JUNE: The Odd Ones, Stories of Love and Grovel

by Rina Amara GrovelDoll

My name is June.

Fitting, isn't it? The month of beginnings, warmth, light. I've always been the one who smiled first, who forgave quickly, who believed in love like it was a religion. I guess that's why they used to call me Sunshine—the tall girl with golden hair and sky-blue eyes, always dancing through life like the world was made of music.

And for a while, it was.

I was one of the "odd ones," a nickname we gave ourselves in the little online group where we met—each of us named after a month, each of us a little offbeat, a little too much or not quite enough. But together, we made sense. I loved them like sisters, like a compass that always pointed me home.

And then there was Aaron.

My safe place. My wild adventure. My first and only real love.

He came into my life like gravity—pulling me in gently but permanently. He saw something in me beyond the dancer, the dreamer. He helped me build my dance studio from the ground up, working late into the night after his shifts, covered in dust and sweat, just to see my dreams come alive. He used to say, "If you're dancing, I'm where I'm meant to be."

I loved him more than I thought was humanly possible.

So when he knelt on one knee last year, ring trembling in his hand, I said yes with my whole heart.

Six years together. Six years of laughter, struggle, growing, planning. I thought the hard part was over. I thought love, real love, was unshakable.

Then six weeks before the wedding, he asked me if he could meet up with her.

His high school sweetheart. The "one that got away."

He said it so gently, almost apologetically, like he didn't want to make a sound too loud. I felt a flicker of fear in my chest, but I swallowed it down. We'd been through too much for me to start doubting him now.

So I nodded. I trusted him. I told myself that love this deep couldn't be undone by nostalgia.

I was wrong.

That night, he came home quiet. And when he finally met my eyes, the world tilted.

"I think we need to postpone the wedding."

I don't remember what I said. Maybe I didn't say anything. Maybe the silence was too loud to speak through.

But the moment he said those words, I felt everything break.

The plans. The promises. The picture of forever we'd painted together.

I didn't wait. I couldn't. I canceled everything.

Because when someone's confused about you, they don't deserve your certainty.

And I was certain. About me. About love. About him—until he wasn't certain about me.

This isn't the story I thought I'd be telling. It's not the one I wanted.

But it's mine now.

Genres: Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Second Chance, Friends To Lovers

272 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 6, 2025

Reviews

[Izzie d · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this.
As the blurb shows the fiancé of the heroine has contact with his high school ex and asks to delay the wedding leading to the heroine taking a stand and after asking him to choose, walking away.

What I liked was it wasn't overly dramatic the ex wasn't evil incarnate, raving b*tch though she wasn't a very nice.
The feeling of a break-up and grovel are fully explored.
Will she forgive him, will they get back together?
Spoilers below.

'your old flame, The Aaron Loser. Mr. Can't-Make-Up-His-Mind, Captain Grass-Is-Greener, human boomerang, Prince of Poor Decisions, Romeo of Regret, emotional depth of a kiddie pool, your personal cautionary tale in human form.'

Some really clever writing in this book. The banter is hilarious at times esp his grandmother.


Spoilers.

Alzeimers is explored as one of the characters has a close relative with it.

There are no intimate scenes of the fiancé (ex) with his high school sweethearts ex. He does move in with her for a month after the breakdown with the heroine, they do have intimacy, we are told, but no sex, no details except a kiss is mentioned.

The heroine meets another man and he is amazing.
There are intimate details of her with him.

Spoilers for if they get back together.

The heroine forgives him but despite the changes he makes she doesn't get back together with him, she falls in love and marries the new man.
Epilogue of them meeting I think it's 3 years later and they both have moved on with other people.
The ex fiancé has made huge changes and has done long term therapy and is happy in his new relationship.

HEA.

[Pinky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trigger Warnings: Panic attacks, cheating (MMC likes OW and asks for a break, they breakup, he kisses OW), emotional cheating, death of parent recounted, debt, Alzheimer’s

This is another book by GrovelDoll, I love her writing. She is an author on Wattpad and published her books. This is part of the Odd Ones series, where all the girls have the names of the 12 months, they met online. All books have betrayal and grovel, but it isn’t guaranteed that they will end up with the MMC. I read October first and adored it. These can be read as stand-alones, but I recommend reading in the publishing order. October, then June, then December (which I’m reading next). Even though I enjoyed this, I enjoyed October more.


June is ready to marry Aaron, the love of her life. But when he asks to reconnect with his high-school sweetheart, things change, Aaron isn’t the same. June doesn’t know who to trust anymore, but when she meets Liam, she isn’t sure if she’s ready to open her heart again. And Aaron has regret; he will do anything to win June back.

Now for spoilers


June and Aaron have been dating for 6 years, and finally got engaged. Aaron called June his “Sunshine,” and even had a sunshine tattoo on his wrist. He built her a studio since he knew June loved to dance. When he proposed, he invited all The Odd Ones, buying their flight tickets, so that they would be there for her. One day, Aaron asks June if he can meet his ex from high school, named Selene. Even though June doesn’t feel good about this, she chooses to trust Aaron and says to go for it. When Aaron meets Selene, he doesn’t answer June and comes home late. June tries to ask Aaron about how it was, but he has changed. He became more absent and seemed irritated by June. So June surprised Aaron at work, and rather than being happy, he is annoyed. She has coffee, and he says that he is busy. June feels that something is off and confronts Aaron. Aaron admits that he feels off since he met Selene, asking to postpone their wedding. I loved that June had self-respect. She knew she didn’t deserve to be treated this way. She packs her things and goes to January’s place. She says that this isn’t a break, it’s a breakup.

“By the way," I said coldly, "this isn't a break. It's a break-up." I walked past him, my hand on the doorknob. "I hope she's worth it.”


The second he doubted their relationship, it was no longer real. And January? She’s a badass lawyer (I think), and lets June stay over, she hates affection but is there for her friends.

Because when someone's confused about you, they don't deserve your certainty.

While June is depressed in bed, January leaves a note to tell June to start looking for a place and rebuilding her life. After a couple of days, June packs the rest of her things from the home she shared with Aaron. She leaves her ring at their place and makes sure there is no hint of her left. Aaron wasn’t home, he moved in with Selene, that fucking quick. June is close to May, March, December, and June. They all check on her, and I’m excited to read their stories. June is at the studio that she owns, and Leo and Alice work for her. Leo checks in on June, and she says she is fine. But when Aaron drops by, he tells June that he does have feelings for Selene. June is hurt and goes back to her studio, where she has a panic attack. Leo takes her to the hospital, and January takes over. Then, June goes home to visit her dad. It was so sweet that January had keys to her home ready for June, in case she wanted to come back. She told her that she always had a home. When June returns home, she visits her mom’s grave to cry. June’s dad tells her that he is there for her no matter what.

“I'm not her," a voice said gently behind me. "I'll never be her. But if you need someone to hold you while the world breaks... I'm here, JuneBug.”


Meanwhile, Aaron spends a whole month living with Selene. They kiss when Selene initiates, but they don’t have sex. They cuddle in bed and dance together. Aaron’s grandma and mom are disappointed and disgusted; his grandma called June to support her. But life caught up to Aaron; he never told June, but he was in mountains of debt. The guy would’ve married June without telling her. What’s disgusting is that he was willing to confide in Selene when he couldn’t with June. Selene started to become more demanding of Aaron’s attention, asking why they wouldn't have sex. Eventually, Aaron regrets his decision and leaves Selene. Selene calls Aaron stupid, asking if he really thinks June will be waiting for him. When he comes home, he finds June’s ring. He is depressed, and his grandma calls him out on his shit with his mom. He receives payment for the studio from June, and he knows June has no idea he needed that money. He is an accountant, but feels ashamed that he made a mess of things. When he stays depressed for 4 months, his grandma and mom tell him to go to therapy. Aaron tries to talk to January, May, March, and December, but they all call him out on his shit. January was the main one who motivated Aaron to go to therapy, giving him a list of things to work on.

“No. You don't get to speak your pain. Not until you've carried hers. You want to cry? Go to therapy. Go write a sad little journal entry. Hell, go scream into a canyon. But don't you dare show up on this porch with your 'I'm-a-changed-man' face and expect applause.”

Aaron really thought he could say he didn’t cheat on June since he didn’t sleep with Selene. The guy forgot he shared a bed with Selene and kissed her. Plus, he was emotionally cheating, so he can’t say shit. Meanwhile, June started to teach at a dancing studio. It felt soon, but we meet Liam, who asked for a teacher. He asks June to teach him a dance, showing her a video of a couple dancing. He says he wants to know how to dance since the person is important to him. We find out that it’s his mother who has Alzheimer’s. His dad died in the military, but she thinks Liam is him, his dad’s name is Richard, so she calls Liam “Richard.” Liam and June’s relationship developed quickly, to be honest. But he was cute, he was a nerd with glasses who loved astronomy, he was an astronomer. On their first day meeting each other, he insists on taking June home since he didn’t want her to go alone. Then, he introduces himself to June’s dad, which is so soon. The next day, he asked June to meet his mom, all of it was very fast. Seeing Liam’s mom call Liam “Richard” and Liam playing along was so sad. But seeing how sweet Liam was, was nice. June opens up to Liam about Aaron, and when Liam takes June home, he hugs her. But Aaron came to visit June and saw them together. Liam was sweet, but it really did feel like insta-love.

“You're like a moon I didn't expect to orbit June.”

Before Aaron can go up to June, with flowers in his hands, June’s dad stops him. He tells Aaron off, saying he can’t just show up with flowers to make up for what he did. So Aaron comes the next day to apologize to June. He says that he made a mistake, that nothing happened, downplaying his affair. He says he will do anything for another chance, that he’s in therapy. June tells Aaron that he hurt her in so many ways that she can never trust him. She calls him out for downplaying his affair, and he opens up about his debt. He says he wanted to tell her, but he didn’t want to disappoint her. When June finds out he told Selene before her, she is hurt. Aaron keeps begging for forgiveness, saying he will be around, even if she doesn’t want to be together, but June says no. She yells at him for not talking to her about this. She says he ruined how she saw herself, and now she needs to heal. June’s dad was so sweet, he made breakfast for June and gave her support.

“You made me question everything about myself. Things I never once felt insecure about. Things I was proud of. Now I catch myself editing who I am in my own head—because of you.”

Liam makes June baked goods that are galaxy themed, visiting her after Aaron to check in. They would dance together, and he would put her first. Eventually, Liam asks June out on a date. He sets up a picnic outside with a telescope, and they kiss for the first time. Liam goes at June’s pace, never pushing for more. Aaron sends letters with regret and grief. He sends a necklace with a mom and a girl dancing, similar to June and her mom. Every letter and gift he sends is put into a drawer. June reads the letters, but doesn’t want to throw them out. Liam invites June to a gala at his mom’s retirement home. When they go, he dances with his mom using the stuff June taught him. His mom actually called Liam by his name and says she was losing parts of herself. She says that no matter what, she loves Liam, and they have a sweet moment that June records. But then, Liam’s mom goes back to thinking Liam is Richard. So Liam takes his mom to bed, and June is there for him. Liam talks in a lot of metaphors about the galaxy. It was cute, but it got a bit much since it was in every conversation. But June felt at ease, and her dad supported their relationship. So June tells Liam she is ready to go to his place. This whole time, he has been coming over to June’s place, and June’s dad gave them privacy. We find out Liam is more dominant in bed, but in a vanilla way. He has the galaxy tattooed on himself, nipple piercings, and piercings on his dick. I found it so cheesy when he said he loves Superman since he is Clark Kent, like nah stop I’m cringing. After that, June spends time going out with Liam.


“I know you feel like what Aaron did shattered you. But maybe all it did was clear the dust. Maybe you're not broken. Maybe you're becoming. Still building stars.”

Aaron visits June while she is talking to Liam, and is upset that she is with him. He tries to ask for forgiveness, but June asks for space. So he continues to send gifts and letters without showing up. June feels more for Liam, but she’s scared that he will hurt her like Aaron did. So she tells Liam how she is feeling, and he tells her that they should take a break. That if she returns home, she will know if she wants to be with Liam, get back with Aaron, or be alone. He gives her a bracelet with the Northern Star, to say that he is always there if she wants him. This all felt too sudden, but I could see why June needed this. When June returns, January and the others are there for her. Leo and Alice tell June they need to prepare for a performance. Aaron appears and continues to ask for forgiveness. He volunteered to help in the show, but if she doesn’t want that, he won’t. June says it's fine since they need people. March, May, and January surprise June with a girls' night out. December isn’t there, I know why, since I read part of her book, but this is kinda why I think the books need to be read in order. Aaron is helping backstage, always there for June, asking her if she wants to go to lunch or dinner. June tells him that while she appreciates his help, they have boundaries. He buys the staff food, goes out of his way to do things, but June can’t trust him.

So when June is close to her performance date, her stage manager, named Mora, starts yelling at June for not forgiving Aaron. She says that Aaron is obsessed with her and upset. She says that Aaron made a small mistake, asking her to just get over it. June says it’s none of her business; it was crazy that this bitch had the audacity to say this. It’s cuz she tried asking Aaron out and he said no. June thinks Aaron told her about their relationship, but he swears he didn’t. When June tells Leo they need to fire her, Leo says it’s too last-minute. I was like girl you own this studio, the hell? Luckily January says the same thing, so Leo fires Mora. We overhear Leo going off at Aaron for fucking things up with June; apparently Leo liked June. June choreographed a dance based on her heartbreak with Aaron, and she was going to dance it with Leo. Then, Leo shows up with the replacement stage manager, and it’s Selene. June is pissed, saying she knows who Selene is and won’t fall for what Mora and Selene are plotting. She asks Leo how he doesn’t know that Selene was Aaron’s ex. Aaron says he had nothing to do with it, and Selene goes into detail about what she and Aaron did. That they kissed, shared a bed, danced, and laughed. This opened June’s eyes, that she never could forgive Aaron. On the night of her dance, Liam sends flowers. He invites June to look at the meteor showers with him. Aaron sends flowers to say he is proud of her too, asking if she can meet him at a coffee shop. He gave her a box of memories from their relationship, but that was from when June loved the man he was.


June forgives Aaron, but she cannot get back with him. She wants him to heal and be happy, but she has someone else she loves. Then she visits Liam, who starts calling her his Celestia. They do long distance at first, but then, when Liam’s mother’s health wasn’t great, June moved back in with her dad. Eventually, she moved in with Liam and there was a dance studio in the area. 2 years later, they get married, and 3 years later, they have a kid on the way. Liam proposed with the Northern Lights. When June runs into Aaron, she finds out that he has a baby girl and he met someone he likes. They met over coffee and had a one-night stand that resulted in a pregnancy. They tried to co-parent, but he ended up loving her. He is still in therapy and is happy now, he thanks June for everything. June’s dad ended up with one of the girls from The Odd Ones, I’m curious as to who. Apparently, they had a rough relationship but are happy now. Maybe it’s cuz the dad isn’t over his love for June’s mom? Anyway, Liam helps June with her pregnancy. It was a cute, quick read, I liked how even though Aaron grovelled, June didn’t go back to him. For some books, even with grovel, I can’t forgive the guy. But for other books, I wish that it’s focused on the girl forgiving the guy; it really depends on what the betrayal is. But regardless, I love that Aaron was realistic; he was flawed, but he grew and learned. And it was nice to see June get her happily ever after. Excited to read December’s book next!

Stay safe folks!

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Look, I’m going to write a full review soon because I honestly fucking devoured this book and ate up every single page 😭🤌✨ but right now, we need to huddle up and SCREAM about this absolute godtier ridiculousness of a line:

"You were moaning like a dying star—bright, desperate, folding in on yourself before exploding."

Am I fucking asexual?!?! Because reading that shit didn’t make me kick my feet or twirl my hair, it made me cackle so hard I nearly inverted my own ribcage 💀💀💀 Like HELLO??? Am I just completely unromantic now?? Have I somehow turned 78 at 28?? Am I officially a grumpy-ass grandma who needs to be put in a home?!?! 😭😭

Put me in a rocking chair, hand me my knitting needles, and wrap me in a shawl because apparently I am FAR too old and decrepit for this level of absolute nonsense 💀 I’m sitting here squinting at this cosmic dirty talk like a miserable grandma slamming her cane on the floor, yelling "go away, get off my porch, and take your exploding stars with you!"

Because seriously, WHO THE FUCK talks like this?!?! No one!!! Ever!!! In the history of the universe!!! 🚨🌌

In this book, the characters are physically incapable of using normal, basic-bitch words 😭 If they are sitting at the dinner table, instead of just saying “pass me the salt,” they will probably stare directly into your soul, heavy-breathe into their napkin, and whisper:

"Surrender to me the crystal tears of the weeping ocean, so that they may dissolve upon my tongue like the bitter memory of our first tragic winter."

LIKE SHUT THE FUCK UP 😭😭😭 HAND OVER THE SODIUM, YOU ABSOLUTE CLOWN 🤡 my soup is freezing and you are giving me a migraine!!!

And the funniest, most unhinged part of this entire situation?!?! HE SAID THAT DYING STAR SHIT TO HER THE NEXT MORNING 😭😭😭 OVER BREAKFAST!!!! Sir, the vibes are supposed to be post-nut clarity, NOT Neil deGrasse Tyson!!!!

He is an astrophysicist and he has somehow made that his ENTIRE goddamn personality 💀 We GET IT!!! You look through telescopes!!! You know what a black hole is!!! You’re a very smart little space boy!!! But do you HAVE to bring NASA into the bedroom?!?! Do you HAVE to turn a casual morning conversation into a whole-ass live-action Discovery Channel documentary?!?! 😭🚀🌌

And honestly, MY problem isn’t just that Liam speaks like this once..… my problem is he ALWAYS fucking speaks like this 😭 Literally every single time this man opens his mouth, it’s a full astrological event. Every sentence contains stars, galaxies, moons, cosmic dust, or some other intergalactic bullshit 💀

I bet if he stubs his toe, he doesn’t say “ouch.” He probably says:

"Pain rippled through me like the collapse of an ancient sun."

IT IS A SICKNESS, LIAM 😭😭😭

And the thing is… I am only laughing this fucking hard because the book is genuinely GOOD!!! Like ACTUALLY good!!! Which makes this ten times funnier 🤣 The story has such a gorgeous premise and a beautiful, rock-solid foundation, which is why I completely obsessed over it even while I was rolling my eyes back into my skull.

I adored so many parts of it, so this definitely was NOT a flop for me✋😭 It’s just so incredibly, deeply overwritten in places that I genuinely could not keep a straight face. No one speaks like a normal human citizen of Earth!!! These people talk like they’re being possessed by a horny Shakespearean astronomy textbook 😭🌌

I love you, author!!! You wrote a good one!!! But PLEASE… for the love of GOD… let these characters talk like normal people who pay taxes JUST ONCE 😭🙏

[Amy Long · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I am STINGY with anything above 3 stars. Stingy. Miserly. A tiny dragon sitting on a pile of Goodreads stars hissing at people to earn them properly. And this book absolutely earned it 😭

This sat on my wishlist for over a week because it isn’t on Kindle Unlimited and I had to decide whether I was emotionally prepared to spend actual $$$ on it. Every time I finished another book, I’d come back to this one like:

“Do I trust you enough to hurt me?”

Turns out the answer was unfortunately yes.

And what shocked me most is that this book made me enjoy something I almost NEVER enjoy:
an ex-fiancé redemption arc.

Because in the beginning? I was FURIOUS with Aaron. Absolutely furious. This man really looked at the woman he’d built an entire life with and said:

“Hey babe, before we get married I think I need to go emotionally explore my unresolved feelings for another woman real quick.”

SIR??????????

And the worst part is that he genuinely thinks he’s being honest and responsible instead of realizing he’s actively detonating his entire life like a man throwing a lit firecracker into his own living room.

But the thing is… this book understands something a lot of romance books don’t:
good intentions do not erase impact.

Aaron hurts June deeply. And the story never minimizes that hurt or rushes her into forgiveness. June stays strong the entire time. She doesn’t beg. She doesn’t wait around hoping he’ll choose her. The second he becomes uncertain about her, she becomes certain about herself. And I LOVED that for her.


*****SPOILERS AHEAD******

Now let’s discuss the actual surprise of this book:
the new MMC.

Because at first he seems like the softest cinnamon roll to ever softly cinnamon roll. He works with stars, dresses like someone’s shy astronomy professor, wears glasses, speaks gently, and feels very:

“I organize my pens by color and would apologize to a chair if I bumped into it.”

Meanwhile I’m sitting there thinking:

“Okay but where are the HARD EDGES, sir??”

AND THEN.

Suddenly this man starts taking off layers — emotionally AND physically — and we discover he’s secretly tattooed, emotionally grounded, quietly confident, and significantly more dominant than initially advertised 👀

So basically:
Clark Kent in public.
“Put your hands here” in private.

Which, respectfully, completely changed the trajectory of my reading experience 😭

And honestly? I loved that June’s second love story didn’t feel like she was “settling” after heartbreak. It felt DIFFERENT. Softer in some ways. Stronger in others. Intentional. Chosen. Safe without being boring.

But what really elevated this book for me was Aaron’s growth. Usually when a man blows up his relationship this catastrophically, I want him launched directly into the sun… castrated first, questioned later… miserable to infinity and beyond!! But this book actually lets him evolve realistically. Therapy. Self-awareness. Accountability. Understanding WHY he made the choices he made instead of just groveling (*whining) dramatically for 30+ pages.

Because the truth is: Aaron didn’t leave June because he loved Selene more.

He left because he was overwhelmed, drowning in anxiety, hiding debt, terrified of disappointing the woman he actually put on a pedestal, and emotionally immature enough to mistake comfort and nostalgia for destiny.

And that’s SUCH a painfully human mistake.

He could tell Selene his failures because he didn’t care if she saw him as weak. But June? June mattered. June was the future. June was the person whose opinion could actually destroy him emotionally. And instead of communicating that fear like an adult, he panicked and burned his entire life down trying to escape it.

Idiot behavior.
Extremely believable idiot behavior.

And somehow the author managed to give him growth without making June’s pain feel invalidated.

That balance is HARD to pull off.

This book hurt in the best way. It’s emotional without becoming melodramatic, thoughtful without becoming emotionally flat, and romantic without pretending love alone magically fixes damage. It understands that love is not just a feeling — it’s choosing someone over and over again, especially when things get hard.

Honestly, this felt like reading emotional maturity wrapped in heartbreak and starlight ✨

[Sofia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reader Note 💕
I’m romance-focused and particular about relationship dynamics. I always flag cheating, OWD/OMD, and romantic scenes involving other people so readers can decide if the book fits their comfort zone.


⭐ Rating: 4
📚 Genre: Romance?

📃Brief summary : June thought she had the perfect like with her fiancé Aaron until her world comes crashing down when Aaron leaves her for his highschool sweetheart right before their wedding
✍️ Overall Thoughts : The book was well written and well researched but i wasn't a fan of the ending and how Aaron got a better life and ending than June and Liam did.

👥 Main Characters
💃 FMC
• Name: June
• Personality: Resilient, Strong, forgiving, Sweet, Artistic
• Character Growth: 3/5
• Did I like her? Yes
• Notes: She needs better friends.
🕺 MMC1
• Name: Aaron
• Personality: Weak, kind of stupid, selfish
• Character Growth: 2/5
• Did I like him? No
• Notes: the author gave him too much grace, because yes a cheater who leaves his fiancé and partner of 6 years then just bulldozes back into her life selfishly asking her to take him back IS a bad person.
🕺 MMC2
• Name: Liam
• Personality: Sweet, nerdy, incredibly selfless, a REAL good person
• Character Growth: he didn't need any lol he came perfect
• Did I like him? Yes
• Notes: I just love this man😂
🧠 Relationship Dynamics
• Chemistry: 5/5
• Communication: Good
• Relationship Development: fast then slow if that makes sense
🚨 Content & Safety
• Cheating: Yes, Aaron emotionally cheated on June
• Other Women Drama (OWD): Yes, Aaron's ex whom he left june for and lived with her for a month before deciding he actually wanted june back
• Other Men Drama (OMD): Aaron is kinda the omd since her REAL mmc is liam lol
• Romantic Scenes with Other People: No
• Other people after meeting/ being together : No
• Virgins or Experienced: their past is not mentioned but we know june had at least one ex
❤️ Tropes & Vibes
• Tropes: Healing, new love
• Vibes: Emotional, Angsty, Sweet
✅ Final Verdict
Would I recommend? Yes
Final thoughts: things I loved :
1-how fast June left, the minute he said he will choose his ex, June was OUT OF THERE. no begging, no questions nothing she chose herself and bolted.
2-for ONCE an author wrote the psychological aspect of therapy correctly. because everytime i read about a cheater getting therapy, the therapist is always saying absolute bullshit that has 0 to do with psychology but in this case you can tell the author either has knowledge or did a thorough research on it.
3- How the 2nd mmc Liam was a soft sweet steady man instead of a possessive passionate one, he gave her security and friendship and safety. something Aaron didn't.
The reason i didn't give this 5 stars :
1- June's friends were awful, i'm sorry but why were these people entertaining and putting the idea of june taking Aaron back in her head? he cheated and left her for another woman and they're asking her to consider him again after he forcefully inserts himself into her life an does the bare minimum ? awful friends
don't get me started on Leo failing her TWICE, hiring those vile women who could have ruined her production. and WHY was he hanging out with her cheating ex to begin with?
2- Why did Aaron get chapters upon chapters of therapy to deal with why he's an awful person, but June who was cheated on and betrayed and had a deep ugly wound in her never got the same grace? Why does the villain get help but the actual victime has to live with all the hurt and insecurities he planted in her?
3- I hated how Aaron got a happy ending and even became a father when June and Liam couldn't. it would have been way better of we got no news from him or what became of him or at least no details. it felt like after everything he put June through he still won in life with a family and a kid while she's still struggling.

📅 Read Date: 14/05/2026

⚠️Note:
My content is not criticism of the book or author. It exists solely to help readers make informed choices based on personal boundaries.

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I kind of felt like first Aaron was in a love triangle and then June was in her own love triangle.
-H left h for his first love and regretted pretty soon after
-There is a lot of prose (I don’t think people really talk this way in real life)

[Gel · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was weird. There were parts I thought were written by AI. They just sounded computer generated. I also thought the star references were WAY overused. The writing was super choppy as well. Overall, the writing is what killed it for me. I stopped at about 60% and skimmed til about 80…

[Tmstprc · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another story originally read on Wattpad.

Liked that she moved on to someone better.

[Miki’s⚠️ Safety Reviews & Rants⚠️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Read this on WATTPAD I’ll come back to review

[Sue · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a great story; the main characters will take you along on their journey.

Quote I gained from this book:
"You ever heard a tree crack in the middle of a storm?" he asked. "It sounds like the world is splitting in half. But it's just making room for new branches."

[Snafuzled · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m stingy with my five stars. A book really has to stick with me to receive one. After a reread I’m bumping this from four to five. It’s honestly just a beautiful story of love and growth that leaves a big smile on my face. I was even happy to see the original MMC have a HEA…. which is a massive shock. Usually I want the betrayers to dive into a pit of lava. The new MMC is lovely and massive book boyfriend material. June is strong and kind. It’s just a great and thoughtful book. This author is an auto buy for me. It’s not easy to write angst and gut punches with compassion and she does it beautifully.

[Raffaella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good story where heroine is dumped by her fiance weeks before their wedding because he’s met his ex gf again and is not sure if he has feeling for her or not.
Heroine then leaves and goes back to her father’s for a holiday. She meets a nice astronomer, a sweet and kind man who makes her fall in love again. Her ex fiance realizes he was wrong and that what he thought were feelings for ow was actually his fear of not being a good provider and a good husband. He tries to win heroine back.
Heroine goes back home and while her ex is there around trying to prove himself to her, she tries to understand if om was a band aid or the real thing.
Guess what.
She doesn’t take her ex back, she moves on with star boy. I admit that this book was so well done that I was sorry when it ended.
There’s no bad hero here, just a man who was overwhelmed with debts and was afraid of not being good enough to the heroine so he tried to be with his high school gf who made him feel free and joint again.
There’s no intimacy with ow beside some kisses, but he and heroine were broken up.
And when he realizes the mess he made he really is sorry, regretful and groveling. But sadly for him the new hero is such a cutie that it’s basically a lost battle. There is no woman in her right mind who would even go back with a man who dumped her weeks before their wedding when she can have a loving, caring, sweet man like the hero.
I think this hero definitely ruined me for all the others, past and future! lol!
So, I loved this one too, this author really works for me, a lot of angst without having a weak, pathetic and passive heroine that accepts every abuse just because. This one is strong and knows what she wants and when the fiance asks her to have a break because he thinks he has feelings for his ex, well, that’s it for her. There’s no turning back, no matter if there’s another man or not she won’t accept him back anyway. This author has also a very good style and am incredibly poignant psychological insight and all her descriptions of feelings, reactions, emotions are very consistent, deep and well done. Not something that is common, not even for authors that are more famous. Safe is good, she and the hero are not with anyone else after meeting.

[OverbookedSoul · Rating 2 out of 5]

I honestly felt something very off while reading this book. The author stuffed so many perfect qualities into Liam that he stopped feeling like a man and turned into some overly polished character who did not resemble a real human being in any way. He had no flaws, no awkward moments, nothing messy or believable. Instead of making him attractive, the author accidentally made him painfully dull. When a character has every “good” trait possible, it becomes impossible to care about him, and that is exactly what happened here.

The romance suffered right along with him. Everything was written in this dramatic, cosmic, space-obsessed style that became exhausting pretty fast. Every single thing he said or did sounded like he was auditioning for a poetry competition. The constant space references, the star blankets, the star-shaped food, the shy and nerdy personality combined with the so-called dominant side that never appeared… it was too much and it did not work. I actually laughed when he was described as dominant because absolutely nothing in the story backed that up. It felt like the author hoped readers would just accept it without seeing any actual proof.

Also, I honestly hated the ending. I would have been perfectly fine if the book simply mentioned that June’s cheating ex, Aaron, had moved on and found a new woman. A small update would have been more than enough. Instead he showed up and gave a full detailed presentation about his new partner and their child, and it felt like he was trying way too hard to prove that his life turned out amazing. If I had cheated on a woman I was with for years, postponed our wedding and went crawling back to my ex, I would never have the nerve to stand in front of her later and proudly talk about how I met someone else, how much I love her, how I cannot live without her and how loyal I am now. That level of confidence after being that kind of man is wild to me!

I liked her last book more than this one,this one just didn't hit the mark for me!!

[Mariana Ponce · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow! Este libro me hizo llorar y sobre todo enojar. June tenía una vida plena y estable, junto a su pareja Aaron, están comprometidos. Un día Aaron le dice que si ex, Selene le mandó mensaje y se ve con ella. A partir de aquí, su actitud cambia, le dice que deben posponer la boda y June le pregunta si fue por Selene, a lo que él dice que si. A ella se le rompe el corazón pero no le ruega.
Me gustó mucho como fue que June nunca le rogó, ni se quedó a esperar, ella terminó la relación, pues sabe que si Aaron la amará como dice, no dudaría en elegirla. Lo que me parece irreal, es que como está triste deja todo y se va a casa de su padre(no viven en el mismo lugar) a consolarse allá, es algo que una persona normal no haría, pues hay compromiso con el trabajo, pero bueno. En este caso, ella es bailarina, tiene su salón y allá donde vive su papá, se pone a dar clases de baile. Ahí conoce a Liam, su alumno de baile, un hombre maravilloso, nerd, astrónomo, que siempre hace referencias a las estrellas, la trata bien y cuida de su madre enferma(tiene Alzheimer). Pasan tiempo juntos, se gustan, y a pesar de que Liam la hace sentir bien, ella sigue con sus sentimientos no definidos. Todo se complica más cuando Aaron se da cuenta a los dos semanas, que la cagó al dejar a June, así que ahora quiere recuperarla🙄 Ojo, que vivió con Selene 1 mes entero y solo la dejó cuando fue a su casa y vió que las cosas de June ya no estaban y solo dejó el anillo de compromiso. Aquí ya vemos que va a terapia y le hacen entender que fue lo que hizo, va tras June. June, obvio no lo recibe pero no sabe que siente. Regresa a casa y tiene que enfrentarse a sus sentimientos. ¿A quién quiere realmente? ¿A Aaron? ¿A Liam?

[Tasha · Rating 1 out of 5]

Honestly, I’m not even shocked anymore, just tired. Making AI write your whole book and then publishing it under your name isn’t talent, it’s plain dishonesty. Using AI to polish your writing or refine your prose? That’s smart. But letting it do everything and then taking a bow like you’re some literary prodigy? Please! Liam’s character was so hollow and revolved around his space poetries and metaphors and who wrote them? Obviously chatgpt!! You don't have a single contribution on writing those proses then how come this is your work? Just because you gave AI a prompt to write all that? That's seriously unethical and unacceptable!!

There are authors who spend years shaping their craft, bleeding through drafts, learning the art of storytelling the hard way. And then there are people who skip the journey, feed prompts to an algorithm, and call it “their masterpiece.” It’s insulting to every writer who actually works for their words.

AI can imitate rhythm and language, but it can’t capture heart, depth, or soul. So if you’re publishing what a machine wrote and pretending it’s yours, you’re not an author, you’re just an opportunist!! This is nothing more than a sneaky-theft and wow You're actually fucking good at it!!

[Samaira · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story had real promise, and that’s why I gave it three stars. But the writing just didn’t pull me in the way I was hoping. There were long stretches of narration with hardly any dialogue, and that made the pacing feel heavy and a little too distant at times. When the characters did speak, the lines often sounded too polished and so neat and tidy that they didn’t feel like real people talking. Instead of that spark and rawness that makes characters leap off the page, the dialogue felt like it was just there to move the plot along.I don’t mind when writers lean on AI to polish their work or help with ideas, but here it felt like the whole book had been handed over to it. The prose was smooth, yes, but in a way that felt almost sterile and mechanical and more like reading a manual than getting lost in a novel.What I kept missing was the author’s own voice, the warmth and imperfect edges that make a story feel alive. That’s what gives a book its soul, and it wasn’t quite there.
In the end, I liked the concept a lot, but I walked away wishing I had felt more of the writer behind the words. AI can tidy things up, but only a human can make a story breathe.

[Lana · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

The story was good and engaging. You really feel for June as she struggles with the betrayal from Aaron, but you also start to feel a little bad for Aaron. I loved that June put him in his place repeatedly and stood up for herself. This girl has a spine of steel, and she doesn't bend it for anybody.

Liam was swoon-worthy. Clearly the better choice for her after she heals and moves on from Aaron. However, I did feel like their dialogue was all metaphors and advice, meant to show how Liam understands and is patient. It was mainly to help her heal and move the plot forward, I crave more moments where you really see them as a couple.
His constant space metaphor and the over-the-top prose became a little too much. It was cute and well thought-out but by the time you reach Liam's POV, where almost every single line has an analogy or metaphor, it became too much. It didn't affect how I enjoyed the story, though.

I was really happy to see the epilogue with Aaron to know how his life shaped up. That was really bittersweet and healing too.
When you know how much (and for how long) he had genuinely cared for June, you do wish him a happy ending.

[Pooh Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked this one a lot! It’s a story of a strong woman who doesn’t forgive or forget betrayal easily! Her fiancé tells her that they need to postpone the wedding when his ex and first love comes back just some weeks before the wedding! He is so entitled that he thinks the fmc will wait for him to decide who he wants her with whom he is in a relationship for 6 years or his first love ex gf! I’m glad she canceled the wedding because how will she trust someone who is confused after 6 years together!! He didn’t fight for her he didn’t choose her he just went to stay with the ex for a month and expects fmc to forgive and forget because he didn’t have sex with the ex! They kissed, cuddled, spent time together slept together… he was there emotionally with her! And later in therapy he finds out it was not love for the ex but he was running away from debts and problems!!! He did grovel and improved but I’m glad fmc didn’t take him back only forgave him to free herself.
And The moon boy !! Her second chance at love was great! I really fell in love with this moon boy too. He was such a caring , loving and emotionally intelligent person… I wish even I had a moon boy in my life!

[Margerm, Pat · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story opens with H telling the h that a high school girlfriend has contacted him and wants to meet for coffee. The h agrees to the meeting. The H than asks permission to further explore his relationship with the girlfriend/OW. The h challenges the H to make a choice. He loves her but wants time. The H leaves and spends a month living with the OW. He takes solace in not having taken the last step to a physical relationship although he did share kisses and talk about his money problems and his fears. The h takes a leave from the dance studio that she owns to spend time with her father. While there, she teaches some classes for her old instructor. She meets a nerdy astronomer who wants to learn to dance so that he can dance with his mother who has dementia. There are many philosophical passages about the universe. Ironically the h leaves the H2 to bring closure to H1 who continues to try to get the h back after his disastrous month with the OW. The h is part of the Odd Ones, a group of very diverse women named after the months of the year. There are several secondary characters that are not well developed.

[Carole Copeland · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just ok

This book in the series was ok. I kind of felt more sympathy toward the ex than June. Would have rather, since the author gave us dual points of views, have read more on his journey to forgiving himself and the next steps. I also struggle with how this author gets incredibly wordy when trying to make points. It almost gets to the point of rambling. I also struggled at times with...I don't want to give anything away...making me feel that one can't find true love that is not just calm but can be fire. For some reason the author likes to push that the commitment is always slow and steady, which is great but when I read a love story I want to know that despite ones past, when you meet your endgame, this person surpasses feelings one ever had before. It was just ok. Also wish the dialogue expanded a little more from stars without taking the nerdy away. Some overkill. I like reading struggling relationship books and I like the topic of this authors books so I keep giving them a chance. October was a huge flop for me but as I read others, there is small improvements. Hoping the next is good, whenever that is supposed to come out.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cheating = shortly before her wedding, the fiancée to the h wants to meet up with an old flame. h is aware. When he comes back, he tells h that he still has feeling for the old flame and wants to see where it goes, fully expecting the h to be ok with that BS. h kicks him to the curb and goes home to her dad.

h meets the H when she goes to a dance studio. It is a beautiful relationship with talk of the stars, sun, moon, galaxy...it's really great.

Grovel = fiancée actually moves in with old flame when h dumps him (really feeling the love for the h!!!), the limerence quickly fades and he realizes he wants nothing to do with the old flame. Fiancée grovels to the h, who considers him, realizes the fiancée (ex) has changed but so has she and she wants the life with the H.

Fantastic book, originally read on Wattpad.

[Carrie Dozier · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5⭐️. I always love when the h gets a new and improved H❤️
My reader heart is happy when the “cheater” isn’t taken back. When the h is no doormat and knows her worth. We get to see the now ex in misery and lives in regret😈 when the new H is AMAZING🥰
EVERYONE, including the old H family, is supportive of the h. They know how big he messed up…he may not have done anything until after the breakup but he’s still classified as a cheater to me🤷🏻‍♀️
The sad thing is he wasn’t a terrible guy but he made terrible choices and they cost him!

New H is sooooooo patient with our girl! I mean her heart was shattered when he met her and he continued to be present. Never rushed her and was just so freakin perfect.

[Jimmie Louann · Rating 5 out of 5]

June was a heartwarming story of love, betrayal and rebirth from the stars. June is a young woman who owns a dance studio and is just weeks from her wedding when a bad decision turns her world on its axis. She decided to return home to regroup and let the earth settle under her feet. While she takes a job teaching dance and meets the one who wants to reach into the heavens and hand her the galaxy. So beautifully written and will now be on my go to list of rereads.

[Amel · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was okay I guess? I really don't know if it was the same author who wrote October which was an incredible book but this one I thought everything was wrong, I didn't feel the same way
I don't believe it either in the end, the fact that she forgives him, that he finds someone new and that she is happy for him is so hypocritical.

[PlotTwistQueen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this on wattpad and I was hooked! The story is bitter sweet and while I do enjoy a good grovel this one hit the spot for me since the heroine came out stronger for all the crap she’d been through. I cried and had a stupid grin on my face when she found love again with a sweet cinnamon roll astronomer

[Anna Sheridan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet

I enjoyed it the characters were great but I couldn't help feel it was a bit too "adult". I wouldn't be surprised if the author works as a therapist because everyone always knew exactly what to say and what to do. Also the poetic monologues were a bit much but I still thought it was a good story and can't wait to read more from this author.

[D C · Rating 2 out of 5]

Having Aaron getting a HEA and then having saying how happy they are for the things that happened cause they both ended with their souls mates just ruined the whole book for me 🥳

Having a guy grovelling and asking for forgiveness and yada yada and then after all the emotional rollercoaster of the situation to have them glad they broke up etc was NOT it for me.

Maybe I’m petty.

[Chandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

absolutely amazing story

I read this on Wattpad and liked it, read it here and I loved it! This is a heroine who you want to survive and succeed, she never makes stupid decisions and I didn’t need to throw my Kindle once!
Read this book, it will drag you in and you won’t be able to stop thinking about it until it’s done.
That ending was perfection!

[Thornback · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 because I really liked how June stood up for herself. But there were many times that the dialog was overly dramatic, sappy, and straight up cringe. Moonboy ONLY spoke in space metaphors and had not a single other personality trait. Definately could've done without the second epilogue. Aaron should suffer for the rest if his life.

[Lisa Densmore · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the Odd ones

So far I've bread two of the Odd ones names of the months. I am addicted and can't wait for the other months to come out. Love the Odd ones. Oh and dont forget to have lots f tissues handy. And you will and fall in Love.