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Holding Fire
When Rei Takeda first joined Nexus Security, she’d been under the impression she’d be taking on assignments helping victims of the widespread mob rule that plagues the city of Red Palms. Driven by her own past run-ins with Clan violence, she thrives in her job—until the day her boss assigns her to look after his estranged sister, who just so happens to be the heir to one of the city’s most notorious Clans.
Dangerous, magnetic, and calculating, Sora Hoshino has spent her life devoted to upholding her father’s legacy as Red Palms’ kingpin. But when his arrest throws her world into violent upheaval, she reluctantly accepts help from her disgraced older brother—and Rei.
With both life and legacy hanging in the balance, a tangled history weaving between them, and a wary but powerful attraction sparking at every turn, Rei and Sora’s world heats up to a dangerous boiling point. In the end, the only question is whether their bond is strong enough to survive the flames, or if they’ll both go up in smoke.
Dangerous, magnetic, and calculating, Sora Hoshino has spent her life devoted to upholding her father’s legacy as Red Palms’ kingpin. But when his arrest throws her world into violent upheaval, she reluctantly accepts help from her disgraced older brother—and Rei.
With both life and legacy hanging in the balance, a tangled history weaving between them, and a wary but powerful attraction sparking at every turn, Rei and Sora’s world heats up to a dangerous boiling point. In the end, the only question is whether their bond is strong enough to survive the flames, or if they’ll both go up in smoke.
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First published August 21, 2021
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September 10, 2021
4.5⭐️ – Rei Takeda loves her job protecting those who can’t protect themselves in a city where peace between four mob Clans is precarious at best. When she’s tasked with protecting the heir of the fallen leader of one of these Clans, she’s not happy. That said heir is incredibly hot doesn’t help when she’s also incredibly annoying. And bossy. And cruel. Which Rei knows from experience.
The first time the MCs meet (let’s call it that to avoid spoiling) is definitely not cute but just as definitely exciting and full of sexy promises. A lot of the excitement of this book comes from the relationship between the two main characters and their explosive chemistry, and then twist! In the last part of the book, the thriller takes over and it’s breathtaking, for new reasons.
Rei is the kind of character that is easy to love. She’s clearly one of the good guys but she’s not unidimensional. Compared to Sora, she may seem less strong, especially in the way she’s willing to submit to her without fighting her much, but over the course of the story, she shows herself to be at least Sora’s match.
On the other side of the equation, Sora really isn’t an easy character to love – she’s amoral, she can be downright cruel, she’s smug – but she makes up for it by being complex and fascinating. When she allows herself to be vulnerable, she’s magnificent. Having been groomed since childhood to follow in her father’s footsteps, she learned that love is a weakness and relationships aren’t to be taken too seriously. Faced with her own desire for more than fantastic sex, she’s like a wounded animal, dangerous and unfair, making the moment she finally manages to trust all the more satisfying. I love well-written morally grey characters, and Sora is definitely that.
This whole book is about chemistry. Sure, it’s also about family and gangsters and doing – or not doing – the right thing, but all these feel like excuses for the all-encompassing, almost electric energy flowing between Rei and Sora. And damn, it is hot.
Among the side characters, the most prominent are Sora’s brother Hino, who is also Rei’s boss, and his boyfriend Jax, who is also Rei’s ex. I enjoyed the complexity of the relationships between all these characters, and the not always covert jealousy between Sora and Jax brought comedic relief when needed.
With this powerful debut, Annelise Sorrell is already an author to watch out for. Holding Fire isn’t without flaws though, and falls into the category of “the words are good but they aren’t all needed”. It could have been shorter and still have told the same story, still been as compelling but faster-paced. Nothing a good editor can’t fix for future books, however.
ARC provided to Rainbow Literary Society for an honest review.
The first time the MCs meet (let’s call it that to avoid spoiling) is definitely not cute but just as definitely exciting and full of sexy promises. A lot of the excitement of this book comes from the relationship between the two main characters and their explosive chemistry, and then twist! In the last part of the book, the thriller takes over and it’s breathtaking, for new reasons.
Rei is the kind of character that is easy to love. She’s clearly one of the good guys but she’s not unidimensional. Compared to Sora, she may seem less strong, especially in the way she’s willing to submit to her without fighting her much, but over the course of the story, she shows herself to be at least Sora’s match.
On the other side of the equation, Sora really isn’t an easy character to love – she’s amoral, she can be downright cruel, she’s smug – but she makes up for it by being complex and fascinating. When she allows herself to be vulnerable, she’s magnificent. Having been groomed since childhood to follow in her father’s footsteps, she learned that love is a weakness and relationships aren’t to be taken too seriously. Faced with her own desire for more than fantastic sex, she’s like a wounded animal, dangerous and unfair, making the moment she finally manages to trust all the more satisfying. I love well-written morally grey characters, and Sora is definitely that.
This whole book is about chemistry. Sure, it’s also about family and gangsters and doing – or not doing – the right thing, but all these feel like excuses for the all-encompassing, almost electric energy flowing between Rei and Sora. And damn, it is hot.
Among the side characters, the most prominent are Sora’s brother Hino, who is also Rei’s boss, and his boyfriend Jax, who is also Rei’s ex. I enjoyed the complexity of the relationships between all these characters, and the not always covert jealousy between Sora and Jax brought comedic relief when needed.
With this powerful debut, Annelise Sorrell is already an author to watch out for. Holding Fire isn’t without flaws though, and falls into the category of “the words are good but they aren’t all needed”. It could have been shorter and still have told the same story, still been as compelling but faster-paced. Nothing a good editor can’t fix for future books, however.
ARC provided to Rainbow Literary Society for an honest review.
September 13, 2021
Holy shit... this was so bloody good!
I instantly loved both main characters when they were introduced, and the supporting cast of characters just made them even more real. Rei is great... and wow, Sora! Her character arc was just brilliant. The story itself was intriguing and so damn sexy. I laughed, I got teary and I got anxious, and frustrated... and I found myself smiling when I closed the final page.
What a fcuking ride!
I instantly loved both main characters when they were introduced, and the supporting cast of characters just made them even more real. Rei is great... and wow, Sora! Her character arc was just brilliant. The story itself was intriguing and so damn sexy. I laughed, I got teary and I got anxious, and frustrated... and I found myself smiling when I closed the final page.
What a fcuking ride!
did-not-finish
September 17, 2021DNF - other friends have praised this highly, but I think this is just a me thing again - with it not gelling with my own tastes and issues - so do try it out yourself on Kindle Unlimited!
I just found the writing style quite strange and detached, and pretty info-dumpy and quippy too, but in that 'aren't I so entertaining' kind of way, that ultimately makes all the character voices feel the same and gave me NO emotional reaction, at all. It didn't help that I didn't like the MC's, so I rather spend my time on something I enjoy, instead of struggling half the day like I did with just a quarter of this one.
It's a longer one, but it also gets convoluted and while I didn't finish it, I can appreciate that others tastes will gel a lot better with this than my own, so do try it, and I hope you enjoy!
I just found the writing style quite strange and detached, and pretty info-dumpy and quippy too, but in that 'aren't I so entertaining' kind of way, that ultimately makes all the character voices feel the same and gave me NO emotional reaction, at all. It didn't help that I didn't like the MC's, so I rather spend my time on something I enjoy, instead of struggling half the day like I did with just a quarter of this one.
It's a longer one, but it also gets convoluted and while I didn't finish it, I can appreciate that others tastes will gel a lot better with this than my own, so do try it, and I hope you enjoy!
October 7, 2021
3.5 stars
This was a fun read if not just a little slow on the start. I feel it would have been better written in first person of either Rei or Sora and might have helped it flow a bit better. The action was nice and the characters were great. I wish there was more detail about Nexus or even about the warring or background characters but there wasn't.
It's a kU read and I don't regret reading it and will probably read more from this author. Not the best review, I know, but I can't really muster up more....
This was a fun read if not just a little slow on the start. I feel it would have been better written in first person of either Rei or Sora and might have helped it flow a bit better. The action was nice and the characters were great. I wish there was more detail about Nexus or even about the warring or background characters but there wasn't.
It's a kU read and I don't regret reading it and will probably read more from this author. Not the best review, I know, but I can't really muster up more....
August 31, 2021
This was a pleasant surprise and I just found a new favorite author! Though the writing takes a bit to getting use to (its 3rd person present tense i believe?), the story will hook you. Sora and Rei are both badass women that you'll root for all through out this book. I'll be waiting for this author's next story for sure!
September 20, 2021
3.5
This book had so much potential. I was intrigued and excited in the first few chapters. Until it didn't...
The main issue I have is that the dialogue in each POV seems too repetitive, for instance:
Making a point of Sora's insecurities in Sora's POV - Okay.
Making a point of Sora's insecurities in Rei's POV - uh, okay...?
Making a point of Sora's insecurities in Hiro's POV - OKAY, I get it!!
There are just so many, I can't stop but start skimming some pages because it is exhausting to read the same thing from three different POV.
One thing also bothers me is that they are three mysteries in the book. By revealing, it is letting one character "telling" the "big conspiracy" to the MCs and the reader with super long dialogue. I just wish there was a better way to reveal it.
One last thing, I am not sure if the author chooses their name randomly or by purpose, but I found it's interesting, so I'm just going to share it :)
In Japanese, Sora means sky; Hiro means wide(or broad) and Hoshino(their last name) means starfield. I thought it was beautiful.
Anyway, I still think the book had so much potential, and I'm still going to read Sorrell's next book in the future.
This book had so much potential. I was intrigued and excited in the first few chapters. Until it didn't...
The main issue I have is that the dialogue in each POV seems too repetitive, for instance:
Making a point of Sora's insecurities in Sora's POV - Okay.
Making a point of Sora's insecurities in Rei's POV - uh, okay...?
Making a point of Sora's insecurities in Hiro's POV - OKAY, I get it!!
There are just so many, I can't stop but start skimming some pages because it is exhausting to read the same thing from three different POV.
One thing also bothers me is that they are three mysteries in the book. By revealing, it is letting one character "telling" the "big conspiracy" to the MCs and the reader with super long dialogue. I just wish there was a better way to reveal it.
One last thing, I am not sure if the author chooses their name randomly or by purpose, but I found it's interesting, so I'm just going to share it :)
In Japanese, Sora means sky; Hiro means wide(or broad) and Hoshino(their last name) means starfield. I thought it was beautiful.
Anyway, I still think the book had so much potential, and I'm still going to read Sorrell's next book in the future.
February 28, 2022
Talk about holding fire
So literal, I love it. I had some expectations because a prominent figure reviewed this book and wow.
I have to agree, a lot of things were really good. The plot is intriguing, the pace is outstanding, character development is amazing and the chemistry between the MCs is just so spicy.
So literal, I love it. I had some expectations because a prominent figure reviewed this book and wow.
I have to agree, a lot of things were really good. The plot is intriguing, the pace is outstanding, character development is amazing and the chemistry between the MCs is just so spicy.
April 19, 2023
Fire
This book has hot scenes and fast action in every aspect of this book. It's definitely worth reading. There's nothing like tearing it all down to rise up a Phoenix. I am patiently waiting for another book...Please
This book has hot scenes and fast action in every aspect of this book. It's definitely worth reading. There's nothing like tearing it all down to rise up a Phoenix. I am patiently waiting for another book...Please
September 23, 2021
Saying reading this book was an intense experience might be a bit of an understatement. I loved it, though. I embrace it.
Sora was admittedly hard to like at various points, but the author was successful in threading that line between making us understand how (and why) she views the world the way she does without driving the reader away from her entirely. By the end, I was totally rooting not only for the couple but also for her to find happiness beyond the so-called legacy she prepared her whole life to inherit.
Rei, on the other hand, constantly surprised me with her empathy and bravery. Her journey trying to get through Sora's defenses is truly remarkable.
I thought it could've been a little shorter, but the truth is I will think about Sora and Rei's story for a long time. Can't wait for the next books from Annelise Sorrell!
Sora was admittedly hard to like at various points, but the author was successful in threading that line between making us understand how (and why) she views the world the way she does without driving the reader away from her entirely. By the end, I was totally rooting not only for the couple but also for her to find happiness beyond the so-called legacy she prepared her whole life to inherit.
Rei, on the other hand, constantly surprised me with her empathy and bravery. Her journey trying to get through Sora's defenses is truly remarkable.
I thought it could've been a little shorter, but the truth is I will think about Sora and Rei's story for a long time. Can't wait for the next books from Annelise Sorrell!
February 20, 2022
“I could take you and fuck you and turn your world upside-down for a night and be done with it. But the thing is, you’ve sort of gotten under my skin. You’re a fucking thorn in my side. And I want to fucking ruin you.”
The heir of a mafia trying to break free of the controlling/horrible criminal father is a common trope but Holding Fire presents a fresher twist with the morally grey Sora, heiress to her father's empire, the Flame Born Clan, on of the four (five if you count the vagrants) Clans that rule Red Palm City, a city where people have a lot of blood on their hands (palms if you will). The Nexus Security represents everything that is opposite to Sora, and Rei is one of its top agents.
“Touch me again, and I’ll consider that a threat.”
When Sora’s father is imprisoned, the other clans are out for her blood and Rei is assigned to protect her. It goes against her core values and the loss she has faced in the past and a week cooped up in a safe house under complete lockdown is enough for them to get under each other's skin. Rei hates the idea of having to protect a criminals daughter who didn't even want to relinquish her life, but despite Sora's devil-may-care brazenness and misplaced notions of love, there may be something worth protecting in her after all.
“The more attachments you have, the more there is to burn—and the more there is to burn, the more smoke there is to choke on.”
The stakes were supposed to be high in thiss enemies to lovers romance with its morally grey protagonist, but everything fell quite flat. To summarise using bullet points (something Sora does quite often)...
•Its trying too hard to come across as snarky. The Nexus Security has trained, efficient and capable agents employed under it and yet when Rei gets kidnapped, the first thing her friend does is to rush out with a gun and wearing nothing except pyjamas and his husband (who is, btw, the co-founder of Nexus Security), has to hilariously pull him back. Cue lots of snark.
It's cute and funny in its hackneyed and quippy way, but it rather takes the edge off things.
•Its trying too hard to be “good”. Look, we have the heiress of a crime empire who is all too eager to take her father's position (now that he's in jail) but she has never, ever, never killed anybody. Sure she has set fire to stuff and stolen some stuff, harmed property and yadda yadda, but that's about it. And the book makes it a point to bludgeon this into the readers. Sora. Has. Never. Killed. Anybody.
And I'm okay with that, truly. I'm happy that she hasn't, it puts me at ease so that I don't have to worry about my romance ship being morally wrong. We also have Nexus Security building a case against her , just to show how good they are. And while the book repeatedly puts across the point that there is no strict "white" and "black", the writing in itself tries to be all good and white.
•Repititive. The writing is very "skimmable". The writer will say: Sora was moving her fingers inside Rei and the sensation of being fucked, of Dora's fingers moving inside her, was driving her over the edge. «This is not a direct quote, just a demo about how I feel the writing was.
Also, look at this sentence: Rei doesn’t know how he’s able to compartmentalize and deal with these never-ending sieges of complications [...]
This could be shortened as Rei doesn’t know how he’s able to deal with these never-ending complications [...]
•The sex scenes got boring after a while too. I was drawn in by the bdsm tags here but the scenes were extremely tame. Just a collar, not even purchased by Sora, and a bit of what seemed to be breath play? but not really. Cuffs were mentioned and that was it.
Also, I'm getting tired of the power play dynamic. It looks like most authors are going for a more neutral power play wherein neither of them is established as a top/bottom role, and that's awesome, but the details are getting too similar and boring. It always has an inversion of the suits/dress and a whole issue about the "designated top" having issues over "losing control".
Ladies, it is incredibly hot to command someone to go down on you. If your motive is to have the upper hand in the bedroom and be "in control" then don't deny yourself the pleasure—a note to all the lesbian characters who don't want to be pleasured orally and physically.
Part of the issues was the repitition but the major issue was—
•The whole “Tell, Don't Show” was getting to me. We have entire passages about how the movement of Sora’s fingers sent Rei into a frenzy, but we don't SEE her in the throes of emotion. Not to mention, it all felt pretty dry.
•The crime aspects were particularly disappointing. Not enough weapons and murders and some subplots didn't make sense to me at all. The book does point out how meaningless these plots were, but being low-key meta doesn't really improve my reading of the story.
But despite everything, this is Annelise Sorrell’s debut novel, and I think she has a lot more in store for us! Holding Fire was actually more cute than high stakes. It had the hallmarks of a sweet romance with actually very little angst, a lot of "tame" sex, the protective best friend who interrogates the love interest and demand they treat the girl right, etc. I didn't feel the danger at any point in the story.
What I did like about the story was Sora and Rei. I liked how it pitches Sora as a girl who is trying to make her way in this criminal world. She is dangerously destructive—to herself and to her obstacles—but she isn't capable of handling the real power games of the underworld. I liked reading a book showing the actual coming around of the character rather than just starting off from the "I want to escape from my dad" phase.
The heir of a mafia trying to break free of the controlling/horrible criminal father is a common trope but Holding Fire presents a fresher twist with the morally grey Sora, heiress to her father's empire, the Flame Born Clan, on of the four (five if you count the vagrants) Clans that rule Red Palm City, a city where people have a lot of blood on their hands (palms if you will). The Nexus Security represents everything that is opposite to Sora, and Rei is one of its top agents.
“Touch me again, and I’ll consider that a threat.”
When Sora’s father is imprisoned, the other clans are out for her blood and Rei is assigned to protect her. It goes against her core values and the loss she has faced in the past and a week cooped up in a safe house under complete lockdown is enough for them to get under each other's skin. Rei hates the idea of having to protect a criminals daughter who didn't even want to relinquish her life, but despite Sora's devil-may-care brazenness and misplaced notions of love, there may be something worth protecting in her after all.
“The more attachments you have, the more there is to burn—and the more there is to burn, the more smoke there is to choke on.”
The stakes were supposed to be high in thiss enemies to lovers romance with its morally grey protagonist, but everything fell quite flat. To summarise using bullet points (something Sora does quite often)...
•Its trying too hard to come across as snarky. The Nexus Security has trained, efficient and capable agents employed under it and yet when Rei gets kidnapped, the first thing her friend does is to rush out with a gun and wearing nothing except pyjamas and his husband (who is, btw, the co-founder of Nexus Security), has to hilariously pull him back. Cue lots of snark.
It's cute and funny in its hackneyed and quippy way, but it rather takes the edge off things.
•Its trying too hard to be “good”. Look, we have the heiress of a crime empire who is all too eager to take her father's position (now that he's in jail) but she has never, ever, never killed anybody. Sure she has set fire to stuff and stolen some stuff, harmed property and yadda yadda, but that's about it. And the book makes it a point to bludgeon this into the readers. Sora. Has. Never. Killed. Anybody.
And I'm okay with that, truly. I'm happy that she hasn't, it puts me at ease so that I don't have to worry about my romance ship being morally wrong. We also have Nexus Security building a case against her , just to show how good they are. And while the book repeatedly puts across the point that there is no strict "white" and "black", the writing in itself tries to be all good and white.
•Repititive. The writing is very "skimmable". The writer will say: Sora was moving her fingers inside Rei and the sensation of being fucked, of Dora's fingers moving inside her, was driving her over the edge. «This is not a direct quote, just a demo about how I feel the writing was.
Also, look at this sentence: Rei doesn’t know how he’s able to compartmentalize and deal with these never-ending sieges of complications [...]
This could be shortened as Rei doesn’t know how he’s able to deal with these never-ending complications [...]
•The sex scenes got boring after a while too. I was drawn in by the bdsm tags here but the scenes were extremely tame. Just a collar, not even purchased by Sora, and a bit of what seemed to be breath play? but not really. Cuffs were mentioned and that was it.
Also, I'm getting tired of the power play dynamic. It looks like most authors are going for a more neutral power play wherein neither of them is established as a top/bottom role, and that's awesome, but the details are getting too similar and boring. It always has an inversion of the suits/dress and a whole issue about the "designated top" having issues over "losing control".
Ladies, it is incredibly hot to command someone to go down on you. If your motive is to have the upper hand in the bedroom and be "in control" then don't deny yourself the pleasure—a note to all the lesbian characters who don't want to be pleasured orally and physically.
Part of the issues was the repitition but the major issue was—
•The whole “Tell, Don't Show” was getting to me. We have entire passages about how the movement of Sora’s fingers sent Rei into a frenzy, but we don't SEE her in the throes of emotion. Not to mention, it all felt pretty dry.
•The crime aspects were particularly disappointing. Not enough weapons and murders and some subplots didn't make sense to me at all. The book does point out how meaningless these plots were, but being low-key meta doesn't really improve my reading of the story.
But despite everything, this is Annelise Sorrell’s debut novel, and I think she has a lot more in store for us! Holding Fire was actually more cute than high stakes. It had the hallmarks of a sweet romance with actually very little angst, a lot of "tame" sex, the protective best friend who interrogates the love interest and demand they treat the girl right, etc. I didn't feel the danger at any point in the story.
What I did like about the story was Sora and Rei. I liked how it pitches Sora as a girl who is trying to make her way in this criminal world. She is dangerously destructive—to herself and to her obstacles—but she isn't capable of handling the real power games of the underworld. I liked reading a book showing the actual coming around of the character rather than just starting off from the "I want to escape from my dad" phase.
February 19, 2024
Rating this book 2 stars
Before I get into anything specific about the book itself I do want to mention that I am pretty convinced this is some sort of AU fanfiction for Avatar the last Airbender.
- Flame Born is the fire nation
- The other 3 clans are Iron Bones (Earth), Cyclones (Water) and Fatal Whispers (Air)
- Sora is Azula. Daughter of the head of the Flame Born. Favoured by her Father and a distant relationship with her Mother.
- Hiro is Zuko. Burn covering one side of his face. Inflicted on him as punishment because dishonoured the clan.
- Hiro lived with his uncle after leaving the clan. Said uncles son died on a Job working for the clan. This sounds like Uncle Iroh and his son.
- Rei only has 2 real friends. Aya (Ty Lee) and Jade (Mai).
- Hiro had a past relationship with Jade like Zuko did with Mai.
- Jax is Sokka and his sister is Katara. She is a Doctor.
- There is a Blind side character who is very similar to Toph.
Those are the main connections I can make off the top of my head. I only realised about 3 quarters into the book.
I am unsure if Rei is also a character from ATLA or if she is an Original Character.
This isn't really a negative for me. I just felt I needed to point it out since after I realised it became so obvious.
On to the actual review. My review is a total mess and is not very coherent. This is because I have so many questions. Mostly “Why???”. I’m going to spoilers the whole thing.
Notes
- Rei is Bisexual
- Unsure if Sora is supposed to be a Lesbian.
- Graphic depiction of torture
- Multiple sex scenes. Most sex scenes are between the 2 female MCs. There is a brief sex scene between 2 male characters. Details are discussed about previous sex between the main character and her ex boyfriend.
- Implied rape threats but no actual rape
Tropes
Forced proximity
Enemies to lovers
Ice queen
Before I get into anything specific about the book itself I do want to mention that I am pretty convinced this is some sort of AU fanfiction for Avatar the last Airbender.
- Flame Born is the fire nation
- The other 3 clans are Iron Bones (Earth), Cyclones (Water) and Fatal Whispers (Air)
- Sora is Azula. Daughter of the head of the Flame Born. Favoured by her Father and a distant relationship with her Mother.
- Hiro is Zuko. Burn covering one side of his face. Inflicted on him as punishment because dishonoured the clan.
- Hiro lived with his uncle after leaving the clan. Said uncles son died on a Job working for the clan. This sounds like Uncle Iroh and his son.
- Rei only has 2 real friends. Aya (Ty Lee) and Jade (Mai).
- Hiro had a past relationship with Jade like Zuko did with Mai.
- Jax is Sokka and his sister is Katara. She is a Doctor.
- There is a Blind side character who is very similar to Toph.
Those are the main connections I can make off the top of my head. I only realised about 3 quarters into the book.
I am unsure if Rei is also a character from ATLA or if she is an Original Character.
This isn't really a negative for me. I just felt I needed to point it out since after I realised it became so obvious.
On to the actual review. My review is a total mess and is not very coherent. This is because I have so many questions. Mostly “Why???”. I’m going to spoilers the whole thing.
Notes
- Rei is Bisexual
- Unsure if Sora is supposed to be a Lesbian.
- Graphic depiction of torture
- Multiple sex scenes. Most sex scenes are between the 2 female MCs. There is a brief sex scene between 2 male characters. Details are discussed about previous sex between the main character and her ex boyfriend.
- Implied rape threats but no actual rape
Tropes
Forced proximity
Enemies to lovers
Ice queen
August 29, 2021
What a surprise! Loved it.
October 3, 2023
Scorching chemistry 🥵
December 11, 2025
My wife beta edited for Haley Cass who told her to pick up this book so she got a copy. Post spine surgery and sepsis life was hard to just survive and I could no longer use screens and even light and paper was my enemy. This was the first book I tried to read after almost dying and it was so good that despite the pain I kept reading and coming back to it every day. Lesbian visibility and just a real good solid hurt comfort story with a HEA. Honestly one of my favorite books ever — and now my wife is FINALLY reading it and can’t put it down. I love the complex characters and it is easily a would read again for me.
September 15, 2025
4 and a half stars! This book is full of many good plots and twists.
4 Crime Clans
1 City
Territory grabs
We only focus on one clan. And that's just the surface stuff.
The main characters have loads of history and I instantly liked all of them.
Steamy sexy Sapphic scenes.
Snarky Humor, action scenes, kick ass girl power, self discovery and healing.
Basicly, it packs a punch.
4 Crime Clans
1 City
Territory grabs
We only focus on one clan. And that's just the surface stuff.
The main characters have loads of history and I instantly liked all of them.
Steamy sexy Sapphic scenes.
Snarky Humor, action scenes, kick ass girl power, self discovery and healing.
Basicly, it packs a punch.
July 1, 2023
4.25 stars
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