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Milite #1
Everybody Breaks
Emilia Gallo knows darkness. She has been abused and controlled by it for her entire life.
Trapped in the clutches of an evil, criminal stepfather, with only her selfish, weak mother on her side she is alone and constantly afraid of what each new horror-filled day will bring. She has learnt from a young age to survive in this hellish existence, but when her stepfather lands the ultimate blow – selling her to the Albanian Mafia – she knows it’s only a matter of time before her monsters truly win the battle she has spent her whole life fighting, and break her.
But an unexpected opportunity for escape gives Emilia the chance she needs to flee her fate and she grabs onto it with both hands. Armed with very little cash, few belongings and a letter that details a possible hope for her future, she ventures into a world she has been sheltered from and knows very little of. There she finds new friends, a job and a home she can feel safe in for the first time in her life, but what she really wants is family – someone to love her.
When she tracks down Nico, the brother she never knew existed, she finds that family she had always longed for, and so much more.
Lincoln, Parker and Jax – Nico’s brothers and teammates – are instantly attracted to Emilia from the moment they meet her, and she falls for them too. They make her feel safe and whole in a way she has never known and can’t explain. She wants them all – needs them – but these retired Navy SEALs are not men who share.
With her monsters close on her heels, a confusing attraction to three guys, and the trauma of her horror filled past making a normal life impossible, Emilia finds her new beginning isn’t all she had hoped it would be. She thought she had left behind the danger and fear of her past, but as it stalks closer she realizes she can never escape it. Will she be strong enough to
fight it with her new found family, and the men she is fast falling for, at her side?
Trapped in the clutches of an evil, criminal stepfather, with only her selfish, weak mother on her side she is alone and constantly afraid of what each new horror-filled day will bring. She has learnt from a young age to survive in this hellish existence, but when her stepfather lands the ultimate blow – selling her to the Albanian Mafia – she knows it’s only a matter of time before her monsters truly win the battle she has spent her whole life fighting, and break her.
But an unexpected opportunity for escape gives Emilia the chance she needs to flee her fate and she grabs onto it with both hands. Armed with very little cash, few belongings and a letter that details a possible hope for her future, she ventures into a world she has been sheltered from and knows very little of. There she finds new friends, a job and a home she can feel safe in for the first time in her life, but what she really wants is family – someone to love her.
When she tracks down Nico, the brother she never knew existed, she finds that family she had always longed for, and so much more.
Lincoln, Parker and Jax – Nico’s brothers and teammates – are instantly attracted to Emilia from the moment they meet her, and she falls for them too. They make her feel safe and whole in a way she has never known and can’t explain. She wants them all – needs them – but these retired Navy SEALs are not men who share.
With her monsters close on her heels, a confusing attraction to three guys, and the trauma of her horror filled past making a normal life impossible, Emilia finds her new beginning isn’t all she had hoped it would be. She thought she had left behind the danger and fear of her past, but as it stalks closer she realizes she can never escape it. Will she be strong enough to
fight it with her new found family, and the men she is fast falling for, at her side?
466 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 1, 2021
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October 21, 2021
DNF at 74%
Oh my god. All she does is freaking cry. Like every single time the littlest thing happens. And why do the guys like her so much? They all had this “feeling” for here when she hadn’t ever even talked to them!! Like damn. And why are they so old??? Why the huge age difference? Why does she keep getting assaulted? The author acts like getting assaulted happens everyday. No. Yeah it happens but to the same person 50 times in a week? Like create drama another way please. Add something new to the storyline. Ugh. Just annoying. She cried so much that I just stopped caring about the storyline.
Oh my god. All she does is freaking cry. Like every single time the littlest thing happens. And why do the guys like her so much? They all had this “feeling” for here when she hadn’t ever even talked to them!! Like damn. And why are they so old??? Why the huge age difference? Why does she keep getting assaulted? The author acts like getting assaulted happens everyday. No. Yeah it happens but to the same person 50 times in a week? Like create drama another way please. Add something new to the storyline. Ugh. Just annoying. She cried so much that I just stopped caring about the storyline.
August 8, 2021
The first third of this book was really well written and I struggled to put it down.
We meet Emilia who has lived 22 years with a brutally violent and abusive step father while her mother never intervened. He was a powerful man who had men working under him who all hurt Emilia.
Finally her mother helps her to escape and Emilia finds herself in Chicago. Before she left, Emilia’s mother let her know that she had a brother. Emilia had his name and an address for him.
Emilia was understandably wary of people and suffered from PTSD. She managed to find an understanding person who gave her a job and helped her to get an apartment.
She worked here for a couple of months before finally getting up the nerve to seek out her brother.
He is an ex navy SEAL who is running a security company with his ex teammates. Their work building also has their apartments.
Initially Nico (brother) sends away the person asking after his mother (via the security guard and without seeing Emilia) as he harbours an understandable grudge against her after she left him as a 12 year old with his abusive father. We discover the mother was pregnant with Emilia when she left so Emilia is his full sister.
Nico’s team mate says that Nico will regret not speaking with whoever wanted to speak with him so Nico chases down Emilia and immediately feels a rapport with her and is instantly protective of her.
They have a beautiful relationship. It is nice for him to have blood family and nice for Emilia to have someone look after her.
Emilia is determined to be independent from Nico and his offer to live in his building as she has always been in the compound and told what to do so she wants to do this for herself and to have some freedom.
Unfortunately she was attacked one night in her apartment and we don’t know if it’s related to her step father or something else. Luckily this does mean that she will move in with Nico.
From here in the book, we watch as Emilia learns to trust not just Nico but his whole team and slowly develops feelings for 3 of them and they her.
Previously in the book, there are small time lapses but from here on, it becomes a little tedious with no more time lapses. I get it highlights just how much damage Emilia has from her PTSD and we can watch how different team members support her. Plus one of the teammates has a gay brother who has come to live in one of the spare apartments so we watch as he and Emilia become besties. His character is the one to encourage Emilia to investigate her feelings with his brother and two of the guys.
Weirdly-despite her having a stalker potentially separate from her step father and her dangerous step father, she still goes out shopping and to lunches and out for drinks, sometimes with just the bestie and sometimes with one of the guys and sometimes with extra security. It wasn’t very consistent.
For all of the dragging that happens in the second 2/3s, (I do feel badly for putting it this way. It was well written and did highlight both how strong and fragile Emilia was, I think it could have benefitted from some time lapses) it does all wrap up quite quickly in the final chapter. It’s not a cliffhanger but more of a perfect set up for Emilia and her 3 guys to take their relationship further-once she recovers from the ordeal at the end of the book. Some bad guys are still out there so unsure how they’ll play a role in the next book.
Also, the bestie moved back from Italy to be with his brother and hasn’t opened up what happened to bring him home but he’s apparently hiding something and going through some stuff so that will come out in future books.
We meet Emilia who has lived 22 years with a brutally violent and abusive step father while her mother never intervened. He was a powerful man who had men working under him who all hurt Emilia.
Finally her mother helps her to escape and Emilia finds herself in Chicago. Before she left, Emilia’s mother let her know that she had a brother. Emilia had his name and an address for him.
Emilia was understandably wary of people and suffered from PTSD. She managed to find an understanding person who gave her a job and helped her to get an apartment.
She worked here for a couple of months before finally getting up the nerve to seek out her brother.
He is an ex navy SEAL who is running a security company with his ex teammates. Their work building also has their apartments.
Initially Nico (brother) sends away the person asking after his mother (via the security guard and without seeing Emilia) as he harbours an understandable grudge against her after she left him as a 12 year old with his abusive father. We discover the mother was pregnant with Emilia when she left so Emilia is his full sister.
Nico’s team mate says that Nico will regret not speaking with whoever wanted to speak with him so Nico chases down Emilia and immediately feels a rapport with her and is instantly protective of her.
They have a beautiful relationship. It is nice for him to have blood family and nice for Emilia to have someone look after her.
Emilia is determined to be independent from Nico and his offer to live in his building as she has always been in the compound and told what to do so she wants to do this for herself and to have some freedom.
Unfortunately she was attacked one night in her apartment and we don’t know if it’s related to her step father or something else. Luckily this does mean that she will move in with Nico.
From here in the book, we watch as Emilia learns to trust not just Nico but his whole team and slowly develops feelings for 3 of them and they her.
Previously in the book, there are small time lapses but from here on, it becomes a little tedious with no more time lapses. I get it highlights just how much damage Emilia has from her PTSD and we can watch how different team members support her. Plus one of the teammates has a gay brother who has come to live in one of the spare apartments so we watch as he and Emilia become besties. His character is the one to encourage Emilia to investigate her feelings with his brother and two of the guys.
Weirdly-despite her having a stalker potentially separate from her step father and her dangerous step father, she still goes out shopping and to lunches and out for drinks, sometimes with just the bestie and sometimes with one of the guys and sometimes with extra security. It wasn’t very consistent.
For all of the dragging that happens in the second 2/3s, (I do feel badly for putting it this way. It was well written and did highlight both how strong and fragile Emilia was, I think it could have benefitted from some time lapses) it does all wrap up quite quickly in the final chapter. It’s not a cliffhanger but more of a perfect set up for Emilia and her 3 guys to take their relationship further-once she recovers from the ordeal at the end of the book. Some bad guys are still out there so unsure how they’ll play a role in the next book.
Also, the bestie moved back from Italy to be with his brother and hasn’t opened up what happened to bring him home but he’s apparently hiding something and going through some stuff so that will come out in future books.
October 12, 2021
Alright, so for the most part this is a really simple read. It’s not asking you to think much. The book isn’t enamoring enough to submerge yourself in either. And the entire novel is just a whole session of this endless wash, rinse, repeat cycle for the same things but said in different flourishing ways.
Ex.) character is shaking
Character has trauma
Character is damsel
Character is “innocent” and “naive”
And all of this I could forgive tbh, what makes that startlingly hard tho, is the inconsistencies I’m forced to tolerate along the way.
There are just snags and rough patches that are minut but noticeable enough that you start to keep a mental tally about it. And I’m only 30% in.
Can anyone tell me if there are actually spicy scenes in this book? And if there’s a POV other than the main character and her brother? Bc that was cute and all at first but now yawn and ew bc I want to know more about the guys who are ACTUALLY supposed to be the romantic interests. If I wanted to read a book about a gal and everything her brother is thinking I’d rather just annoy my own if I didn’t microwave my phone first.
Easy and consumable read but if in the back of your head your looking for “where on earth is this going except Cliche City?”- DIP!!! Get the heck out of dodge and save yourself. Bc I’m still waiting for a switch in POV from anyone other than the brother on top of anything remotely romantic happening with the future male harem.
Traumas aside, I can empathize enough to understand the written thinking behind this, but it’s lazy to not layer this book in such a way that readers can feel the intention or growing interest of a budding romance between the characters here. So far (40% way through) I’ve got nothing but main character nickname bananza and a flipping hint of zilch romantically from any of the multiple male leads.
RIP MY TIME. 💀
Ex.) character is shaking
Character has trauma
Character is damsel
Character is “innocent” and “naive”
And all of this I could forgive tbh, what makes that startlingly hard tho, is the inconsistencies I’m forced to tolerate along the way.
There are just snags and rough patches that are minut but noticeable enough that you start to keep a mental tally about it. And I’m only 30% in.
Can anyone tell me if there are actually spicy scenes in this book? And if there’s a POV other than the main character and her brother? Bc that was cute and all at first but now yawn and ew bc I want to know more about the guys who are ACTUALLY supposed to be the romantic interests. If I wanted to read a book about a gal and everything her brother is thinking I’d rather just annoy my own if I didn’t microwave my phone first.
Easy and consumable read but if in the back of your head your looking for “where on earth is this going except Cliche City?”- DIP!!! Get the heck out of dodge and save yourself. Bc I’m still waiting for a switch in POV from anyone other than the brother on top of anything remotely romantic happening with the future male harem.
Traumas aside, I can empathize enough to understand the written thinking behind this, but it’s lazy to not layer this book in such a way that readers can feel the intention or growing interest of a budding romance between the characters here. So far (40% way through) I’ve got nothing but main character nickname bananza and a flipping hint of zilch romantically from any of the multiple male leads.
RIP MY TIME. 💀
April 14, 2023
This is one of my favorite reads of the year. The only reason it didn't get five stars is because of the grammar errors. Otherwise it would have been a total five star read.
I totally connected to the characters. Mainly the female. I've been where she was. That darkness? Been there.
You can read into that all you want. Trust me it's a lot worse than you could possibly imagine.
So to say this book was triggering, would be putting it very mildly. Exaggerating there lol.
Other than the trigger, it was a great book. And I can't wait to finish the next book. Which I've already started lol.
I totally connected to the characters. Mainly the female. I've been where she was. That darkness? Been there.
You can read into that all you want. Trust me it's a lot worse than you could possibly imagine.
So to say this book was triggering, would be putting it very mildly. Exaggerating there lol.
Other than the trigger, it was a great book. And I can't wait to finish the next book. Which I've already started lol.
December 16, 2024
DNF 50%
This should have been right up my street, as I do love to read about heroines that crack out of their shells. But the believability of this one just missed the mark. She was badly beaten up and injured the day before with a concussion to boot and she managed to go running (no one was chasing her, by the way) for over 16 miles. Get home, still alive!! and make breakfast for 4 men. Just no.
There is a lot of telling not showing. Em has barely told them anything about her past yet we got a chapter long ode to how beautiful, amazing and strong and smart she is... Sigh... Really?
What really did me in with that was her unwillingness to tell her brother what exactly was coming for her. How is that protecting anyone???
Though.... let's share the blame, the men own a security company. Two are computer hackers. Yet not one of them thought to look into her past?? They keep saying they have seen this trauma before, does it need a rocket scientist to know abusers don't just sit at home and say "oh well, she's escaped now. Maybe I'll take up a new hobby, fishing sounds fun".
Em is basically in denial about the danger she's in. The men's care is surface level at this point but they are ex-military why have they not suggested therapy?? Dating her is really the priority I suppose.
I just didn't find anything about this plot that made me think I could read 3 books about this.
This should have been right up my street, as I do love to read about heroines that crack out of their shells. But the believability of this one just missed the mark. She was badly beaten up and injured the day before with a concussion to boot and she managed to go running (no one was chasing her, by the way) for over 16 miles. Get home, still alive!! and make breakfast for 4 men. Just no.
There is a lot of telling not showing. Em has barely told them anything about her past yet we got a chapter long ode to how beautiful, amazing and strong and smart she is... Sigh... Really?
What really did me in with that was her unwillingness to tell her brother what exactly was coming for her. How is that protecting anyone???
Though.... let's share the blame, the men own a security company. Two are computer hackers. Yet not one of them thought to look into her past?? They keep saying they have seen this trauma before, does it need a rocket scientist to know abusers don't just sit at home and say "oh well, she's escaped now. Maybe I'll take up a new hobby, fishing sounds fun".
Em is basically in denial about the danger she's in. The men's care is surface level at this point but they are ex-military why have they not suggested therapy?? Dating her is really the priority I suppose.
I just didn't find anything about this plot that made me think I could read 3 books about this.
August 8, 2021
3,5 stars ish
September 6, 2022
I am in love!!❤❤
January 4, 2025
2.5 ₊ ⊹
May 22, 2022
Very good
Kerry Taylor has definitely a knack for writing about traumatized FMC and resilience, and I love it!😍
This book is a kind of sequel of the Pieces of Us Serie. This is the return of Linc, the brother of Kyle, and the story of him and his brothers and especially of Nico, the leader of this group of guys, and of his sister, Emilia Gallo.
Emilia has grown up in a compound, locked away from the real world by an abusive criminal stepfather, Juan. She survived during 22 years, protecting her mother from Juan and taking beating after beating, not really hoping for something else. When Juan made a deal with Valton Marku, an Albanian mafioso, and sold him Emilia, her mother finally helped her to flee. She left a letter explaining that Emilia has a brother, who she never knew about, and that he lives in Chicago and is a good guy who could protect her.
Emilia goes to Chicago and tried to build a life, working in a sh*tty bar and living in a crappy flat and finally decides to find her brother. Nico didn't know as well that Emilia exists but feels immediately responsible for her and willing to do anything to protect her. But Emilia will bring her dark past into his life and he will need the help of his brothers (his team) to keep Emilia safe. And of course, this guys are extremly handsome and sexy...😉
I liked Emilia and the guys characters, especially Tyler and Linc (well, I already liked him in Pieces of Us!). The harem isn't settled at the end of the book and that will take a journey to do it... Well, not everybody is made to be a part of a poly relationship of course and in this I understand Parker's point of view but it still made me worry for Emilia😥
Pay attention to the trigger warning, Emilia had to face terrible things but after reading the second book, I think the worst is definitely in that one...
Kerry Taylor has definitely a knack for writing about traumatized FMC and resilience, and I love it!😍
This book is a kind of sequel of the Pieces of Us Serie. This is the return of Linc, the brother of Kyle, and the story of him and his brothers and especially of Nico, the leader of this group of guys, and of his sister, Emilia Gallo.
Emilia has grown up in a compound, locked away from the real world by an abusive criminal stepfather, Juan. She survived during 22 years, protecting her mother from Juan and taking beating after beating, not really hoping for something else. When Juan made a deal with Valton Marku, an Albanian mafioso, and sold him Emilia, her mother finally helped her to flee. She left a letter explaining that Emilia has a brother, who she never knew about, and that he lives in Chicago and is a good guy who could protect her.
Emilia goes to Chicago and tried to build a life, working in a sh*tty bar and living in a crappy flat and finally decides to find her brother. Nico didn't know as well that Emilia exists but feels immediately responsible for her and willing to do anything to protect her. But Emilia will bring her dark past into his life and he will need the help of his brothers (his team) to keep Emilia safe. And of course, this guys are extremly handsome and sexy...😉
I liked Emilia and the guys characters, especially Tyler and Linc (well, I already liked him in Pieces of Us!). The harem isn't settled at the end of the book and that will take a journey to do it... Well, not everybody is made to be a part of a poly relationship of course and in this I understand Parker's point of view but it still made me worry for Emilia😥
Pay attention to the trigger warning, Emilia had to face terrible things but after reading the second book, I think the worst is definitely in that one...
August 3, 2021
Must Read
I need to know what that jerk did to her because lord knows it was something evil. I can’t believe the book ended like that. I need book two.
I need to know what that jerk did to her because lord knows it was something evil. I can’t believe the book ended like that. I need book two.
October 15, 2021
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2021
Emilia Gallo grew up in the household of a monster unprotected by her own mother. Then as her stepfather has decided to sell her to his business associate, an unexpected sacrifice gives her the opportunity to escape. With only a little cash and a letter, Emilia heads to Chicago to find the brother she never knew existed. With Nico, she finds more than the family she has always longed for. She finds good friends and 3 men, Lincoln, Parker, and Jax who could become much more. If her past doesn't catch up to her and rob her of any future at all.
I was convinced during the first pages I was going to love this book. I love the trope, abusive childhood overcome, inner strength and intelligence persevere, love and protection by the men. it checked all my boxes. Instead, I struggled to finish. This author needs a new editor, a critique partner or beta team. The characters needed more development, the insta-love was shallow, there were way too many errors, it was repetitive, and Emilia was more irritating than lovable. You can't have a character, cry nonstop, shake, whimper, finch, faint, flee, stop eating, need to be carried, have nightmares, and then comment on her strength. Every other character commented on her strength over and over. She is the strongest person they know, she's so strong, blah, blah, blah. How ridiculous. Just because you tell me she's strong doesn't make it so. You must show me. And before you start to attack me over not understanding her trauma and how PTSD works, please take note. I work in a trauma center. I see people who have survived much worse torture than Emilia. They get therapy, take meds, they try. Emilia wanted to be coddled while saying she wanted to do everything on her own. She wanted to think about therapy even though she wasn't able to fully function due to being incapacitated by her fears. It was not believable that any grown man would be interested in her romantically. Saving her, protecting her, fulfilling a hero complex, yes, romantic NO. For insta-love to work, it has to make sense. The girl has to be special and the pieces fit just right. That is not the case here with Emilia. She's too weak to be attractive. I found myself hoping her brother wouldn't actually be related because her only true connection was with him. Alas...
Things that rubbed me the wrong way: If you know you are in danger from stalkers and drug lords, you don't go out to bars. If you need a girl's night, she comes over. If your sudden new bestie needs to go dancing or pick up a random, he does it without you. If you are going to drink for the 1st, 2nd or 3rd time, you don't need to drink entire bottles or have 5 rounds of drinks and shots. Drunken falling down, slurring behavior isn't attractive and shouldn't happen every time. The girl couldn't handle meeting one new person, why would they take her to a noisy group gathering? Retired SEALS wouldn't be lax on OPSEC and would insist she learn basic self-defense, possibly weapons training, their decisions weren't realistic. Learnt is British, not American. These characters are American. Stood and stand are not interchangeable. I would pull this book and revise it before I started on book 2.
Emilia Gallo grew up in the household of a monster unprotected by her own mother. Then as her stepfather has decided to sell her to his business associate, an unexpected sacrifice gives her the opportunity to escape. With only a little cash and a letter, Emilia heads to Chicago to find the brother she never knew existed. With Nico, she finds more than the family she has always longed for. She finds good friends and 3 men, Lincoln, Parker, and Jax who could become much more. If her past doesn't catch up to her and rob her of any future at all.
I was convinced during the first pages I was going to love this book. I love the trope, abusive childhood overcome, inner strength and intelligence persevere, love and protection by the men. it checked all my boxes. Instead, I struggled to finish. This author needs a new editor, a critique partner or beta team. The characters needed more development, the insta-love was shallow, there were way too many errors, it was repetitive, and Emilia was more irritating than lovable. You can't have a character, cry nonstop, shake, whimper, finch, faint, flee, stop eating, need to be carried, have nightmares, and then comment on her strength. Every other character commented on her strength over and over. She is the strongest person they know, she's so strong, blah, blah, blah. How ridiculous. Just because you tell me she's strong doesn't make it so. You must show me. And before you start to attack me over not understanding her trauma and how PTSD works, please take note. I work in a trauma center. I see people who have survived much worse torture than Emilia. They get therapy, take meds, they try. Emilia wanted to be coddled while saying she wanted to do everything on her own. She wanted to think about therapy even though she wasn't able to fully function due to being incapacitated by her fears. It was not believable that any grown man would be interested in her romantically. Saving her, protecting her, fulfilling a hero complex, yes, romantic NO. For insta-love to work, it has to make sense. The girl has to be special and the pieces fit just right. That is not the case here with Emilia. She's too weak to be attractive. I found myself hoping her brother wouldn't actually be related because her only true connection was with him. Alas...
Things that rubbed me the wrong way: If you know you are in danger from stalkers and drug lords, you don't go out to bars. If you need a girl's night, she comes over. If your sudden new bestie needs to go dancing or pick up a random, he does it without you. If you are going to drink for the 1st, 2nd or 3rd time, you don't need to drink entire bottles or have 5 rounds of drinks and shots. Drunken falling down, slurring behavior isn't attractive and shouldn't happen every time. The girl couldn't handle meeting one new person, why would they take her to a noisy group gathering? Retired SEALS wouldn't be lax on OPSEC and would insist she learn basic self-defense, possibly weapons training, their decisions weren't realistic. Learnt is British, not American. These characters are American. Stood and stand are not interchangeable. I would pull this book and revise it before I started on book 2.
April 4, 2022
……what a sh*t show
This was like one of those bad movies you can’t help but watch. You keep watching thinking it can’t get any worse, but it does! Your left wondering at the end why did I sit through this and how do I get those hours of my life back.
So I’m assuming Ms. Taylor did not have access to an editor, or editing software. Or a friend to sit and read this book! Maybe this book was created and published independently. Kudos to her! But wow, wow, the typos!!! Not only typos but character names were constantly mixed up. Character descriptions were contradicted. Hair color and eye colors changed from one chapter to the next. Minor plot points for the FMC were changed one chapter to the next …she had her first kiss then x chapters later it was like that scene had never happened and she had another first kiss. She even said it both times that it was her first kiss.
There was absolutely no character progression. FMC Emilia sat and cried through the entire book. For the first few chapters it seemed like she was starting to get a backbone. Then her brother showed up and it all went downhill from there.
This is not a RH book…. I don’t even know how this could turn into one. Maybe some magic happens in book 2. Emilia “likes” 3 guys and it pretty much stays there. The date scenes seem so forced or pointless. Bad guys are out to get her but let’s go on a date! Emilia is so damaged and so childlike Her brother keeps calling her childlike. Where is the growth for these relationships to happen??? She can’t go a chapter without being triggered by the world and breaking down and crying! I would consider in reality any guy who tried to have a relationship with her to be a predator.
This should have been about a woman who went through some horrible stuff and how she managed heal. Then as she is healing and growing the dudes show up and continue on the journey with her. Maybe that’s book 2. Who knows I don’t want to find out.
Sigh
This was like one of those bad movies you can’t help but watch. You keep watching thinking it can’t get any worse, but it does! Your left wondering at the end why did I sit through this and how do I get those hours of my life back.
So I’m assuming Ms. Taylor did not have access to an editor, or editing software. Or a friend to sit and read this book! Maybe this book was created and published independently. Kudos to her! But wow, wow, the typos!!! Not only typos but character names were constantly mixed up. Character descriptions were contradicted. Hair color and eye colors changed from one chapter to the next. Minor plot points for the FMC were changed one chapter to the next …she had her first kiss then x chapters later it was like that scene had never happened and she had another first kiss. She even said it both times that it was her first kiss.
There was absolutely no character progression. FMC Emilia sat and cried through the entire book. For the first few chapters it seemed like she was starting to get a backbone. Then her brother showed up and it all went downhill from there.
This is not a RH book…. I don’t even know how this could turn into one. Maybe some magic happens in book 2. Emilia “likes” 3 guys and it pretty much stays there. The date scenes seem so forced or pointless. Bad guys are out to get her but let’s go on a date! Emilia is so damaged and so childlike Her brother keeps calling her childlike. Where is the growth for these relationships to happen??? She can’t go a chapter without being triggered by the world and breaking down and crying! I would consider in reality any guy who tried to have a relationship with her to be a predator.
This should have been about a woman who went through some horrible stuff and how she managed heal. Then as she is healing and growing the dudes show up and continue on the journey with her. Maybe that’s book 2. Who knows I don’t want to find out.
Sigh
September 24, 2021
Good read
Really good story. I'm not one that minds length as long as the story is good. I really liked the characters. I love Nico. Hope he gets his love story soon. Love all the guys especially Lincoln. I'm interested to see how all their relationships progress. Glad Parker stopped holding back. Mia has been through more than enough to have legit reasons for ptsd and I'm glad she kept her sweetness and light, but I would have liked to see her taking her life into her hands a bit more. Between having a stalker, psycho abusive stepdad, and a sadist perv buying her like property, even just for General protection because of life experience, Your brother and boyfriends own a security firm and are ex military. Learning a bit of self defense and weaponry seems to be a good idea. Even though I got not wanting to be a burden and keeping them safe it was also annoying that she kept holding back necessary info to help them protect her and be prepared. All in all I enjoyed this book and definitely want to know what's next. Especially as far as a plot since Marku is dead, and psycho step dad washed his hands with her, unless he comes back and the stalker starts in again. Hmmm... guess we'll see
Really good story. I'm not one that minds length as long as the story is good. I really liked the characters. I love Nico. Hope he gets his love story soon. Love all the guys especially Lincoln. I'm interested to see how all their relationships progress. Glad Parker stopped holding back. Mia has been through more than enough to have legit reasons for ptsd and I'm glad she kept her sweetness and light, but I would have liked to see her taking her life into her hands a bit more. Between having a stalker, psycho abusive stepdad, and a sadist perv buying her like property, even just for General protection because of life experience, Your brother and boyfriends own a security firm and are ex military. Learning a bit of self defense and weaponry seems to be a good idea. Even though I got not wanting to be a burden and keeping them safe it was also annoying that she kept holding back necessary info to help them protect her and be prepared. All in all I enjoyed this book and definitely want to know what's next. Especially as far as a plot since Marku is dead, and psycho step dad washed his hands with her, unless he comes back and the stalker starts in again. Hmmm... guess we'll see
June 14, 2022
re edit this
This really is a 3.5* purely from lack of editing. The storyline is good and the writing gets better the more you read. I have a few issues with this which could easily be fixed by editing it again. Someone else also stated this in a review - on 2 separate occasions the author claimed the MFC had her first kiss. Also there seems to be a mixup with character names. Are there 2 Jax or is it Jake and Jax. This caused some confusion in the book. Spelling mistakes and word mistakes you can get past but the points I mentioned above really need changed.
If the author does read this please re edit this and replace it. It is a 4* or 5* when fixed, silly errors to bring down a good story. I could also do without the stuttering, it just got annoying. We get that she is damaged and vulnerable but we don’t need the constant stutter it makes the read a little tedious.
After saying this I will be reading the next book which hopefully has better editing 😉
This really is a 3.5* purely from lack of editing. The storyline is good and the writing gets better the more you read. I have a few issues with this which could easily be fixed by editing it again. Someone else also stated this in a review - on 2 separate occasions the author claimed the MFC had her first kiss. Also there seems to be a mixup with character names. Are there 2 Jax or is it Jake and Jax. This caused some confusion in the book. Spelling mistakes and word mistakes you can get past but the points I mentioned above really need changed.
If the author does read this please re edit this and replace it. It is a 4* or 5* when fixed, silly errors to bring down a good story. I could also do without the stuttering, it just got annoying. We get that she is damaged and vulnerable but we don’t need the constant stutter it makes the read a little tedious.
After saying this I will be reading the next book which hopefully has better editing 😉
October 12, 2021
Emilia has been abused all her life by her stepfather and his goons. She finds out she's being traded to one of her stepfather's business associates and his treatment of Emilia is what finally gets her mother to do something to protect her daughter. She gives Emilia all the information she will need to find her brother and then helps her escape.
Ummm....
I'll start with the good...
This book was interesting. When I started it, I couldn't put it down initially. I probably would have almost read through the entire thing in one sitting if I hadn't fallen asleep. The story is good, even if the main character drove me nuts sometimes. There was a lot of drama and even though this book is long (and sometimes gave too many day-to-day details) it held my interest.
Sooooooo... Emilia.
She's kind of a disaster. She can't be around any strangers. She can't be touched. She doesn't like talking about her past. And she's got a bazillion triggers... almost everything sets her off and has her shaking like a leaf or crying or going into a full blown panic. Some of these triggers are inconsistent... After knowing some of her brother and his friends, she gets more comfortable with them, and sometimes she's totally fine, but other times it takes almost nothing and she's back to being a shaking/crying hot mess. I'd say at least 60% of this book is Emilia dealing with her triggers. Its.... excessive.
Also, she acts half her age, if that, at times. A lot of the descriptions from the guys that are going to be her harem are like they are describing a child, not a 20 something year old woman. Her brother seeing her that way isn't so bad, because I mean... its her older brother and he wants to keep her all childlike and innocent and protect her. The guys she's gonna bang in the future, not so much. They all go on and on about how 'strong' and 'brave' she is, but I'm not seeing what they're seeing. Every time she is confronted with anything remotely threatening, or actual threats, she reverts into a scared, shaking, sniveling mess. In fact, other than her physical appearance, their reasoning for their attraction to her is her bravery, resilience, and strength, yet she shows none of these characteristics... ever.
A major theme in this book is something happening, Emilia can't function, and then the guys swoop in and save her. Wash, rinse, repeat. Emilia is the epitome of a perpetual victim. Don't get me wrong, I felt bad for her, but after the 2nd or 3rd time of this happening and not even being halfway through the book, it just got old. The fact that she was often tstl didn’t help either.
Another thing that drove me crazy about Emilia was she never told anyone anything. I get it, she's been through it and her experiences were traumatic. She doesn't want to talk about her trauma. BUT (and its a big butt), her silence only puts her in more danger. If they know who is after her and what they are capable of, doesn't that make it easier for them to protect her? Even after she comes to the realization that she needs to be open with her brother, she still holds back information.
ANYWAYS...
They guys weren't bad at all. I really liked her brother and how protective he was of her. Although, it was kind of weird that he got more POVs than her actual harem. AND at times their relationship bordered creepy. There is no way, as an adult (or otherwise), I would sit in my brother's lap. They hug, a lot and he kisses her hair/temple/cheek a lot as well. Just ew. If my big bro came anywhere near me with all that affection, we'd be having words.
Yeah.. nope.
The only thing I didn't like about the guys was their justification for their feelings. I mentioned before, they all said she was beautiful, but that wasn't the only reason they were attracted to her, then they went on to describe someone who was nothing at all like Emilia. I'm sorry, she wasn't strong and brave or any of the other things. Her actions were the antithesis of someone who was brave, resilient, and strong.
I sound nitpicky... Sorry.
This book wasn't terrible. It was actually pretty okay, but I was thoroughly annoyed with the MC and how the MMCs treated her. I would have liked her to maybe have less triggers and emotional breakdowns and more about what she's doing to be this strong and brave character that she is described as (cause I didn't see what the guys saw). I'll probably at least attempt to read the next book in the series, if for no other reason than to see if Emilia cries and/or shakes less. But, no guarantees.
Ummm....
I'll start with the good...
This book was interesting. When I started it, I couldn't put it down initially. I probably would have almost read through the entire thing in one sitting if I hadn't fallen asleep. The story is good, even if the main character drove me nuts sometimes. There was a lot of drama and even though this book is long (and sometimes gave too many day-to-day details) it held my interest.
Sooooooo... Emilia.
She's kind of a disaster. She can't be around any strangers. She can't be touched. She doesn't like talking about her past. And she's got a bazillion triggers... almost everything sets her off and has her shaking like a leaf or crying or going into a full blown panic. Some of these triggers are inconsistent... After knowing some of her brother and his friends, she gets more comfortable with them, and sometimes she's totally fine, but other times it takes almost nothing and she's back to being a shaking/crying hot mess. I'd say at least 60% of this book is Emilia dealing with her triggers. Its.... excessive.
Also, she acts half her age, if that, at times. A lot of the descriptions from the guys that are going to be her harem are like they are describing a child, not a 20 something year old woman. Her brother seeing her that way isn't so bad, because I mean... its her older brother and he wants to keep her all childlike and innocent and protect her. The guys she's gonna bang in the future, not so much. They all go on and on about how 'strong' and 'brave' she is, but I'm not seeing what they're seeing. Every time she is confronted with anything remotely threatening, or actual threats, she reverts into a scared, shaking, sniveling mess. In fact, other than her physical appearance, their reasoning for their attraction to her is her bravery, resilience, and strength, yet she shows none of these characteristics... ever.
A major theme in this book is something happening, Emilia can't function, and then the guys swoop in and save her. Wash, rinse, repeat. Emilia is the epitome of a perpetual victim. Don't get me wrong, I felt bad for her, but after the 2nd or 3rd time of this happening and not even being halfway through the book, it just got old. The fact that she was often tstl didn’t help either.
Another thing that drove me crazy about Emilia was she never told anyone anything. I get it, she's been through it and her experiences were traumatic. She doesn't want to talk about her trauma. BUT (and its a big butt), her silence only puts her in more danger. If they know who is after her and what they are capable of, doesn't that make it easier for them to protect her? Even after she comes to the realization that she needs to be open with her brother, she still holds back information.
ANYWAYS...
They guys weren't bad at all. I really liked her brother and how protective he was of her. Although, it was kind of weird that he got more POVs than her actual harem. AND at times their relationship bordered creepy. There is no way, as an adult (or otherwise), I would sit in my brother's lap. They hug, a lot and he kisses her hair/temple/cheek a lot as well. Just ew. If my big bro came anywhere near me with all that affection, we'd be having words.
Yeah.. nope.
The only thing I didn't like about the guys was their justification for their feelings. I mentioned before, they all said she was beautiful, but that wasn't the only reason they were attracted to her, then they went on to describe someone who was nothing at all like Emilia. I'm sorry, she wasn't strong and brave or any of the other things. Her actions were the antithesis of someone who was brave, resilient, and strong.
I sound nitpicky... Sorry.
This book wasn't terrible. It was actually pretty okay, but I was thoroughly annoyed with the MC and how the MMCs treated her. I would have liked her to maybe have less triggers and emotional breakdowns and more about what she's doing to be this strong and brave character that she is described as (cause I didn't see what the guys saw). I'll probably at least attempt to read the next book in the series, if for no other reason than to see if Emilia cries and/or shakes less. But, no guarantees.
July 18, 2022
I can handle a tramatized character, I can not handle a character whose messily developed.
Abused all her life, the FMC is in desperate need of therapy. She has hints of disordered eating, over-exercise, vicious nightmares and a spate of other issues but while therapy is mentioned a couple of times, all the people who desperately love her never take any real action to actully help her heal.
She's allowed to descend into depressive, self-destructive behavior whilst everyone praises her strength and coddles her through her downswings. I get mental health is a marathon, not a sprint but she comes off more selfish and dramatic. Her brother was fricking shot and she stages a big scene that makes it all about her, where everyone has to pander and coddle.
And that's fine, if that is how you want to write the character because there's potential for her to grow into a stronger character. But in this we as readers are being told constantly how strong she is and yet she's written like a drippy washrag.
Its like the FMC became a whole other person mid book. The FMC who surived the compund, escaped and found work and an apartment had breakdowns, but had the mental fortitude to get through and endure. The FMC surrounded by her brother(s) and potential harem needs constant attention and is about as interesting as a houseplant. When she's not crying or not eating, because stress and trauma, she's out partying, drinking and dating.
After putting this down and picking it back up, I finally managed to finish but now that she has even more trauma, I have zero interest in reading the next book.
And like I've said in other reviews, don't write characters who are the best of the best and then have them act like stupid idiots. They don't keep her in their relatively secure location, entertaining her as best as they can whilst working the problems, forcing the baddies to be more clever and unexpected, instead these expects decide that the buddy system is enough and she just flitters around doing pointless crap that exposes her and whoever she's with to danger.
Abused all her life, the FMC is in desperate need of therapy. She has hints of disordered eating, over-exercise, vicious nightmares and a spate of other issues but while therapy is mentioned a couple of times, all the people who desperately love her never take any real action to actully help her heal.
She's allowed to descend into depressive, self-destructive behavior whilst everyone praises her strength and coddles her through her downswings. I get mental health is a marathon, not a sprint but she comes off more selfish and dramatic. Her brother was fricking shot and she stages a big scene that makes it all about her, where everyone has to pander and coddle.
And that's fine, if that is how you want to write the character because there's potential for her to grow into a stronger character. But in this we as readers are being told constantly how strong she is and yet she's written like a drippy washrag.
Its like the FMC became a whole other person mid book. The FMC who surived the compund, escaped and found work and an apartment had breakdowns, but had the mental fortitude to get through and endure. The FMC surrounded by her brother(s) and potential harem needs constant attention and is about as interesting as a houseplant. When she's not crying or not eating, because stress and trauma, she's out partying, drinking and dating.
After putting this down and picking it back up, I finally managed to finish but now that she has even more trauma, I have zero interest in reading the next book.
And like I've said in other reviews, don't write characters who are the best of the best and then have them act like stupid idiots. They don't keep her in their relatively secure location, entertaining her as best as they can whilst working the problems, forcing the baddies to be more clever and unexpected, instead these expects decide that the buddy system is enough and she just flitters around doing pointless crap that exposes her and whoever she's with to danger.
March 13, 2022
I started this back in August 2021, put it down about 50% through and just picked it up again this March. I honestly don’t even know why I finished it since it was so hard to get through. I had to skim so, so much. The amount of repetition is bad.
Emilia as a character is unbearable. She is crying every second of the book, usually for no reason. I understand she has PTSD and her reaction to things is not what I’m talking about. It’s her crying and whining about if the guys will be in a poly relationship with her or not, etc. It feels like every time she talks the sentence essentially goes, “”I love everyone so much but they shouldn’t love me!”, she cried.” I seriously just wanted her to shut up the entire book. Almost everything she says is stuttered out even when she seems alright.
There’s no chemistry between Emilia and her guys. This honestly could have been a tad bit better if her relationship with them was supposed to be completely platonic. At least then we wouldn’t have to read through her lackluster dates and apparent attraction.
Lastly, the conflict is very boring. It didn’t feel properly fleshed out and instead of adding a stalker plot line the author should have spent more time on the stepdad/ mafia business.
Emilia as a character is unbearable. She is crying every second of the book, usually for no reason. I understand she has PTSD and her reaction to things is not what I’m talking about. It’s her crying and whining about if the guys will be in a poly relationship with her or not, etc. It feels like every time she talks the sentence essentially goes, “”I love everyone so much but they shouldn’t love me!”, she cried.” I seriously just wanted her to shut up the entire book. Almost everything she says is stuttered out even when she seems alright.
There’s no chemistry between Emilia and her guys. This honestly could have been a tad bit better if her relationship with them was supposed to be completely platonic. At least then we wouldn’t have to read through her lackluster dates and apparent attraction.
Lastly, the conflict is very boring. It didn’t feel properly fleshed out and instead of adding a stalker plot line the author should have spent more time on the stepdad/ mafia business.
August 9, 2021
Could not put this book down !
It felt like the building of an actual relationship being built with mia and her men
there was no insta love insta lust insta anything and i think thats what drew me more into the story.
We learn her past
We see her bond with her brother nico and i found that relationship genuine. And great to watch them build there sibling bonds . Building a family .
The thing is RH genres that ive in countered are very rushed .
This series as i cant wait for book 2
It had everything i wished other RH genre authors weren’t missing .
A storyline is unraveling. Were able to follow the journey from A to z with out missing gaps or plots . It was well written and well thought out .
I hardly give out 5 stars in the RH genre (or books in general) but i was very surprised that i now have a series were i am looking forward to the next book instead of dropping it .
Questions i have for next book
1)Will her stalker strike again because he got away scot free?
2) will juan really give her up ?
3)Will juan be caught?
4) what dies mia want to do with her life ? College? Career?
5) will TY be able to open up about his trauma that happened in italy ?
It felt like the building of an actual relationship being built with mia and her men
there was no insta love insta lust insta anything and i think thats what drew me more into the story.
We learn her past
We see her bond with her brother nico and i found that relationship genuine. And great to watch them build there sibling bonds . Building a family .
The thing is RH genres that ive in countered are very rushed .
This series as i cant wait for book 2
It had everything i wished other RH genre authors weren’t missing .
A storyline is unraveling. Were able to follow the journey from A to z with out missing gaps or plots . It was well written and well thought out .
I hardly give out 5 stars in the RH genre (or books in general) but i was very surprised that i now have a series were i am looking forward to the next book instead of dropping it .
Questions i have for next book
1)Will her stalker strike again because he got away scot free?
2) will juan really give her up ?
3)Will juan be caught?
4) what dies mia want to do with her life ? College? Career?
5) will TY be able to open up about his trauma that happened in italy ?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 23, 2021
It’s not a fully 100% 4 stars. It is more like a 3,80 stars.
Little things bugged me too much to give it a 4 stars. But it is more 4 then 3 though.
Let’s begin!
I really liked the story and I was really promising. It went very fast though. I get why Mia and Linc felt things for eachother but for Jax and Park I just didn’t see it. Not at first though. I really didn’t comprehend why Jax was the first to kiss her. It seemed all of a sudden of me. She had more moments with Linc (discribed at least).
Also, Jax Linc Park en Nico were describing how strong Mia was, and without hesitation, she really is. But the way they treated her wasn’t how you would treat and describe a strong woman. Sometimes I thought they saw a child in her.
Last but not least, how Nico was with Mia was a little uncomfortable for me. I do love my brother and I would do anything for him but if my brother would do things at me like Nico did, I would be a little disgust. More so when it was his POV. I wouldn’t be surprised if Nico told Mia in the second book that he has feelings for her. It would be disgusting (in my opinion) but I wouldn’t be surprised thanks to his POV.
Little things bugged me too much to give it a 4 stars. But it is more 4 then 3 though.
Let’s begin!
I really liked the story and I was really promising. It went very fast though. I get why Mia and Linc felt things for eachother but for Jax and Park I just didn’t see it. Not at first though. I really didn’t comprehend why Jax was the first to kiss her. It seemed all of a sudden of me. She had more moments with Linc (discribed at least).
Also, Jax Linc Park en Nico were describing how strong Mia was, and without hesitation, she really is. But the way they treated her wasn’t how you would treat and describe a strong woman. Sometimes I thought they saw a child in her.
Last but not least, how Nico was with Mia was a little uncomfortable for me. I do love my brother and I would do anything for him but if my brother would do things at me like Nico did, I would be a little disgust. More so when it was his POV. I wouldn’t be surprised if Nico told Mia in the second book that he has feelings for her. It would be disgusting (in my opinion) but I wouldn’t be surprised thanks to his POV.
May 21, 2024
The story is great. It starts off pretty much with a bang which I love. Slow beginnings drive me bonkers lol 😝
Character building was decent. I wish they talked about the guys’ backgrounds more. They spoke about their parents and such but I wanna know where they came from and funny, goofy memories or even bad memories.
The only reason I didn’t give it five stars is because:
1. A lot of the internal dialogue is repetitive and annoying to me. “I will do anything and everything to keep her safe. I’ll die for her”. Don’t get me wrong I love to hear about a man in love with an endangered woman but this was SO often that I skipped several paragraphs 😔
2. The grammatical and punctuation errors drove me nuts. I do not ever drop stars for a few errors but this was a lot. Words missing was the worst.
3. I wish Emilia being afraid of the guys didn’t end so soon.
Do not take my reasons for the missing star to heart. The storyline was still really really great!! And started book 2 immediately.
Character building was decent. I wish they talked about the guys’ backgrounds more. They spoke about their parents and such but I wanna know where they came from and funny, goofy memories or even bad memories.
The only reason I didn’t give it five stars is because:
1. A lot of the internal dialogue is repetitive and annoying to me. “I will do anything and everything to keep her safe. I’ll die for her”. Don’t get me wrong I love to hear about a man in love with an endangered woman but this was SO often that I skipped several paragraphs 😔
2. The grammatical and punctuation errors drove me nuts. I do not ever drop stars for a few errors but this was a lot. Words missing was the worst.
3. I wish Emilia being afraid of the guys didn’t end so soon.
Do not take my reasons for the missing star to heart. The storyline was still really really great!! And started book 2 immediately.
January 20, 2023
I almost dnf'd this book just for the fact that it felt like Emilia's trauma responses were the same as Olivia's. Like I don't understand why it had to be she never ate and always threw up. The borderline eating disorder was bad but then she all of a sudden didn't want to be around people or in crowded places? Like what. I loved Emilia at first. She got away. She worked in a bar for 4 months around people and then when she got with the guys she suddenly couldn't? I didn't like that at all.
Like I said I almost dnf'd but had to 'skim' to see what happened because the plot was good and I really liked the guys. I just don't like who Emilia turned into after she found her brother. I wish she would have shown a little more backbone and was a little stronger.
It felt like the author was recycling trauma responses instead of doing it a little different.
I'm going on to book two in the milite series so we will see.
Like I said I almost dnf'd but had to 'skim' to see what happened because the plot was good and I really liked the guys. I just don't like who Emilia turned into after she found her brother. I wish she would have shown a little more backbone and was a little stronger.
It felt like the author was recycling trauma responses instead of doing it a little different.
I'm going on to book two in the milite series so we will see.
September 26, 2021
Really good so far but I think I'm going to DNF at 75% for now until the next one comes out. I really like the fmc and how her relationship with her brother is growing but there's not much focus on the romance. We barely know the main guys and haven't spent much time with them even the bestie Tyler feels like he's had more scenes than the guys and he came in later. Not really feeling the connection with the guys which sucks as it meant there were no tingles when they kissed 😔. I think if we're going to have such a focus on the brother we need to have less of his pov as we've already seen they've built up a beautiful relationship and he's not really adding to the story if this is meant to be an rh. I imagine the brother will probably have his own spin off but for now I want to learn about the mmc's in the rh.
November 1, 2021
Não sei porque insisti em ler esse livro. Tudo o que imaginei, baseado na leitura da série anterior, se repetiu nesse livro.
Li uma série anterior dessa autora, também de harém reverso e com muitas situações repetidas, é tudo muito parecido. A história em si muda pouco. A protagonista tem passado traumático, mas é cansativo de ler sempre as mesmas coisas acontecendo (todos amam muito ela e sem um motivo concreto, ela tem um crise, todos vão ajudar, ela é sequestrada, todos vão ajudar, ela é ameaçada todos vão ajudar...é cansativo). O fato dos personagens da outra série aparecem nesse não ajudou.
Pensei em abandonar várias vezes e já praticamente no final também, mas conclui a leitura com muito esforço, li superficialmente, fiz leitura dinâmica.
Não gostei e não recomendo, leiam se quiserem!
Li uma série anterior dessa autora, também de harém reverso e com muitas situações repetidas, é tudo muito parecido. A história em si muda pouco. A protagonista tem passado traumático, mas é cansativo de ler sempre as mesmas coisas acontecendo (todos amam muito ela e sem um motivo concreto, ela tem um crise, todos vão ajudar, ela é sequestrada, todos vão ajudar, ela é ameaçada todos vão ajudar...é cansativo). O fato dos personagens da outra série aparecem nesse não ajudou.
Pensei em abandonar várias vezes e já praticamente no final também, mas conclui a leitura com muito esforço, li superficialmente, fiz leitura dinâmica.
Não gostei e não recomendo, leiam se quiserem!
January 4, 2023
tear jerker!
Phenomenal book. I spent most of it crying but it was totally worth every tear I shed. A few grammatical errors/timing differences enough to make you notice but not enough to distract from your reading. I absolutely loved it, there aren't enough words to say how much I love this book. It's brutal but sweet, it'll tug on your heart strings but it's worth it. Also it's a decent length book, it's a proper book, quite often you get 4/5 books in a series and each one is 200 pages long you read the first one and then you have to wait 6 months for the next 200 pages. This book was a delicious 700 pages. You are able to truly sink your teeth into the characters and get to know them. Also didn't end on a cliff hanger and that makes me appreciate the author a little bit more.
Phenomenal book. I spent most of it crying but it was totally worth every tear I shed. A few grammatical errors/timing differences enough to make you notice but not enough to distract from your reading. I absolutely loved it, there aren't enough words to say how much I love this book. It's brutal but sweet, it'll tug on your heart strings but it's worth it. Also it's a decent length book, it's a proper book, quite often you get 4/5 books in a series and each one is 200 pages long you read the first one and then you have to wait 6 months for the next 200 pages. This book was a delicious 700 pages. You are able to truly sink your teeth into the characters and get to know them. Also didn't end on a cliff hanger and that makes me appreciate the author a little bit more.
October 31, 2024
Ugh. I barely ever leave under 3 star reviews, but this book just had me cringing over and over. I DNF at 64% finally, and just skimmed to the end. While the plot could have had promise, there were so many inconsistencies (like her running/sprinting 16 mi with a concussion and torn ligament in her shoulder, yet then couldn’t start work yet because she was too injured?… And saying she would get a hamburger from her work, but then goes to the diner and doesn’t want to tell him it’s her first hamburger? Stupid stuff like that, but it means the author doesn’t edit or really read through their work very well). The pet names from the get go with a clearly abused female, also had me constantly cringing. Parker is an a$$ and the only character I enjoyed even slightly was her brother, but he was over the top. This book is very triggering, so just a warning about that as well.
February 15, 2022
Good story but lots of mistakes
A great story and character development, but unfortunately hard to read at times. Alot of spelling mistakes, bad grammar ect but worse then that at points it just didn't make sense. The fmc kissed somebody, says its her first ever kiss so asks if she did it right ect and then a few chapters along she kisses somebody else and explains its her first ever kiss and she's not sure she's doing it right!!
There are also conversations between 2 characters that make no sense at all, as they address each other by a different name. Nico says "I'm fine parker " while it's just him and Lynk talking to each other( many examples of this) it happens so often it becomes frustrating. Author needs to get a better editor!
A great story and character development, but unfortunately hard to read at times. Alot of spelling mistakes, bad grammar ect but worse then that at points it just didn't make sense. The fmc kissed somebody, says its her first ever kiss so asks if she did it right ect and then a few chapters along she kisses somebody else and explains its her first ever kiss and she's not sure she's doing it right!!
There are also conversations between 2 characters that make no sense at all, as they address each other by a different name. Nico says "I'm fine parker " while it's just him and Lynk talking to each other( many examples of this) it happens so often it becomes frustrating. Author needs to get a better editor!
September 2, 2022
2⭐️ almost DNFed at about 65% and I’m really frustrated with myself for not just putting this down and walking away.
The first half I really liked and was really into the story and wanting a happy ending for Emelia and the guys. Everything was there for the author to take this in a beautiful direction but everything just got stuck.
The stalker made NO sense (unless that’s where things go in the second book but I will not be continuing this so I don’t really care). The plot tried to get a little dark but fell flat. How the boys get insta love for this girl I have no idea because all she did was cry and have panic attacks then get frustrated when they all tried to help her and then proceed to feel sorry for herself.
The first half I really liked and was really into the story and wanting a happy ending for Emelia and the guys. Everything was there for the author to take this in a beautiful direction but everything just got stuck.
The stalker made NO sense (unless that’s where things go in the second book but I will not be continuing this so I don’t really care). The plot tried to get a little dark but fell flat. How the boys get insta love for this girl I have no idea because all she did was cry and have panic attacks then get frustrated when they all tried to help her and then proceed to feel sorry for herself.
August 25, 2023
I’m. Ugh. I’m so upset at how I feel about this book. I love the story. But dear sweet baby Jesus, the FMC flipping cried about everything! Every stinking page she either had tears in her eyes, sobbing, choking on a sob…crying, just allll the time.
She was scared? Crying.
She was happy? Crying.
Emotional?? Crying.
Breathing? Crying.
I get it, she had a hard life but come on! It got beyond annoying. This was a thicc book and at 60% I was just done. But, I felt like I invested too much of my time to dnf, so I skipped through it. I just wanted to get to the end. Now there’s a second book…I want to know what happens to the characters but not at the expense of more crying.
She was scared? Crying.
She was happy? Crying.
Emotional?? Crying.
Breathing? Crying.
I get it, she had a hard life but come on! It got beyond annoying. This was a thicc book and at 60% I was just done. But, I felt like I invested too much of my time to dnf, so I skipped through it. I just wanted to get to the end. Now there’s a second book…I want to know what happens to the characters but not at the expense of more crying.
August 2, 2021
Emilia has been abused her whole life, but she finally has a chance to escape and find a brother she never knew she had. I really love Nico (her brother) and the guys of Milite. I love that while the guys are immediately protective, the relationships develop slowly. I also loved seeing some characters from the Pieces of us series - Lincoln is Kyle’s brother so we get to see Livy and her guys 14 years later. Emilia is fragile at times, but also strong and gains more confidence throughout the book. The books ends with a HFN - there are still some pieces that need to be solved, but there isn’t a cliffhanger. I can’t wait to see what happens next in book 2 :)
August 3, 2021
This book was everything I wanted and more. Despite the similar involvment of trauma in this story, same as Kerry taylor's other books, this book had its own unique quality resulting in a well rounded plot, ultimately creating a balance between the 'nothing but...' series and the 'Pieces of us' series. (Noteably, as I found her relationship with Nico was emphasised and so the aspects of family). It was also great to see an extended epilogue of sorts regarding Livy and how her relationship with her four guys have progressed over the years. I cannot wait for this story to be continued and hopefully experience her relationship with her three develope further!
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