PLEASE. I AM TIRED."
Every time Emery pulled back, I was like, "Okay, that's fair." Five seconds later I was like, "Actually never mind. Go back. Return to your men immediately."
Was her character growth necessary? Yes.
Was I patient about it? Absolutely not.
And don't even get me started on her four daddies because I still cannot pick a favorite. Every time I think I've decided, one of them shows up and does something that has me questioning everything again.
Also, thank you, Harley, for not dragging Tray out forever. I was so afraid that storyline was going to take up half the book. Instead, we handled business and moved on. Do I have questions about exactly how everything played out?
Maybe.
Am I asking them?
No.
Because Tray is gone and peace has been restored to my kingdom.
The thing is, Emery's hesitation makes complete sense. She needed to know what life looked like without them. She needed to be sure. She needed to choose them because it was what she wanted and not because it was the easiest path.
Unfortunately for her, I had already made that decision approximately 300 pages ago.
My biggest complaint is the same complaint I have with every book that emotionally destroys me: I wanted more.
More happy moments.
More domestic moments.
More pages.
More everything.
I was not ready to leave these characters.
And honestly, that's what makes finishing this series so bittersweet.
Harley Madison was one of the first romance authors who completely sucked me into this genre. I still remember seeing posts about the first book when she was a brand-new author and deciding to give it a shot. Watching her career absolutely explode since then has been amazing.
There's something so strange about reaching the end of a series you've loved for years. I'm proud. I'm emotional. I'm sad it's over. I'm already nostalgic for characters I literally finished reading five minutes ago.
Anyway, if anyone needs me, I'll be sitting here mourning fictional people and trying to figure out what on earth I'm supposed to do with my life now that this series is over.
So after the longest 10 months, waiting for this book, it really didn't disappoint. I devoured it!
We pick up right where book 3 ends, and immediately, I am back in love with our 4 MMC's.
We follow Emery trying to get over her men after all the pain they have caused her, unfortunately, they aren't ready to let her go just yet. We have some top tier yearning and grovelling in this book and I gobbled up every second.
We got to see Emery discover what and who she could be without her men, could she lead a normal life as a student, and does she want to?
Xavier is still possibly my favourite, although only just and that's because of his complete and utter refusal to let Emery go, and I was here for every second of his unhinged obsession 🤣.
It was the perfect conclusion to our story and although I'm devastated to say goodbye, the ending was exactly what my soul needed.
I wish we had had some more information about Xaviers mysterious past, I would really have loved to know what he was doing on his missing weekends.
Each MMC in this series has his own distinct, character, kinks and development over the course of the story, and it makes my heart swell that each one final found their missing piece.
Harley Madison writes the best spice I've ever read, and book 4, is equally impeccable. Spice that isn't just there for the sake of it, but adds to the story, to the character development and helps in the characters healing, means that for every scene, every word, you are 100% invested.
I honestly don't know what to do know that I've finished.
Baby Girl will definitely be in the top 5 of my reads so far this year.
This one by the first chapter. I knew it would be a five stars from one word.
This book gave me everything from tears after to purée where I was shaking. I could’ve never hooked for such a good ending to an amazing series.
And if you know me one of my favourite books is heartless and it’s very hard to beat this has tied with it.
It is been the best I’ve had since heartless and I am so happy and proud of the author and this story is such a good story and I absolutely absolutely love the ending and how is all wrapped up?
Thanks Harley for taking me on a rollercoaster for the last two days and I’m still got tears in my eyes
I’ve been dying for this book for 8 months! I love that there wasn’t 3 or 4 chapters where Emery was angry and just took them back easily. No she made them beg and fight for her. But I will say it did go on a little bit too long for me. I was starting to worry there wasn’t going to be enough book left for them to reconcile. I wish them getting back together happened a few chapters earlier so we got more of them being happy together.
I am truly devastated that its over. But omg I can never praise Harley enough. This book was beyond amazing and I wish I could re-read this series all over again for the first time. If you haven't read the Sugar life Series by Harley Madison, this is your time to pick it up. The 4th and final book is released on her birthday 7/29/26!! Run dont walk 😍😍
ARC READ: I devoured this book in a day. I loved it, this series, it was just so delicious. The last book to the series wrapped perfectly with a bow. The push and pull was the perfect amount…..And it was worth the wait!!!! I’m not spoiling a thing, so enjoy the ride 😜