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“It’s no fun if you expect it,” he answers, striding into the darkness. “Now, get back to bed before your wingleader realizes you’re out after curfew.” “What?” I gawk after him. “You’re my wingleader!”

we’re a little cheeky, aren’t we, Xaden?

I started reading this a few months ago but had to stop because I was reading so many books all at once and I lost track of the story… so round 2 😅

I bury my face in his neck, trembling wildly as tears slide down my cheeks in salty waves.

“Hey, come on, don’t cry,” he begs. “It breaks my fucking heart to hear you cry.”

the angst is angsting 😭

But then Garrett reaches up and strokes my cheek with infinite tenderness, and something inside me cracks open. I let out a shaky breath. “I’m broken, and I wanted you to fix me.”

girl you are not broken 🥺 and you do not need to be fixed

And maybe it makes me an arrogant bastard, but I love being the one who got her to this point. Who she trusted enough to take care of her so that she could allow herself to let go and have a good time.

this is actually really precious that she felt comfortable enough to drink around him

I find myself grinning like an idiot as I gaze at the stage. There’s nothing lewd about what she’s doing. No coy almost-stripping, no suggestive dance moves. Hannah throws her head back happily, her cheeks flushed and eyes shining as she sings, and she’s so beautiful it makes my chest hurt.

i want someone to think of me this way, what the heck

I bring my lips close to her ear and murmur, “We’re kinda friends now.” “I heard that,” Garrett pipes up. “And there’s no ‘kinda’ about it. We’re best friends, Nelly. Don’t let Wellsy tell you otherwise.”

STOP this is actually making me smile

I suppose it isn’t until you lose someone that you realise how much you had yet to ask, so much you had yet to learn.

this is so true

“Maisie, please.” He’s begging me. His voice is close to breaking. “What do you know?” My eyes grow wet as I prepare to say it. “I know that I repulse you. So much so that you don’t want to be near me.”

GIRL if you only knew!!

“And that’s the kind of man I should be with. A guy who would never hate me. Seems easy in theory, but hard to find in practice.” “Yeah, hard to find.” His voice is quieter than usual.

there’s no way this man hasn’t been in love with her for years

“We could just share the bed,” I offer. “No.” He says it immediately and with more firmness than I expect. I blink at him, eyes wide. “I mean . . . I wanna give you your space. I don’t need a bed.”

GIRL I JUST KNOW he’s uncomfortable touching her bc he’s already in love and doesn’t want to make her feel uncomfortable!!

“‘A lot of the videos were happy,’ I say. ‘And it’s hard that it’s the day after I was supposed to be happy, and I’m not.’

‘We’ll get you there,’ Nate says. ‘I promise.’”

🥹

“To the reader who’s afraid to take chances—you’re worth the risk. I hope you find a love that feels like home with someone who knows you better than you know yourself.”

aww I love this 🥹

“‘But do you know her?’ Colin shot back. ‘She’s lovely and intelligent and has a fine sense of humour. Who wouldn’t want to marry a woman like that?’”

crying right now

“He tore it open. Penelope let out a strangled cry and ran from the church. Colin read the words. And then he sank to the pew, bloodless, breathless.”

THE DRAMAAAA

“‘I’ll be downstairs. Text me if you need anything.’ The line between her eyes disappeared. ‘Even if it feels like I’m inconveniencing you?’ ‘Especially if it feels like that. Maybe then, you’ll learn you aren’t.’”

so cute, whattt 🥹

“‘It’s silly, I know. You’d think I’d have grown out of needing to hold someone’s hand when I’m scared.’

‘Do people ever grow out of that? I think we all just figure out how to pretend we don’t want a hand to hold.’”

aw wait stop, that’s actually so bittersweet what

“Rémy opens the blinds and then the window, and I admire the way his muscles aid in this process. Good friends should always notice and encourage their friends’ strengths.”

LOL denial is a river in Egypt, miss ma’am

“She’s got an eye for beauty, ready to see it everywhere. Part of me wonders if that’s her secret—she’s so good at looking for the beautiful that she becomes it.”

oh my heart 🥹

it may be too early to start reading holiday romances… but I fear I’m a Christmas girly through and through to not

“‘I’d like to hold you,’ Bennett says, and our cheeks bear matching red stains almost immediately. ‘If that’s okay.’ I nod.”

the consent?? we love to see it

“‘I’m sorry, I blurt out anyway, hands to my reddened cheeks. ‘Should I change?’ His brow wrinkles sharply as he looks me over, seemingly for the first time. ‘Why?’ There is genuine confusion in his voice. ‘You look very beautiful.’”

Bennett and Paloma are already so precious

“To the ones who had to put on armour every day, no matter how heavy it was or how much it hurt—this one is for you.”

I just know I’ll cry reading this

I got to read “unloved” as an arc and you best believe I was so excited when I got approved for “unbound”! so excited to read this!!

“I want to be noticed in a crowded room. I want to be the only person in a crowded room. I want to be wanted, truly wanted, and desired. I want to laugh and to sing and to dance with someone and not feel self-conscious over it because I love them and I’m confident that they love me. I want to be touched and kissed and held, because I’ve forgotten what it feels like… and yet, I think I deserve it.”

same

“I’ll buy you flowers every day for the rest of my life if it makes you this happy.”

this is so wholesome

“I expected him to look horrified or confused, but rather I was met with the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. He was blushing. His cheeks were pink, and his eyes were turned down, while everyone else’s were glued to him.”

when guys become shy and lovestruck >>

“He’s dozed off again, but I miss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if he’d be happy to lie there gazing at me forever. He’s great at this stuff.”

if only she knew he was never pretending 🥺

“‘Trust me. Killing things is much easier than this,’ I said. ‘Although for all I know, I am killing you.’ ‘Can you speed it up a little?’ he asks. ‘No. Shut up and eat your pears,’ I say.

LOL I wish we had more of Katniss and Peeta’s banter in the movies

“‘Why don’t we give it some air and then…’ I trail off. ‘And then you’ll patch it up?’ says Peeta. He looks almost sorry for me, as if he knows how lost I am.”

the fact that Peeta is literally incapacitated and yet he’s still worried about how Katniss feels 💔