The Other Brother

by Daisy Jane

On the heels of tragedy, high school senior Cordelia Albright finds herself in a new town, at a new school, living in a new home… with a man she’s never met.

Dr. Quinten Wilder has what he needs. His home, his practice, his routine. When he’s asked to do a favor for someone, he agrees, not knowing how that deed will change his life forever.

The Other Brother is a slow burn romance featuring a couple with a significant age gap. The story explores themes of loss and grief, acceptance and forgiveness.

Author’s Note: For content warnings and more information, please visit the author’s website.

Genres: Slow Burn, Romance, Forced Proximity, Contemporary, Friends To Lovers, Forbidden Romance, Grief

322 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2022

About the author

Daisy Jane is a forbidden love romance author, inspired by VC Andrews and more . When she's not penning a hot age gap novel or dreaming up steamy stories, she's enjoying the sunshine and warmth at her home in California. She enjoys reading, true crime, exercise and, of course, romance.

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Reviews

[Deniz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved loved loved this book. It’s so beautifully written and so much more than I expected. A slow burn age gap romance...perfect slow burn that leaves you wanting more.
I still have a huge smile on my face after reading it. Definitely recommend!

[abi ୨୧ · Rating 4 out of 5]

➸ 4 stars

Tropes:
↬ Spice: 🌶️🌶️.5
↬ Contemporary Romance
↬ Dual POV; First Person
↬ Age-Gap (42 and 18)
↬ Friends to Lovers
↬ Taboo
↬ Forced Proximity
↬ Angst and Grief Healing

Ratings:
↬ Characters: 5/5
↬ Plot: 4/5
↬ Structure 4/5
↬ World-Building: 3/5
↬ Writing: 5/5
↬ Uniqueness/Creativity: 4/5
↬ Read: on Kindle

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I love taboo age gap books like this, and I’m really happy to say that The Other Brother worked quite well for me. This book reminded me a lot of Sweet Dandelion by Micalea Smeltzer. Our heroine, Cordelia’s father dies in an accident and she’s forced to go live with her pseudo uncle. Her uncle, burdened and triggered by Cordelia and her trauma sends her to live with his brother, Quinten. The premise of this book was just as great as the execution.

The characters were flawlessly written, and I thought the exploration/execution of both Cordelia and Quinten was well done, and I thought their relationship was not only believable, but also quite authentic. Their age-gap is really big, and something I would absolutely be side eyeing in real life. Quinten is 42 and Cordelia is 17 at the start of the book (but she is 18 when they get together). Despite their age difference, I still think this author did a really good job of connecting them and giving them things to discuss. There was a lot of time focusing on Cordelia’s trauma, that the overall impact with Cordelia and Quinten just felt so realistic and thoughtful. I also thought the way Cordelia was written really helped make the age-gap believable. She’s very mature, mostly due to the accident in which she lost her father, and it really showed well in her character. I also loved how much she loved reading, especially reading aloud. This author’s passion for Cordelia and her hobbies really bled through the pages.

The writing was also quite fantastic, and something I unfortunately was really surprised by. This author is so underrated, and this book doesn’t even have 500 ratings, so for this author to be so well crafted is such a crime. This book really was great. I will say, Quade, Cordelia’s uncle’s reaction their relationship was super unrealistic. But this was really well written, and a great read so I decided to look past it. Definitely recommend The Other Brother. The corny cover and title really don’t do the contents inside of this book justice.

[NaShara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just finished the ARC of The Other Brother, and oh my goodness! It was so much more than I expected. I have a huge smile on my face after reading it. For a slow burn age gap romance, it explores some weighty topics such as grief, PTSD, and survivors' guilt yet still delivers a totally satisfying HEA. I loved it!

[Mika Auguste · Rating 2 out of 5]

dnf

[Adrienne Bird · Rating 5 out of 5]

A slow burn, age gap, virgin story that deals with grief, PTSD, loss and so much more! There were so many things I loved about this book! Cordelia is so strong for how young she is and such an old soul. Quentin is such an honorable man despite his own thoughts of himself. The age gap was more than I was expecting but still worked. I was glad the virgin aspect wasn’t ridiculously written like a majority of the virgin tropes I’ve read are. And the slow burn was worth the build up! Overall, well done!

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the tension between them but hated the dead ex stuff...😮‍💨
Not a fan of all the ow mentions

[L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, I actually think I discovered a genius here. Stumbled upon this gem author and her spin on “taboo” relationships are really beautiful. This one was def unexpected. I went in thinking some fatal attraction maybe chemistry but all smut.

Surprised to see the beautiful genuine connection between the characters that the author took time and major craft to build. I honestly was rooting for them because they were two beautiful people. Even the mmc was vulnerable and emotionally intelligent enough to recognize his own troubles he is bringing and the work he needed to do. This was written with such attention to details and filled with small lil things that brought me joy🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

[Melanie♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 rounded up

[Adrienne Bird · Rating 5 out of 5]

A slow burn, age gap, virgin story that deals with grief, PTSD, loss and so much more! There were so many things I loved about this book! Cordelia is so strong for how young she is and such an old soul. Quentin is such an honorable man despite his own thoughts of himself. The age gap was more than I was expecting but still worked. I was glad the virgin aspect wasn’t ridiculously written like a majority of the virgin tropes I’ve read are. And the slow burn was worth the build up! Overall, well done!

[Amrita · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazingly heart twisting.

I literally never give 5 stars. I loved loved loved this book. It’s so beautifully written, you really feel the characters relationship and build up to a relationship. He’s 41 and she’s 18…. It’s written well… not as odd as I thought it might be…. Read the book!

[✨Rachael, Island Bookworm ✨]

Note to self and possible spoilers


Met her at 17 after she'd just lost her dad, he's 42. But they got together of course at 18.... let's keep it nice and legal shall we?

Sniff sniff👃🏽👃🏽👃🏽 What's that smell 🤔🤔🤔???........ smells like grooming to me🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

To each their own 🤷🏾‍♀️.....

911 📞😒


ETA I just read a review that said she's a virgin 😫😭just when I thought it couldn't get any worse. Fiction or not somebody call the 👮🏽‍♀️🚔🚓

[Ava · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5✨

[Lolo · Rating 1 out of 5]

He yawned, she yawned I YAWNED 🥱 THE FUCK? I tried really hard to ignore this shit, especially after the author told us he yawned ON REPEAT but the shit with the heroine starting to yawn too? It's fucking over with this book! How irritating small things can be but I just can't read a book with a hero who YAWNS from the beginning of the story and I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT 😮‍💨

[Mandy Reads Indie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh. My. Slow burn. If you love to dabble in the slow burns and you are gaga over age gap romances, then this is absolutely the book for you. I love insta romances but I can hang with the slow burns, too. They got to give me something worth hanging on to though. I need a story that grabs my attention and pulls me in immediately. There has to be a romance that I can savor and an intimacy that radiates from the pages. And you guys, this one did all that and more.

I went in blind to this one. I wasn’t sure which brother we were getting the story with. And boy when that bomb was dropped, I was like ok. Ok. Yeah. Then I was Quade, who?? Because Quinten took over and invaded my every thought from there on out. Nothing but Cordy and Quinten.

Again, this is a absolute, 100% slow burn. Do not expect to be thrown into the schmexy for a bit. But definitely prepare for the ache and all the delicious tension. But y’all, the wait is achingly worth the burn.

Jane, you and your age gap romances wow me every single time. Don’t ever stop!! THE OTHER BROTHER was everything yummy, angsty, emotional that you could ever want in a book. 5 stars!!

[Skye Yanovsky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Slow Burn Age Gap Taboo! Loved!!

If you like age gap, taboo guardian/ward romances then run and check out The Other Brother. I devoured this book. It’s emotional and does have a lot of heavy issues woven into Cordelia and Quentin’s story which is slow burn, beautiful with amazing chemistry.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good book, kept me interested. Felt kind of rushed at the end but overall a good read

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like my heroines at bit more innocent but overall a really good book

[anna. ׂׂૢ · Rating 3 out of 5]

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2.5 stars!! I'm not sure if this book was just good or just horrible, but it kept me interested. I was unable to determine the story's main conflict or its true significance. I am aware of Cordy's trauma, the fact that Quinten is a troubled individual, and the fact that Cordy ultimately moved in with Quinten after being abandoned by his brother Quade. Even though this entire section seems unclear, you can actually see how this even happened when you read the story. Even though I usually fail at it, I try to avoid giving away specific details in my reviews. However, I'll just state that Cordy's trauma is the root of all of this. Quinten and Cordy's romance took a while to blossom, which was both good and strange. While I didn't find the age difference to be wholly odd, I did find the lack of affection they shared to be wholly odd. I didn't like that kind of component of the relationship since I thought the love was too hurried. The love that they had just seemed to not be set in the right place I would say. I did enjoy every positive experience, as well as the understanding that occurred when problems arise. Despite a few aspects I didn't like about it, I thought this book to be intriguing overall.

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[Geeky Girl Review Cafe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I consider Daisy Jane to be the queen of slow burn romances. And she's done it again with this one, I bow to her amazing skill. She keeps me on the edge of my seat for the entire time I read her books and I leave them never wanting to let go.

In this one we get a yummy age gap romance, while also tackling some heavy topics like PTSD and survivor's guilt...done in JUST the right way.

I appreciate Daisy's attention to world and character building in each and every one of her books. It's something I as a reader look for and value most in the books that I choose to spend my time and money on.

If you are a reader who enjoys a true age gap (24 years in this one) and can handle real life/heavier topics in your romance this is one you DO NOT want to pass by. You'll thank me for it later ;)

[Melluvsbooks]

DNF @ 10% - depressing. I can tell this vibe isn’t for me. Age-gap too wide - not loving the h

[Juli30 · Rating 2 out of 5]

⭐🇺🇸 English review first. | 🇧🇷 Versão em português abaixo.

The Romance Was Built in the “Summary,” Not in the Narrative.

The premise sells something far more intense than what the book actually delivers. I was expecting an emotionally heavy story, with plenty of layers, well-developed characters, and a forbidden romance that would take my breath away. And I did get some of that, just nowhere near the intensity or depth I was expecting.

The Other Brother tells the story of Cordelia, a girl in her senior year of high school who tragically loses her father and has her entire life turned upside down when she has to move in with her father’s best friend, Quade. The problem is, Quade has his own trauma to deal with and basically abandons the protagonist at his brother Quinten’s house, which is where the story truly begins. Quinten is a complete stranger to Cordelia. He doesn’t make her feel safe or comfortable, he is much older than her, and he is also extremely successful.

The premise is really good. It promises an emotionally charged story and an incredible forbidden romance, but somewhere along the way, everything gets lost.

For many pages, the story focuses almost entirely on Cordelia and her grief, and that was actually a good thing. The reader gets the chance to connect with her, her pain, and the emptiness and longing she feels after losing her father. She has many layers and is a well-developed character. However, I really wanted to see her healing happen alongside Quinten, allowing them to build a connection through that process, especially because he has experienced loss in his own life as well. Watching them heal together could have been beautiful. Maybe that wasn’t what the author intended to do, but having them suddenly fall hopelessly in love without properly developing the layers of their relationship simply didn’t convince me.

At some point, I honestly felt like the author got tired of exploring Cordelia’s grief, because, in my opinion, she skipped so many necessary moments, questions, thoughts, and experiences. I would have loved to actually follow Cordelia at school or see her at the library reading to the children. Instead, the reader only hears about these things afterward. We rarely get to experience the moments themselves.

And the same problem applies to her relationship with Quinten. We’re told that they have spent months watching movies together every day and talking all the time, but that’s the thing: we’re told about it, we don’t actually get to experience it. These moments are mentioned almost as if they don’t matter, when they are literally the foundation of their entire relationship.

Quinten could have been such an interesting character if he had actually been given the spotlight he deserved. I read several chapters from his POV, but I still felt like I barely knew him by the end. He has so much to offer as a character, yet the author chose to reduce him to the hot, handsome doctor instead of exploring him as a psychiatrist who could have helped Cordelia in so many ways, as someone who has experienced loss himself, and so much more. He remained in the background for most of the story.

Overall, the couple barely had enough scenes together to justify the kind of overwhelming love the author wanted us to believe they shared. And somehow, the age gap barely seemed to be an issue, just like the fact that their relationship was supposed to be forbidden.

He is around forty while she is eighteen and still in high school. On top of that, he becomes her legal guardian for a significant period of time. All of this should have created that delicious feeling of, “Oh my God, they absolutely should NOT be doing this.” But the book never explores the emotional consequences or the actual weight of the taboo enough. Their situation has so much potential to make everything complicated and problematic in exactly the way readers of forbidden romance love, yet the story barely takes advantage of it. And Quade’s reaction when he found out about them completely killed whatever forbidden-romance tension was left because he acted like it was no big deal... Seriously?

I read a review where someone said this book reminded her a lot of Sweet Dandelion, and I can see how the authors may have had similar intentions, but definitely not the same execution. What I love most about Sweet Dandelion is how all the characters work together through grief and healing, how essential the psychologist is to that process, and how much the main couple helps each other. That is completely different from what happens in this book, where the psychologist gets basically one scene and that’s it, the nightmares disappear from one night to the next, and the couple never truly goes through the healing process together.

Another thing that bothered me was Cordelia’s severe trauma surrounding water. Early in the story, it is mentioned that even taking a shower makes her shiver, so naturally, I expected that trauma to actually be addressed and explored. I wanted to watch her deal with it, maybe even see her eventually get into the pool since Quinten swims every day. I also wanted to see her make friends and slowly come out of the shell she had been living in.

And Quade’s entire redemption arc felt forced. The same goes for the fact that Cordelia is never really given any academic goals, career plans, or ambitions for her future. Then, in the epilogue, which takes place one year later, she shows up pregnant and... that’s it. Happily ever after. Is it, though?

This book was constantly almost something, but it never managed to fully deliver on anything it tried to do. In the end, everything just fell apart. Even the sexual tension between them wasn’t properly developed. There wasn’t much chemistry, there weren’t enough stolen glances or forbidden touches...

Nothing could save this one, guys.

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O romance foi construído no "resumo" e não na narrativa.

A premissa vende uma coisa muito mais intensa do que o livro realmente entrega. Eu esperava um livro bem carregado emocionalmente, com muitas camadas, personagens bem desenvolvidos, e um romance proibido de tirar o folego. E eu recebi isso, mas não na intensidade e profundidade que esperava.

“The Other Brother” conta a história de Cordelia, uma menina que está no último ano do ensino médio e que de forma trágica perdeu seu pai, tendo a vida mudada do avesso tendo que morar com o melhor amigo do pai, Quade. Acontece que Quade também tem seus traumas, e basicamente abandona a protagonista na casa do meu irmão, Quinten, e é aí que a história começa de verdade. Quinten é um desconhecido para a protagonista, ele não passa segurança, conforto, além de ser bem mais velho que ela e muito bem-sucedido.

A premissa é muito boa, promete uma grande carga emocional e um romance proibido incrível, mas tudo se perde no meio do caminho.

A história focou durante muitas páginas somente na Cordelia e na sua dor, e isso foi bom, o leitor conseguiu se conectar com ela, com sua dor, e sentimentos falta e saudade por ela. A personagens tem muitas camadas e é bem desenvolvida. Contudo, eu esperava muito ver a cura dela acontecendo junto ao Quinten, para eles criarem uma conexão a partir daí, principalmente pelo fato dele também te tido uma perda em sua vida. A cura conjunta ia ser bonito de ver. Pode ser que esse não tenha sido o objetivo da autora, mas colocar ambos se apaixonando perdidamente um pelo outro sem trabalhar as camadas do casal não me convenceu.

Eu senti que em algum momento a autora cansou de trabalhar o luto da protagonista, pois ela ao meu ver pulou tantos momentos necessários, questionamentos, pensamentos e por aí vai. Eu gostaria mais de acompanhar ela na escola, ela na biblioteca lendo para as crianças. O leitor somente lia o depois, nunca o momento em si. E isso também se reflete na relação dela com o Quinten, onde o leitor sabia que eles estavam há meses vendo filmes todos os dias e conversando bastante, mas a gente só sabia, não lia de fato, as coisas eram mencionadas como se não fossem nada, mas tudo isso era a base para o relacionamento deles.

Quinten até seria interessante se tivesse algum destaque real. Eu li vários capítulos dele, mas senti que não foi suficiente para conhecer esse personagem. Ele tem tanto a mostrar, mas a autora preferiu deixar ele como um medico bonitão e gostoso, e não como um medico psiquiatra, que pdoeia ajudar a Cordelia de diversas formas, que tem uma perda também, e por ai. Ele ficou muito em um plano secundário.

No geral, o casal mal teve cena suficiente para poder ter aquele amor todo que a autora colocou. E parece que o age gap não era um problema, assim como o fato do romance deles ser proibido. Assim, ele tem uns 40 anos enquanto ela tem 18 e ainda está no ensino médio, ele acaba virando o tutor legal por ela durante muito tempo, e tudo isso deveria dar um gostinho de "Meu Deus, eles não deveriam estar fazendo isso." Mas o livro não explora suficientemente as consequências emocionais e o peso do tabu. Eles têm muita carga e história para tornar tudo isso problemático do jeito que o leitor adora. E a reação que o Quade teve após descobrir sobre eles também cortou toda a emoção do romance proibido, pois ele agiu como se não fosse nada demais...fala sério.

Eu li uma resenha onde uma leitora dizia que esse livro lembrou muito ela do livro “Doce Dandelion”, e eu acho que a intenção das autoras é parecida, mas não a execução. O que eu mais gosto em “Doce Dandelion” é que todos os personagens trabalham juntos para lidar com a dor e com a cura, e que a presença do psicólogo é essencial para isso, além do fato do casal principal se ajudar muito. Tudo isso é bem diferente do livro objeto desta resenha, onde o psicólogo ganhou uma única cena e pronto acabou, assim como os pesadelos acabaram de uma noite para a outra, e o casal não andou junto.

Outra coisa, a Cordelia tem um trauma muito grande com água no geral, e foi mencionado no começo da história que ela se arrepia até para tomar banho, e por isso esperava que esse trauma fosse de fato tratado e trabalhado. Eu queria ver ela lidando com isso, talvez entrando na piscina já que o Quinten nada todo dia...ou até mesmo ver ela fazendo amizades e saindo do casulo em que vive. E todo o arco de redenção do Quade foi forçado, assim como não desenvolver um futuro de estudo ou de alguma ambição para a protagonista, que no epilogo que é 1 ano depois aparece gravida e é isso, feliz para sempre. Será?

O livro ficou muito no quase, mas não conseguiu entregar nada do que tentou, tudo foi por água abaixo. Nem a tensão sexual deles foi bem trabalhada, não tinha muita química, não tinham olhares e toques roubados...Nada salvou gente.

[Lolina ⋆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

-=- 3.5 stars -=-

This was an unexpectedly deep story about finding love through grief- one that I wasn't expecting from DJ.

It carried a lot of that emotional depth between the MCs that I had wanted from her other books.

There were certain pacing and time jumps throughout the story that left me wanting more from certain scenes and tension (the conflict at the end also felt a bit unnecessary to me), but all in all, I enjoyed the book.

[Rachel ⭐️🖤💋Dark & Dirty & A Lot Of Smutty Reviews💋🖤⭐️ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don’t know why the ratings on this book isn’t higher than it is. This was an emotion-filled, slow-burn, age-gap read that had me in its grasp from the first chapter. It deals with loss, guilt, survivor’s guilt, depression, and let’s not forget…love. I don’t read many slow-burn books, but when I do it’s usually age-gap books. The gap with this book is 24 years (18/42) but when it’s a man like Dr. Wilder it wouldn’t bother me if he was older than that. Swoon! And Cordelia is a very mature 18 year old woman. The book does start while she’s 17, but nothing happens between them till after she turned 18. I cried while reading parts of this book and also smiled so it had an impact on my emotions. It was very well written. This is the first book I’ve ready by this author, and it definitely won’t be the last. Especially since she has more age-gap books. Those are one of my favorites to read.

[Mindy Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I loved….

The H was amazing!!!! Older man early 40s, sexy, smart, devoted and delicious ❤️❤️

The h was 17/18yr old, sweet, traumatized, vulnerable, mature (even more so than the hero at times)

This is a slow burn romance but the sexual tension is off the charts😍😍😍 I even fell in love with all the sweet actions/gestures that happened before the sex. The couple of sex scenes that we do get are beautifully erotic ❤️❤️ 🔥🔥🔥


What I wish was different to make this 5 stars…..

Yes we did get an epilogue but I wanted one further out. I really want to get a glimpse into family life more (this is just my greedy self talking)

I was actually hoping for a little outside drama regarding the age gap I thought that the secretary Ida might have something to say about it and get put in her place but that didn’t happen. . I like seeing judgmental people get put in their place 🙂


Overall I really enjoyed this one and can see myself revisiting it often!

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cordelia has been through some trauma and is just trying to survive, let alone looking for love. Yet that is exactly what she finds, while building a trusting relationship with her guardian's older brother. He's much older and she believes he can't possibly want her. He tries to be a good man and not go after the much younger ward, but they just complement each other so well. They work through some personal traumas and difficulties to find their HEA.

The slow burn allowed for a more organic chemistry to grow, allowing both to be adults before progressing in the relationship.

I love Dr. Wilder. So patient and understanding, he just seems to sense everything that Cordelia needs from him and he plans ahead to be sure she has those needs met.

[readingeva · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was no Big Daddy, I think my expectations were set too high. It’s a slow burn, age gap, taboo romance… but I didn’t feel that. Where was the strife, emotional angst, or moral dilemmas? The MMC Quinten (age 42) has to take in the FMC Cordelia (age 17) after her father tragically passes. Quade (her father’s best friend) is her actual legal guardian but because of his own struggles with PTSD he basically gives her to his brother Quinten to deal with. Quinten is a psychiatrist and doesn’t seem to feel a smidge of guilt or questioning his growing attraction and longing for his much younger ward. Like you’re not at all questioning your feelings for a grief stricken, high school student who’s over 20 years younger, in a vulnerable state and you’re responsible for taking care of her?

I’m not here to judge (well kind of), but I prefer when there’s a lot of internal fighting the urge or feeling that it’s wrong but can’t be stopped when I’m reading a taboo age gap. Things just happened too smoothly between the two. It boiled down to “I like you” and “I like you too” that was the culminating moment. Then the major conflict between them felt silly and over dramatized when it happened. I also found it odd that the brother Quade, who had known Cordelia all her life and was like a second father to her, immediately got on board with his 42 year old brother being in love with her. Just felt like there were a lot of missed opportunities for emotional turmoil in the story. But it did hold my attention and I read it quickly! I do like Daisy Jane’s writing regardless, hence the 3 stars.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid 4 stars. I'm sure I'll read this again and again.
This book has a bit of everything, angst, very well developed characters, plot...everything. I read this in one day, I was totally engrossed, could not put it down, it was ignored-my-boyfriend-when-he-tried-making-conversation-with-me-good.
It was taboo--but Daisy Jane did a good job at making the h age NOT the reason the H was attracted to her. This wasn't porn-y (despite it having some really hot scenes), it was actually quite beautifully written. This is mainly about a young woman (very young woman) going through grief. Her father died in a tragic accident and she's having to go through the stages of grief with very little support. There are no 'bad' guys in this book, there's one character that at first I was like "That bastard!" but Daisy Jones shows why he had to make the decision he did, and that he truly wasn't bad. All the characters had multiple layers.
I feel like their first kiss was quite sudden, and I would have liked a bit more buildup to that first kiss--but that's just me, I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority with that. This is considered a slow-burn, and I doubt many besides me wanted it to be an even slower-burn...

[Marie Bullington · Rating 4 out of 5]

So good I loved it!

[Jaclyn Sellentine]

dnf @67%
This had so much promise going in, but unfortunately it didn’t end up doing anything for me. I didn’t feel any chemistry between the characters and I noticed one too many grammatical errors for this not to bug me. It also felt a little… cheesy in the wrong ways? don’t get me wrong, I love a good corny romance but it was almost too corny for me
It’s not like an insta love kind of romance, but it’s too slow with barely any chemistry or romance.

[Cristina]

This is a no no for me. She’s seventeen and he’s forty-two. I hardly think this is appropriate. Yes, they don’t get together right away but she just lost her Dad who’s around that age… it’s giving me creepy vibes. Sorry, but no thank you.