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This book is a bit all of the place and the romance doesn’t feel as front and center as it should be

“So it must be the people in her personal life who were oblivious dipshits. ”

Lmaooo

This book is deflating a lot of the tension I was exciting to see build up through the book :/

I’m not happy with the direction this book is heading :/

This book will interrupt dialogue with a prolonged memory to the point where I will forget the last part of the conversation and then have to flip back to understand the continuity which is annoying and it’s hard to keep track of. I feel like I have to put 110% of my focus into the book and I still have to flip back to understand what I missed

This book is really dense though like why am I able to flip a chunk of pages and still be in the same chapter!??

“Malakai looks exasperated as he moves closer to me. ‘Kiki, it’s, like, 1 a.m. Just charge it in my room.’ ”

I love forced proximity. I was worried they wouldn’t spend enough time together

“Truly incredible, parts of the article whirring around my Black-girl media group chats with various iterations of ‘Is this bitch serious?’, ‘Excuse me, just got passed over for a job by my underqualified white colleague “lemme go find my Pearly King and fix this rn,’ and, ‘Séance at 8 guys? We gotta wake MLK up!!!’ plus, ‘He’s already awake sis, in the body of Kitty St James ’.”
LMAOOOO😂

Although I find the story intriguing I do feel like Babalola’s writing is too wordy. I had this problem with her last book and I feel like it’s gotten worse. Love the pinpoint descriptions but it takes awhile to get used to and can be hard to follow along with when listening to the audiobook. I have to read while listening to keep track of what’s going on.

“I was just thinking, Zaf, that . . . you’re brave. Most people, when something scars us, we hide it. When you started Tackle It, you framed a scar in gold. Don’t you think?”

Aww my heart 🥹 I love these two

“I messed up. She will never take me back. I don’t think she’ll even talk to me ever again.”

See this stuff really just doesn’t hit like it’s supposed to. I think I just don’t like the characters and I feel like the bits we get about their previous relationship didn’t feel romantic enough for me

“Wale gave me three wishes, but I orgasm five times before 7 a.m.”

Ok good for you girl let’s get it! 👌🏾👏🏾✊🏾

I haven’t read many second chance romances but this one feels off. Like I feel like the yearning and care between these two didn’t really pay off now that we’re at the end.

“Aunty Shirley kisses her teeth. ‘Hm, he lucky he didn’t cross me. I would have given him two good slaps and a thump around the head.”

Haha I love the Jamaicans in this, reminds me of my friend’s parents, honestly they’re the best part of this novel. Also she was ready to fight like a real G

“Wale, with admirable restraint and without any physical violence, has managed to hold on to his dignity. His values. ”

One of my favorite romance tropes ever is when a man who usually doesn’t fight or get angry easily squares the fuck up because he hates the way his person was disrespected!! Literally the best trope why was I denied this ☹️

“Wale, with admirable restraint and without any physical violence, has managed to hold on to his dignity. His values. ”

🗣️🗣️🗣️BOOOOO! 🍅🍅🍅
He should’ve just beat that guy the fuck up idk about these dumbass no physical violence morals. I want a man to FIGHT for his lady. I want FUN and DRAMA and a bit of VIOLENCE

“I got it,’ says Wale, holding out a hand. ‘Kojo, leave.’
Kojo squares up to him, his shoulders broad. ‘Make me,’ he says.”

Why won’t they ever let men FIGHT in these contemporary romances like I want them to throw hands like this is fiction I wanna see my man square up a bit. It’s like nobody wants FUN and DRAMA in their novels anymore!!!

“Wale doesn’t back down. He squares his chin. ‘Kojo, you and I know we cannot afford to be moving mad like this. Black men are judged enough as it is. Just leave without making a scene.”

He’s right but also nobody in the history of ever talks about identity politics like this?? Like is just a clunky & unnatural way to talk about racial injustice

“So, Wale was in love with me this entire time.”

I think this book would’ve been better if this was something we and the MC knew the entire time. I feel like second chance romances hit a lot harder when we know that the lovers were deeply in love before it all fell apart rather whatever this is smh

“‘As well as apologizing, I told her about us. Told her my heart was still with you.’
So, Wale was in love with me this entire time.
When I was watching the show, it seemed as though I was the last thing on his mind, when in fact I was behind his inability to commit. ”

Girl what that’s such a lame excuse & lacks so much character depth

The way this man just forgives her without any logical reason or real effort on her part to like show him that she’s a better person…smh this reunion feels very unwarned

This book does a lot of work to show how Wale is actually the good guy and is soooo misunderstood 🙄 but then never actually answers the fundamental question of why he was a fuck boy on love island in the first place???

This story is trying to make the male love interest forgive the MC but even I’m like nah…throw her away smh

“I wouldn’t normally do this but I’m willing to give you a second chance.’ My head snaps up as I let out a loud gasp.”

The way this lady doesn’t deserve it smh

This is the first third act breakup that I’m unsure of how they’ll resolve it

“Wale shakes his head, his face contoured with disbelief. I’m not getting through to him. He’s too hurt.”

Ma’am ur a terrible person it’s has nothing to do with him being “too hurt”

The way we’re almost done with this book but still haven’t learned why Wale was acting crazy on the love island dating show

These characters are so young and it shows or at least I feel like they should be more mature than they actually are for some early twenty somethings

The prose of this book is so basic it’s like the author is just coming up with the most simplistic and obvious metaphors

I’m gonna be honest idk how we got here…we went from her being like “we are never ever getting back together 😡🙅🏾‍♀️❌” and not wanting to talk about their breakup to “I’m in love and he definitely is too 🥰👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏾😍” and the whiplash this is giving me lmao