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// The author is fucking around with these characters [for amusement??] and it’s one contrived thing after another JUST for the sake of drama, and it’s pissing me off like nobody’s business!!
Cheating and intrigue and homophobia and manipulation and WHAT THE FUCK!!!!

// Also ... There are no grey areas, either it’s cheating or it’s not and to make excuses for misunderstandings and whatnot ... it just doesn’t make sense anymore, NOT HERE AND NOT NOW!! To dismiss THIS instance perpetuates it, it perpetuates the pattern of cheating and makes it seem okay and IT IS NOT OKAY!! CHEATING IS NEVER OKAY!!!! It is NEVER fucking okay!!! I’m done!!!!

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This is in direct conflict with what I know of the author’s work and most definitely in conflict with what I know of the 4th (full length) book!! And let me tell you, the 4th book is AMAZING!! Very very VERY different to these novellas; I’m so glad I read that book first, otherwise (based on my experience with these novellas) I might not have discovered it!!!!

// I get the feeling the author is messing around with the HEAs of her MCs ... I skipped to the end, JUST to see what happens and the way it ends and how I know the 4th novella [numbered as 3.5 so I’m thinking it was an afterthought] begins, makes me think the author is jerking them around!!

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// Holy moly, so much contrived angst!!!!

// “God, I fucking love him. The urge to grab him and at least hug him nearly overwhelmed me, but I knew I was already late for class. “I’ll be home by five, so I can help you out then.”

~ And a hug takes half an hour?!!? You seriously can’t give him ONE hug?!!? The choices authors make for their MCs/characters when it comes to the most basic of decencies seriously makes me wonder!!

// Okay so you threw Tanner under the bus and then you gave a ridiculously stupid reason as to why you never said anything (not that she deserved anything from you guys)!! Listen, Collin, I really need to start liking you again!!

Also, why the fuck is Wendy even an issue?!!? Why do we need her in this book?!!!!!?

// Okay, Collin, are you ruled ENTIRELY by your dick?!!? Sex is amazing and phenomenal and there’s nothing wrong with wanting A LOT of it ;-), but can you think of anything else?!!?

I don’t like that it seems the author is turning Collin into a hormone soaked college-guy stereotype!! He’s a smart and intellectually mature guy, give him more than that!!

// Oh for fuck’s sake, stop looking around like you did something wrong already!!!!!!