Harrison Stag is finally mine. After ten years, a fiasco in an elevator, and more mind-blowing sex than I could handle, it's time to settle in. Is it really possible to have it all?
Octavia Jensen is a coffee addict, a tale-spinner and a hopeless romantic, usually in that order. She spends her free time chasing adrenaline rushes or writing steamy, romance novels, and sometimes, those feel like the same thing.
I loved how this was executed. Sometimes you just wanna read the dirty stuff and other times you wanna know about life after they get their happily ever after.
I love Harrison and Briella and seeing their story continue throughout 11 Dates was wonderful! Each date is an important moment throughout their life and we really get to see how they’ve grown since the ending of 11 Scenes. I loved that they got their happy ending and we got to see more of them after that. And the spice was 🥵😮💨 and the aftercare scenes are just *chefs kiss* 🤌🏽
This was a great end to these novellas and Octavia really did a good job!
I’m such a sucker for Harrison and Briella, so getting more of them in 11 Dates was everything I wanted and more. It was so damn satisfying to see them not just still in love but thriving, finally living together and building this soft, filthy little life that’s so them. The format was cute too, each date gave us a little peek into their journey post-11 Scenes, and I loved seeing how much they’ve grown as a couple.
And yes, besties the spice? Hot as hell just like in the past books of this series!! It had so much breeding, so many pregnancies(and i mean MANY) and every filthy moment felt wrapped in this really sweet, loving core that made it hit even harder.
Honestly I’m a bit sat to see this series and their journey end …I will definitely miss them :,D
4.5 smiled through the whole book. I LOVED THIS SO MUCH! Like getting three novellas that’s spans over 30 years for these characters was amazing and it was so fun and I loved everyone second. Harrison is so obsessed with Brie, and Brie is so obsessed with Harrison. These two will stay with me for a bit <3
my little heart felt so full after reading this, briella and harrison are my babies🫶🏾
each date ended up being different pivotal moments in their lives and it was just great to see bri and har happy and loving life with each other
thanking the other for granting them the life they always wanted>> every time they would thank each other for different life milestones, my heart just melted
also i don’t know what was going on with me at the end, but i started crying once all the kids left home, as if i was their parent💀, it’s just like, where does the time go?? that last time jump made my jaw drop
At the end of book 2, I wasn't as interested in continuing with the series. Then Ethan's book blurb came out and I said maybe I'd get back to the series. Now, I honestly don't think I'll even continue with his book.
This was a large time line, frequent jumps and it is a short book. So it didn't really work well. A merge of book 1-3, properly spaced, paced and edited would have made an excellent book 1.
Briella basically taking up a stay at home mum role, without her being a stay at home mum wasn't to my taste. Like the book spans 20+ years but we keep on getting mentions of Harrison's career, not hers, yet they met at work. The focus of the book is basically her giving birth. And no, it didn't really play well into the breeding kink. It just felt like book filler.
I think it points also to a bit of lazy writing when all the kids get names, except for the twins who are "the twins" until almost the last moment, then they're named. Also, why were they so surprised that Briella got pregnant with twins, yet Harrison's brothers are twins?
What this book does is that it serves as a jump off of the brothers getting their books and as it is shaping up, maybe the kids too, but I think it's safe for me to just bow out of this series.
And while their sex scenes were generally good, the bad, repetitive dirty talk just killed it for me.
Awww. My heart is so happy after reading this novella.
I’ve been following Briella and Harrison’s journey since 11 Hours, and I’m so pleased with this conclusion to their love story. Bri and Harrison have grown so much, and with this novella, we truly get a glimpse into what their lives are like after the conclusion of 11 Scenes.
I really enjoyed this trio of novellas, and Octavia Jensen’s writing is spectacular as always. I would definitely recommend this trilogy, as well as anything else by this author!
omg so many babies 🤣🤣🤣 but then the guy had a breeding kink so anyways
This was a good ending to the novellas, this book was more of a series of epilogue novellas than anything, somewhat of a continuation of the story and a happy ending as well at the same time, it served its purpose smut plus happy ending.
Please read this series in order and don’t go thinking it will have major plottwists or a good storyline. It’s literally about two colleagues who kinda hated one another, until they get stuck in an elevator and started banging lmao.
Book two is only smut. Only dirty filth with many many many kinks.
Book three is wrapping their story up. Settling down and their life in a span of 25 years.
I had fun reading this series, sometimes you just wanna read the dirty stuff and not the heavy storylines of other books. It was fun, def good for your reading goals and to get out of slumps
❝ “All mine, Briella. I can’t wait to grow even older with you. Thank you for always being my good girl.” ❞
A very fitting and beautiful end for these two. I absolutely love Bri and Harrison and their relationships evolution over these novellas.
Book one was about the tension, book two about the spice, and book three while still hot as hell is about the important events that come next.
It was fast, spicy, and actually so sweet. I'm going to miss these two. 🖤
❝ “Is there ever a time you’re not my little slut? Just think about it, Briella. If you’re not pregnant with my child, you’re hanging off my cock so I can breed you again. Sounds like a little slut to me, hm?” ❞
The conclusion to Bri and Harrisons story was absolutely adorable. I loved seeing them fall harder for each other as their journey through life continued. I loved seeing them cope with the many hardships that came with being parents, and how supportive and loving they were towards their five beautiful children. Their relationship definitely has me falling hard for them as a couple!
Rating 3.5/5. Spice level: 2/5. I think the second one was my favorite simply because of the kink level but the first one was right behind it. Why is this one my least favorite? The breeding kink went SO HARD in this one and it's not a bit of me so that one is definitely on me. But there was less spice in this one than in the other two and I'm not just talking about sex scenes. Since this fast-forwards through so much so quickly, you don't see as many interactions between the MCs because you see more of their lives once life happens (I won't say more because of spoilers). I also feel like I missed their relationship because of all the life that happens and I needed more of them being with each other. Loved the HEA factor in this, they were such a great couple to enjoy reading about. I'll definitely be reading more books by this author.
Another Octavia ARC read, and this felt like the perfect end to the “Elevens” trilogy. I have loved this couple from book one and I almost never love reading about the same couple in multiple books. Octavia finds ways to keep you invested and waiting for the next chapter over and over again in 11 Dates. A smutty must read for fans of Harrison & Bri who can’t wait to read the rest of their story. Definitely read 11 Hours and 11 Scenes first and then dive right into 11 Dates.