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The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)

by Rachel Gillig (Goodreads Author)

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Unloved (The Undone, #2)

by Peyton Corinne (Goodreads Author)

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Katy Burch said: " The best romances are ones where the characters go on their own journeys of healing and happen to fall in love along the way. Those are the stories Peyton Corrine writes.

Matt Fredderic is the hockey superstar, good-time guy that no one takes serious The best romances are ones where the characters go on their own journeys of healing and happen to fall in love along the way. Those are the stories Peyton Corrine writes.

Matt Fredderic is the hockey superstar, good-time guy that no one takes seriously. Past the facade is a the gentle man that’s hurting. Ro Shariff is stuck in a toxic cycle with a man who has destroyed her self worth. She gives everyone her all without anything in return.

Matty and Ro are both stuck hearing the voices of toxic people telling them who they are or who they should be. With each other, though, they’re finally able to be exactly who they want to be. These two are learning to love themselves while falling in love with each other.

Reading from each of their perspectives makes you realize just how easy it is to think you know someone while actually knowing very little. These are layered and dynamic characters who most importantly feel real.

I saw myself in both of these characters, and I think everyone will to some degree. Matty’s grief is palpable, raw, and unflinchingly real. He moves through it messily, like we all do. But his journey is so beautiful and such important representation for people like me who are also grieving but think it’s been long enough that they shouldn’t be. And Ro, my sweet angel. She just wants everyone to feel loved without being a burden to anyone.

The book isn’t just a romance; it’s a book about the lives of two people intertwining and the healing that results. They deserve all the soft love in the world, and Peyton Corinne does too for creating them. We should all aspire to be better, kinder people to ourselves and those we love, just like Matty and Ro.

I went back and forth between four and five stars because there were instances where I felt like I was missing something. A few times there was a small time jump between chapters that left them feeling disjointed. I didn’t understand how the characters got to this other point in time without an important moment that we as readers needed to see. However, these were few and far between. Giving this book anything other than five stars felt like a crime when I had the absolute best time reading it.

“Unloved” will be published February 4, 2025. And yes, I already pre-ordered my physical copy.

Thank you Atria Books for providing me this ARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. ...more "

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